Fair point. Though I was suggesting to plead ignorance rather than outright lying.
Still, this process is obviously not guaranteed to work, and might just be a waste of time. Drying the phone is the OP's best bet, whilst attempting to return it should be at best the last ditch effort when other options have run out. On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 3:03 PM, Streets Of Boston <[email protected]> wrote: > '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. > > > -- 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.
