'Lying' about waterdamage mostly doesn't work. A lot of cellphones, if not all, have markers inside. These markers turn a certain color when they get wet (some use stickers behind the battery that turn red when gotten wet).
On Dec 2, 5:23 am, Sean Hodges <[email protected]> wrote: > That is a real shame. It sounds like you've been pretty unlucky. I've > used my G1 when it's been tipping it down, and it's still working > fine. > > You should take the back panel and battery off, and leave it in a dry > place (airing cupboard?) for a week so the internals thoroughly dry > out. You'll probably find it will start working again. Pretty much > every phone I've come across that malfunctioned after getting wet was > fixed this way, it does mean you are without a mobile phone for a week > though... > > If it still doesn't work (or whilst you're drying it), tell Brightstar > that your phone has stopped working, but don't go into details about > rain damage. If you start giving those kind of reasons for it not > working, they will contend that it isn't a manufacturer fault. Having > said that, hopefully your G1 is just wet inside still, and you won't > need to do this. > > > > On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 8:07 PM, edzah <[email protected]> wrote: > > The G1 is extremely susceptible to water damage! > > > Mine is now fried because I was using it in heavy rain! When I opened > > the case there were literally puddles in there. > > > It looks as if it could be difficult to get them to replace it. While > > I would consider this a manf fault (there were no warnings about using > > it in the rain, shouldn't a handset be able to be rained on?), and > > therefore covered, whereas Brightstar will probably contend that they > > do not cover water damage. > > > Just a warning to you all. > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Android Discuss" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en.
