FYI: iPods make lousy sailing boats

stickybuns · 05-07-2011, 04:02 PM

My three year old decided to take my iPod Touch on a lovely "ocean" voyage in the potty.

DixieGal · 05-07-2011, 04:05 PM

Do you have "Away Goes Trouble Down the Drain" on it?

Seriously, that sucks.

odiakkoh · 05-07-2011, 04:05 PM

Ugh my condolences. Ill tell my 2 yr old so he doesnt need to try it himself.

stickybuns · 05-07-2011, 04:12 PM

"Thankfully" it was a 2nd generation model with a cracked screen, so I was planning on upgrading in the next year or two (and letting the kiddo have the old one).

We're waiting for it to finish drying out to access the total damage, but so far it looks like the entire display (screen, touch screen, backlighting) needs replacing. Probably the battery too... it only holds a charge for about 10 minutes.

jswinden · 05-08-2011, 06:22 PM

Put it in a window in direct sunlight or in your oven on WARM setting (100 degrees F). At 100 degrees it won't melt or catch fire but it will dry out.

Toddlers do like dunking anything they can pick up into a toilet!

stickybuns · 05-08-2011, 07:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jswinden

Put it in a window in direct sunlight or in your oven on WARM setting (100 degrees F). At 100 degrees it won't melt or catch fire but it will dry out.

Toddlers do like dunking anything they can pick up into a toilet!

Thank you, but sadly it is dead. We (well, the other half, who is an EE) opened it up, and the number of components that are fried outnumber the ones that appear to be OK.

mjhudston · 05-15-2011, 01:36 PM

Ooops.

05-07-2011, 04:02 PM	#1
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05-07-2011, 04:05 PM	#2
DixieGal Hi There! Posts: 7,473 Karma: 2930523 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ft Lauderdale Device: iPad	Do you have "Away Goes Trouble Down the Drain" on it? Seriously, that sucks.

05-07-2011, 04:05 PM	#3
odiakkoh Guru Posts: 823 Karma: 1818344 Join Date: Apr 2011 Device: iPhone 5s	Ugh my condolences. Ill tell my 2 yr old so he doesnt need to try it himself.

05-07-2011, 04:12 PM	#4
stickybuns Evangelist Posts: 405 Karma: 479729 Join Date: Feb 2011 Device: Kindle 3, Kindle Paperwhite 2	"Thankfully" it was a 2nd generation model with a cracked screen, so I was planning on upgrading in the next year or two (and letting the kiddo have the old one). We're waiting for it to finish drying out to access the total damage, but so far it looks like the entire display (screen, touch screen, backlighting) needs replacing. Probably the battery too... it only holds a charge for about 10 minutes.

05-08-2011, 06:22 PM	#5
jswinden Nameless Being	Put it in a window in direct sunlight or in your oven on WARM setting (100 degrees F). At 100 degrees it won't melt or catch fire but it will dry out. Toddlers do like dunking anything they can pick up into a toilet!

05-15-2011, 01:36 PM	#7
mjhudston All round good egg Posts: 229 Karma: 1005039 Join Date: Oct 2008 Device: Apple Ipad 3rd Generation	Ooops.

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