Four years of life in a pocket — and now it's at the bottom of the pool

Or, which is almost as annoying, underfoot somewhere between the tiles and the sun lounger 🩴

The main thing to know: if an iPhone won't turn on, that doesn't mean its memory is gone. Most of the time the device stays silent because of a board failure or a battery that's completely drained, while the data itself sits on the drive safe and sound. The whole trick is getting to it carefully.

So, if your phone has taken a dive into the pool, fallen down the stairs, or just decided to rest forever — don't rush to write it off along with your memories. Sometimes years of archives can be pulled out of it faster than you can find an old cable.

And if the device is still alive but on its last legs — make a backup right now, that's the tip of the week. Because a drowned iPhone remembers nothing.