In case you do not know where I am going with this story, let me lay it out for you. I was getting ready to use the bathroom, with my phone in hand. As I pulled down my drawers, the phone slipped and landed smack dab in the middle of the toilet.
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Oh snap! What a horrible, horrible feeling! I stood there staring at my phone for a moment (in serious disbelief), and finally took the plunge, reached in with my hand, and quickly fished out my beloved phone (dripping water everywhere as I did this). I grabbed the hand-towel that was hanging on the rack and desperately started wiping my phone. Actually I kind of cradled it in the towel first in hopes of absorbing most of the water.
I had read before about what you should and shouldn’t do if a phone is accidentally submerged in water, but in my panic stricken state, I forgot everything I had read. I went with my gut feeling and just continued to dry my phone. I took the rubber cover off and wiped thoroughly around the phone and inside the cover. I blew as hard as I could into the ports, speaker, camera and any other nook or cranny I could find. I waited about 15 minutes (I did remember this part – to let it dry completely before turning it on) and held my breath as I proceeded to turn my phone on. It worked!! I was stunned and excited, as I was sure it was a goner. I do think the protective rubber case played a huge part in protecting my phone. But what if I didn’t have that protection?
This is where Asurion comes in:
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Had my phone not worked after this unfortunate incident, I would be up a creek (you know what kind), without a paddle. I would be so mad at myself, and my husband wouldn’t have been thrilled either, as the original contract price of the phone typically is NOT what most users would have to pay to replace their phone.
Asurion is here to help! In addition to having some fantastic cell phone tips on their website (such as putting your phone in a bowl of rice if it gets wet!), they can help if you find yourself in a situation such as mine above. Or if you lose your phone. Or if it is stolen. Asurion has partnered with the top cell phone carriers in North America to to help you get a replacement phone to you quickly. They make it hassle-free and you will quickly be back on track, with a new phone in hand. Cell phone insurance is a really good idea, unless you like paying bundles of money for new phones. I do not like to do that.
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260 Responses
My husband is a carpenter and dropped his phone from a 2 story roof- yes it broke!
I lost my last cell phone, when it took a dip in the hot tub with me… :-S
The mishap was not ours but we paid for it.:) My just turned 13 son was at our neighbors and was spraying some kids in the pool, being a smart aleck. He was staying clear of the pool area there because he had FINALLY gotten his first phone and had it in his pocket. My neighbor, owner of the home is kind of a smart a$$ too, and after a couple of failed attempts to curb my son’s fun, pushed him in the pool. She had NO idea the phone was in his pocket. He was SO scared of telling us but the mom called and told us. We ended up getting him another of the same phone, and didn’t ask either of them to pay. It was just one of those things. BUT we told our son if it anything happened to his phone again that was not COMPLETELY accidental, he would have to go without. It’s been over 2 years and he is VERY careful with his phone. Then THIS spring break, Dad put my son’s phone in his pocket while fishing and then SAT on it. Cracked the screen and the display would not work anymore. SO, we had to pay for it again, as was not his fault at all. Kinda funny because with a huge family, this one is the only one with phone “mishaps”. Thanks for the giveaway~~
Yuck! I think most of us have dropped a phone in the toilet at least once – not fun!
I was walking to our pickup and felt a stone in my shoe…leaned against the tailgate and put my phone on the edge while I fixed my shoe and you guessed it,,left my phone on the tailgate while we drove away…bye bye phone!
I dropped my phone on the concrete as I was getting out of my car one time. I was so scared that my phone was broken, but luckily it still worked with only a few scratches!
Yes, I have MOST definitely dropped my phone into the toilet! My phone goes everywhere with me, including the bathroom, it’s bound to happen. Thankfully it fell into clean water and afterwards I was able to get it working again!
