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Crown O-ring came out - is this a fix or a replacement?

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Smurphy Gherkin

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Had the sticky/stiff Digital Crown thing... did the warm water rinse while turning and pressing crown that Apple recommends in this advisory.

As I was drying it, I noticed a bit of black stuff in the gap, so I scraped it out with my fingernail. Out comes a broken O-ring seal! No wonder it was stiff.

Booking an appointment with a Genius - is this a fix or a replacement? Will be Watchless for a while?

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i guess it all depends on their stock. my guess is that it will probably be a replacement but you never know.
 
It's a replacement. No repairs are taking place in store for the Apple watch, iPod range and iPads.
 
Smurphy Gherkin said:
Had the sticky/stiff Digital Crown thing... did the warm water rinse while turning and pressing crown that Apple recommends in this advisory.

As I was drying it, I noticed a bit of black stuff in the gap, so I scraped it out with my fingernail. Out comes a broken O-ring seal! No wonder it was stiff.

Booking an appointment with a Genius - is this a fix or a replacement? Will be Watchless for a while?

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How long have you had your watch?
 
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GrumpyMom said:
How long have you had your watch?
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Launch day, so 12 and a bit weeks. Not a total shock - I have had to replace 3 launch week iPhones so far, so I was kind of expecting this.

Thanks for the advice guys, will try to find time to see a genius this week, and remember not to get it wet meantime.

But hey, worse things happen at sea... I haven't had to punch a shark today.

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Smurphy Gherkin said:
Launch day, so 12 and a bit weeks. Not a total shock - I have had to replace 3 launch week iPhones so far, so I was kind of expecting this.

Thanks for the advice guys, will try to find time to see a genius this week, and remember not to get it wet meantime.

But hey, worse things happen at sea... I haven't had to punch a shark today.

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You've had to replace THREE launch week iPhones? Wow. I've never had a problem with Apple products until I got my IPhone 6plus last November. It's a laggy, buggy mess. It looks flawless though. Perfect screen, no loose buttons or any of the other common complaints. It just doesn't work as well as I'm used to an iPhone working.

And goodness I hope I won't have to punch any sharks when I visit the beach in a few weeks. But I'm going where there have been sightings and attacks, even up on the danged sand!
 
It's no excuse and this may be lost on many of you but what made Sears and Craftsman tools great was not how they were built but the service behind the product. I would hope they avoid situations like this as the design improves but until then my experience has been they do well with service and will take care of it.
 
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Well, Genius appointment today, and sent back to depot for repair or replacement - quoted 1-2 weeks.

So right now I am without a Watch, and this is how I live now.

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Hey, the day's not over yet.
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Made it!

GrumpyMom said:
You've had to replace THREE launch week iPhones? Wow.
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Failed speaker, failed microphone, failed rotation sensor. You can tell the pioneers by the arrows in their backs.
 
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Smurphy Gherkin said:
Had the sticky/stiff Digital Crown thing... did the warm water rinse while turning and pressing crown that Apple recommends in this advisory.

As I was drying it, I noticed a bit of black stuff in the gap, so I scraped it out with my fingernail. Out comes a broken O-ring seal! No wonder it was stiff.

Booking an appointment with a Genius - is this a fix or a replacement? Will be Watchless for a while?

utoRRF8.jpg
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I'd considered, if and when the water rinse treatment got to not being effective the fallback might be flossing.. this is a good indication that flossing is going to be really bad.. I know you didn't floss but it just shows that it could damage something we now know is there.
 



If you had Apple Care + , you could do the telephone or online chat, and they could have put a hold on a credit card and sent you a replacement that you then used the box to send that one back. It beats the hassles of stores for me.
 
Well, 8 days later and they email me I have a replacement.

Restoring from backup on 1.01 took about 12 minutes, much faster than the initial setup of 40+ minutes on 1.0.

But the point is our long national nightmare is over, and I can tell time again. And stop missing notifications. Jeez it was a rough week people.
 
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Smurphy Gherkin said:
Well, 8 days later and they email me I have a replacement.

Restoring from backup on 1.01 took about 12 minutes, much faster than the initial setup of 40+ minutes on 1.0.

But the point is our long national nightmare is over, and I can tell time again. And stop missing notifications. Jeez it was a rough week people.
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Lol! I had my phone sent out to the Depot a few months ago. I can appreciate your sense of humor about the wait.
 
Smurphy Gherkin said:
Launch day, so 12 and a bit weeks. Not a total shock - I have had to replace 3 launch week iPhones so far, so I was kind of expecting this.

Thanks for the advice guys, will try to find time to see a genius this week, and remember not to get it wet meantime.

But hey, worse things happen at sea... I haven't had to punch a shark today.

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I've NEVER had issues with my early production Apple products. I'm just lucky I guess.
 
At least you can get rid of the sundial strapped to your caveman wrist. Happy days are here again!

Hey, thanks again for the original photo. Always interesting to see the guts so to speak.
 
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