Iphone 3Gs Dead - Water Damage

[nikster]

Just FYI, if you manage to screw up your iPhone beyond repair - as I have recently managed - then you can get an official replacement phone from True if within warranty. I guess the program is an official Apple program so DTAC and AIS should honor this too.

Costs 8800 baht. Better than nothing though.

My phone, I tried to get fixed by several different shops, they all said it's impossible. Water had gotten in on a motorbike trip through a torrential downpour - I had a water proof jacket so I thought it would be fine but I guess I left the pocket with the phone open and water got in. When I took the phone out, quite a bit of water came out. Water must have been in there for over an hour too. I tried everything, blow dryer, rice, and repair shops, nothing could revive it.

[Somtamnication]

You gotta run the blow dryer for about 30 minutes....

[onnut]

How long is the warranty for on these phones? I have a one year old 3Gs and would risk getting it wet if I could replace it with a 4G Model for 8800 baht!

[nikster]

How long is the warranty for on these phones? I have a one year old 3Gs and would risk getting it wet if I could replace it with a 4G Model for 8800 baht!

Sadly, they just give you another 3GS

I've read that Apple does this for phones within warranty. The True lady didn't even ask, she said it didn't matter - but I don't quite believe that.

[nikster]

You gotta run the blow dryer for about 30 minutes....

We tried that, believe me. Blow dryers, kept it in rice for days, etc. The shops I took it to surely tried that as well. I think the main problem was that the phone was stuck in a boot / reboot loop for hours, until the battery ran out. And it was an hour or so before I even knew it had gotten wet. Oh well R.I.P iPhone. The irony was that I had some zip lock bags in the same pocket where the phone was, for just that purpose. Unfortunately the phone was outside the zip lock bags...