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Okay doky just got back home from the Apple store
Good news and bad news I guess...
In the end, they did a liquid test to the dock connector and found signs of corrosion on the connector due to the blackcurrentNot covered by the warranty, so I've had to pay £139.00. However, for that amount I've been given a completely brand new shiny iPhone 4S
It's currently sat next to me restoring itself from the iCloud. Luckily, it said it made a backup to the cloud on the 17th August just after midnight, which is awesome news
So no freebie, but I'm happy with a brand new phone instead of just getting it repaired.
Unfortunately, now I have to jailbreak it all again
The iPhone does a backup once a day, if connected to a power source and connected to Wi-Fi.