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Re: Show HN: Web app that blows water out of your phone's speakers (warning: loud)

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Post by 6gvONxR4sf7o »

saagarjha wrote: post #17
supermatt wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Likely inspired by the Apple Watch feature. I’m surprised Apple didn’t build this into their phones as well. Good job!

You're technically not supposed to submerge your iPhone; it voids their warranty. (It drives me mad that they do this in their advertisements, but I guess showing people doing things that would void their device's warranty is not false advertising…)

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.

Re: Show HN: Web app that blows water out of your phone's speakers (warning: loud)

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Post by RandallBrown »

quantumsequoia wrote: post #19
anthropodie wrote: post #8

> So you've dropped your phone in the toilet, Would you guys pick it up? I am not sure what I would do. Edit: of course, I would not let it clog the drain. I mean would you use it afterward.

What alternative is there to picking it up? Flushing it down the drain?

I was out at a bar and one of my friends came back from the bathroom and said their was a phone in the toilet. We asked what she did and she said she tried to flush it. Since that doesn't really work, the phone was still in the toilet.

My wife went in to the bathroom with the girl to get the phone and before my wife could reach in, the girl tried to flush it again!

The phone still didn't fit down the toilet so my wife grabbed it, wiped it off, and then held onto it for a little while. The phone got a few notifications and we realized it actually belonged to another friend of ours who had been taken home earlier. (Because she was drunk enough to abandon her phone in the toilet.)

Her boyfriend (now husband) came back to the bar and we gave him the phone (and the backpack she had also forgotten.)

Re: Show HN: Web app that blows water out of your phone's speakers (warning: loud)

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Post by codetrotter »

6gvONxR4sf7o wrote: post #21
saagarjha wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You're technically not supposed to submerge your iPhone; it voids their warranty. (It drives me mad that they do this in their advertisements, but I guess showing people doing things that would void their device's warranty is not false advertising…)

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.

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

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.

Re: Show HN: Web app that blows water out of your phone's speakers (warning: loud)

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Post by andreareina »

saagarjha wrote: post #17
supermatt wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Likely inspired by the Apple Watch feature. I’m surprised Apple didn’t build this into their phones as well. Good job!

You're technically not supposed to submerge your iPhone; it voids their warranty. (It drives me mad that they do this in their advertisements, but I guess showing people doing things that would void their device's warranty is not false advertising…)

The italian regulators sure think it is: https://9to5mac.com/2020/11/30/apple-fined-12m-for-unfair-cl...

Re: Show HN: Web app that blows water out of your phone's speakers (warning: loud)

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Post by 2muchcoffeeman »

codetrotter wrote: post #23
6gvONxR4sf7o wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

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.…

I’ve seen these work down to 30m without any problems.

Re: Show HN: Web app that blows water out of your phone's speakers (warning: loud)

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Post by flemhans »

6gvONxR4sf7o wrote: post #21
saagarjha wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You're technically not supposed to submerge your iPhone; it voids their warranty. (It drives me mad that they do this in their advertisements, but I guess showing people doing things that would void their device's warranty is not false advertising…)

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.

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

Re: Show HN: Web app that blows water out of your phone's speakers (warning: loud)

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Post by saagarjha »

andreareina wrote: post #24
saagarjha wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You're technically not supposed to submerge your iPhone; it voids their warranty. (It drives me mad that they do this in their advertisements, but I guess showing people doing things that would void their device's warranty is not false advertising…)

The italian regulators sure think it is: https://9to5mac.com/2020/11/30/apple-fined-12m-for-unfair-cl...

Clearly Apple isn't concerned, since they published this three days ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCQpOaR3sVo

Re: Show HN: Web app that blows water out of your phone's speakers (warning: loud)

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Post by birdman3131 »

supermatt wrote: post #5
anonytrary wrote: post #2

NSFH warning! Take the title literally. I interpreted the title as "Webapp that creates natural water sound using your phone", so I clicked the play button without realizing this is NOT a water sound. This is a tone that is played which expels water that got into the phone from the speaker, using the outward pressure created by the tone. Really cool idea.

Likely inspired by the Apple Watch feature. I’m surprised Apple didn’t build this into their phones as well. Good job!

Cat S60 had this before the apple watch did.
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