Once I could not find my phone for the life of me and no one was home (not even a neighbor) where I could call my # to see if I could hear it ringing somewhere. I was baffled because I knew ad just used itthe night before to set my alarm. Well….I ended up finding it buried in my Cat’s litter box when I went to clean it out later that afternoon!!! My cat had actually somehow even got it open and the battery was buried too!!!
My brother had a phone chewed up by his (at that time) boxer pup. I think within a week, the dog chewed both his & his wife’s phones (her’s was brand new too).
My son had his phone in his pocket. He had just filled the 5 gallon water dish for the animals, and was just about done, when his cell phone fell into the dish and got all wet.
My husband keeps loosing them.
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Hi! 🙂 Well, I luckily haven’t had any… and that better continue… 🙂 There were times that I dropped my PDA years ago, but short distances, but didn’t know until I picked it up that it was okay. Now they have cases that are a vast improvement over the plastic ones that you don’t need to worry about those short distances. And my first cell phone I used until it died all by itself… so, been fortunate… *knocking all the wood I can find*
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I have ” misplaced” my phone several times….once permanently.
i lose my phone all the time, last week I left it at the movie theater, luckily when I went back it was still there
I made the mistake of carrying my phone in my pocket at the stable where my daughter rides. While grooming a horse with her it fell out and the horse stepped on it — sigh.
I haven not dropped mine in water (thank goodness) but I have dropped it on many occasions on the ground each time thinking it was going to break.
i had my phone charging by the computer and my daughter picked it up and dropped it on the floor and the screen shattered.
I have about 10 stories so I will just share my most recent. Yes, I am a mobile mishapper as well as a GPS ruiner and an ipod drencher. My latest story is keeping it in the front pocket, my baby spitting up on me and I immediately threw the pants in the washer with the phone in the front pocket. No- it doesn’t work after going through a whole wash cycle.
You know the commercial that they use to show that had the picture of the spider on it and scared everyone. Well my daughter had her phone with her at a friend’s house and there really was a spider on my daughter’s phone. My daughter’s friend threw the phone and her screen was smashed.
i lost my phone in a cab one time and someone actually returned my calls and returned the cell!
i forgot my phone was in my pocket and it fell out and landed in the toilet….at my house thank goodness! (if it’s going to land in a toilet I’d MUCH rather it be at home!!)
I dropped mine and broke it 🙁
My dad dropped his phone in the toilet. It was a gonner.
I can soooo relate to your story…as a matter of fact, my story would sound exactly like yours! I still have a flip phone but I still panicked that it wouldn’t work….but it did, thank goodness!
I dropped my phone into the toilet many times.
I dropped my phone into the toilet not only once, I’m glad it’s going strong
i recently ran over my phone! oops, its gone!
I dropped my phone in our washer.
I once sat on my phone and butt dialed my boss.
Lost my phone this winter. Found it 2 DAYS later in the melted snow.
I placed it in a bowl of rice and it works fine now!
Have dropped cell phone everywhere but amazingly it has survived all accidents!
left my phone on top of my car and drove off 🙁
I began pulling my clothes out of the washer and found that my phone had gone through the wash. It was not saveable so I had to get a new phone.
Luckily I’ve been pretty fortunate with my phone. My son, however, has dropped his a handful of times on the driveway. Thankfully he had a protective case and it worked
With my husband’s last phone, I ran it through the washer and dryer within two weeks of purchase. That was an expensive one to replace.
This is the most interesting story I have: My old LG phone was a P.O.S. and it had been glitching horribly the night I was using it. I wasn’t in a patient mood and I got so enraged (Lyme rage plus lack of sleep) that I actually BIT my phone. Cracked the internal screen and couldn’t read text messages unless I slid the phone open. LOL
Thank you for this great giveaway!
Apparently, my little boy broke my hubby’s friends cell phone
No major mobile mishaps, but I found your review very informative.
I dropped my iphone and cracked my screen. I did not have insurance on my phone.
Caught my son stirring the Dog Water Bowl with my Droid!
My mobile Mishap: My dog got my phone and chewed on it, which shattered the screen
I’ve dropped mine in the toilet twice.
