Black SS falls to it's death...literally.

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deathtotoasters

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Well took it off before I went upstairs last night. As I was walking through the kitchen it slipped out of my grip with the other stuff I was holding. Fell almost flat on it's face and about 3 feet.

Below are results.

Well guess where I will be at 10am Monday!?
 

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deathtotoasters said:
Well took it off before I went upstairs last night. As I was walking through the kitchen it slipped out of my grip with the other stuff I was holding. Fell almost flat on it's face and about 3 feet.

Below are results.

Well guess where I will be at 10am Monday!?
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Why Monday and not today? :)
 
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deathtotoasters said:
Yup. Same here :)
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You are likely already aware of this, but if you want to retain your "activity" data for transfer to your replacement  Watch, be sure and do an encrypted iTunes backup of your damaged watch before unpairing the old one and pairing the replacement - that should backup your activity so it can be restored to replacement.
 
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dhlizard said:
You are likely already aware of this, but if you want to retain your "activity" data for transfer to your replacement  Watch, be sure and do an encrypted iTunes backup of your damaged watch before unpairing the old one and pairing the replacement - that should backup your activity so it can be restored to replacement.
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Ok but if I use icloud backup, how does that work? There isn't an option for encrypted.
 
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deathtotoasters said:
Ok but if I use icloud backup, how does that work? There isn't an option for encrypted.
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iCloud backup is encrypted, period (there's no option not to).

the advice isn't massively necessary though unless you're changing phones - you just need to make sure you unpair the watch (which will create a backup on the phone, with everything). the only reason you'd need the icloud backup would be if somehow you broke or lost your phone before getting the new watch :)
 
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nicho said:
iCloud backup is encrypted, period (there's no option not to).

the advice isn't massively necessary though unless you're changing phones - you just need to make sure you unpair the watch (which will create a backup on the phone, with everything). the only reason you'd need the icloud backup would be if somehow you broke or lost your phone before getting the new watch :)
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That's what I thought.

Thanks!

It is so sad...not the broken watch, I mean it may be an apple watch, but still a watch. How sad is it that I feel like I am going to have to remember to check my phone for stuff all day now. LOL
 
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You don't need an encrypted backup unless you replace the iPhone. When you unpair the Watch from the iPhone it creates a backup on the iPhone from the Watch. When you pair the new watch to the iPhone choose to restore from a backup and choose the most recent one. You will be good to go.

Sorry about your misfortune, hope you have Apple Care + and if you do you can get an express overnight replacement.

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I'm slow, looks like it has already been answered while I was typing this.
 
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Cowboy1629 said:
You don't need an encrypted backup unless you replace the iPhone. When you unpair the Watch from the iPhone it creates a backup on the iPhone from the Watch. When you pair the new watch to the iPhone choose to restore from a backup and choose the most recent one. You will be good to go.

Sorry about your misfortune, hope you have Apple Care + and if you do you can get an express overnight replacement.

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I'm slow, looks like it has already been answered while I was typing this.
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Thanks.
Got apple care and already went to 'pretend' to get a new one from my local store online. Says it's ready for same day pickup. So I assume I will walk out with a new one. Then again, we know what happens when we assume....:p
 

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deathtotoasters said:
Thanks.
Got apple care and already went to 'pretend' to get a new one from my local store online. Says it's ready for same day pickup. So I assume I will walk out with a new one. Then again, we know what happens when we assume....:p
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Apple does not do "exchanges" on  Watch in their stores if that is what you are saying. All replacements are via delivery to your home, then you return the damaged watch in the provided shipping package.
 
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deathtotoasters said:
Well took it off before I went upstairs last night. As I was walking through the kitchen it slipped out of my grip with the other stuff I was holding. Fell almost flat on it's face and about 3 feet.

Below are results.

Well guess where I will be at 10am Monday!?
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Sorry about the watch... That being said, is it bad I opened this thread just to see the watch carnage?? :confused:
 
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dhlizard said:
Apple does not do "exchanges" on  Watch in their stores if that is what you are saying. All replacements are via delivery to your home, then you return the damaged watch in the provided shipping package.
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Really?? Never heard that before. Ok that would upset me.

Considering the delivery times are only 24 hours anyway, not the end of the world but still.
 
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Really?? Never heard that before. Ok that would upset me.

Considering the delivery times are only 24 hours anyway, not the end of the world but still.
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From what I've read, you don't want to go to the store or they will take the watch and send it away and it will take you quite a while to get a replacement... week+. If you call them instead, they will express ship you a replacement and then you return the old one in the package they send. The AW sounds like one of the few cases where going in to talk to a genius is not a good plan.
 
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This happened to my watch yesterday... I left it on the kitchen counter and my cat knocked it off onto the ceramic floor. I heard something hit the floor and when I went to look, my cat was on the counter and the watch was on the floor. Sapphire and ceramic don't mix.

Thankfully, I have AC+ and I took it to my local Apple Store and they had to ship it to a depot somewhere. They said the depot determines if it gets repaired (new screen) or replaced. I was told this takes up to 2 weeks.



Oh yeah, and here's my evil cat...

 
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Sorry about the watch.

AppleCare is 69? Plus 99 for repair?

How much does it cost to repair screen without warranty?
 
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dljor said:
Sorry about the watch.

AppleCare is 69? Plus 99 for repair?

How much does it cost to repair screen without warranty?
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Well, in my case, here are the numbers (all in Canadian dollars).

Space Black Stainless Steel watch was: $779.99 plus tax
AppleCare Plus was: $89.00 plus tax
Accidental damage repair cost under AC+: $99.00 plus tax

The Genius told me I'd have to pay $99 plus tax when the repaired or replaced watch is ready for pick up.

Here's the work order. I asked the genius what the $419 is for and he said that's the out of warranty repair cost if I didn't have AppleCare.

 

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