- Remove it from the toilet as quickly as possible. If it is on, shut it off.
- Clean it up as appropriate, remove as much foreign matter, especially moisture, as possible.
- Put it in a ZipLoc baggy with a bunch of rice. Any kind of rice will do. Leave it for 24 hours.
Utter the following pathetic puns, and any others you can think of:
- Oh, sh*t!!!!
- I’m p*ssed!!!!
- After 24 hours, the rice probably won’t look any different. The phone might be okay, or it might not. If it isn’t, I guess you’re supposed to go to an Apple store, or maybe your wireless carrier.
I didn’t drop my mobile phone in the toilet. My Mom did. She was so upset, first because her phone was not working, second because of the cause of failure, the horror of disclosing the events that lead to its demise, and the anticipated expense of replacement.
I assured her that she didn’t have to tell anyone exactly how or where the device got wet. Let’s face it, lots of people drop their phones in the toilet, and the guys at the Apple and wireless stores probably figure if the only explanation is, “it got wet,” that it got wet in a toilet. They don’t care.
After a whole lot of silly puns, most of which I’ve forgotten, we went to the AT&T store. Mom explained that her phone got ‘wet’. Two nice young men said she would need permission from her son to make any changes to the account, and that she would probably need to go to the Apple store to get a new phone. They suggested immersing the phone in rice for 24 hours to see if it recovers. I’m imagining their conversation as the door closed behind her went something like this:
AT&TGuy #1: She dropped it in a toilet.
AT&TGuy #2: Yep. How long do you think it sat there?
AT&TGuy #1: Probably an hour and 22 minutes.
AT&TGuy #2: Think the rice will work?
AT&TGuy #1: Not this time.
I think Mom uses her iPhone mostly to play Words with Friends (or sometimes strangers). Every time I’m visiting, the device is chirping that someone posted a new word. Much as I love Scrabble, I don’t have any interest in Words With Friends.
I expect my brother will help Mom get a new phone.
I’ll just keep laughing … until I drop my phone in the toilet …