Turn Your Cell Phone's "I Got Wet" Indicator From Red Back to White

by MolecularSandwich in Circuits > Apple

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Turn Your Cell Phone's "I Got Wet" Indicator From Red Back to White

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Ever dunk your cellphone in water? After it is dry - how could someone tell that it got wet? Well my friend the "i got wet indicator" is a dead give away. This indicator is usually a white sticker located in the battery compartment of most cellphones. It turns red after it is gotten wet.

In my case i had my cellphone in my pocket in my pocket while working out. This is BS in my opinion because water never actually touched my cellphone. Further, I was denied a warranty claim on my (UN-used) phone headphones (which had a broken microphone), because of this sticker. How does this sticker have anything to do with the headphones - that I NEVER used?? 

All that i suggest here is to put a drop of bleach on the indicator and it will turn from red back to good 'ole white. check out the pics!

Below You Can See 2 Razr Phones

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one got wet [red dot] one didnt [ white dot].

Take Bleach and Apply It to the Red Dot

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Bleach it!

After 1 Min

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After 5 Min

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After 15 Min

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Aditional Time

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well - i thought it would turn the whole dot back white.... it has yet to do this. I am gonna let it sit over night.


A quick note: on iphones there is one of these indicators either on the headphone jack or under the bottom iphone cable plug. Same trick should work for iphone. I would post pics but i need my iphone to take the photos :)

good luck !!!!

Day # 2

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it shrunk another 30% and shrinking. will post again in 15 min

Day 3

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It turned white!!!

Now I will put water on it and see if it changes back to red....