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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Gizmo3K 0

You took your phone with you to a hot tub? what were you expecting to happen? Even if the phone hadn't fallen into the water it could have been damaged by the steam from the hot water. YDI.

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p0rcelain 0

How do you know the unlock button was the only one that stopped working if you couldn't get into your phone? ....

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obesemaurice 0

how do u know the other buttons dont work if u cant unlock it?

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Kinpower 0

Phones still respond to buttons pressed when locked, usually by turning the backlight on

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totalbadass 0

I clicked YDI as soon as I saw "phone" and "hot tub".

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Reyo 2

As did I 71, as did I. Seriously though, I'm guessing you got the iFail if it has the automatic locking feature. That in itself is a YDI, let alone having it with you when in a hot tub. I don't trust my POS krazer next to a glass of water.

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crazytoaster 2

OP, YDI. Why have your phone next to a hot tub? Can't people take an hour off without having to send a text or update their twitter? Unless your expecting a call from NASA telling you they are giving you the first free flying car, leave it in another room you fucktarded deadshit.

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xdevotchkax 0

#82, right on. couldnt have said it better myself.

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ilovefatcats 12

why would you bring a brand new cell near a hot tub??

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christa953 12

well I don't have a hot tub and my phones unlock button stopped working for no reason and I'm not posting fmls about it...

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chocolemonade 6

oh my god!! the exact same thing happened to my iPhone. I have no clue why though...The home button stopped working. It suuuuuuuuuuuucks, but strangly enough it's still usable. I had mine like that for a year. shitty to use but not impossible

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Hiimhaileypotter 52

#130- Forgive me if I'm wrong, but I don't think an iPhone would be able to be used without the home button... It's a pretty critical part of the phone.

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Gizmo3K 0

You took your phone with you to a hot tub? what were you expecting to happen? Even if the phone hadn't fallen into the water it could have been damaged by the steam from the hot water. YDI.

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xya943 0

I had the same problem with a phone of mine. The only button that didn't work was the unlock button. Put it in a bag of uncoocked rice. It will pull all the moisture out and sometimes it'll work again.

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SoccerForTheWin 5

It worked with an itouch of mine that I went swimming with in my pocket for 15 mins

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Hiimhaileypotter 52

I went sledding for about an hour with my iPod touch in my pocket, put it in a bowl of rice for just a night, and now it's perfectly fine. (It's almost 5 years old).

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booze_n_bitches 37

Also the rice will attract Asian people in the night who will fix your phone.

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the_hungry_one 10

It doesn't pull out the moisture it attracts Asians at night and they fix the phone

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artsavage13 0

You sir, FAIL. What did you f*cking EXPECT to happen to a delicate electronic device near water?

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BelaLugosisdead 0

This isn't a FML. It's a I was stupid and now I'm whining about it. Water and electronics do not make a happy couple. YDI

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p0rcelain 0

How do you know the unlock button was the only one that stopped working if you couldn't get into your phone? ....

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StaticDown 0

Well on my phone if I press any other button it will show up on the screen 'press * to unlock' so that means the other buttons work and when he presses the unlock one nothing happens...

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CheshireHalli 19

Because if other buttons are hit, the screen will light and tell you to unlock it.

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kewlcat 0

on some phones if u dial "911" and then cancel the call before you start it, it will unlock the phone..

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kevind23 0

This is why idiots don't deserve nice things.

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