OK, let’s get one thing cleared up right now; I know the hazards of toilet blackberry use as it relates to both public health and device safety. I have even lost a 7290 to the wretched Great Pit of Carkoon back in the day. So no need to scold me – I’m well experienced in the matter and hope that I have learned my lesson.
So I’m in a hurry, using my Bold as a media player while doing a bunch of things around the house, when I have the sudden urge to do a ‘number one’. Just as I am finishing up, I turn to hit the lever and I hear a “snap!” ... “thwah thwuuush” (you know, the cannonball sound at the pool). Instantly I knew what is was. My heart started racing and my head snapped down to focus into the bowl. Sure enough, my beloved Bold was drowning in piss water. Without missing a beat, my hands went into auto pilot and plunged into the bowl without regard for the yellow brew, ripped the device out of the case and stripped the battery out of the back as fast as my dexterity would allow. What happened next is a bit of haze. Try to picture towels everywhere, cans of pressurized air tossed on their sides and an insane person ripping apart a storage closet, looking for a precision tool set.
As per the online videos, I disassembled the Bold, and to my surprise, very little ‘liquid’ had made it into the chamber where all the important stuff lives. For those who have not taken the time for a full hands-on dissection, there is a lot of rubber around the buttons and openings and the keyboard is virtually sealed. I laid out all the bits and pieces, and when convinced it was dry, put it back together and fired it up. Money! She came right back to me. I ran through some basic functions and everything seems to be fine.
So for those in the know – am I out of the woods or could it just stop working at a later date?
Toilet Bold
