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ifixdirect white conversion (NOT THE WAY TO GO, FOR NOW) (interesting story here)
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There is a Color Swap at $249..and a FULL Color Swap at $300. -> (http://www.ifixdirect.com/products/iphone-4-white-conversion)
The FULL adds the headphone port and 30-pin connector color changes on top of the the Color Swap (front/back ONLY).
Anyone know of someone on the West Coast/Southern California/Los Angeles area doing these? I'm interested in a color swap, but not feeling the $25 overnight each direction. I figure a walk-in could offer a chance to see the parts in person, instead of being unhappy and mailing it back and forth from coast to coast.
Prices are only going to go up from here on in, until all of the white parts are depleted.
Foxconn stopped making the white parts as of a few weeks ago. The parts are becoming rarer to acquire for the vendors.
If you want the white, get it now while you can!
Foxconn stopped making the white parts as of a few weeks ago. The parts are becoming rarer to acquire for the vendors.
If you want the white, get it now while you can!
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Hey guys so a couple of days ago, I put up a post on how happy I was with the quality of my white parts from ifixdirect. Well last night I did the conversion and now I'm having problems with the flash on my camera. When the flash is on you can see light leak through the glass plate and the pictures look blurry. I will post some up as soon as I can.
P.S. I'm guessing I might have actual factory parts since my flash won't work. Isn't that why apple canned the white iPhone?
Hey guys so a couple of days ago, I put up a post on how happy I was with the quality of my white parts from ifixdirect. Well last night I did the conversion and now I'm having problems with the flash on my camera. When the flash is on you can see light leak through the glass plate and the pictures look blurry. I will post some up as soon as I can.
P.S. I'm guessing I might have actual factory parts since my flash won't work. Isn't that why apple canned the white iPhone?
Both the outside piece and inside piece? its kinda hard to see the inside one..
There is going to be some light leak on the white backs. If the pictures look blurry you didn't remove the interior plastic covering the camera and flash
West Coast Conversion Shop
These guys do conversions and are located by San Francisco
www.brokemyiphone.com
These guys do conversions and are located by San Francisco
www.brokemyiphone.com
New post on the ifixdirect Website
First and foremost, we would like to welcome you to our official blog page. At the moment there is still some virtual dust that we have to work out, bare with us. Now onto the official story:
Many of you know that our colorswap service has been the most affordable on the market for quiet some time now. We have received more orders then we have imagined when we rolled out the conversions and this made us realize that our time was primarily being dedicated to it. We also realized that with so many orders coming, we could no longer provide a quality service that we initially wanted to and this is because we were under staffed.
With this in mind, we have expanded our company and trained a team that is responsible for completing quality control, individual unit testing, as well as careful installation. All of this requires time and money which we could not afford to provide at our current prices. The price change only affects the service it self which means you can still purchase the do it your self kits with the same affordable pricing.
We have been following the reviews that our customers have been leaving and we are just as upset as you are. We exist because of our customers and it is in our best interest to provide you with a service that will leave you 100% satisfied. We are hoping that with these changes, we can finally achieve not only our goal but also yours.
Cyber monday is going to be a great day as we will provide our service which currently ranges from $250-$300 for the colorswap at 20% off. You can also now grab the special discount for the kits which is 10% off.
We are here to learn from our mistakes and answer for each one of them so if you have experienced any issues with our service, please contact us at support@ifixdirect.com so we can help you.
Thank you on behalf of iFixDirect Team.
First and foremost, we would like to welcome you to our official blog page. At the moment there is still some virtual dust that we have to work out, bare with us. Now onto the official story:
Many of you know that our colorswap service has been the most affordable on the market for quiet some time now. We have received more orders then we have imagined when we rolled out the conversions and this made us realize that our time was primarily being dedicated to it. We also realized that with so many orders coming, we could no longer provide a quality service that we initially wanted to and this is because we were under staffed.
With this in mind, we have expanded our company and trained a team that is responsible for completing quality control, individual unit testing, as well as careful installation. All of this requires time and money which we could not afford to provide at our current prices. The price change only affects the service it self which means you can still purchase the do it your self kits with the same affordable pricing.
