Ideas on getting my new iphone 7+ out of 7 foot of water?

[S. Sass]

If its Oroville lake just wait it may empty itself. 

[nameiztaken]

A very strong magnet on some line would probably work. I put a magnet next to my phone and it didnt break anything, and I found this https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6574492?start=0&tstart=0 
I dont know how much ferrous metal is in the iphone 7, but it might be enough.

If the water is clear, pool net?

dont take my word on this. Not saying it wont break anything.

 

Does it show up on a fishfinder? if it does, take a quick dive to it as others have mentioned.

[Stephen Selph]

Thank you everyone for the amazing ideas and the extreme consideration of my safety and wellbeing. I am going to a local scuba store in Tulsa tomorrow to see if I can get someone to assist me in removing the phone. I learned a very valuable, yet painful and expensive lesson. But when you caught your personal best, my clear and concise judgment went straight out of the window. I will keep everyone posted on this adventure. Hopefully someone at the dive shop can assist for a fee.  I will definitely reward them for their time and effort whether or not we are successful. I'm glad I didn't jump in after it. Not worth losing my life over, no matter how bad I wanted that picture to show my buddies. Thanks again everyone. Keep posted for an update. 

 

 

[Clinton john]

Cold water and swimming don't mix, 

 

Get yourself a ten foot pole and put a dip net on the end of it and fish the phone out.

 

Then next time your out fishing put a leash on your phone case.

 

Again large dip net and ten foot pole.

[Airman4754]

11 hours ago, soflabasser said:

 

Wow $150 to retrieve a combo? That diver must of dived deep or dived in a dangerous area to charge that much.

 

It's pretty reasonable. You figure they have to drive out, use their gear which isn't cheap, and take the time to find it.

 

It was three hours of his day at $50 an hour for a specialized thing that's totally fair.

[TOXIC]

Go pro at the end of a long pool net.  I have the app where I can watch the video from my phone.  Easy Peasy.  

[SneakyPete]

 

[fishballer06]

So, where's the photo's of this fish???

 

In all seriousness, I would not suggest taking a net and dragging it across the bottom hoping to scoop it up. You'll most likely bury the phone in mud/sand/algae and never be able to find it. If you have an Aqua Vu or even a Go-Pro, I would stick that thing under the water and see if you can see it. If you can, I'd be taking a dive and trying to recover it. 

[WIGuide]

2 hours ago, TOXIC said:

Go pro at the end of a long pool net.  I have the app where I can watch the video from my phone.  Easy Peasy.  

 

2 hours ago, fishballer06 said:

So, where's the photo's of this fish???

 

In all seriousness, I would not suggest taking a net and dragging it across the bottom hoping to scoop it up. You'll most likely bury the phone in mud/sand/algae and never be able to find it. If you have an Aqua Vu or even a Go-Pro, I would stick that thing under the water and see if you can see it. If you can, I'd be taking a dive and trying to recover it. 

The GoPro idea is a good one, but it unfortunately won't work. The live view feature relies wifi which doesn't travel through water worth crap. You could make an external antenna to make it work, but I think other options like the aquaview would be a better option in this case. 

[blckshirt98]

I'd def go with some modified bottom dredging system unless it was a rocky bottom in which case a diver would be the only thing I could really think of.  For a $700 phone you can pay someone $200 and still come out ahead.

[soflabasser]

6 hours ago, Mosster47 said:

 

It's pretty reasonable. You figure they have to drive out, use their gear which isn't cheap, and take the time to find it.

 

It was three hours of his day at $50 an hour for a specialized thing that's totally fair.

 

I would dive for free to help a friend get back his lost phone,especially if it's one of my fishing buddies.Besides OP said he dropped his phone in less than 10 feet of water,which can easily be done freediving.

[TOXIC]

18 hours ago, WIGuide said:

 

The GoPro idea is a good one, but it unfortunately won't work. The live view feature relies wifi which doesn't travel through water worth crap. You could make an external antenna to make it work, but I think other options like the aquaview would be a better option in this case. 

You might be right but I had a buddy film a segment fot a TV shoe on deep bedding smallmouth and he used a gopro on the bottom in 5-7 feet of water and did get a signal in he phone app.  

 

I was waiting for someone to ask how he could use the phone app when the phone was on the bottom.  

[lonnie g]

On ‎3‎/‎19‎/‎2017 at 10:27 PM, Fun4Me said:

 

 I'm glad I'm not the only one that will go in after a cheap bait.

never thought of a cell ph. as a cheap bait , but I like it! It could play the fish songs like "love me tender" or "here fishy fishy". keep your ear buds attached maybe the fish will give you a call and tell you where they are at and what they want for dinner .of course I would probably just see. that big ones selfie laughing at me. 

[Fun4Me]

44 minutes ago, lonnie g said:

never thought of a cell ph. as a cheap bait , but I like it! It could play the fish songs like "love me tender" or "here fishy fishy". keep your ear buds attached maybe the fish will give you a call and tell you where they are at and what they want for dinner .of course I would probably just see. that big ones selfie laughing at me. 

