My silent switch on my iPhone 3G requires A LOT of force to go back and forth and it feels like it's broken/jammed. Are all phone switches supposed to require this much force? When I tried my friends switch it went back and forth with ease and I thought maybe his was broken and mine was right, but now I'm thinking it's the opposite. Can I get this replaced and if so can ATT do it? The nearest Apple Store is 2 and a half hours away.
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Is this a broken silent switch or is it normal?
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in my iPhone 1.0(GOT LOOKING AT THOSE UNBOXING PICS OF 3G I WANT THAT SOOO BAD NOW!!) but i dont think HIS is broken, mine slides very easily, at first i didnt know it even had one, i thought it was a sensor for wi-fi or something like along those lines..
Sometimes, and then other times it gets stuck. If it's broken I don't want to keep it, the silent switch being so hard to control is really annoying.
Mine had the same issue and it broke off on day 1. I still kept it though. Yours is defective, its your choice if you want to keep it.
No, it's been like that since I got it. I'm afraid if I take it to Apple they will think I got something in the switch and just want a new one to replace it because of something that's my fault. It's just that I thought it was normal because during the first couple of weeks I had no other iPhone switches to compare it to.
The 3G I bought on launch day had this issue. I took it back on Saturday (the next day) and it was swapped out for a brand new phone, no questions asked.
It sounds like you might be using two hands to turn it on/off pretty soon. Take it back, it shouldn't be a chore to turn it on/off...
Just an update...I called Apple and set up a repair so I'm sending it in tomorrow. Just as I was packaging it up today my brother was wondering why I was sending it in as you couldn't see anything wrong with it by just looking at it, so I showed him how hard it was to switch the silent switch back and forth. Right as I showed him the switch fell off completely...looks like the switch requiring alot of force eventually leads to it coming off completely.