Not funny, but it may help those with endampened phones.
Back in 2006 I'd reached the low point of my life and taken a job selling phone contracts for a high-street independent. (I didn't realise it was the low point until I'd taken the job. Meh)

Like many juiceheads I've had an unfortunate phone/urinal calamity but luckily as an insider I knew the 'Golden rule'. On no account, no matter how interesting the story (vibrating phone/Kylie's fudgetunnel fun) never EVER admit the phone has got wet/sticky/bumchutney-lagged.

'Oh it just stopped working for no reason' is the mantra of the enlightened. You should be entitled to swoppage - a nice shiny dry phone with a box to return your inexplicably defunct handset - and by the time the wallet-raping fuckwads receive your piss-sodden handset back it's too late.

I shared this nugget with any unfortunates who crossed my path. Living in West Cornwall where everyone is a fisherman, permanently drunk or from the Baltic States (or combination thereof) the shop I managed quickly became the nationwide record holder for phones which 'just broke'
It's worth a try, although the wallet-rapists may have caught on, thanks to muggins here.

Length? About 3 months, then I was sacked on the spot by the managing director who 'just turned up in my shop'. I can't think why that was.
(HarvsPenzance was tired and confused at, Sat 1 Aug 2009, 0:57, 4 replies)

Actually
one small problem is that phone manufacturers have caught on, and in many phones there is a small "have I got wet" indicator that turns red if the phone has been in contact with any liquid in its innards.

I have been caught this way myself...
( I_Was_Mordred, Sat 1 Aug 2009, 9:12, closed)

This is true.
If you do get you phone wet the best thing to do is to take it apart as much as you can and put it somewhere to dry for about a week.

Don't put it anywhere too warm, not in the airing cupboard or on a radiator. Does sometimes work.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Sat 1 Aug 2009, 23:30, closed)

In the dim, distant past
...I used to work in a repair centre for electricals, and any significant spillage, soakage etc is very easy to tell. I had the joyous job of telling multiple people that their device had 'liquid damage' and was not covered under warranty. 95% of the time it was 'Oh, ok' or maybe 'I don't know how that happened, but if you say so, ok'. It was only very rarely that we would have someone insist that it was not possible.

My recommendation is to dry it as soon as it happens. Take it apart if you need to and get rid of all the moisture. Maybe even clean it with alcohol. If it still doesn't work, there's a good chance that the repair won't be able to spot the moisture, residue, corrosion that gives away the game. Abuse this information wisely.
( Sextant goes to him is emotionally erect, on this day, Sat 1 Aug 2009, 17:56, closed)

this
Ah, sunny Penzance: home of the inebriated.
(Treacle Cock, Sun 2 Aug 2009, 16:42, closed)