Can Refurbished iPhone 6s be fixed from Water Damage?

Accidents happen all the time, and the water damage accident is the second most common, after the accidental damage to an iPhone when the screen gets cracked. There are many cases of water damage like iPhones dropped in the toilet, washed in the washing machine together with clothes, forgot in the garden on a rainy day or as simple as water damaged. If you have the misfortune to get your phone drenched, the first thing you need to do is to turn it off and let the phone dry for a while, this can be up to 2 days or even more as you need to make sure that there is no trace of moisture left. After that, you can take it to the Apple store or take it to the specialists to be looked at if it is not damaged a lot. 

What to do to after your iPhone water damaged

As I said earlier, the iPhone needs to get dry first. Ideally would be if you can at least remove the back case of the iPhone and also the SIM card tray (in order to save your contacts). It is easier for a disassembled phone to get dried, but if you are not sure how to disassemble it, it is better not to take the risk! If you have managed to open the device, remove any surface moisture with an anti-static cloth (which will not leave any residue and will not do any damage to the phone). Do not attempt to power it on by connecting it to a power source, after removing your phone from water, under any circumstances. Do not do that ever, because the logic board can get short circuited. Also, if the phone is charging at the moment of the accident, remove the charger straight away and even remove the battery if possible. There are many suggested ways of drying the phone but ideally would be to get it dried as natural as possible.

We do not recommend using a hair dryer (as this can damage and melt areas of the frame, or rubber seals), placing it in the microwave or putting it in the refrigerator or freezer. The best thing to do is to place your disassembled phone in a bowl with rice and leave it overnight, in a warm place. The rice has the purpose to soak all the moisture out. You can try to power it on after you are sure that the phone is completely dry. You may be lucky, and the phone might work just fine after that for a long time, but with water damaged phones you never know what will be next. Sometimes the corrosion may affect other parts of the phone in time. There can be parts that have worked perfectly after the incident, so do not be surprised if this happens. It is a consequence of water damage. That is why we advise you to get a replacement phone to the Apple Store.

Swap your phone with a refurbished one at the Apple Store

One thing should be clear to you from the beginning: even if your iPhone is still under warranty, do not expect to have it replaced by Apple free of charge. They will not do that as their warranty does not cover water damage, and it will not be covered by the paid Apple Care plan either. They will replace your phone with a refurbished iPhone (it looks like a new phone, but the logic board was on another phone before). The price varies from £100 to £200, which depends on what model of iPhone you have and they offer a 90 days warranty for the replacement phone. Not too bad if you consider that the price for a new iPhone varies between £300 and £700.

Take your water damaged phone to the specialists

It is worth paying a visit to the specialist before you go to the Apple store. Sometimes the damage is not that bad, and a simple battery, screen or a dock replacement might solve the problem. Also, when opening the phone, the specialist can figure out how bad the damage of the phone is, and advise you about what is best to be done. When in contact with water, heavy humidity or moisture, some sensors can turn red so we can figure out that we are dealing with a water damaged phone. There are four moisture sensors: two inside the phone and two outside (one in the headphone Jack and the other one in the dock connector). You can check these sensors yourself using a torch and the specialists can check the other ones when they open the phone.

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