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I gotta wonder if this is yet another reason some are only offering in house conversions?

I'll admit, there is little chance anyone has OEM Apple parts for this swap. So if we all in fact buying copies, even if they are very good copies, there is probably less QC then would normally come from an OEM product.

If there is a high failure rate of the parts, keeping it in house would allow the seller (who-ever that may be) to discover this before the parts leave the shop.

Okay, tin-foil hat off. It was fun seeing how the iPhone works inside and knowing I can possibly make repairs myself in the future so I was a good experience.

Because some companies choose not to sel parts. Why you may wonder. Well its because at no point is the business protected. The person who bought the parts could be trying to install the parts while trying to learn by watching a video on youtube and in the off chance they do something to cause the part to not work most people in the world would and have past the buck back to the company saying " you sold me a bad part now replace it ". Now I think judging by your pictures, explanations and your email to me you where fully capable of doing this swap. Had it not been for a bad display you have succeeded in doing it which is a great task if you have never worked on a iphone before. But simply relying on his word that is was a jailbreak and not his part was his way of not wanting to show that he may have got a bad batch of parts and jut wanted a way to get out of it without putting the blame on his self. Selling parts is a risk because the buyer has all the protection and the seller has none, thats why some choose not to get involved and would rather do the work in house.

And there should be QC on his part. He should test his parts(yes all of them ) before sending them out to people. At 3 for 3 in selling bad parts does not look like he is doing that and thats just here on the this forum.
 
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So, I haven't gotten a tracking number from them for my phone, and I was left hanging on a chat when the guy was finding my tracking number. I don't know if they're sick of hearing from me, but the CS has gone downhill considerably since I started considering the color swap.

My phone is supposed to be here tomorrow, but without a tracking number I don't know when to expect it. I guess the huge influx of business has caused them to be a little less helpful.
 
So, I haven't gotten a tracking number from them for my phone, and I was left hanging on a chat when the guy was finding my tracking number. I don't know if they're sick of hearing from me, but the CS has gone downhill considerably since I started considering the color swap.

My phone is supposed to be here tomorrow, but without a tracking number I don't know when to expect it. I guess the huge influx of business has caused them to be a little less helpful.

I know the feeling. He mentioned mine had shipped yesterday afternoon and he would send tracking numbers. It wasn't until a little after midnight (mountain time) when I got it. That means he was working well into the late hours back on the east coast.

I'm willing to bet he is slammed with work, but as promised my phone was back in Colorado today.
 
lol you guys keep giving him the benefit of the doubt. those tracking numbers when generated on websites like usps are automatically sent like that always after midnight. I order parts sometimes 2 or 3 times per week and its always like that.
 
Hi all, first time posting here. I ordered a swap last night and picked the $50 2 way overnight shipping option. Still haven't received my shipping label yet. Try calling them all day, no one pick up. Trying using the chat, no help at all. I know its only 1 day, but that defeat the purpose of choosing the 2 way overnight shipping. Hopefully i get the shipping label tom, need the phone this weekend.
 
lol you guys keep giving him the benefit of the doubt. those tracking numbers when generated on websites like usps are automatically sent like that always after midnight. I order parts sometimes 2 or 3 times per week and its always like that.

You are perhaps the most negative person I have ever "met." We are giving him the benefit of the doubt because he has been nothing but helpful and communicative, until today for me anyway. If one person is good to another, it's nice to have a little trust.

I wasn't aware that USPS automatically sends out tracking numbers, now I know and I won't worry about it so much.
 
Rooskibar03
here is an article :


http://www.bgr.com/2010/11/17/apples-iphone-4-in-white-hands-on-kind-of/

esp. this part.... The second fared better, though it still didn’t work properly — the proximity sensor wouldn’t work at all! We finally gave up until someone suggested we remove a bit of metallic foil covering the proximity sensor holes on the front of the device, and lo and behold, this fixed our issues


others are having issues same as you did....wasnt the jailbreak at all
 
I agree their customer service is MIA at the moment, I paid $50 to have it shipped by DHL to avoid delays at Canada post (aprox 3 weeks) when it hit the boarder. so last night i received my tracking # but it was from USPS and not DHL. I have tried calling and emailing them to find out what happend and cant get a hold of any one. I will ****ing lose my **** if i get defective parts! :mad:
 
I kept calling yesterday too and got no answer. Finally got through the phone with them and was told their internet was down yesterday. Everything should be back up and running.
 
You are perhaps the most negative person I have ever "met." We are giving him the benefit of the doubt because he has been nothing but helpful and communicative, until today for me anyway. If one person is good to another, it's nice to have a little trust.

I wasn't aware that USPS automatically sends out tracking numbers, now I know and I won't worry about it so much.

negative.....I prefer realistic! like I said its your money throw it away if you wish. I cant believe you guys still think this guy is legit. he is selling bad parts and blaming the problems on something that is not possible. and you guys are falling for it. I am doing nothing but trying to help. I do not sell parts and do not compete with this guy at all so I have nothing to gain. just trying to help!

Im done you guys are on your own. I wish I had your money to throw away like you do.........
 
Final Wrap up

Okay boys and girls my conversion finally comes to an end.

Picked my phone up from the post office this AM right when they opened.

I wasn't able to restore and set it back up till I got to work. I am pleased to say everything appears to be in working order. Haven't tested headphones (don't have any at work) and I'll test bluetooth over lunch in the car.

