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Seriously? Wow that’s all kinds of messed up to advertise and then tell people not to do. As a society, we’re in a pretty bad place when it comes to how much we

Seriously? Wow that’s all kinds of messed up to advertise and then tell people not to do. As a society, we’re in a pretty bad place when it comes to how much we simply expect false-ish advertising.

codetrotter 6y ago
Perhaps tangential but I wanted to mention that if anyone else is looking to take photos under water at shallowish depths (about 10m at most), I found a cheap and reliable waterproof case with camera trigger button that I’ve been happy with. The camera trigger button of the case works by mechanically pushing the volume button on your phone, which when the built-in photo app of your phone is open works to take photos. https://m.aliexpress.com/item/1005001374646779.html https://m.aliexpress.com/item/1005001374646779.html It fits many different models, including my iPhone X. Still I take a couple of precautions with it. First time I used it, I put paper inside of it instead of my phone inside of it and submerged it for a while to see that it didn’t leak. And when I use it I always dry it off completely after use on the outside before opening it and then carefully inspect the inside to be sure that it still didn’t leak. If you do find a leak after use, treat it like you would treat dropping your phone into water unprotected. That is, if there was a leak turn the phone off, dry the outside of the phone with paper and put the phone in an open box with a lot of rice and keep it there for an appropriate amount of time to have the rice absorb as much moisture as possible.
- h0l0cube 6y ago
  > dry the outside of the phone with paper and put the phone in an open box with a lot of rice iFixIt claims this is just psychological comfort and offers this advice: > The real secret to water damage? You don't want to dry it! > What you want to do is first displace the water—or more specifically, all the conductive stuff in the water. You can do this best by using 90%+ isopropyl (rubbing) alcohol and a toothbrush. Open your device as soon as you can, take out the battery, and get scrubbing. Submerge the whole motherboard in alcohol, and scrub away. https://www.ifixit.com/Wiki/Don%27t_Put_Your_Device_in_Rice._Here%27s_Why https://www.ifixit.com/Wiki/Don%27t_Put_Your_Device_in_Rice....... (as noted in the reply, there's 3 dots that are filtered from the end of the URL, so try adding them manually or copy below) https://www.ifixit.com/Wiki/Don%27t_Put_Your_Device_in_Rice._Here%27s_Why...
  - nindalf 6y ago
    That link is broken because the real link has 3 dots at the end.
    - h0l0cube 6y ago
      Thanks for that. It seems like they get stripped out by HN, and I don't know a workaround
      - bmn__ 6y ago
        > a workaround https://www.ifixit.com/Wiki/Don't_Put_Your_Device_in_Rice._Here's_Why%2e%2e%2e https://www.ifixit.com/Wiki/Don't_Put_Your_Device_in_Rice._H... http://enwp.org/URI_encoding http://enwp.org/URI_encoding
        h0l0cube 6y ago
        I feel a bit foolish now. Not sure why I thought that percent encoding wasn't mapped before it was routed by the web server
  - markdown 6y ago
    iPhones are all locked up, so ifixit's advice is worse than useless... it just serves to frustrate. What use is telling people to open up an iPhone when regular people don't have the tools to do so?
    - throwanem 6y ago
      iFixit sells the tools to do so and provides detailed guides on how to use them. It might sound like a racket to you, but at this point they've saved me something like half a grand net, minimum, on phone repair and replacement, by making it possible for me to do that work myself and thus not have to replace phones nearly so often. Most recently, this came in useful when I actually did drop a phone in water, just like we're talking about here, and was able to not only clean it out but also replace the battery, which swelled quite alarmingly in the aftermath.
- 2muchcoffeeman 6y ago
  I’ve seen these work down to 30m without any problems.
- daniellarusso 6y ago
  I have read good things about the Panasonic Lumix cameras. They older models seem to be around $100 and go to about 20 feet. Newer models seem to be around $350 to $500. Seems like a lower risk.
flemhans 6y ago
I submerged my iPhone XS on several occasions, thinking it was OK to do. Eventually the FaceID sensor stopped working.
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codetrotter 6y ago