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Mishap was walking in the ocean with my cell phone in pocket
dropped in a sink full on water!
I keep dropping mine and now it doesn’t work so good. I keep having to get a new one from Verizon
I dropped mine in the swimming pool. I was sitting on the ladder, looking at messages (how dumb was that) and yep, dropped it in the pool. Luckily my friend who was in the pool was standing there talking to me and grabbed it like seconds after it fell in. I also had the rubber case and she had me put it in a bag of rice 24 hours before trying to turn it on and I got really lucky that it worked the next day. I am alot more careful now..lol
My husband washed his in the laundry.
The worst phone mishap we have had was my daughter – she got a new phone – and held her arm out over the deck (3 stories up) – well – one of the dogs jumped on her and oops …. well … Asurion made it a whole lot cheaper than buying a brand new droid 2 days in a row – LOL
My husband dropped his cell phone in a bucket of oil while on a lather. …..it still worked for months after, you could see the oil swimming in his screen! LOL
I haven’t had any mishaps, but my son and daughter-in-law have both dropped theirs in the big white bowl. And my dil then plugged it into the charger right away to “dry it out”…yikes! The thing was smoking when we found it upstairs!
I’m very clumsy in winter and keep dropping my phone on the hard road whenever I’m using it with my gloves on! Poor phone, had to endure tons of scratches and bumps
My husband went fishing, and his phone fell out of his pocket into the lake!
I usually have my cell phone in my lap when I am driving and I have forgotten it was there more times than I care to remember and when I get out of the car it drops on the ground. It is pretty banged up.
I had my cell phone in my pocket on Superman at Six Flags, it feel out. Never recovered it.
My daughter opened my flip phone when it rang and bent in backwards until the screen went blank/black and I lost all contacts 🙁
I have damaged my iPhones (yes, plural) so many times. On second day of having dropped out of pocket into standing water in bilge of boat. One that makes me made is I dropped phone yesterday in its heavy duty otter box, and screen cracked… I spent $100 last month replacing the screen because I smashed it bad (without otter box).
Thankfully I’ve never dropped my phone in the toilet but I know a lot people who have!
My husband’s bloodhound “puppy” used my 1 week old phone as a chew toy (and my hubby’s prescrption glasses, the TV remote, broke 5 fruit trees in half…)
I left my phone in my pants pocket and then washed the pants. I didn’t realize until I heard it clunking around in the dryer. My husband lost his in the woods and in a snow bank before.
Last summer I lost my cell phone, so I ended up upgrading to an iPhone. Of course, I found the old phone just a few weeks later. Thanks for the chance to win!
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I dropped it from my balcony.
Forgot my phone was in my pocket and it fell out in the toilet when I was getting ready to give my son a bath.
Well yes I remember once I had a Motorola and dropped it and I accidentally stepped on the screen and broke it ;( (I was wearing heels lol)
Son dropped phone onto our hearth. Screen shattered.
He had purchased insurance. Got new phone.
Happy son.
I dropped my iPhone while getting out of the car the day I bought it. Even with a case on, the screen shattered 🙁
I’ve actually been lucky, in that I’ve never busted my phone yet…I’m so paranoid I will, though! But congrats to you, on your phone still working! 🙂
My son dropped his cell phone in a glass of milk. Yup! No kidding!
I knew someone that dropped their phone in a lake once while fishing.
My mobile mishap happened just a couple days ago. We were on a boat trip and had our tents set up, with my purse in one of them. It started downpouring rain and my phone was in my purse, along with my husband’s. His is ruined and mine works but has a water mark along the screen. Next time, it’s waterproof bags for sure!
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My phone fell on the ground. The screen broke into tiny pieces. I can’t believe that it still works.
i dropped my phone in the pool last week.. so embarassing!
i had a day where my phone was dropped in the bathtub, later on my husband let me use his phone and i spilled my coke all over it, i broke 2 phones in one day!
just the usual drop and smash
I left mine in my pocket when we went in the ocean.
