HELP/Assistance needed for a rare tilt issue

[thebestguru333]

I ve done a fair share of research and am getting mixed answers from these threads. I am in a situation where i have to call AT&T and get a new tilt sent to me, but i fear in my situation i will eventually get charged for the new unit. Here's my story...

got my tilt and been flashing it with some of the beautiful roms created... and i am a very happy camper... until one day... i was a bit drunk and i entered my friends backyard for the first time and immediately walked into the swimming pool(please dont ask, it was plain retarded). i fell in and popped back out immediately and took my phone out of my pockets and i believe i took the battery out after about 2 minutes. I dried it up for 2 days... with about 2-3 hours of hair drying... and finally decided to pop the batt. in the phone. WALLLAAAAA!!!! it worked and i was too happy. shortly after that... later that night i left my phone on my desk and the next day i got the RLOD.... the red light... yes... i want to call AT&T and have them send me a new one... but i m very certain they will charge me for the phone after they find out it was wet... or after they find out it was flashed with a diff rom. How accurate is this and is there a way for me to get my TILT back without spending any money that i dont have. please help?!?!

[XtreMe_G]

there's a moisture sensor under the battery, i think it turns pink if it has been exposed to water. if it is i guess you're SOL

[thebestguru333]

white with pink dots!??!

[kyphur]

The moisture detector is where you're "dead in the water" (ha ha)..

Even though with the RLOD you wouldn't have been able to reflash the shipping Rom you'd probably have been okay BUT they do check for water damage.

You're better off just buying a new tilt instead of paying the same price for a refurb (which is what they'll send you).

[thebestguru333]

can someone send me a picture of their tilt with the battery taken out so i can compare what the moisture sticker looks like compared to mine... i m gonna figure out a way to "cheat the system" i guess... i really cant afford to buy another "regular" cell phone let alone a tilt.

[pdtp]

here you go

[PsyOpWarlord]

Here is mine. The red outline shows my water damage sticker.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=1977315&postcount=6

http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=73327&d=1204271081

[thebestguru333]

ok my sticker definitely has pink dots on it... but its not entirely pink... you think i can slide by changing that sticker to a normal white one... because my phone worked after it had a lil water... haha but after that i got the RLOD. i really regret taking my tilt for a swim... accidentally that is.