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iPhone 4 Greyed Out Wifi

I have an iPhone 4 that I dropped partway in water. Due to the wetness, I turned it off ASAP and then threw it in a bag of rice. I waited a day and then powered it on again. It seemed to be partly working; I could sync to my PC and also could faintly make out the screen. For some reason, I decided to go ahead and update from iOS 5.0 to 5.0.1 while the phone was down. This went fine, although my screen was dark so I couldn't verify very much. I then took my phone apart and placed it in tupperware with rice. I waited another day and everything appears to be working, except for the wifi (greyed out) / bluetooth (can enter menu but it never finds it). I had read that some people have had issues with wifi after updating to 5.0.1, but I am also thinking it could be a hardware issue due to possible water damage or reassembly. On a side note, I have not jailbroken.

I was wondering if anyone here could provide me with some troubleshooting instructions. I have reset the network settings, hard restarted, and restored my iPhone to no avail. My wifi address is N/A, and my bluetooth has an address, but I can't turn it on. I have an IMEI and my modem firmware is 04.11.08.

Thanks,

Brett

Posted on Jan 15, 2012 2:27 PM

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Jan 15, 2012 8:42 PM in response to brettspark

Typically a greyed out wifi symbol is a hardware issue. Getting the phone wet is probably the problem though. When you took the phone back off you may have notiiced a red dot or two. They are liquid contact indicators. Take your phone to the apple store and be honest about what happened. It probably won't be free but they will do what they can to help

Jan 15, 2012 8:54 PM in response to 4noble1

The thing is I will be getting a 4S in two months once my contract expires, and I would like to "repair" it if possible so I could use it for some projects around the house. It stills works fine for general phone use and email over 3G. Good thing I have a 2GB data plan. 😉


The moisture indicator in the middle was obviously pink, and the lower one (I thought the wifi module is located further down, but I could be wrong) was still mostly white, indicating only a slight amount of moisture got it.


The closest Genius bar is 1.5 hours away, so meh~

iPhone 4 Greyed Out Wifi

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