Cracked
I let me kids play with my iPhone.
Sit on my iPhone.
Throw my iPhone.
The huge cracks on the front of my screen mean nothing to me.
I actually like them.
I liken it to Willies guitar.
People see it and 4 out of 5 times will say…”Oh. I’m so sorry!”
In that tone that you use when you find out a relative has died or something.
What is the worst that has ever happened to your phone?
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RAIN IT DOWN
Dropped mine… down a flight of concrete stairs. Hi, Superglue, please do all that you claim to do!
Kennedy broke my last phone… it was laying on the floor… she was wearing a halo with 4 metal screws sticking out of her head… she tripped, screws landed on my phone screen. Bye bye phone. I now have Sprint’s version of the wanna be iPhone. Thanks Kennedy!
I couldn’t, #1 fathom the thought of paying that kind of money for something that didn’t directly assist in my breathing and/or walking and #2 after paying the insanely amount of money for said item, let it be anywhere other than attached to my hand.
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Having said that, we paid ONE Euro for our phone and I manage to drop it on the concrete at least 2 times a day. Not sure if it has any scratches as I can’t remember ever having to look at the screen
i dropped my old blackberry in a toilet at pappadeaux’s while i was zipping up my pants.. luckily i had already flushed and the water was “clean”. had to reach in there and get it. tried everything and it didn’t ever work again. 400 bones later i had another one…
In NYC a few years ago, I was adjusting my scarf and when I went to throw it over my shoulder, I accidentally threw my BlackBerry. My cousin and I were cracking up…and happy it (somehow) didn’t hit the pissed off pedestrians behind us. Anyway, one of the people it almost hit stepped on it and then kicked it back to me so I had to buy a new one.
I was in a church parking lot in indana that was all rocks (country) with absolutely no light in the parking lot. The phone fell out of my pocket and on the ground.
We left for Ft. Wayne. When we got back we couldn;t find it anywhere.
Next morning we return for church and it’s on the ground with the faceplate cracked . to the point the screen would not show up because the Truck we were driving ran over it. ANd it was a tad bit wet from the previous nights massive rain. I turned it on and could check the voicemail and probably call people too, but who remembers numbers these days.
I also had a friend drop my guitar on one of the symbol drum stands. Ya that spidered up pretty good! Good thing her dad was a wood worker.
the worst? sometimes i answer it…
I dropped mine in a cup of sweet tea.
I was weed eating the yard whilst listening to my iphone’s ipod and little did I know that small tiny projectiles were pummeling any surface that wasn’t completely covered. Mine too now has character.
Excessive baby drool and I’ve lost two phones that way just told the story on heathers blog because she has a similar post up today.
Laundry Machine. And Dryer.
Friend of mine dropped theirs in the toilet while talking on the phone. Person said “what just happened” friend said “I just dropped you in the toilet”
Wow, phones have a rough life around your house! I don’t have kids, so my phones have led a pretty safe life. I usually trade up before something tragic happens to them, but my brother who is a contractor goes through a phone about six months. So far he has run over his phone with his work truck, dropped one in a vat of wet cement, but the most common demise of his phone is when he’s up on a roof or something and he drops his phone. Needless to say he buys the insurance plan.
The worst…. the last two iPhone updates. My iPhone works like crap now.
The worst thing that happened to my iphone? Hmmm… I’ll have to wait and tell you when I can afford to buy one!
My iPhone SAW what happened to your iPhone and I had to give it life support to revive it.
My wife let my son chew on her phone, and he slobbered in it. Long story short, the phone is no longer with us.
I dropped my brand new RAZR V3m right in the toilet. Luckily it was recently flushed, but the phone was dead. I immediately took the battery out and let the phone sit for 2 weeks, and miraculously it worked!
Since I hadn’t ported my number over from my old phone yet, I still had that to use in the interim
years ago, while in a public park bathroom i dropped my phone in the urinal while “relieving myself”. I had very shallow pockets in the shorts i was wearing.
I definitely dropped mine in the lake while fishing. The problem was, when I dropped it in the lake, it happened to be in my pants pocket, and my pants were still on. Hmmm…my phone wasnt the only thing that got wet…
Dropped it on the floor at DC9, where it split in half just before my ex walked through the door. That was a super night.
