I "very briefly" allowed my 4S to get in contact with water. . .everything seemed to be working fine until I made a call. . .I can't hear anything. . .but people on the other end can hear me. So I called my phone. . .that is indeed the case. I can hear my voice talking from the iphone throught the other phone but cannot hear anything from the other end on my iPhone. I tested it with my headset (corded) and everything works fine. . so I suspect it's the earpiece.
I then checked to see if it could play music. . . no go. . no sound. My question is does the music come from the same place as the earpiece when someone is talking on the phone?
Or, is the problem worse than I thought and the there is more than one system affected by the water?
BTW When I called my iPhone, it does ring. . .my question is where do all these different sounds come from e.g. music, external ring and voice from earpiece? My feeling is that if they all come from the same place, then maybe I can just replace either the earpiece or the speaker. But if multiple systems are failing, it might be a lost cause.
Thanks in advance for your input!
ADDITIONAL INFO JUST DISCOVERED: When I tried to play music just now and couldn't hear anything, I tried to adjust the volume and "headphone" appeared on the screen as if I had headphones plugged in, so somehow it thinks I have headphones in which is probably why no sound comes out of the earpiece or speaker but works with headphones. . .so. . .what circuit is involved in diverting the sound to the headphone jack rather than the speaker and earpiece or is there a way to "reset" it? Thanks!
I then checked to see if it could play music. . . no go. . no sound. My question is does the music come from the same place as the earpiece when someone is talking on the phone?
Or, is the problem worse than I thought and the there is more than one system affected by the water?
BTW When I called my iPhone, it does ring. . .my question is where do all these different sounds come from e.g. music, external ring and voice from earpiece? My feeling is that if they all come from the same place, then maybe I can just replace either the earpiece or the speaker. But if multiple systems are failing, it might be a lost cause.
Thanks in advance for your input!
ADDITIONAL INFO JUST DISCOVERED: When I tried to play music just now and couldn't hear anything, I tried to adjust the volume and "headphone" appeared on the screen as if I had headphones plugged in, so somehow it thinks I have headphones in which is probably why no sound comes out of the earpiece or speaker but works with headphones. . .so. . .what circuit is involved in diverting the sound to the headphone jack rather than the speaker and earpiece or is there a way to "reset" it? Thanks!
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