Recently I was hiking in the Adirondacks with my iPhone in my pocket when I got caught in a torrential rain storm. I’m not a crazy case guy, so, as is always the, uh..., case, my iPhone was naked. I didn’t think was a problem. I had on a killer Patagonia rain jacket that was supposed to be completely water proof, including the zippered front pockets, which is where I put my phone when the rains arrived. As it happens, they weren’t waterproof enough (Yeah, Patagonia, I’m looking at you...) and my phone took on more than a couple drops of rain.
I won’t go into the details of the damage, but I wasn’t worried because I have AppleCare + and this was the first time in all my years of unprotected iPhone use that I had to take advantage of it. I also had a full iCloud backup, which put me in good stead once I had a new phone in my hands. But, since an iCloud restore also meant I’d have to be near Wi-Fi and plugged in to get my phone back us to speed. So, I created an iTunes backup before I replaced it at the Apple Store. Yes, I could see my phone in iTunes but the display was dead.
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