I was away on vacation recently, and through a series of incredibly unfortunate events, fell into a lake with my iPhone 4 in my pocket. I jumped out straight away, was in the water for around 5 seconds max I think. I was just looking through questions about water damage, and heard someone say that a genius bar member said an iPhone needs to be in water for 90 seconds for the indicators to go off, internal or otherwise. The bottom outside indicator seems fairly red, but the top one is only slightly pink, my question is what are the chances of the internal indicators being clean? And lastly, if the indicators are gone and my warranty is void, what's the replacement cost for the 32g model? Any help would be greatly appreciated, as this is my first time dealing with Apple.
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Water indicator question.
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Where are you at? If in the USA, it will cost you $199 to replace. The warranty on that phone is void as they don't cover liquid damage and it was your fault that it was damaged (even if an accident). The indicators activate right away and with two of them tripped (even one) they won't cover it.
My advice, go to the store and be honest with them. They will be more likely to help you if they don't think you are BSing them...
Australian, and I think I will go for the honest approach. I just wanted to know the odds, I never intended to lie to them because at the end of the day it was my fault, and if I have to pay to replace it then I will. Hopefully someone from down under can give me a replacement quote.
Yeah, I am not sure what the policy is over there, but here in the USA they do a water damage replacement. So, you might be able to get a new one for a reduced price. Good luck!
I get the boot up, then it goes to a "connect to iTunes" screen. It also won't charge, irregardless of what I try and charge it through, so I can only get said screen when it's on charge, which supplies power but leaves it on zero percent. It won't gain power from a computer.