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Water damaged iPhone question.
Marikir
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My wife lost her iPhone to the washer. Our toddler son, we believe, threw her iPhone into the hamper and even though I checked all pockets, it still managed to end up inside the washer and was well and truly dunked, submerged, and all round cleansed.
We tried a few tricks (rice and heat) but the iPhone is pretty much gone. It won't turn on, or charge, or anything. It looks good and is in good condition, save the whole not working bit. She's already put in for and will be receiving a replacement, so that's that.
Except...what should we do with the damaged one? We both had looked online and found that, for some reason, people sell these things for a fair chunk of change. I'm assuming for parts. Admitedly, the thought of selling it and getting back something is appealing. My concern is this however: What might remain on the iPhone that we need to be concerned with? Could a person buy it, somehow fix it (I'm not discounting that it can be done, just that we can't do it ourselves) and then salvage some information off of it? And if so...what type of info?
I guess I'm just trying to think of all the things that should be considered before even contemplating doing something like this.
I don't know if anyone has had experience with this type of situation, on either the selling or buying end of things, but any information/thoughts or such would be appreciated.
We tried a few tricks (rice and heat) but the iPhone is pretty much gone. It won't turn on, or charge, or anything. It looks good and is in good condition, save the whole not working bit. She's already put in for and will be receiving a replacement, so that's that.
Except...what should we do with the damaged one? We both had looked online and found that, for some reason, people sell these things for a fair chunk of change. I'm assuming for parts. Admitedly, the thought of selling it and getting back something is appealing. My concern is this however: What might remain on the iPhone that we need to be concerned with? Could a person buy it, somehow fix it (I'm not discounting that it can be done, just that we can't do it ourselves) and then salvage some information off of it? And if so...what type of info?
I guess I'm just trying to think of all the things that should be considered before even contemplating doing something like this.
I don't know if anyone has had experience with this type of situation, on either the selling or buying end of things, but any information/thoughts or such would be appreciated.
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But as far as Spy Sappin' Your Airtime, if you make sure to remove your SIM card, notify your carrier that the iPhone with IMEI 00001234 should no longer be attached to your account because you have a replacement phone 00005678, they shouldn't be able to get anything with regards to your account or carrier information that isn't permanently on the phone.
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I'll keep in mind the wireless account stuff. Hadn't considered that.