I was video taping my little sister surf with my husband and this huge wave came up and splashed me all the way up to my knees so I started running backwards to get away from it. Well my phone was in the front pocket of my hooded sweatshirt…after I got out of “harms way” this guy standing next to me said, “Hey, I think your phone fell out of your pocket” and sure enough my phone was flying end over end being sucked out into the ocean. It was not a good day. It’s sorta difficult to utilize that protection plan IF YOU DON’T EVEN HAVE A PHONE TO TURN IN!
WoW! I am starting to wonder of the “can” is no longer a personal and private space???
I am cracking up at how many people dropped their phone in the toilet!
I’m going to start wondering where exactly my friends are when they call me!
“Hey, whatcha doing?” Ohhh just sittin on the can”.Can I just say…..DONT.
Yep, dont call me while your poppin a squat!
I paid $500 for it. That’s the worst thing that has happened.
I’d had my new phone less than three weeks. I never got the protection plan, because I’ve had phone for YEARS and nothing had ever happened. It was on the kitchen counter, and I went to grab a paper towel…somehow, I knocked it off the counter, and it fell – directly into the dog’s water bowl. I have a very small dog, with a very small water bowl. Who would have anticipated this? Shorted the circuit board, apparently.
I HATE cell phones. When I want to be alone and think I want to be alone and think (even if you turn it off and people know you have one they think you are rude). I finally managed to answer mine so poorly that work and wife said, “we aren’t wasting our money to pay for your cell phone.” YES YES YES. (that was about 6 years ago).
Then this year my wife got a special “deal” where she got two phones and I got one as a “present.” CRUD CRUD CRUD….
but now you guys gave me some great ways to get rid of it forever. thanks.
The first one I lost was because my infant would chew on it. I was shocked to learn of the water damage.
I have lost many phones to coffee, but I guess the ‘worst’ was while potty training a child, I leaned over to wipe her butt and the phone went right into the toilet. Before I flushed.
Mine all seem to be liquid related.
I’ve had my iphone ten days. It’s amazing. Imagine my despair when I went to my favorite coffee house, logged on to the wifi, which didn’t work and from then on couldn’t log on to any other wifi. It was a truly gutting event. It took me three days to work out the right combination of factory resets, unlocking through pwnage and fiddling with network settings to get it to work again.
But now it’s working, it’s truly amazing again.
dropped it in pickle juice at work
http://skiescolliiide777.blogspot.com/2008/04/my-phone-got-pickled.html
that it was made by motorola.
My (then) toddler son dropped it in the toilet. The water was “clean” and the phone dried out, but I still had trouble putting it up to my face multiple times a day. Bought a new one just to satisfy my burgeoning germaphobia.
My worst thing happened yesterday-I was baking a cake and texting when I had a little mishap with the mixer. Cake batter flew everywhere-the floor, the ceiling, my face, and unfortunately my phone. The star key is now stuck, and for the last twenty-four hours all my poor phone has been able to do fill up screens of stars. So sad.
Mine took a Gatorade bath.
We lost two phones to baby drool (we did learn after the first time, so she snuck to get the second one, crafty little babe). Those losses, though, opened the door to replace with iPhones. Yay iPhone!
Cute that you and Heather both have phone posts.
We were on vacation and I just had gotten out of the pool. I popped my towel open to dry off and preceded to watch my phone fly up in the air and land in the hot tub! It didn’t work again. Had to have one shipped to me the next day- I don’t like not having a phone!
Large Del Taco iced tea. Dead, doncha know.
I dropped my HTC phone 2 months ago from 36 feet up in a lift and it still worked. The vibrating thing didn’t work any more or the wifi. I was impressed I didn’t crack the touch screen.
I would have to agree on the comment that said the last two updates. My iPhone now works like crap too. I think apple is making them get slower, so you will buy the new 200$ Version, when I paid $400
I fried my battery in my iPhone. It was a bad day for me.
lost it in a stadium during a Hootie and the Blowfish concert.. yes, Hootie and the Blowfish.. (c’mon, tix were free)
Uh, I bit it. It was a razor. It broke. Really, really broke. Totally underestimated my “tooth-strength” (is that right to say?)
I have never had a phone. never needed one.
My mom once dropped her’s in the toilet…smart!
I went to s friends house and was swimming in their pool. They had a really cool fountain thing coming out of the side of their pool, and I went to turn it on.
I didn’t know how to use it, and accidently pumped it up all the way! it went all the way to their picnic table type thing. that would’nt have been that bad, but then it turned out my friend’s older sister’s cell was on that table! She was not happy. you could say she unsheathed her claws!
