eBay always sides with the buyer, get a refund by opening a claim assuming it was sold as not locked. If it was sold as non working because of it being locked then it’s on you for not reading more about the item before you bought it. Also, “buyed” is not a word and should be replaced with “bought”.

Same.

No. It’s not like it’s an unrelated cause. The cause is water damage and it’s unrepairable.

Google it, rice doesn’t do anything. Water damage is unrepairable, purchase a new phone.

Reboot would work as well.

Guess you learned the importance of proper backups for next time. Sorry for this experience.

Just don’t tap those parts of the screen lol. Boom problem solved.

I’d rather just have an Apple Watch do those jobs and leave the phone behind or get a smaller phone that is both big enough when it needs to be and small enough that it isn’t “like a tablet” in my pocket. The 6.1” 14 Pro is the right size for me as I can use it one handed. I don’t have time to manage having 2 phones, trying to remember what information is on what phone. It seems foolish as once again an Apple Watch can do all of that.

You’re in an iPhone sub, so everyone is gonna say iPhone.

No iOS 17 support is likely, although nothing is confirmed.

Time for a new phone. After all that phone is 6 years old and will likely lose software support in a few months.