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Iphone 4 Water Sensor - UPDATED

Pink is meaningless.
Avoid keeping you Iphone in the bathroom when taking a shower as the increased humidity will trigger the sensors.
Apple normally looks at the other sensors as well to determine whether its a false positive
 
lrbello said:
Here is the update.
After getting our schedule right, We met up at an apple store. The Ghost Armor rep made an appointment. Had the phone tested and confirmed water damaged. Apple offered a replacement for $199 plus tax. GA rep paid for it. I signed a paper stating that I was made whole. Overall I was very impressed. I thought it was going to be an uphill battle. So, should I put it back on??
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Wow, that is nice of them to do that for you. Congrats on having that issue resolved rather easily.
 
I know this is an old thread, but has anyone noticed how loose Apple has gotten with this policy regarding older devices, so much so that the iPad 2 and latest iPod nano's no longer have the water sensor indicator in the headphone jack or 30 pin dock connector.

I think Apple realized that this was more of a hassle than good and they were having too many false positives.

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iPod shuffle (3rd generation) at the top, iPad 2 at the bottom.
 
Wow, you learn something new everyday - I didn't even know there was a water sensor!
 
Iphone Newbie said:
Hi all,

New here and new to apple products, after researching the iphone and its benefits i came across a problem that seemed to affect a lot of 3gs iphone, and that was that the water sensors are easily tripped,

Now ive had my iphone4 for about 4 days and its been nowhere near water! and ive have just checked mine and the bloody bottom one is pink! ive got an appointment with the genius bar on friday in regent st, London with the hope of replacing it due to a faulty sensor, the headphone jack one i cant even see, but using a torch nothing looks red/pink down there.

just wondering if people think im screwed or has anyone elses gone pink already

Thanks
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I'd think if it's pink and the phone is still working it's a non-issue and they will just make note of it in a file or something in case you ever need warranty repair/replacement.
 
saving107 said:
I know this is an old thread, but has anyone noticed how loose Apple has gotten with this policy regarding older devices, so much so that the iPad 2 and latest iPod nano's no longer have the water sensor indicator in the headphone jack or 30 pin dock connector.

I think Apple realized that this was more of a hassle than good and they were having too many false positives.

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iPod shuffle (3rd generation) at the top, iPad 2 at the bottom.
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Nanos do have a liquid indicator.

http://www.apple.com/iphone/specs.html

Read the environmental requirements section. The device is NOT designed to be used or stored in95%+ relative humidity(this means non-condensing).

Apple posted it clearly on their specs page, can't really complain if your LCI reflects your mistreatment of the device.
 
ah123 said:
Wow, you learn something new everyday - I didn't even know there was a water sensor!
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Same I know helped my friend who said there iPhone was getting dodgy and I said oh look its got in contact with water, as the headphone jack looked orange. Then showed them this thread and now there off to get it fixed. Thank you MacRumours.:D
 
So I installed a phantom skinz front and back skin and now i'm having phone problems. When my phone is un-muted, with the vol up button, I cannot turn the volume up (the blocks do not show increasing as I push the up button). The phone will ring, all alert tones work but sliding to unlock or locking the screen does not click and when typing, the phone does not click even though I have both sounds enabled. I get sound thru my bluetooth though. Neither 30 pin or headphone jack water sensors are tripped. Any ideas? Could water have gotten into my device thru the phone speaker? Apple is sending me a replacement but do I have any reason to worry about them deeming my device water damaged and charging me full price for the replacement?
 
There should NEVER have been a sensor in the headphone jack. So many people hassled over this sensor.
 
You can do what i did and paint the sucker white again. Its a flat white color, not glossy white. Looks identical to the color apple puts on them. Although looking at my 4s now the color is getting a little grayish. The ear jack one is easier to do that the bottom ones. It took me a while because i kept getting paint on the sides, plus, then i had to get the smell of paint and thinner out, that took a few days. I had a similar situation in which my iphone 4 was never water damaged-counld have been mist or condensation-and it tripped. So i took care of business and it worked, they took the phone back. My phone was working fine however except that when it was in vib mode, it rattled very loudly. They said it could have been a loose vib motor inside.
 
Hello this is my first post on here .I had a look at the liquid damage indicator in the earphone socket on my Iphone 4 and while its not pink it does seem to have a line across it , is this normal ? the line isnt pink either it just seems one side of the circle is a different shade to the other .
 
Sorry for the poor quality pic but you can just make out the horizontal line across the white indicator .

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cal6n said:
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Here's the relevant portion of 3M's test specs:

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Unless anyone can link to a study showing otherwise, that's the end of it.
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Erm... no it's not. What happens to the sensors if, for instance, one lives in a humid environment, say Scotland, for more than 7 days (the length of the 3M test)?

The real issue is why Apple can't make its phones more robust to the effects of moisture. Something that lives in one's pocket shouldn't be affected by water vapor...
 
Sorry to keep posting :eek: the following two photos while not great do show it a bit more clearly and were taken with the brightness level set to High , so the lights shining through from the other side of the liquid indicator . You can clearly see the line and one side appears to be darker then the other but is in no way pink . Is half the indicator thicker then the other :think:

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Just a bit worried and unsure
 
Hey guys, water splashed onto my iphone connevtor dock while i was in the toilet . i managed to take the iphone away in a second . the water detector did not show any colour change so is it okay? or is there any ways to identify whether my iphone is damaged or not?
Reply me soon guys, thanks!
 
sprxz295 said:
Hey guys, water splashed onto my iphone connevtor dock while i was in the toilet . i managed to take the iphone away in a second . the water detector did not show any colour change so is it okay? or is there any ways to identify whether my iphone is damaged or not?
Reply me soon guys, thanks!
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most have been one hell of a turd to make a splash that hit your phone.
 
These water sensors are pretty awful. I had one that set off and I have no idea how, never got wet to my knowledge but the genius didn't really care and said he would only check internally if both sensors were tripped and he replaced the 4S just fine and a close family member dropped it in a puddle and the water sensors never even tripped (She did take it out quickly, mind).
 
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