No signal - support for previously water damaged handset?

hello,
i have an old iphone 4 that has unfortunately been around my friendship group a bit as a spare.
it was recently diagnosed as having had mild water damage before i came to use it, however i was able to replace the charging comb that had malfunctioned outside of apple support.
i am having a real problem with signal at present, and having exhausted all avenues with my carrier, wondered whether there was a quick fix for aerial replacement or whether indeed apple would consider looking at the phone at all, considering its hitsory with water.
any reccomendations welcome,
thanks
chris

chrismathewward wrote:
unfortunately, apple will also not touch any phone that has been waterdamaged.
it appears im on my own on this one.
They will happily replace it for a fee, so long as it wasn't opened by an unauthorized party.
it was recently diagnosed as having had mild water damage
Mild water damage? That's like being "a little bit pregnant"... You either are or you aren't. There are not degrees of water damage, like there are not degrees of pregnancy... It's a binary choice.

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