We have been following the reviews that our customers have been leaving and we are just as upset as you are. We exist because of our customers and it is in our best interest to provide you with a service that will leave you 100% satisfied. We are hoping that with these changes, we can finally achieve not only our goal but also yours.
Cyber monday is going to be a great day as we will provide our service which currently ranges from $250-$300 for the colorswap at 20% off. You can also now grab the special discount for the kits which is 10% off.
We are here to learn from our mistakes and answer for each one of them so if you have experienced any issues with our service, please contact us at support@ifixdirect.com so we can help you.
Thank you on behalf of iFixDirect Team.
My Experience
Sorry if this is a bit long-winded but here it goes... Let me preface this by saying that my overall experience with ifixdirect was so-so. Read on for more explanation.
Having worked on laptops and various other cellphones in the past I figured I'd give this a try so I ordered the full DIY kit from ifix earlier this month. I received the kit without issue and overall found that working on the phone was not too difficult if you just went slow.
My issues began when I started to swap the headphone jack. I could not get the mute switch back together and screwed back in. Somewhere in that process the fragile ribbon cable leading to the mute switch snapped and halted my effort.
So I emailed ifixdirect and asked if I could overnight my phone to them and have them put it back together for me rather than having to wait on another white headphone jack and possibly breaking it again. Got a response back fairly quick (within 2 hours) and I overnighted it.
They emailed me the next day to let me know they received my phone and were going to start on putting it back together and would give me an estimate on cost and shipping ETA back to me later that day. This is when communication started to break down.
I didn't hear anything again until around 6:30 that night when they emailed me saying they had my phone back together and it was ready to be shipped (he said he would ship overnight back to me) and he would email pics later. I replied with a thanks and to please send me the cost estimate and a shipping confirmation as it would ship on a Friday and I would expect it on Saturday via USPS.
Well Friday comes along and I ask if he received my email and I hear nothing except an email from him asking for an address to send a paypal bill to for the service. So I replied back to him with my paypal email and again asking him again a tracking number. I heard nothing for the rest of the day.
Saturday passes with no email and no phone. Not too happy at this point. However on Sunday of all days I get an email from him with a cost estimate and pics of my newly converted white iPhone
He says it will ship out on Monday so I expect Tuesday is the day.
I finally get a paypal bill on Monday and pay him for the service and get a tracking number Monday night that shows "Billing info received". Tuesday morning I check tracking and no movement or update. So apparently the phone didn't go out until late Monday...wonderful.
So to put an end to this story, I finally got my phone back a week after I sent it in. Not horrible although it could have been a little faster I think. Communication certainly could have been better. Especially since most of them emails I got had signatures that read "Sent from my Sprint mobile Blackberry". I only tried calling him twice but both times I never got an answer.
The phone looks good. The parts fit flush. I have no issues with the camera or screen. There is a definite color difference between the home button and the front glass but I expected that. There is some light leakage through the headphone jack though but oh well that doesn't really bother me.
In the end would I recommend ifixdirect? At this point I'd say probably not. In my opinion communication is key and his was sorely lacking. At the time they did seem to have the best price but that seems to have changed so thats not even an advantage anymore. I'd say look elsewhere.
Parts: A-
Service: B+
Communcation: D
Price (at the time): A
Timeliness: C
Overall Quality: C-
Sorry if this is a bit long-winded but here it goes... Let me preface this by saying that my overall experience with ifixdirect was so-so. Read on for more explanation.
Having worked on laptops and various other cellphones in the past I figured I'd give this a try so I ordered the full DIY kit from ifix earlier this month. I received the kit without issue and overall found that working on the phone was not too difficult if you just went slow.
My issues began when I started to swap the headphone jack. I could not get the mute switch back together and screwed back in. Somewhere in that process the fragile ribbon cable leading to the mute switch snapped and halted my effort.
So I emailed ifixdirect and asked if I could overnight my phone to them and have them put it back together for me rather than having to wait on another white headphone jack and possibly breaking it again. Got a response back fairly quick (within 2 hours) and I overnighted it.
They emailed me the next day to let me know they received my phone and were going to start on putting it back together and would give me an estimate on cost and shipping ETA back to me later that day. This is when communication started to break down.
