Well, it finally happened. I spilled tea all over my phone. The speaker sounded horrible and the signal from the headphone jack was very weak.
My cat-like reflexes appear to have staved off most of the damage: After taking the battery out and quickly towling off the phone I put it in a bag of rice. About two hours later I restarted the phone. Speaker sounded great, but the headphone jack wouldn't recognize when something was plugged into it. For example, if I plugged in a set of headphones the speaker continued playing and nothing came out of the headsets.
Thanks to this post I was able to dismantle the phone and found some moisture still up by the speaker and headphone jack. I felt certain I would bust either the screen or one or more of the plastic snaps that hold the phone together, but I got lucky.
I removed some moisture in the area of the speaker and put the unsheathed screen/motherboard piece back in the bag of rice. After another two hours the headset jack worked great!
I almost bought a replacement headphone jack on eBay, but I'm glad I didn't have to do an install -- looks like I'd have had to further dismantle components on the board.
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