How to rescue your waterlogged iPhone
Last weekend I fell in the canal with my iPhone in the back pocket of my jeans. We'll cut quickly to the lessons learned. These are: 1. Don't try and rescue someone else who has slipped off the muddy towpath unless you are certain that you won't do the same. The old(er) guy who fell in trying to stop his Bill Sykes bull terrier from worrying the swans was deceptively heavy, panicky and I am not as strong or agile as I imagined. The river/canal bank is deceptively treacherous at the best of times but especially after the worst flooding since records began. We both could have drowned. 2. Before attempting a rescue, empty your pockets. 3. Keep your iPhone and wallet in a sealed plastic bag in the unlikely event of falling into the water. No swans, dogs or old men were hurt in this episode. The only casualty was my iPhone. Emergency resuscitation took the following form: 1. I switched off the phone as soon as I realised it had been drowned. 2. I removed the SIM card – to do this, you need a paperclip or that strange little tool provided. Insert the pin/ paperclip into the... More
