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An update on my wet iPhone from the previous page:
Instead of caving to pay $500 to replace the phone, I went home, opened up the phone completely, took everything out, and replaced all of the paper sensors (the ones that turn pink when wet) with some homemade replicas. It took the entire day up until 2am. I had to cut tiny circles and rectangles with crazy precision, and was wearing surgical gloves to avoid getting fingerprints inside the phone; because once you open the phone, your warranty is voided. If they see prints... game over. It was a true pain in the ass having to deal with how tiny and delicate everything inside was.
After placing the fake paper into some really tight spaces and sewing the phone back up, I took it to an Apple store. They opened it, saw no evidence of it ever being wet, and I was handed a brand new phone.
The hardest part was finding a good match to the real sensor paper. Then I realized I had what I needed right in front of me... Apple stickers. They were a 90% match. The guys at the Apple store could never tell.
