I also have the same problem with my xperia C which is only 2 months old. It is still under warranty so I sent it to their service center here in Doha, Qatar. Then after a few days somebody from the svc center called and told me that I have to pay a certain amount which is almost half of the price when I bought the phone because they have to replace the motherboard which was damaged due to liquid contamination. I was so shocked to hear that my phone got wet without me getting it wet. I told them that I am not that stupid to send my phone if I have got it wet accidentally because for sure any electric item when comes in contact with water, warranty will be voided and is as good as trash. I also told them thatfor sure if I got the phone wet it would not only be the motherboard that will be destroyed of course all the other parts should also leave marks that they have been contaminated with water. They told me its only the motherboard. I asked them of any possibilities that liquid can contaminate my phone without me knowing it. They told me that maybe because of my hands perspiring or due to extreme humidity the interior of the phone got moist. I told them that it is not in my control anymore. I also told them that if this would be the case, even if they replace the motherboard, i will just waste my money since it cannot stand humidity or perspiring hands I would still have the same problem after 2 months again. So does this means that sony is producing celphones that cannot stand this kind of situations? Why the **bleep** do I have to pay that much to buy this rubbish product from Sony? So does that shows that Sony is a stupid company producing phones that cannot stand perspiring hands and humidity? Anyway, I still insisted that they should repair my phone or better yet replace it maybe this phone are one of their factory rejects that got away from the inspection and this comes to show a great dowgrade on sony products reliability after all these years.