I dropped mine in the snow, lucky someone told me about opening it up and putting it in rice.
Dropped mine in a lake getting onto the boat. Bummer!
I dropped my phone in the toilet once.
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The first day I had my new phone I dropped it and cracked the screen pretty badly! I was so mad at myself. I still use my broken phone because Im too cheap to replace it!
My husband dropped his phone in the deep end of the pool while vacuuming it out one afternoon.
I slipped my phone into my briefcase and then left it atop my van when I finished my sandwich and drove away.
My brother was also pushed into a pool with his brand new phone in his pocket. He got a new only to drop it on day 2 and crack the screen…
My husband once dropped his work Blackberry into the urinal. Yeah, that made for some fun comments from his coworkers.
washed hubbys new droid….and dried it too!
I am always misplacing my phone. I can’t count the time’s I’ve left it someplace and forgotten about it.
Luckily, this has not happened to me yet. I say yet, because I am sure it is just a matter of time! I probably would have done the same thing you did, completely let the steps of what to do escape my mind and just wing it. I am glad it worked out in your favor!
I’ve washed my brand new phone because I left them in my jeans. That was a bad day…
I had a lost and soon found cell found – that’s the worst so far.
Thank you.
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Dropped my phone on the driveway the DAY I got it. Wasn’t broken, but did leave a nice gouge. Had ordered a phone protector/case on Amazon ON THE DRIVE HOME. Was so bummed!
A long time ago, I dropped my phone down an elevator shaft while getting on the elevator in Whole Foods DC. It took two days to get it back and it was no longer functional.
I have dropped mine in the toilet. Ugh..not fun
We (hubby, kiddos and I) were window shopping for an in-ground pool. I was yelling at the kiddos to stay away from the edge, as it was slippery and they may fall in. Low and behold, I should’ve taken my own advice, because I did just that-purse, cell phone, keys….everything went swimming with me. We have Asurion on our cell phones, thank goodness, because I had just gotten a new one a few days earlier!
I got thrown in a pool with my phone in my pocket. I was so mad!!!
This year alone we have had one lost cell phone, two broken iphone screens, one water damaged iphone, and oen non-smart phone that had a worn out keypad. It’s beyond rediculous!
When I was on the swim team we always tried a day of one of our meets to throw our coach in the water. So one time she knew she was going to be thrown in and she was thrown in, lol. But the senior who threw her in had his mom volunteer during the swim meet. He also grabbed her and threw her in too. That last week she had boughten a new iPhone. She had it in her back pocket as she was thrown in the nadatorium pool lol.
First my phone fell on the tile phone and the screen cracked. I thought I could live like that for a few months until my contract was up and I could buy a new one. But then a few days later, my husband dropped my phone in the pool. Forced me to get a new one.
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My sister’s cat knocked my phone into the toilet. Killed it. 🙁
I once dropped my phone in the toilet at my gym.
I have not had a mobile mishap yet, but my son went swimming with his Blackberry and that was the end of it.
I had left my phone ontop of my car while fastening my kids into their car seats. I came back later to find my phone in the street, crushed.
I just dropped my iphone on the ground yesterday and shattered it
Well, I did laundry quickly one day. Do the math.
I washed my husband’s cell phone and my son had a 16# shot put dropped on his iPhone a couple of months after he got it.
I just got a new cell phone because I accidentally knelt on my old one and cracked the screen.
My son just dropped his cell phone into the sink while he was brushing his teeth. There was enough water to ruin it. We had insurance (Asurion) and it was replaced the following day! How is that for good service!
I frequently drop my phone although I have not damaged it at this time.
We usually forget to charge our phones and then they are useless when we need them!
Cell phone went through the washer after being left in a pocket
We lost our phone for 2 weeks and somehow, we have no clue how, it wound up in the linen closet.
