Possible iPhone Battery Leak?

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Possible iPhone Battery Leak?

Last night when I got home I plugged my iPhone into the charger cable and noticed that there was some resistance and the connector was a bit crooked.

I looked inside the connector area on the phone and there was a yellowish deposit on one side of the connector. My iPhone has definitely not been in contact with any food or anything else, and from the location it appeared that this deposit leaked from inside the phone.

So, it appears that this may be a battery leak. I'm traveling at the moment, so I don't have access to an Apple store, but when I get back I will take my iPhone into the genius bar and see what they think.

I carefully cleaned out the deposit with a paper clip; it was a powdery residue. The iPhone is working normally and no further deposit has appeared, but I'm wondering whether it is safe to use the phone until I can have it looked at.

Does this sound like a battery leak to any iPhone experts out there?

Thanks,
Jack

iPHone Other OS

Powerbook, Mac OS X (10.4.10)

Posted on Jul 18, 2007 10:02 AM

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Answer 1

Bontemps

Level 2

310 points

Jul 18, 2007 11:58 AM in response to Skyguy8

could you see if anything was leaking from inside the phone? I am just thinking somebody dropped something on the connecter, flexing it slightly and leaving something in there.

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PaulM-D

Level 1

35 points

Jul 18, 2007 12:39 PM in response to Skyguy8

You'd be surprised what falls into one's shirt or pants pockets on a daily basis. Everything from corn muffin crumbs to pocket lint.

The current generation of lithium polymer batteries are unlikly to leak, and if you look at the autopsy photos of an iPhone, you'd have quite a mess inside before it could every corrode its way to the connector.

And i wouldn't use a paper clip - you could damage the pins or short something out!

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