Kid microwaved my iPhone

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:To answer…Like many of you I don’t have a house phone and they were using it to talk to their friend. I was giving them privacy by being on the other end of the house. There was a big conversation about safety and how dangerous it was.

Will check out AppleCare that’s a good suggestion.

Doesn't explain how utterly unsafe this stupid stunt was.

Who puts a phone in a microwave?
What in the world were they trying to do?

No phone for them til they are 18 they are too stupid to have one.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What kind of heathens are you raising? The kid is clearly old enough to know how to operate a microwave.

A curious one that doesn’t have as much common sense as I thought they had.

I still don’t know why they did it, but I suspect YouTube. You can judge me for that too. I was appalled. That’s sad. I think we’ve all done things so we’re not the smartest when we were kids. Thankfully, she didn’t get hurt and nothing suffered, minus my phone.

What do you mean, you still don’t know, didn’t you ask them? They refused to answer you? This whole scenario is bizarre at best.

of course I asked them… They were too upset and felt badly. They couldn’t answer. I was mostly happy they didn’t get hurt. I picked helping them feel better rather than ravaging them for answers in the moment. We both agreed no more microwave for anything at all. Unprompted.

It’s totally bizarre. Who thinks this is going to happen?!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Just curious; how’s your microwave?

It’s ok! Was on there 2 seconds before her two brain cells rubbed together.

You might have a budding scientist on your hands.

Nah, just a brainless social media follower who just lost her phone privileges.

The two are not incompatible when young. If she's that curious... the scientist will emerge from the social media follower chrysalis.

Thank you.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:To answer…Like many of you I don’t have a house phone and they were using it to talk to their friend. I was giving them privacy by being on the other end of the house. There was a big conversation about safety and how dangerous it was.

Will check out AppleCare that’s a good suggestion.

Doesn't explain how utterly unsafe this stupid stunt was.

Who puts a phone in a microwave?
What in the world were they trying to do?

No phone for them til they are 18 they are too stupid to have one.

Cool.

Do you know if the Bluetooth is fixable?

[Anonymous]

This is honestly hilarious. Be glad that the battery didn't explode.

If you're lucky, the fault is with the antenna, but, more likely, you need a new motherboard. I don't know if Bluetooth antennae are part of the motherboards. But, yeah, you're looking at a nontrivial repair cost.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is honestly hilarious. Be glad that the battery didn't explode.

If you're lucky, the fault is with the antenna, but, more likely, you need a new motherboard. I don't know if Bluetooth antennae are part of the motherboards. But, yeah, you're looking at a nontrivial repair cost.

Thank you that was what I was thinking too. I’ll deal with it til ready to replace.

Oh my God, the things that went through my head about explosions. Tfg she was ok.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Just curious; how’s your microwave?

It’s ok! Was on there 2 seconds before her two brain cells rubbed together.

You might have a budding scientist on your hands.

Nah, just a brainless social media follower who just lost her phone privileges.

The two are not incompatible when young. If she's that curious... the scientist will emerge from the social media follower chrysalis.

Or she'll just move on to the next Tiktok challenge.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just curious; how’s your microwave?

It’s ok! Was on there 2 seconds before her two brain cells rubbed together.

You might have a budding scientist on your hands.

Nah, just a brainless social media follower who just lost her phone privileges.

The two are not incompatible when young. If she's that curious... the scientist will emerge from the social media follower chrysalis.

Or she'll just move on to the next Tiktok challenge.

Mom, is that you?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What kind of heathens are you raising? The kid is clearly old enough to know how to operate a microwave.

A curious one that doesn’t have as much common sense as I thought they had.

I still don’t know why they did it, but I suspect YouTube. You can judge me for that too. I was appalled. That’s sad. I think we’ve all done things so we’re not the smartest when we were kids. Thankfully, she didn’t get hurt and nothing suffered, minus my phone.

What do you mean, you still don’t know, didn’t you ask them? They refused to answer you? This whole scenario is bizarre at best.

of course I asked them… They were too upset and felt badly. They couldn’t answer. I was mostly happy they didn’t get hurt. I picked helping them feel better rather than ravaging them for answers in the moment. We both agreed no more microwave for anything at all. Unprompted.

It’s totally bizarre. Who thinks this is going to happen?!

You need to pay more attention to the Tiktok challenges with your child lacking more mature judgement. The parents of the boy who was shot and killed doing Ding Dong Ditch probably also had no idea.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just curious; how’s your microwave?

It’s ok! Was on there 2 seconds before her two brain cells rubbed together.

You might have a budding scientist on your hands.

Nah, just a brainless social media follower who just lost her phone privileges.

The two are not incompatible when young. If she's that curious... the scientist will emerge from the social media follower chrysalis.

Or she'll just move on to the next Tiktok challenge.

Mom, is that you?

No, my kids knew better than to trust social media.

[Anonymous]

Just shaking my head about these kids. I thought the cinnamon challenge was asinine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is honestly hilarious. Be glad that the battery didn't explode.

If you're lucky, the fault is with the antenna, but, more likely, you need a new motherboard. I don't know if Bluetooth antennae are part of the motherboards. But, yeah, you're looking at a nontrivial repair cost.

Shows a lack of respect for other people's possessions. I'd be making her pay for both the phone and microwave.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is honestly hilarious. Be glad that the battery didn't explode.

If you're lucky, the fault is with the antenna, but, more likely, you need a new motherboard. I don't know if Bluetooth antennae are part of the motherboards. But, yeah, you're looking at a nontrivial repair cost.

It used to be a separate module. Not sure poster's model.

https://www.repairsuniverse.com/products/iphone-14-pro-max-bluetooth-module-replacement

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It seems to be working perfectly fine minus the Bluetooth. Bluetooth can still connect, but it has to be within inches of device. Even holding the phone next to my earbuds is spotty.


Is there a way to just fix the Bluetooth or do I need to replace the whole thing?



Who puts a phone in the microwave?

What model iPhone? Some have separate Bluetooth modules and replacing that module shouldn't be too expensive.

It’s a 13.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Just curious; how’s your microwave?

It’s ok! Was on there 2 seconds before her two brain cells rubbed together.

You might have a budding scientist on your hands.

Nope. Maybe an influencer, but definitely a social media sheep

https://www.tiktok.com/tag/microwavephonechallenge