Orange crusty stuff in the dock connector!

Hi,
Earlier today my iPhone 4's home button decided to play up until it decided to stop completely. A few minutes after this, my phone kept on saying 'This Accesory is not compatable with iPhone' or something like this. SO... I connected the phone to my Mac to do a restore and just as iTunes was about to restore the phone, it said the phone wasn't connected. I unplugged the phone and now there is some orange cursty stuff in the dock connector and on the cable and the phone is extremely hot even after disconnecting it. Does anyone know what this could be? And also my warranty ran out on the 25th July

Sounds like corrosion. I suppose it's possible the battery could be leaking. You may want to take it in. If you're really nice to the genius, they may replace it for you. An out of Warranty replacement is $199.
It could just be corrosion. Clean it out good with a dry toothbrush. If something is shorting the dock connector, it might explain the heat. Also, check all of your cables and docking accessories for signs of rust.

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turn the volme bar down no you can see the orange bit, then lock the screen. Leav eyour phone/ipad/ipod for a few minutes then turn the volume bar up and go into your iphone/ipad and it should work, otherwise all youll have todo is give the charging point a good hard blow/compressed air which should also work.
if not book in and see the apple genuis'

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Hi ,
I have just bought an Ipod nano 5th gen [brand new]and as soon as i was going to connect it to my pc for syncing i noticed a line in the middle of the dock connector of the ipod , the line starts from the inside and continues to the outside and returning back inside [looks like a mountain has been drawn]. This line or watever its called is on the silver plated surface of the D. Connector . My other 8gb version doesn't have any such thing.
Also it works fine and everything but that line...........
So what do u think i should and if u were in my place what would u do ?
Thanks alot

Apple does not read these forums. These are user-to-user forums where everyday folk post questions and offer answers to each other. You need to call Apple Support.
Did you even bother to read the links I posted? Through a Google search I found the following:
http://www.arabcomputers.com.sa/ I can't read Arabic. Unknown if there is a support link.
Apple service briefly suspended in Saudi Arabia

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Apple is not here.
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hi Zachary!
good lord. something appears to have gone horribly wrong with the footnoting on the Universal Dock KB doc:
Learn about iPod Universal Dock
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Orange crusty stuff in the dock connector!

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