Last Wednesday I was getting out of my car at the local mall. My iPhone 3Gs slipped from my grasp and dropped hard in a HUGE rain puddle that completely covered it. The Mophie Juice Pack flew off, and it sat there for what seemed like an eternity although I’m sure it was more like 20 seconds that it took me to pick it up. I immediately panicked but picked it up, stuffed it in my pocket and went inside because it was raining. The first thing I did was look at the moisture sensor on the bottom of the phone. Cause you know, it is me.. I’m the “iPhone Moisture sensor chick”. You Google “iPhone Moisture” and usually this post, pops up first. This was a fight that I had with Apple around 1.5 years ago when my old 3Gs sensor was tripped even though it had never been dunked in water. Long story. Go read the post if you care. 🙂 It caused quite an uproar.
Anyway, so how ironic for ME of all people to drop my phone in a puddle! I laughed about it for a while. The phone was wonky for a bit that day, but since then surprisingly it has been working mostly fine. System sounds are a bit strange. And yes, the sensor is red as can be. What does this mean? That my warranty is void. I can’t take it in to the Apple Bar without them hitting up for cash if I want a replacement.
Since it is working, I will probably just hang with it for a while. But I am going to check with my campus rep (it’s a corporate phone) and see if I am yet eligible for upgrade. I think that I am, so I may end up with an iPhone 4 soon.
The moral of this story? Hang on to your phone! Tight!
Not sure who Kim is, but thanks. I just received something similar to review from Drycase.
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Interesting post, Kris!. Mine went into a swimming pool during a drunken party – obviously fully submerged for a few seconds, as I was pushed in as a joke, clothed!. I had the same problem initially (very dim screen and wouldn’t switch on), then after a day or so it appeared fine after I thought it’d dried out sufficently. All appeared to work fine. Now, 2 months on, I can’t switch it on or off or, into Standy mode. If it’s flat it charges ok and holds charge, after the charger is connected I can switch it on and generally it works fine, apps and all. I get the handset back on simply by giving it just juice from the charger but manually I can’t get it to switch on otherwise. I think that means, and I am no expert, it’s goosed!. I didn’t know it had a visible moisture sensor though (where is that?) but I did know, this kind of damage does void the warranty with Apple sadly!. I have 12 months more on my contract to persevere, as I won’t be buying another handset to replace it as next time I might go down the Android route instead.
Unlike me who had water spill on her Macbook pro, sit in it overnight without me knowing and now it’s dead. Warranty does not cover water damage. But I’m loving my new MacBook Air
Ouch!! I know that had to hurt.