I lost mine in the hay mow while unloading hay Still haven’t found it
Washed it in the pocket of my jeans!
My daughter dropped my phone in the toilet while on vacation.
Mine was when my daughter lost her brand new smart phone at school!! Thankfully we had insurance to replace it!
One mishap that happened a looooooooong time ago was when I got water on my phone the night before, and took it apart to let it dry. The next morning, when I woke up and put it back together, I got the “White Screen of Death”. I had over 20 numbers in that phone and couldn’t remember a single one (except my parent’s and sister’s numbers). I was so upset.
My phone just dies super quickly 🙁
I left my phone on the roof of my car and drove away
washed it by mistake
Dropped mine into the toilet. Thankfully it was clean water (or as clean as can be) in there.
My mobile mishap happened when I dropped my iPhone and cracked the screen.
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I fell on a slippery boat ramp and it ruined the cell phone in my pocket.
I have dropped my phone twice. It broke both times.
i have dropped my phone so many times, even 2 times in toilet.. opps/
I am happy that your cell phone is still working. I am always paranoid that something like that will happen to me so I am obsessively careful!
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i once dropped my phone in a bucket of paint
I learned the hard way that dropping my phone into a bucket of water is not a good thing.
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I dropped it down the concrete stairs.
Oh no, what an awful feeling! I haven’t dropped mine in the toilet (yet), but it could so easily happen to any of us. I did drop a book in the toilet at the doctor’s office – had brought it to read in the waiting room. No, those big, round plastic toilet paper dispensers were not made to be bookshelves! 🙂 I dropped my phone in the garage but, thankfully, only chipped it.
i dropped my cell phone in the toilet
I’ve had the same thing happen to me! Now I don’t feel like a stupe! No offense or anything!
i dropped my phone in a lake!
I dropped my cell phone and cracked the screen.
I accidentally put my brothers phone in my pocket instead of placing it somewhere safe and my mom washed my pants!
having in on my lap during a long car ride…forgetting it was there the jumping out when car parked…launching it across parking lot lol
I’ve dropped my phone on concrete before and scratched it pretty bad.
My friend got her phone wet at the beach. Disaster!
My hubby dropped his phone on the pavement and the screen shattered. I’m just glad it was his work phone because they paid to replace it. thank you!
We have had many mishaps over the years but one of the funniest was my son came home and said his phone wasn’t working and handed it to me upside down I asked him if he dropped it or got it wet and he said no I turned it over and the display was literally filled with water I said to him I asked you if you got it wet and you said no and he said to me I only dropped it in a puddle, sometimes I want to send him to the moon!! Thank goodness for Insurance!!
My husband is so hard on cell phones. He drops it all the time. I don’t know how it keeps from breaking the screen, but his defender case has helped.
my mishaps,i have lost or broken a total of 5 cellphones in the last 3 years!!!
In June I accidentally left my phone at the imax. Luckily someone turned it in, and I got it back. It was on my daughters 10th birthday. I would have lost all of the pictures of her that day.
dropped a phone in the pool once
my worst moment was when my kids dropped it in the toilet
Sat down with phone in front pocket and screen broke.
I am a new mom with a 6 week old boy. I am sleep deprived. Last week, when I was congratulating myself for realzing I needed to add detergent to the laundry, I realized that I had already “added” my cell phone to it on accident!
My husband left his phone in his pants and sent them through the washer.
I dropped mine in a honey bucket once.
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Its great that your phone worked after it fell into the water. I am sure I would be in a panic if I dumped my phone into water.
I left my phone out in the rain but I got a new battery and it start right back.
I dropped my phone in the potty prior to flush not good not good at all
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My son’s mishap was racking up $1,400 in data fees….so he lost his phone.
I ran a pager through the washing machine, but fixed it by opening it taking out the water then putting it into the fridge to get rid of the rest of the water.
