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Mobile phone water damage

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  • visidigi
    visidigi Posts: 6,651 Forumite
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    the water sensor paper inside the device now gives a very clear indication of water damage - they are small white sqaures of moisture sensitive card stuck to the battery, main unit and inside on the PCB itself - if they are red instead of white it means water damage which = no free repair.

    Things have moved on quite a bit in this area...
  • Gordon_Hose
    Gordon_Hose Posts: 6,259 Forumite
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    As above. Taking it back and lying about it won't work because they can tell that it has been water damaged.
  • Radsteral
    Radsteral Posts: 836 Forumite
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    visidigi wrote: »
    the water sensor paper inside the device now gives a very clear indication of water damage - they are small white sqaures of moisture sensitive card stuck to the battery, main unit and inside on the PCB itself - if they are red instead of white it means water damage which = no free repair.

    Things have moved on quite a bit in this area...



    blimey.. just checked my blackberry,,batery square bit, white, body square bit witer than me ;)

    pcb?

    having trashed my bb, and many times my baby sprayed water/orange juice on it, i thought these square papers would be red hot;)
    the keyboard block button doesnt work and few other bits aswell...should i try and stick it up to the network and see if they can sort it?
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