Water damage on S3 - now no audio

BBMcQ

Hello,

My sister's Galaxy S3 fell out of her cardigan pocket into the (clean) toilet bowl. She got it out immediately, removed all the cards/batteries, put it in a bag of rice and placed it in the hot press. After a day or two, she put it back together and now there is no audio from the earpiece. As far as I know, she has no insurance. Is there any fix for this? Or any phone-fixing stores that could help?

Thanks

kaimera

Insurance wouldn't cover water damage anyway.

Neither will warranty.

Those phone fixer places will try for a price but I can't comment on how good the repair work is.

A friend did something similar with a GS2 and even after drying it out for ages, it gradually got worse and worse to use and he had to change phone.

BBMcQ

Yikes it's like a month old on bill

BostonB

You'd want to compare the price of a repairing it with buying something cheaper PAYE. She might have to accept a downgrade.

massy086

stuartmchugh wrote: »

Yikes it's like a month old on bill

can she not add insurance to her phone and loose it then in a months time:D:D

TskTsk

This might be worth a try

crx===

Should be covered under accidental breakage in house insurance policy (depending on your cover)... Though you may have to pay something towards excess , again depending on policy.

bclaff

Try SoundAbout. Someone in the comments had the same issue where they dropped the phone in a puddle and the phone now works.

youllneverknow

With water damage its very hit and miss, It might work or it might not.
you can leave into a phone repair place and they will strip it done, try to remove the corrosion in the area where the water has affected and clean it with 100% alcohol. That is all the can be done apart from fitting a new motherboard which is as much as a new phone.