I dropped my phone in the toilet – UGH
I have dropped cell phones into fountains on two different vacations – not because I was texting and not paying attention, but because I’m a klutz and dropped them in trying to take close-up photos! One phone survived the plunge, while the other was history afterward.
Mine fell out of my back pocket into the toilet.
A friend set his phone on the passenger seat of his car. Not knowing the phone slid into his McDOnalds bag, he popped the bag in the microwave to re-warm his burger. The sparks and snaps let him know where his phone was.
I DROPPED MINE IN THE TOILET BEFORE WHICH IS PROBABLY THE WORST THING YOU COULD EVER DO 🙁
Just the other day I tripped over our dog while carrying my laptop in the dark. I had quite a bad fall, but I saved my laptop! Thank you for the lovely giveaway!
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Dropped my phone in a toilet.
the rice thing really works, it did draw out all the water in the wet phone.
My phone went into a PUBLIC toilet once…. Yep, I had been carrying the thing around in a pants pocket. PLUNK! I was sooooooo grossed out. I was glad for once that it was not one of those self- flushing auto toilets… um.. YES I fished it out. (gulp) I washed and washed my hand and that phone and IT WORKED after it dried out very thoroughly. I was surprised.
dropped it in lake
I went in a hottub with my phone in my swimming suit pocket. Luckily it was before the smartphone era.
I like your story!
I’ve dropped my phone down 3 flights of stairs.
The only thing I can remember is rice. Of course, I rarely have rice in the house…
My phone dropped right next to the toliet, I thought for sure it was going in, I was so lucky
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My grandson had the same accident, but his mother’s quick actions of drying it off and covering it in a bowl of rice saved the day. However taking it for a swim in the ocean a couple month later was not quite as happy an occurence.
I once dropping my phone in my swimming pool.
i was doing my hair in the bathroom one morning. i was installing a new rom on the old phone and accidentally knocked it in the toliet
You were really lucky, my sonhas dropped his in the toilet so mant times he finally bought one that is supposedly waterproof. Luckily we haven’t had to test it yet!
My last mishap was leaving my phone in a restaurant
I accidentally threw my phone across the counter at a dunkin donuts. The phone broke after bouncing around on the hard floor.
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I dropped it while doing my exercises.
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my phone broke apart at a dance club
I dropped my cell during the movies and the screen cracked a little.
I dropped my daughter’s phone down a flight of concrete stairs (it lived too)
I put my iPhone in my purse along with my son’s juice cup. Needless to say, when I went to use my phone it was sopping wet and would not turn on!
i drop my phone all the time, but once it fell face down and the screen shattered. 🙁
i dropped my phone in a puddle!
I’m glad that your phone still worked after the toilet mishap, and it’s a good thing that the phone fell in before you used the toilet. I hope this won’t ever happen to me.
Mine fell out of my pocket at a restaurant didn’t realize at the time. Discovered it was missing about a half hour later went back. Someone found it and gave it to the manager. It had been run over but thankfully still worked but had permanent tires marks on it
Once left the phone on top of commode and knocked it into the bowl accidentally!
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I’ve dumped my phone into the toilet at a bar once (not fun) and have accidentally taken my daughters phone thinking it was mine as well.
I was texting while using the bathroom, and yes…. it fell into the toilet
My son drops my phone all the time!
fumbled it in the car as i tried to put it my purse, dropped in my coffee then rushing in the rain, dropped on the blacktop into a puddle (as if the coffee wasn’t enough)
Was giving my daughter a bath and letting her play, and she got water in her eyes so I quickly moved the towel to her face and failed to realize my iPhone had flipped off the towel and into the tub. Grabbed it a second after it went in and dried it in rice. PHEW!
I dropped it in the pool
last week i put my phone down on the sink and knocked it over into the toilet while washing my hands.
I was getting in the car after shopping at Walmart. I was trying to lean it against my shoulder as I was talking. I thought to myself “I better stop, I”m going to drop it.” Then a few seconds later that’s exactly what happened! The screen on my iPhone shattered. I was so sad 🙁
I once dropped my phone in a glass of soda!
