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My iPhone (11) does this every time I shower. I never remember to charge it before. Got a waterproof phone specifically to listen to podcasts and make notes in

by corobo 4y ago

My iPhone (11) does this every time I shower. I never remember to charge it before. Got a waterproof phone specifically to listen to podcasts and make notes in the shower so I'll just have to deal with low power mode for a few hours. .. sometimes a quick blast from an air compressor will sort it, but this is my personal property and I don't advise anyone do anything ever.

petercooper 4y ago
If you spend much time at a desk or similar in this situation, get a wireless charger of some kind since that will still work even when the main port does not :)
- corobo 4y ago
  That's a good shout actually, thank you. I don't think I've ever used wireless charging.
  - petercooper 4y ago
    The reason I started using it was similar to yours. I don't take my phone in the shower, but I got the error one day anyway and panicked. I then realized my bedside lamp supposedly had wireless charging and it saved me that day. The problem went away luckily :-)
gojomo 4y ago
I gotta know: from the steamy air, or because you take the iPhone into the shower?
- corobo 4y ago
  The phone sits on the soap holder under the shower head out of the direct stream so both steam and splashes, but the way I position the phone I'd guess it's more the steam than any direct droplets of water (screen faces the wall as the ear/top speaker goes almost silent when water gets on it)
solardev 4y ago
Just curious, how do you listen to podcasts in there with all the shower noise? And how do you type anything on the screen when it's all wet and conductive? I can barely use an e-reader in a static hot tub, lol, can't imagine actually trying to actively use the phone with a waterfall above my head.
- corobo 4y ago
  I guess I sort of put together the gist of what the podcast is saying between splashing sounds haha. It's all comedy based stuff that early in the morning so I'm never really missing any required information. As for typing I'm either writing something short enough the mis-taps aren't too awful to deal with or I'll dictate it. I'm not writing emails or anything, just jotting down quick notes and todo items to expand on later so typos and mis-wording don't matter too much.
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by corobo 4y ago

petercooper 4y ago

If you spend much time at a desk or similar in this situation, get a wireless charger of some kind since that will still work even when the main port does not :)

corobo 4y ago
That's a good shout actually, thank you. I don't think I've ever used wireless charging.
- petercooper 4y ago
  The reason I started using it was similar to yours. I don't take my phone in the shower, but I got the error one day anyway and panicked. I then realized my bedside lamp supposedly had wireless charging and it saved me that day. The problem went away luckily :-)

gojomo 4y ago

I gotta know: from the steamy air, or because you take the iPhone into the shower?

corobo 4y ago
The phone sits on the soap holder under the shower head out of the direct stream so both steam and splashes, but the way I position the phone I'd guess it's more the steam than any direct droplets of water (screen faces the wall as the ear/top speaker goes almost silent when water gets on it)

solardev 4y ago

Just curious, how do you listen to podcasts in there with all the shower noise? And how do you type anything on the screen when it's all wet and conductive? I can barely use an e-reader in a static hot tub, lol, can't imagine actually trying to actively use the phone with a waterfall above my head.

corobo 4y ago
I guess I sort of put together the gist of what the podcast is saying between splashing sounds haha. It's all comedy based stuff that early in the morning so I'm never really missing any required information. As for typing I'm either writing something short enough the mis-taps aren't too awful to deal with or I'll dictate it. I'm not writing emails or anything, just jotting down quick notes and todo items to expand on later so typos and mis-wording don't matter too much.

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