***Note the image is one I obtained via a google search and I don't have this particular phone, but the picture goes along with the theme of the post***So we have decided to have a theme for Tuesday called....Technology Tuesday where we review or discuss technology related stuff. I had another story which had a happy ending (#pause), but a tragedy occurred today that took precedence, and I had to share. This post is mostly (read: partly) in jest. This is a rant/PSA/vent.
So I've had my newest phone for just over a month, we've been chilling, attached at the hip, we NEVER leave each other's side and guess what happens? Something that I heard happened to lots of other people, but never to me EVER with anything I've ever owned.
I dropped my phone in some water... not just any water but in the toilet (pre-business I assure you, but still gross :( ). To say I was distraught would be the biggest understatement of the YEAR!! So, I'm at work when this happened and tears were welling up in my eyes and I felt sick to my stomach!
I was tuning out the world (as usual) listening to a playlist on my Blackberry on Bluetooth headphones (look ma, ho hands…or cords) and I just keep the music going with my phone in my pocket throughout the day. I went into the stall and heard a loud plunk…I rushed to grab the phone, but I didn't stop the music or immediately take the phone apart after taking it out of the toilet, because well....I had some business to take care of and I was in utter shock and horror. After finishing up, I went to the sink to start to dry off the phone and wash my hands. And I was so happy that it turned back on (even though I never turned it off L ) that I hurried to take everything apart (I have an Otterbox Defender Cover which take FOREVER to remove) to dry everything.
BTW that cover didn't do anything, because everything EVERYTHING was wet. The battery, sim card, microsd card, keyboard, EVERYTHING! I know the case is not or have never been touted as being waterproof, but for $50, Imma need it to do SOMETHING other than be big and bulky and take forever to remove! Those were precious seconds!
So after looking on the internet (I had to google it) and thinking that life as I know it was over, I found out many people have experienced this as well...and for the first time since the incident I felt some semblance of hope. Thanks internet geeks (don’t worry I LOVE geeks, they make life so much easier)!! So when I went home for lunch I blow dryed the phone for a couple of minutes with the blow dryer on high and placed both the phone and battery in a bowl of rice. So now it's a waiting game and it could go either way. I’ll keep y’all posted and give you an update!
I do still have my old phone (because I have to keep a backup because you just never know) and I have insurance on the phone, but damn paying another $130 for a replacement if I don't have to! I’m praying for a Christmas/Kwanzaa/Hanukkah/New Years/MLK Day/Ground Hog's Day/Valentine's Day/President's Day/Black History Month/St. Patrick's Day/Easter miracle,
Miss V :(
P.S. Why is R. Kelly’s "I Wish" Remix running through my head right now! SMH "We dun been thru alot of ish together, to running these streets to being down for whatever...." *Bobs head and pours out a little liquor*
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