Oddly enough, I have never actually broken a phone. I have dropped mine countless times but it has never broken. Thank goodness for cases, huh?
I haven’t had a mishap yet but my son got his cell phone wet during a fishing trip.
I dropped my phone in a puddle once…was not happy about that
My phone fell out of my purse and got stepped on at the airport. Unfortunately this happened as I was going out of town and not as I was coming home. I could not do anything about my cell phone situation for two weeks as the bill was not in my name.
about 4 years ago, I dropped my favorite phone ever in a glass of milk while i was leaning over to pick it up. I swear I think I cried…I know it was just a phone, but I miss it! with my insurance, they sent me an updated version of mine….it wasn’t the same. 🙁
I dropped my mobile from a car and it got broke 🙁
Last week, my husband and I were getting into our pool when his pocket started vibrating – he had forgotten he had his phone in his swimsuit pocket. Needless to say – we had to order him a new one.
I dropped my cell phone once while looking for something in my backpack while hiking. Not good. We were 22 miles away from civilization.
Mine shattered on the pavement.
I’ve been lucky, knock wood. I’ve only just dropped mine a time or two, and never from very high up.
One Saturday morning I was feeling quite productive and on top of things as I cleaned the house and made a big breakfast. Going into the bedroom, I happily grabbed the sheets off our king sized bed and tossed them in the washer. Then, about half an hour later I realized that my phone was missing. I searched high and low, and finally found it when I moved the sheets from the washer to the dryer. A wet phone can sometimes be recovered, but not one that has been swished around in the washer for half an hour. It was a very sad day. But then my husband surprised me with a new droid!
I haven’t had a phone mishap – yet.
I had my cell phone in my pocket when I went to the bathroom when I pulled my shorts up, plop the phone went into the toilet,
My daghter dropped my phone in the toilet.
My mom dropped her phone in a cup of water and ruined it
Dropped my phone in a public toilet. Then, I had to reach my hand in and get it. Not my best day. (And the phone broke)
My daughter lost her phone when she went on a ride at Cedar point. She has lost 2 others as well. 1 in the lake and 1 stolen from school
I recenly dropped my phone into the pool
My phone just has a few scratches. My boyfriend keeps losing his phones!
Knock on wood, I’ve never damaged my phone. But my husband has gone through several! He somehow broke the tiny camera lens on his new phone. I don’t even know how that’s possible…
My biggest mishap was running my phone thru and entire wash cycle in my laundry!!! Uh yeah…killed it! LOL
I’ve never had a mishap, but my kids have made up for that. They’ve dropped phones in the toilet – more than once.
dropping my phone in iced coffee:(
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My husband had just gotten a new phone with a 2 year contract and he had it in his pocket when he jumped in the pool…. It was ruined after having it for only a day! LOL!
I spilled a bunch of water into my phone’s head jack this summer, which was almost a disaster! Luckily I shut it off and shook it out in time.
I am constantly losing my phone!!! Sometimes it will be right next to me and I will be frantically looking for it haha.
i am always afraid of a phone mishap!! iphones are so delicate.
My sister inadvertently dropped her cell phone while getting out of the car & ran over it the next morning on her way to work.
Once I was in a department store going pee and as I bent over to flush the toilet my iPhone fell out of my cleavage, where I had tucked it for the ordeal, and into the PUBLIC toilet! I had about two seconds of panic before I snatched it out, bolted out of the stall and spent the next ten minutes holding my precious phone under the electric blow dryer. It was the most terrible experience, but my lovely little mobile survived being submerged in that disgusting pit of germs, and it still works today. 🙂
dropping my phone in the hotel pool
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dropped cellphone in pool while playing with dogs
butt dialing is never fun:)
Dropped mine in the toilet once
I’ve never really had anything awful go wrong with my cell phone, but the first one I ever had got such bad reception that I almost never used one again.