Perhaps tangential but I wanted to mention that if anyone else is looking to take photos under water at shallowish depths (about 10m at most), I found a cheap and reliable waterproof case with camera trigger button that I’ve been happy with. The camera trigger button of the case works by mechanically pushing the volume button on your phone, which when the built-in photo app of your phone is open works to take photos. https://m.aliexpress.com/item/1005001374646779.html https://m.aliexpress.com/item/1005001374646779.html It fits many different models, including my iPhone X. Still I take a couple of precautions with it. First time I used it, I put paper inside of it instead of my phone inside of it and submerged it for a while to see that it didn’t leak. And when I use it I always dry it off completely after use on the outside before opening it and then carefully inspect the inside to be sure that it still didn’t leak. If you do find a leak after use, treat it like you would treat dropping your phone into water unprotected. That is, if there was a leak turn the phone off, dry the outside of the phone with paper and put the phone in an open box with a lot of rice and keep it there for an appropriate amount of time to have the rice absorb as much moisture as possible.

h0l0cube 6y ago
> dry the outside of the phone with paper and put the phone in an open box with a lot of rice iFixIt claims this is just psychological comfort and offers this advice: > The real secret to water damage? You don't want to dry it! > What you want to do is first displace the water—or more specifically, all the conductive stuff in the water. You can do this best by using 90%+ isopropyl (rubbing) alcohol and a toothbrush. Open your device as soon as you can, take out the battery, and get scrubbing. Submerge the whole motherboard in alcohol, and scrub away. https://www.ifixit.com/Wiki/Don%27t_Put_Your_Device_in_Rice._Here%27s_Why https://www.ifixit.com/Wiki/Don%27t_Put_Your_Device_in_Rice....... (as noted in the reply, there's 3 dots that are filtered from the end of the URL, so try adding them manually or copy below) https://www.ifixit.com/Wiki/Don%27t_Put_Your_Device_in_Rice._Here%27s_Why...
- nindalf 6y ago
  That link is broken because the real link has 3 dots at the end.
  - h0l0cube 6y ago
    Thanks for that. It seems like they get stripped out by HN, and I don't know a workaround
    - bmn__ 6y ago
      > a workaround https://www.ifixit.com/Wiki/Don't_Put_Your_Device_in_Rice._Here's_Why%2e%2e%2e https://www.ifixit.com/Wiki/Don't_Put_Your_Device_in_Rice._H... http://enwp.org/URI_encoding http://enwp.org/URI_encoding
      - h0l0cube 6y ago
        I feel a bit foolish now. Not sure why I thought that percent encoding wasn't mapped before it was routed by the web server
- markdown 6y ago
  iPhones are all locked up, so ifixit's advice is worse than useless... it just serves to frustrate. What use is telling people to open up an iPhone when regular people don't have the tools to do so?
  - throwanem 6y ago
    iFixit sells the tools to do so and provides detailed guides on how to use them. It might sound like a racket to you, but at this point they've saved me something like half a grand net, minimum, on phone repair and replacement, by making it possible for me to do that work myself and thus not have to replace phones nearly so often. Most recently, this came in useful when I actually did drop a phone in water, just like we're talking about here, and was able to not only clean it out but also replace the battery, which swelled quite alarmingly in the aftermath.
2muchcoffeeman 6y ago
I’ve seen these work down to 30m without any problems.
daniellarusso 6y ago
I have read good things about the Panasonic Lumix cameras. They older models seem to be around $100 and go to about 20 feet. Newer models seem to be around $350 to $500. Seems like a lower risk.

flemhans 6y ago

I submerged my iPhone XS on several occasions, thinking it was OK to do. Eventually the FaceID sensor stopped working.

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