Disable the charger hole?

Yesterday I managed to get some snow in my iPhone 4 (just in the jack for headphones and in the "charger hole"). When this first happened a lot of things were fubar, but after a night on a warm place in a bag of rice almost everything is dandy again. The only problem is that every now and then I get a pop-up message saying something like "this accessory is not optimalized for iPhone.." even though I have nothing plugged in. When this happens the phone tries to send all sounds out through the accesory, which obviously isn't there and thus I am left with no sound at all. It stays like this for some time, and then it goes back to normal.
So I was wondering, is it possible to somehow "disable" the use of these accessories? This way I believe (and hope) that my phone won't change between silent and none-silent mode every 15 seconds. It would probably just be a temporarily fix cos I am going to the nearest Apple Store on monday.

So I was wondering, is it possible to somehow "disable" the use of these accessories?
There is no way to turn this warning off. You may have some crud/corrosion on one of the pins that is intermittently creating a short, thus producing that error. You can try blowing the dock connector out with compressed air or using a soft toothbrush, but if the damage is internal, replacement may be in order. Damage like this is not covered by warranty.

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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1848
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1430
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