Greetings,

Earlier this week I learned two valuable lessons.  Specifically, my guide dog 
needs to practice providing sufficient clearance for drop-offs.  Consequently, 
being submerged in a pool is not conducive to the optimum functionality of an 
iPhone 4S.  Actually, the latter was 
insightful, but now I have the personal experience to prove it.



I removed my phone from the otterbox defender and sucked water out of the 
headphone, speaker, and microphone openings.  The case protected the power 
button, USB connector, and volume buttons and switch on the left side, so it 
could have been a lot worse.  The phone was mostly working, but I decided to 
turn it off and pack it in rice for 24 hours anyway.



It appeared that my phone survived its little swim unscathed until I attempted 
to use the LookTell money reader app and nothing happened regardless of the 
lighting or bill placed in front of it.  I then tried light detector and 
discovered that no sound was emitted.  I then launched the camera app and it 
crashed when I attempted to take a picture or toggle to the front-facing camera.



I actually had not thought to provide suction on the camera aperture area at 
the time.  I packed it in rice again last night, to no avail.



I can still make face-time calls, hence only one camera is certifiably FUBAR.  
My thought was that if I could change the default camera it might still be 
possible to use apps that depend on that hardware and put off having to use one 
of my two allowed damage replacements under Applecare.  I explored settings, 
and Google, but have not discovered a way to do this other than within the 
camera app itself which does not appear to be an option.



I thought I'd ask here if anyone can offer a suggestion before I suck it up and 
visit the Apple store.



TIA and best regards.

Geoff
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