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Help Dust/dirt/gunk buildup around earpiece

rman12321

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Jan 13, 2013
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Hello, I have had my S3 for 4 months now, and I am getting a lot of buildup around the earpiece. This is due to a large gap I have around the piece, and in my other friends S3's and the ones in display at the store, they do not have such a prominent gap.

Here is a picture
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http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/856/img0054suo.jpg/

I wore a yellow hoody which explains why some things stuck in there are yellow colour.

This has just been getting worse and worse since I got it, and I've tried to clean it out using a brush or sticking something thin like paper in there to try and pry stuff out but it won't budge. I am also diagnosed with severe OCD and it is difficult to live with something like this.


I want to ask, I am going to send it in on tuesday for a warranty repair, and I'm just wondering if something like this is covered under warranty. It does seem like a defect to me since although some peoples S3's have some dust under it, they are so small it is barely visable. Like my home button you can barely see anything under there. the earpiece however, it is just disgusting.
 

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