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Could this be water damage? UPDATED-PICTURE

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AndrewR23

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Any way to get it off? It's literally right on top of the water sensor. Maybe its dirt or dust ? It's black or brown. Its covering up the water sensor. I've tried shaking my phone to get it out but I can't.

Any tips?



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If it doesn't come out by shaking it and everything still works, then your best bet is to leave it alone.

If you ever need to do a warranty exchange I am sure they will not hold dirt on the sensor against you.
 
xAnthony said:
That may blow the dirt into the phone. If everything works perfectly, don't start messing around with it.
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Ya I'm just worried they will deny me a replacement in the future because they can't see the water sensor.
 
Does anyone know what it could be? It's literally like a dark piece of speck that looks like it was glued to the water sensor. Will not budge at all or when I try to blow into it.
 
ann713 said:
Could be anything really...
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Agreed. Don't worry about the black thing. You probably wont be denied warranty from Apple. There are two sensors on the exterior, and a few on the inside ... if they really want to check.
 
Wow so the Qtip didnt work neither the compressed air....it looks like the chrome or white stuff scraped off? Its not pink/red anywhere just pure black. :confused:
 
On the q-tip, I pull off a bit of one end to make it smaller so it fits, always worked for me.

My headphone sensor was beat red(I used to bring it IN the shower) and apple pulled it apart and checked all the other sensors before they gave me a replacement. That's the policy if any sensor outside has been tripped.
 
Well here is a tip if you are going to mess around with it to try and get it out. Hold the phone upside down in the air. Any movement will cause it to fall downwards to the ground instead of in your phone. Just a little tip. Good old gravity.
 
xAnthony said:
Well here is a tip if you are going to mess around with it to try and get it out. Hold the phone upside down in the air. Any movement will cause it to fall downwards to the ground instead of in your phone. Just a little tip. Good old gravity.
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Ya tried that, Qtip, and compressed air

Conclusion, half the water sensor is black....but not like a perfect line black, like squiggly lines that are black. Took a picture..gonna upload it but Im not sure how.
 
file:///Users/andrewriesinger/Library/Mail%20Downloads/andrew's%20phone.jpg

hope this works....can anyone see it?



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Anyone know if it can be scraped? cant find anything on google....

Could this be water damage at all?
 
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