How to Check your cell phone for water or liquid damage
- 1). To first determine if you have have water or liquid damage, you must POWER OFF the phone.
- 2). Secondly, you must remove the back cover off you phone to get to the battery.
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Water or liquid damage test
Remove the battery from the phone so that you can see the written data beneath it. You will also found a indicator that's either the color RED or White. The indicator can be a small circle or square like shape.
If the indicator is WHITE your phone DOES NOT have water or liquid damage.
If the indicator is RED your phone DOES have water or liquid damage.
If you purchase a used phone, be sure to check it for water damage.
**If you do not see a liquid indicator, the previous owner may have took it out.** Don't accept it.
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