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July 03, 2007
Lost And Found
The previous post about "Keeping Track of Your Gadgets" reminded me of something that happened to me earlier this year.
When the 1st blizzard of this winter started on December 20, 2006, I lost my cell phone in the office parking lot at work. Although I knew I had lost it outside, I didn't know exactly where. Within minutes, it had been buried. After about 1/2 hour of searching, I gave up, and considered the phone lost.
On February 12, 2007, I found my phone by accident.
It had been buried under the snow for nearly two months, and was filled with water.
Thinking "I've got to get some pictures of this," I grabbed my camera, returned to where I had found the phone, and snapped some pictures before all of the water had drained out. Some of my co-workers were puzzled when they saw me taking a pictures in the parking lot, and were even more puzzled when I explained that I was photographing my cell phone.
I let the phone dry for a few days, charged the battery, and -- lo and behold! -- it powered up. Qwest re-activated it, and I'm it still using a half a year later.
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Posted by Robert Racansky on July 03, 2007 at 05:00 PM
Comments
Ha. Pretty good trick. I got my pink RAZR phone too close to a hot tub in Colorado a while back, and it went bananas. Slowly, as it has dried out, it has returned to near-normal operation. My 6/MNO key is still a little iffy, but, other than that, it works like a champ.
Posted by: Rob Kiser on July 03, 2007 at 06:56 PM