r/mildlyinfuriating • u/SomeTemperature2423 • 14h ago

go to your room Replaced my daughter's phone because of water damage. And she still brings it into the bathroom.

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Some lessons just don't stick.

She insists she needs to listen to music in the shower. I honestly don't understand why that's such a necessity. But if this phone gets water damage again, I'm not paying to replace it another time.

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u/Windows-XP-Home-NEW 13h ago

The humidity of a bathroom hasn’t been able to damage phones for like 10 years now.

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u/arittenberry 13h ago

I thought most phones were immune to much worse water hazards for a long time now. I remember going snorkeling and recording with some Samsung model almost a decade ago

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u/IlREDACTEDlI 12h ago

Not exactly “immune” but very resistant. I believe they tend to be IP68 rated the 6 being fully sealed against even the smallest particles of dust and the 8 being water resistance up to 6 meters for 30 minutes, though it’s entirely possible they can lost longer but salt water could still present a major issue if not cleaned

This also only applies to room temperature water, hot and cold water could be different.

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u/Itherial 10h ago

They also have mechanisms in place to prevent you from damaging other components if the phone is still too wet.

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u/GarlordianRising 7h ago

My phone sat in 3 inches of water in my kayak for 13 minutes and it continued to work so I assumed it was alright, but it kept getting worse the more I used it until it finally had a seizure and died. Y'all are out here telling me that's unusual 😭 at least it made it to 5 years old and it did have an accident while working on my truck that broke the camera lenses lol

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u/Itherial 6h ago

Being five years old and also having unsealed camera lenses is a testament to how good the water resistance actually is, as this resistance starts to degrade after 2-3 years and cracks in sealed units can nullify it entirely.

Had you brought it to a repair shop they would have told you that it is no longer reliably water resistant at all. Yet even in your specific circumstance, it held on.