Overall I'm pleased. It looks great, the dock and headphone accents are a nice touch. I'll put my power support screen and back protector on tonight and finally get back to business as usual.

I know there are some concerns over customer service and parts quality. I consider myself "hyper" sensitive and hate when I don't get an email or phone call back ASAP. At the end of the day though I will cut them some slack. I know what it feels like to be overrun with work and there aren't enough hours in the day.

I don't know what the demand outside the MR community is for this product, but I'm guessing he (and others who offer the service) are overwhelmed. I can't say I blame any of them, take the work while you can. Once Apple releases the office white phone, the days of making any significant money off this swap are over.

Did I get a bad part? Maybe. Did I mess something up? Perhaps. Seems like there are some defective units out there. This is the risk we take for such a endeavor. At the end of the day, take a deep breath, realize its just a phone and perhaps a couple extra days till you're all set.

I'll post some final pictures tonight when I get home with my White/Red Atomic case on it. It looks great!

While I'm know expert feel free to PM me with questions. I'll help as I can.
 
Flawless Victory

Flawless Victory.


I just completed my conversion and it went without a single hitch... well a small one, i had trouble getting off the front glass from the phone... the parts they give you to do it arent thin enough, so i had to push out the front from the inside and stick a guitar pick (which was provided) in between to keep it open and pry it off.

My proximity sensor works perfectly, the screen is great with no dead pixels, camera works perfectly. Although, when i put the whole phone together and took a picture it came out completely white!!!..... and then i removed the inside protective cover and took it again and it worked fine!

i looooove the way it looks in white, i dont have a camera to take a picture of the phone... but if i can get my hands on one ill get them on here!
 
Time to update your signature to "converted"

Congrats.

Flawless Victory.


I just completed my conversion and it went without a single hitch... well a small one, i had trouble getting off the front glass from the phone... the parts they give you to do it arent thin enough, so i had to push out the front from the inside and stick a guitar pick (which was provided) in between to keep it open and pry it off.

My proximity sensor works perfectly, the screen is great with no dead pixels, camera works perfectly. Although, when i put the whole phone together and took a picture it came out completely white!!!..... and then i removed the inside protective cover and took it again and it worked fine!

i looooove the way it looks in white, i dont have a camera to take a picture of the phone... but if i can get my hands on one ill get them on here!
 
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I really hate the USPS tracking system. It has been like this since 1 AM this morning... I don't really feel like this is tracking per say...
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I really hate the USPS tracking system. It has been like this since 1 AM this morning... I don't really feel like this is tracking per say...
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Yes, yes it does. That status indicates he printed your shipping label. Express items are meant to be handed in at the post office. If you drop it into a box or hand it toba carrier the process doesn't move as quickly. My guess is he printed you label in the early morning hour and dropped it off today.

I would expect the status to update sometime tomorrow am. Express is delivery by noon, so you won't have long to wait.
 
Yes, yes it does. That status indicates he printed your shipping label. Express items are meant to be handed in at the post office. If you drop it into a box or hand it toba carrier the process doesn't move as quickly. My guess is he printed you label in the early morning hour and dropped it off today.

I would expect the status to update sometime tomorrow am. Express is delivery by noon, so you won't have long to wait.

Haha, and I've got class from 10-11, and with my luck, that's when he'll try to drop it off and I'll get to wake up at the butt crack of dawn on Saturday to pick up my phone. :p
 
A question for those who have done the conversion...

One of the rumors floating around is that opaqueness of the back white panel affects the picture quality from the camera. Has anyone noticed this being an issue?
 
So I got ahold of them today and they did admit to screwing up on the shipping and offerd to refund me the express shipping. I hope they don't take to long at the canada boarder to process my **** because winter is comming and i need to build my eglu ASAP (canadian stereotype joke)

@rooskibar03 have you tried JBing your phone sence you got it back? looks sick BTW! cant wait to get mine
 
A question for those who have done the conversion...

One of the rumors floating around is that opaqueness of the back white panel affects the picture quality from the camera. Has anyone noticed this being an issue?

I havent noticed anything wrong with the quality of photo's since the conversion. Everything seems just perfect to me....
 
I havent noticed anything wrong with the quality of photo's since the conversion. Everything seems just perfect to me....

Same here. Picture quality is great and is equal to the black configuration with and without flash.
 
@BrandonD101

I did re-jailbreak last night with no issue. I'm wondering if I misspoke when I said it was my JB that didn't allow the front to work I should have clarified it may have been the fact I wasn't on 4.1.

Again, not to stir the pot, but is this the case? The world may never know.

All I know is I got my white iPhone, my JB is back in place and all is well with the world, except

There's is one more thing....

After a few PM's with another member and spending 20 minutes cleaning my screen to install my PS film, I can say with pretty much confidence the front plates do not have the oleophobic coating on the glass.

I wonder if any of these white kits do? I use a screen protector so I'm okay with it, but for those who don't it's amazing how bad it looks and how hard it is to clean..

Here's a quick shot of my finished product with my new case on it.

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glad you have your white iPhone 4 working! but the firmware version has nothing to do with it. the part was bad and he misled you in the fix. he simply replaced the part but used the 4.1 & the jailbreak as the reason so his parts would not look like the issue.
 
but apple was having problems with prox sensors and they issued a patch to fix it? I'm not a tech guy at all but it seems to me the software did affect the hardware in apples case so why wouldnt it be possible with other parts?
 
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