 

I was responding to a member who said he went swimming in 40 degree water for a 75 cent Ned Rig.

[lonnie g]

1 minute ago, Fun4Me said:

 

I was responding to a member who said he went swimming in 40 degree water for a 75 cent Ned Rig.

I did understand you . I was just going with the original thread topic. people do some strange things sometimes. including myself, my wife tells me I'm crazy, maybe she 's right. oh well!! got to have some fun and stories to tell the grandkids. 

[J Francho]

Hope you get phone back safely.  When you get a replacement, you'll want two things:

 

LifeProof Fre case and a RAM X-Grip Universal.

[J._Bricker]

13 minutes ago, J Francho said:

Hope you get phone back safely.  When you get a replacement, you'll want two things:

 

LifeProof Fre case and a RAM X-Grip Universal.

 

X2- And if possible, maybe insurance...

[J Francho]

Just now, J._Bricker said:

 

X2- And if possible, maybe insurance...

 

He has Apple Care.

[J._Bricker]

2 minutes ago, J Francho said:

 

He has Apple Care.

 

Thx J., I didn't peruse the original post and missed the part where Stephen mentioned it.... my bad, JB

[Zachb6]

On 3/19/2017 at 4:22 PM, Stephen Selph said:

I caught my personal best largemouth yesterday while Kayak fishing on a lake here in Oklahoma. I was taking the celebratory photos with it, and the hog made a huge jump. I went to grab it, and my new iphone went with the fish overboard in 7-8 foot of water. It was too cold to go overboard to recover it yesterday, but I have the stump marked so I could hopefully return to get it. I'm only 5'3, so it's going to be fairly difficult to swim in and get it. Applecare won't replace it unless I can bring them the water damaged phone. Does anyone have any ideas on getting it back? It's only a few months old, so I'm stuck in contract for at least a year. I really wanted that photo back, and I've heard of iphones surviving lakes for a few days. 

Thanks for any idea guys.

Believe it or not I actually just dropped my one month old iPhone 7 in a lake this past Saturday too. I dropped it in like 15ft deep water and it was 33 degrees air temp when i dropped it so swimming really wasnt appealing to me. I went in to my verison store and lucky had insurance on the phone so they said if i paid $200 they would send me a new phone in the mail. Much better of a deal than buying a brand new iPhone at msrp price. Maybe try this if you still have the chance but if you have a different carrier that doesnt allow this best of luck getting it back!

 

[Stephen Selph]

5 hours ago, J._Bricker said:

 

Thx J., I didn't peruse the original post and missed the part where Stephen mentioned it.... my bad, JB

 

The bad part about Applecare plus is they will only replace the phone if you have it still. It won't cover lost or stolen phones which would have been nice to know when I bought it. That's my fault for not reading the fine print!

3 hours ago, Zachb6 said:

Believe it or not I actually just dropped my one month old iPhone 7 in a lake this past Saturday too. I dropped it in like 15ft deep water and it was 33 degrees air temp when i dropped it so swimming really wasnt appealing to me. I went in to my verison store and lucky had insurance on the phone so they said if i paid $200 they would send me a new phone in the mail. Much better of a deal than buying a brand new iPhone at msrp price. Maybe try this if you still have the chance but if you have a different carrier that doesnt allow this best of luck getting it back!

 

I went into the AT&T store, and they said I didn't have their insurance on it. Just the applecare plus. I am trying to find someone who can help me out. Haven't heard back from the local dive store yet. Anyone here from the Tulsa area? lol

[5Keepers]

On 3/19/2017 at 4:22 PM, Stephen Selph said:

I caught my personal best largemouth yesterday while Kayak fishing on a lake here in Oklahoma. I was taking the celebratory photos with it, and the hog made a huge jump. I went to grab it, and my new iphone went with the fish overboard in 7-8 foot of water. It was too cold to go overboard to recover it yesterday, but I have the stump marked so I could hopefully return to get it. I'm only 5'3, so it's going to be fairly difficult to swim in and get it. Applecare won't replace it unless I can bring them the water damaged phone. Does anyone have any ideas on getting it back? It's only a few months old, so I'm stuck in contract for at least a year. I really wanted that photo back, and I've heard of iphones surviving lakes for a few days. 

Thanks for any idea guys.

get some (borrow) scuba diving fins and a good mask.. you should be able to get down for a little while and find it... if the lake has current...good luck...use a 3/4 water hose for air if you need more time...(hook it securely to a snorkel!!)

[Fisherman13sam]

If the phone is already ruined, you should borrow a heavy duty magnet to drop doend and pick the phone up

 

[flechero]

If the water is that cold, cant you rent a wet suit or a dry suit for like $50/day or less?  In 7' of water you should be able to recover it.  Add a mask and a buddy in the boat holding the rope in case you don't come up in a minute or so... and you should have your phone back without incident. 

[Firefish Alumacraft]

To bad Im not close Id help. Im a wreck diver and have all the scuba equipment needed. Go to Scubaboard or a local scuba forum and ask for help. You will find someone to help, most divers love to help people that loose stuff. I help look for a outboard that fell off a Jon boat years before.