I Dropped My Phone in the Toilet and Now It’s Crying

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A woman in Maine made a frantic 911 call after dropping her smartphone into the toilet. She claimed it was “screaming in pain” from water damage and feared it was “suffering.”

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Turns out, the “screaming” was just a Siri alarm glitching out as the phone short-circuited. Officers advised placing the device in rice, not calling emergency services. The phone didn’t survive, but the story did.

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