Things I've tried to do to fix my wet cell phone

So I was trying to talk on my cellphone near a sink, and this resulted in the phone slipping out between my ear and shoulder and into a large amount of water.

And now I'm going to show you the (unsuccessful) ways I've tried to fix it:

#1


For me, this method did not work.

#2 Immersing the phone in rubbing alcohol.

This one, also, did not work for me. My engineering friends suggested it as a way of purging the phone of water, and the alcohol will quickly evaporate.

I believe that in some cases, these techniques will work to fix a broken phone. Try them at your own risk. (In my scenario, it was obvious that my phone was broken, so I had no problem submerging it in rubbing alcohol ---- c'mon, I love testing hypotheses!)

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With that out of the way, let me tell you something that I've learned over the past few days.

For me, being unreachable has been pretty spectacular. In retrospect, I've come to realize that I spend a lot of my time sending text messages and making calls that I could do without. In this regard, these are time-wasters. Personally, I think it's possible to go off the grid, and live my life by using a landline only. And how retro is it to give out one's home phone number?!

So until I get a new phone, I'm free from (cellphone) distraction. And it's pretty amazing.

Try this for the next few days: Turn off your cellphone, and go without it for 3 days. See what you learn.

Optimize (by simplifying) your life.