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Stop bringing your phone in the shower: How steam can ruin 'waterproof' phones (www.engadget.com)
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[–] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 17 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Put a bluetooth speaker in the shower instead of your phone; it's not like you can work the screen with wet hands anyway.

SInce my speaker stopped working, I've taken to putting the phone in a plastic baggie hanging from the curtain rod between the curtains.

[–] Zidane@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 days ago (3 children)

How dense is your shower curtain than you can't leave it outside the shower and still hear it??

[–] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 15 points 5 days ago (2 children)

The speaker on my Pixel 7 is plenty loud, but so is the water in the shower.

I also listen to podcasts, which are usually mixed quieter than music, and require more volume to pick up quieter consonants.

[–] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago

Get a little Bluetooth speaker. I keep my phone next to the speaker outside the shower, and I hear it fine.

[–] artyom@piefed.social 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I got a couple Amazon Echo Show 8s and hacked them with Lineage. It doesnt sound great but it at least has more body than my cell phone, so I can actually hear it. And I dont have to mess around with Bluetooth. And there's no battery.

[–] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

You think hacking an Amazon Show with Lineage is less work than "messing around with Bluetooth"? You'll fit right in here.

[–] artyom@piefed.social 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Haha. I mean it takes like 15 min and then never had to mess with it again.

[–] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I'll keep an eye out for stuff like that at tag sales. I have a media server that is unused for music. I mean, I could use my phone, but i hate messing around with bluetooth.

[–] HumanOnEarth@lemmy.ca 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Just let them masturbate in peace will ya

[–] Zidane@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 days ago

Only if I can join ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

Not the person you replied to but I can hear it just fine....but I would rather not hear music at all than to hear it muffled through a shower curtain and a waterfall.

Speaker's gotta be IN the shower or I'm singing my own songs