One time my husband dropped his cell in the water while fishing!
I don’t have any mishaps because I don’t have a cell phone. Amazing isn’t it? 🙂
i dropped a cell phone in a toilet recently
Ran over mine with a four-wheeler!
My daughter dropped her very first phone into the toliet. She was heartbroken, but learned her lesson and never takes it in to the bathroom now,
one time my husband dropped the cell phone from his pocket while he was mowing and mowed over it, it was a goner, a million little pieces
My hubby dropped his phone when running the torch through our town. Never did find it.
I’m so lucky that I haven’t had a mishap with my phone — yet!
Dropped it into the deep end of the pool and I do not swim…
I dropped one of my phones off of a fishing pier.
me by pool phone in pocket kids push in……….need i say more LoL
Mine went in with the dirty dishes. Ugh.
I dropped mine crossing the street in NYC, yes it got ran over.
No horrible mishaps with my phone, it is just beaten up cause my kids enjoy chucking it to the sidewalk from the stroller.
Had my phone in the pocket of my waterproof jacket – only it wasn’t so waterproof after all
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I wash my husband cell in wash machine…it never worked again
I dropped my cell phone on the asphalt in a parking lot, it broke into pieces!
I recently rescued my phone from my labs mouth….thats was a very close disaster!!!
My daughter has dropped hers in the toilet and on the floor and left in the freezer but right now she is walking around with a shattered screen from dropping it on cement.
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I washed my 1st cell phone. It was clean, but dead 🙁
my phones all seem to like swimming in toilets
kind of funny I found this now up until about a week ago i had NO phone mishaps but last week my precious iPhone went for a swim in a public toilet. Well you know you are way to attached to your phone when you dont even think twice about sticking your hand in a public toilet to fish it out FAST. LOL I was lucky I was due for an upgrade anyway and Walmart had the 4s at only $148
I dropped my phone on the subway tracks once 🙁
I haven’t had one yet
Over Labor Day my phone somehow ended up in the pool! It must have grown legs and fallen in!
Sorry, but I can’t top my friend’s issue – – She was playing sudoku…and dropped her phone in the toilet. Eww!
I’m pretty careful with my phone, but my hubby has left his phone on his car and drove away…. twice. Thank goodness for Asurion!
My hubby puts his phone on his car and drives away. He has done this twice….. ugh…
Put phone in shirt pocket. Bend over to flush toilet. Oops.
Thanks for the contest.
I dropped my phone in the toilet!
Mine fell in the tub
I absolutely hate Asurion cell phone insurance they are the dumbest rudest most inconsiderate people I’ve ever had the displeasure of dealing with I sent in my Samsung Galaxy Note 5 that was improperly refurbished in the first place do to a American Battery in a international device after sending in my Note 5 I received an S6 which is obvious downgrade a smaller screen which I didn’t want the first place not to mention that it does not work with my service that I am leasing with the phone itself which I didn’t think was a friggin possibility makes me almost 3 weeks to get through to them send me another phone after heavily stressing upon the importance of sending me to correct phone they send me another phone that’s incompatible with my service at this point I’m extremely frustrated I spent almost 70 hours on the phone total Guild with at least 50 different people after being cold I’d be called back after five days three times in a row I finally got through again to have them assure me that they were going to send the right phone this next time third time’s a charm lo and behold I get the third phone the third wrong phone and it does not work with my service either they have to be absolutely just brainless. I hope they all lose their jobs because their absolute idiots I can’t stress that enough I don’t know where or how they got their Better Business Bureau rating because they’re absolute trash they should be shut down for what they’re putting on people and doing the people this is disgusting what people can get away with because they put it in their and conditions. Really though my message to Asurion would be “there’s a special place in hell for your kind of people”
And my message to people about Asurion would be stay away if you can avoid being involved with them and any possible way do do not give these people a dime of your money they’ll take you for anything and everything you got with a smile on their face while they do it.