I didn't hear anything again until around 6:30 that night when they emailed me saying they had my phone back together and it was ready to be shipped (he said he would ship overnight back to me) and he would email pics later. I replied with a thanks and to please send me the cost estimate and a shipping confirmation as it would ship on a Friday and I would expect it on Saturday via USPS.
Well Friday comes along and I ask if he received my email and I hear nothing except an email from him asking for an address to send a paypal bill to for the service. So I replied back to him with my paypal email and again asking him again a tracking number. I heard nothing for the rest of the day.
Saturday passes with no email and no phone. Not too happy at this point. However on Sunday of all days I get an email from him with a cost estimate and pics of my newly converted white iPhone
He says it will ship out on Monday so I expect Tuesday is the day.I finally get a paypal bill on Monday and pay him for the service and get a tracking number Monday night that shows "Billing info received". Tuesday morning I check tracking and no movement or update. So apparently the phone didn't go out until late Monday...wonderful.
So to put an end to this story, I finally got my phone back a week after I sent it in. Not horrible although it could have been a little faster I think. Communication certainly could have been better. Especially since most of them emails I got had signatures that read "Sent from my Sprint mobile Blackberry". I only tried calling him twice but both times I never got an answer.
The phone looks good. The parts fit flush. I have no issues with the camera or screen. There is a definite color difference between the home button and the front glass but I expected that. There is some light leakage through the headphone jack though but oh well that doesn't really bother me.
In the end would I recommend ifixdirect? At this point I'd say probably not. In my opinion communication is key and his was sorely lacking. At the time they did seem to have the best price but that seems to have changed so thats not even an advantage anymore. I'd say look elsewhere.
Parts: A-
Service: B+
Communcation: D
Price (at the time): A
Timeliness: C
Overall Quality: C-
Another Conversion Shop
Located in Albuquerque NM
http://www.thatphonechick.com/ThatPhoneChick/Welcome.html
Located in Albuquerque NM
http://www.thatphonechick.com/ThatPhoneChick/Welcome.html
Bottom left of the phone board, that little circular metal piece with the line attatched to it, you had to pop it off to allow you to remove the left logic board. make sure its connected properly.
Putting that back on about did me in. I had to get up, walk away, and take a breather durning that process.
Wanted to pull my hair out.
I got it on the first try
Try taking it off and putting it back on?
I got it on the first try
Try taking it off and putting it back on?
Tried that. Is that wire only for the wifi then?
I got it on the first try
Try taking it off and putting it back on?
It's a bit misshapen now. May not be connecting properly. Sigh.
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Yeah there was still plastic inside the back cover Fml lol
Thanks for pointing that out guys. Camera is working fine now.
Here are some pic of finished phone.
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h88/pahtyanimal/02f32295.jpg
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h88/pahtyanimal/37988b40.jpg
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h88/pahtyanimal/f6330d19.jpg
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h88/pahtyanimal/78eeb98d.jpg
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h88/pahtyanimal/5dfb3790.jpg
Yeah there was still plastic inside the back cover Fml lol
Thanks for pointing that out guys. Camera is working fine now.
Here are some pic of finished phone.
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h88/pahtyanimal/02f32295.jpg
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h88/pahtyanimal/37988b40.jpg
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h88/pahtyanimal/f6330d19.jpg
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h88/pahtyanimal/78eeb98d.jpg
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h88/pahtyanimal/5dfb3790.jpg
I ordered my white front plate last monday
and its wednesday now 9 days after I ordered the front glass from ifix direct and I have heard NOTHING from these guys. The only way I know that my order was processed was because they took my money and because they sent me an email saying that my shipment was delayed and that it would be sent out on the following monday (being two days ago it should have shipped)
well I havent received an email or been able to chat with them or even talk to them on the phone. This will be my first and last purchase from these people for their lack of customer interest. F U CK ifixdirect!!!
and its wednesday now 9 days after I ordered the front glass from ifix direct and I have heard NOTHING from these guys. The only way I know that my order was processed was because they took my money and because they sent me an email saying that my shipment was delayed and that it would be sent out on the following monday (being two days ago it should have shipped)
well I havent received an email or been able to chat with them or even talk to them on the phone. This will be my first and last purchase from these people for their lack of customer interest. F U CK ifixdirect!!!