>without water damage
IME you have to wait a few weeks to decide that one unfortunately. (on the other hand, if my iphone still worked I probably wouldn't have been motivated to get things like power management working on my pinephone.)
Using a magnetic string to fish for a lost iPhone 12 in a Berlin canal
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Re: Using a magnetic string to fish for a lost iPhone 12 in a Berlin canal
#12I've gotta give them props for the persistence. I would have just given up and bought a new iPhone. It's impressive that the iPhone survived the whole ordeal, without even turning off. And the amount of stuff they found makes me wonder why people don't use magnets on strings to search for lost things in European canals more often. Could be an interesting hobby.
If you got an email in your inbox that said to click a link to find out what personal item of yours somebody had found with a magnet, would that be considered magnet phishing?
Re: Using a magnetic string to fish for a lost iPhone 12 in a Berlin canal
#13I've gotta give them props for the persistence. I would have just given up and bought a new iPhone. It's impressive that the iPhone survived the whole ordeal, without even turning off. And the amount of stuff they found makes me wonder why people don't use magnets on strings to search for lost things in European canals more often. Could be an interesting hobby.
> I would have just given up and bought a new iPhone
If people didn't already realize that most of people hanging around on HN have the top 10% of the world's wealth, this made things clearer than ever (the phone in question costs around 1000 EUR)
Makes all the conversations around finance here make so much more sense.
Re: Using a magnetic string to fish for a lost iPhone 12 in a Berlin canal
#14Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's very dangerous especially in France due to old ordinance. Google magnet fishing
"Ordinance" is legislation. "Ordnance" is the explosive stuff. Old ordinance can also be troublesome, but is rarely deadly.
I'm not GP but as a non-native speaker, thanks for the tip! I never realized :)
Re: Using a magnetic string to fish for a lost iPhone 12 in a Berlin canal
#15I've gotta give them props for the persistence. I would have just given up and bought a new iPhone. It's impressive that the iPhone survived the whole ordeal, without even turning off. And the amount of stuff they found makes me wonder why people don't use magnets on strings to search for lost things in European canals more often. Could be an interesting hobby.
If you got an email in your inbox that said to click a link to find out what personal item of yours somebody had found with a magnet, would that be considered magnet phishing?
Only if you provide proof by a magnet link. Magnet magnet fishing phishing.
Re: Using a magnetic string to fish for a lost iPhone 12 in a Berlin canal
#16I’m surprised to hear that bluetooth, GPS, and cellular don’t work in water. I wonder what’s the science behind this.
Re: Using a magnetic string to fish for a lost iPhone 12 in a Berlin canal
#17What a great excuse to give to those ignored Tinder matches.
Or a great conversation starter!
Re: Using a magnetic string to fish for a lost iPhone 12 in a Berlin canal
#18I’m surprised to hear that bluetooth, GPS, and cellular don’t work in water. I wonder what’s the science behind this.
Radio is part of the EM spectrum. EM waves (including light) decay under water at an exponential rate due to absorption by the medium. So data transmission underwater must rely instead on mechanical waves (sound).
This is why underwater robots mostly use tethers, otherwise you couldn't control them very well (RC control would stop working at a very shallow depth).
Note: why are folks downvoting an honest question?
Re: Using a magnetic string to fish for a lost iPhone 12 in a Berlin canal
#19I’m surprised to hear that bluetooth, GPS, and cellular don’t work in water. I wonder what’s the science behind this.
Not much different than why they don't work through the ground - it's mass that absorbs a wide range of frequencies.
Re: Using a magnetic string to fish for a lost iPhone 12 in a Berlin canal
#20I've gotta give them props for the persistence. I would have just given up and bought a new iPhone. It's impressive that the iPhone survived the whole ordeal, without even turning off. And the amount of stuff they found makes me wonder why people don't use magnets on strings to search for lost things in European canals more often. Could be an interesting hobby.
> …makes me wonder why people don't use magnets on strings to search for lost things in European canals more often.
You may be interested in “Below the Surface”, an exhibition of objects found in Amsterdam canals that have been dated from 2005 (phones, coins) back to -119000 (sea shells).