Miscellaneous: Today, I learned the reason they say don't keep your phone in...

By boo - 16/02/2010 20:46 - United States

Today, I learned the reason they say don't keep your phone in high humidity places. I left my phone on the counter when I went to take a shower. It now won't turn on due to water damage and the warranty doesn't cover it. FML

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By AnAngryyGiraffe - 06/12/2016 04:46 - United States - Chatsworth

Today, after dropping my phone in the toilet, I left it dismantled outside in my backyard to dry hoping it could be saved. I forgot about the phone as well as the sprinklers that were scheduled to go off. FML

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By Anonymous - 29/01/2024 22:00 - France

Today, I woke up to find my cat had knocked my phone into the toilet. As I fished it out, soaking wet, I thought, "Well, at least it's water-resistant." Turns out, my phone wasn't. FML

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By JakeHolmes - 17/11/2009 06:48 - United States

Today, I was in my hot tub with my brand new phone. I set it down and when I grabbed my towel I knocked it into the water. I quickly snatched it up and dried it off with the towel and suprisingly only one button stopped working. It was the unlock button, a perfectly good phone that I can't use. FML

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By Anonymous - 05/02/2023 10:00

Today, I dropped my phone in the toilet. Now I know why they call it 'smart' phone; it's smarter than me. FML

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By Crombinator - 01/05/2015 05:30 - United States - Estacada

Today, my roommate was making a waterproof iPhone case and decided to use my phone to test it out. It didn't work. FML

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By Anonymous - 18/09/2018 22:10

Today, my fancy rubber phone case did its job and saved my phone from damage when I dropped it on the bathroom counter. Unfortunately, it was rather useless after the massive bounce it took before landing in the toilet. FML

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By Anonymous - 30/01/2023 03:30

Today, I put my phone in the fridge to cool it down. Now it's cold, but it won't turn on. FML

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Insurance is a scam

By Zanquis - 30/12/2016 19:04

Today, I got stuck with a water-damaged kitchen. The manufacturer says their warranty doesn't cover it as it's a user error, my insurance says they don't cover it as it's a manufacturer error. FML

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By Quincy_Ethan - 29/08/2014 21:22 - United States - Killeen

Today, my little sister was using my phone to play games. About an hour later, she came to me and said my phone wouldn't work. Turns out my phone had gotten hot and she put it in water to cool it down. FML

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Club Tropicana

By Anonymous - 03/01/2024 09:00 - United States - Silver Spring

Today, I forgot to take my phone out of my bathing suit pocket before I went into the pool. It's not a high-end phone, so that's not why FML. The FML part is because I was on vacation, didn't have internet access, and the phone has no external memory card, so all the pictures I took while on vacation are lost. FML

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purplemnm 9

Wednesday 17 February 2010 1:34

I take showers with my phone in the bathroom all the time...it's fine

theluckygirl28 8

Wednesday 17 February 2010 1:32

Yea, that really sucks... But if you were told not to put it in a high humidity place and you did, YDI. Sidenote: put it in rice for a day. Dries it out niiice :)

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smashleighfig 0

Wednesday 17 February 2010 7:43

I would say YDI but i wont, since i do the same damn thing. Anyways..i dropped my G1 in the snow last week and found it 1 hour later in a snow bank (a plow truck had came..FML right?!) well it wasnt working. i called tmobile and they told me to put it in a large ziplock bag with white rice (along with the battery, sim card, sd card out seperate) and it works as salt does for snow..it absorbed all the liquid and my phones perfectly fine (im on it right now) try it! :)

blankettt 0

Wednesday 17 February 2010 8:12

@smashleighfig.. I work for T-Mobile as a customer care rep.. I tell people to do that all the time when they call in about their phones getting wet, I wonder if I talked to you :)

SarahMarie83 0

Wednesday 17 February 2010 8:30

Why does everyone assume that it's impossible just because it hasn't happened to them? The possibility of water damaging a phone is real. Count yourself lucky that it hasn't happened to you.

LilaBear 1

Wednesday 17 February 2010 9:38

the possibility of water damaging a phone is real, yes. But humidity? I highly doubt it.

vvn91 0

Wednesday 17 February 2010 8:54

I always leave my phone on the counter while taking a shower. I'm glad that up until now it hasn't gotten messed up even though I drop it at least 3 daily. XD

Crucifictorious 0

Wednesday 17 February 2010 9:00

yeah I'm sti waiting for apple to release the deep sea iPhone ...

dj_bassflexx 0

Wednesday 17 February 2010 9:07

If you've always known that, then why the **** leave your phone in the bathroom whilst you take your 1 hour shower? YDI for being such an idiot.

LilaBear 1

Wednesday 17 February 2010 9:33

You have a crap phone. Both me and my husband have left our phones (different brands) in the bathroom while taking a shower and both our phones are fine. Actually, mine's been rained on and it's totally fine. And it was a cheap crappy phone.