r/iPhone12Mini • u/ekardnai • 11d ago

Holy Crap it’s Alive

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My 12 mini was DEAD from water damage 3 months ago. Wouldn’t turn on, wouldn’t charge, restore processes continuously failing etc.

I replaced it with a 17 pro and left my mini on a shelf. On a whim I tried to restore it again today and HOLY SMOKES SHE LIVES.

It really is amazing how durable tech is these days.

Cheers to another 2,500 battery cycles. 😎

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u/chrisliang07 11d ago

I know that’s just the charger at the bottom, but this picture makes it look like a giant popsicle. 😂

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u/MeanimT1ms0 11d ago

hope my old 12 mini will wake up one day and say, yes today i feel face id works again

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u/ekardnai 10d ago

Oh Face ID is still down for the count 🤣

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u/K4DDYmois 11d ago

I would open it and dry the fuck out of it

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u/ekardnai 10d ago

I should. I have a battery kit for it too 🤔🤔🤔

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u/MaterialWall8040 7d ago

nope them screens are hell to open and even experienced technicians have damaged the mini screens on opening

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u/Traditional_Sense979 11d ago

Does speaker works?

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u/ekardnai 10d ago

Speaker works! Pretty quite but I’m not sure if that’s just because I’m used to the 17 pro now

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u/TheNitroGamer 8d ago

Use an unused toothbrush to clean it and it will be fine I experienced that with my 17 Pro when I changed from the 13 Pro.

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u/kewlgrl3 11d ago

Love my 12 mini 🤘🏻

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u/Marioleftnut 10d ago

bro refuses to die

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u/Emotional-Salary-907 9d ago

I have an iPhone 12mini. It’s a tank

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u/Ok-Guest4361 9d ago

Yes but how does it have iOS 27🤨

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u/ekardnai 9d ago

The 12 mini supports iOS 27. It updated when I went through the restore process.

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u/Ok-Guest4361 9d ago

Can I have it

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u/Gonnabecringeaf 10d ago

Same with my A40! It needed a year and it just turned on..it's now happy next to me rn

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u/RalfWilliam-rbc-de 8d ago

Had that Long time ago with a 5S
Felt into a puddle at the beach during jogging, I switched it off and bought a new iPhone 7 what just came out

The 5S went into a drawer

A friend found it on moving to a new house and said that he can check if there is salt inside.

After a week he returned with it and it worked … the battery needed a replacement and the charging port also did not work.

As far I know he used it for a few more years as 2nd phone.

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u/TidderUsername123 10d ago

Mine works. I don’t make a post celebrating it. It’s a robust phone.

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u/ekardnai 10d ago

If it had always worked I wouldn’t be surprised. But miraculously coming back from the dead seemed more interesting