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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
why you need to replace anyway if it working. can you look at these water indicators inside the headphone jack and charging port to see if they're pink or white?

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more from here
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3302
 
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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Radiator not enough bag of dry rice or with those small packets if silica gel you get in shoes boxes. It will draw the moisture out.

Iv had a phone drop into a loo also :/
 
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