Water Damage Replacement?

Craig1981

Craig1981

Craig1981

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I had a bit of an incident last night where my iphone 4S kinda fell into the toilet. :o

At first it was looking like it was completely buggered. The button at the bottom was completely failing to respond and the speakers were acting up, producing a weak tinny noise without earphones and NO noise with earphones plugged in. I left the phone to dry out overnight on my bedroom radiator and thank god, this morning it seems to be totally back to normal. Fingers crossed I've dodged a bullet on this one.

But if it was still broken, what options would I have? I have iphone insurance that I pay with my Vodafone contract each month, but does that cover water damage? Going to bed last night I was debating whether I'd own up and tell them the truth or toss the phone into a field on the way to work and then report it lost/possibly stolen. I dislike telling such lies, but surely it would be better than paying several hundred pounds for a new handset if they wont replace it for free.
 
metachi said:
overnight is not enough. my sister spilt sprite on her iphone 4 then clean and left to dry out overnight. next morning we found out the microphone wasn't working so i try put the iphone into the dry rice next to the radiator and left for 5 days and it works.
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Well mine IS working now. I'll put it on the radiator again tonight to be on the safe side.
 
Right. I think you've missed the point of my thread. I was asking what my options would have been IF the phone was a total write off. For all I know it could still go wonky or it could get water damaged again in the future, despite my best efforts to keep it away from toilets :/

EDIT: I looked at my phone based on that picture above. I dont see any sign of redness in either location.
 
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