My 4s stopped working, my computer is not even recognizing that it is plugged in. It got dropped and also a tiny bit of water on it. Any suggestions on what could be wrong
So the full situation is the my iphone 4s was a on a table that got knocked over last night so it dropped and got a little wet. Now it is not working at all, it was fully chargd I have it plugged in but my computer is not even recognizing that something is plugged in, the screen is black and it is doing absolutley nothing
Seems obvious that the iphone is seriously damaged from either the dropping impact or the water or both. Your choices are: (a) repair [Apple Store or a commercial company that specializes in this], or (b) new iphone.
For (b), if you restore from your backup (these backups are typically done every time you plug your iphone in to your computer, when the phone is working of course; or from the cloud if you were using icloud) to a new iphone, it will essentially be just like the old one was. That option shows up as "restore" when you connect a new phone to your computer, or you can simiarly restore form icloud if you were using icloud.
Water or impact damage to an iphone is usually something that cannot be resolved through online discussion groups. You need to take the phone to someone who understands how to open up the phone and inspect for damage and give you an assessment on repair.
For me, I'd get the new iphone (which can be expensive) because I expect that the old damaged one, even if "repaired or refurbished," will never work 100% properly again.
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