The 3rd line, 4th word, is supposed to be an *A* not an *S*
sorry bout that!
I had a phone that would not turn on when it got too hot or cold (probably a safety thing, but I didn’t like that). I had left my phone in the car one evening while working – and it got way too cold. I needed to text a coworker some important info. I rode the whole way home (30 min) with the phone on the dash with defrost heater on. Still no luck. Came inside – and what else do you do when you need something warm quick – microwave it. Well after 4 seconds – and a flame shooting thru the center of the keypad – I realized this was a bad idea. Got it replaced under insurance – but at least I have a funny story to share.
but don’t copy me – it’s bad.
dropped it in the gutter water as i was getting out of the car. i immediately picked it up, took my sim card out, and threw that NASTY thang away!! =0)
I had a phone that I absolutely loved. A little slider phone that was just too cute. One day 2 months after I got it I turned my alarm off and put it back on the bedside table… in a cup of water. Praise the Lord it dried out and worked. Then about 6 months later I went running. When I got home I peeled my nasty clothes off, tossed them in the washer, and jumped in the shower. As I went to put them in the dryer I heard a thud. I had washed the preciously cute phone. But miracle of all miracles it dried out and still worked (with a few quirks… like to answer you couldn’t slide it open, you just had to hit the talk button). Then about 3 months later I was volunteering at a church event and it fell out of my pocket. Never saw it again…
Fell in a trash can. Now, before any of you say that’s nuttin…it was a trash can that had the lid left off and gotten rained on, contained kitty litter AND rotten chicken legs. It was only in the “stew” for about 2 seconds…but it smelled for weeks. It also no longer functioned. I mailed it back for the insurance claim with a cautionary note… biohazard do not open.
It was rank.
haha. its funny you asked that. Yesterday I bought a Palm Centro. This morning I woke up late because the alarm didnt go off, only to find out that even after a full night’s charge, the phone absolutely WILL NOT turn on!! ugh, so frustrating!! So ive been without a phone all day, no one can get ahold of me…and its my luck, Sprint shut down all of their stores here today for an employee seminar!! JUNK!! So 9AM sharp, those Sprint ppl will be seeing my face and my stupid phone!
Dropped mine in a glass of Coke this past Memorial day. It still works. Sorta.
bad for me, good for my phone…. i took it surfing in my boardshorts… worst for me but i am pretty sure my phone liked it… surfing, c’mon who doesn’t like surfing?
OK. This didn’t happen to me, but we had a phone we used at our office and one of my employees had it in her pocket. She went into the bathroom and when she stood up, it fell in the toilet. We have automatic flushing toilets. I called Verizon and told them the phone went down the toilet. He said, “Oh, I’m sorry. What’s wrong with it?” I said, “NO REALLY – It went DOWN the toilet!”
My husband has an iphone and would croak if it got scratched… I am ready to hide it under the house somewhere!
Well…Phone number one died while taking a swim in my purse that a water bottle had emptied into along with a borrowed digital camera. I was on a 3 week trip to IHOP in KC and had to rely on others for communication with home…Phone number 2 got left in the Cincinatti Airport a year later on my way back up to IHOP in KC and phone number 3 (my new blackberry) is NEVER going with me to KC!
It’s a phone.
I use it to call people, not make a social statement.
You are a real trooper. My son Benjamin, 2 years old, hosed my iPhone down while I dried off the dog after giving him a bath. It made me really evaluate what was important.I chose the phone.
Totally kidding.
Flew out of my wife’s pocket on a roller coaster. Shattered to bits!
This makes me like you even more than I already did : ).
my wife dropped her phone in a glass of Coke. she tried to clean it off and clean out the insides, but once she got it dried off, it was all sticky and it still wasn’t working right. i told her to drop it in a glass of water to see if that helped. so then instead of a sticky phone that tunred on but did nothing else, we ended up with a really clean phone that did nothing. i’m not sure which was better…
my fiance dropped it in a cup of water. her mom paid for a new one. then i dropped that one and it just hasn’t been the same.
Got back into the youth office after a few weeks away to find our pot of coffee that had been left, full, for the duration of that time..
There was some solid mould on the top.
Needless to say, out comes the phone to take a photo to send to my workmate who weren’t in…
The rest is pretty obvious history..
It still works, but there’s a cool brown patch behind the glass over the screen.