PLEASE HELP - T610 or anyone

I've had a T610 for about two months now, and I also use it as my alarm by leaving it on the floor by my bed so that the vibrating causes a loud rattling noise which rouses me. However the other day I also had a cup of water next to my bed and when I silenced the alarm I accidently put it RIGHT IN THE CUP! I didn't notice it until I woke up at some later point, it was in about an inch of water for probably at least 15 minutes or a half hour.

When I tried to turn it on it just froze on the blue startup screen and then turned off after a few minutes and hasn't turned on at all since then.

I called T-mobile and said it "just stopped working" and they said they would send me a new one and for me to send it back in the box the new one comes in. They said they would check it for damage that they wouldnt cover and if they found any signs (of water damage etc) then i would be charged a replacement fee.

My question is about water damage indicators on the T610. How exactly would they check for water damage? Is it a litmus test thats guarenteed to show up as being water damaged? Or do they just check for traces of moisture, and if so, can I just leave it in my car or something to fully evaporate all of the traceable moisture? There is a round rubber thing covering something on the back that I cant remove without taking the phone apart, is that an irreversable water damage indicator that they would know if I was to tamper with? Cuz if it is then that part was definetly soaked in water for minutes, so I'm screwed. Is there ANY way that I can conceal the signs of water damage? Is there something that I can just switch with the new phone they sent me?

Any help would be unendingly appreciated

Thank You
Tom

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I don’t think the phone manufacturer would put a water damage detection system in the phone, simply because it would serve no purpose to the function of the phone and would waste space. It might make the operator companies happy, but they are likely going to sell the phones regardless of the fact that they have fraud protection in them or not. I’d say they are just going to check for blown circuits or something like that, but what exactly I couldn’t tell you, sorry.

Just let your phone dry. If you're lucky it will start working.
A friend of mine dropped his Palm Pilot in a pool. He had it dry in front of the PC ventilator and after a few days, the thing started beeping 'cause he missed his appointment!

and don't plug it in until it's really dry ; )

ok i really need help, i was talking to a friend and i lost service so i hung up. I held it for too long i guess cuz now it wont turn back on. What do i do?

I had a laptop that got soaked from a burst pipe and was replaced after they checked for water damage along with other things, just let it dry in a open warm area before sending it in and you have a good chance they wont say anything because they wont be able to prove it was water damage that caused phone to stop working