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Minor scratches on back of black iPhone

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crackedandblack

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Apr 29, 2009
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I've just discovered a minor scratch on the back of my black iphone on the plastic casing (ironically I was taking it out of it's case when I discovered it, said case has now been abandoned).

Any ideas/suggestions/products good for removing these bar asking Apple to replace it etc.

Thanks.
 
Get over it. Replacing it due to a scrach? Either YOU or YOUR CASE SCRACHED YOUR iPhone. It's not a big deal. People like you doing this is why Apple is strickening up their replair/replace policys. Grow up.
 
John T said:
Surely you're not even contemplating this? :confused: :eek:
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It's amazing isn't it?

This is a phone. A cell phone. They get scratched. The phone won't last your lifetime and you will likely replace it in a year or two anyways. I serioudly can't believe someone would ask Apple to replace a scratched iPhone.
 
It sounds to me like the OP is mostly interested in how to remove the scratches, and it's possible that by writing "bar asking Apple to replace it", s/he meant that s/he was not interested in someone responding with "see if you can get Apple to replace it".

I can't know what the OP meant, I'm just sayin'....
 
SpaceKitty said:
It's amazing isn't it?

This is a phone. A cell phone. They get scratched. The phone won't last your lifetime and you will likely replace it in a year or two anyways. I serioudly can't believe someone would ask Apple to replace a scratched iPhone.
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He didn't say he was going to ask Apple to replace it. He actually clarified in the OP that it wasn't an option he was considering.
 
annk said:
It sounds to me like the OP is mostly interested in how to remove the scratches, and it's possible that by writing "bar asking Apple to replace it", s/he meant that s/he was not interested in someone responding with "see if you can get Apple to replace it".

I can't know what the OP meant, I'm just sayin'....
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Sweet god, at least someone with an ounce of sense who can READ the topic and the question asked and has a grasp of the English language.

Dont bother reading the topic or replying if you're just going to have a rant.
 
crackedandblack said:
Sweet god, at least someone with an ounce of sense who can READ the topic and the question asked and has a grasp of the English language.

Dont bother reading the topic or replying if you're just going to have a rant.
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People probably just misunderstood because unfortunately there are quite a few threads where people talk about trying to trick Apple into replacing something they themselves wrecked. When you've read a lot of those, it's easy to jump to conclusions.

Don't give up on us yet, it's generally a very helpful forum. :)

But back to the topic: Here's a site with links to various solutions. Some are for the screen, but maybe something there will be of use.:)
 
annk said:
People probably just misunderstood because unfortunately there are quite a few threads where people talk about trying to trick Apple into replacing something they themselves wrecked. When you've read a lot of those, it's easy to jump to conclusions.

Don't give up on us yet, it's generally a very helpful forum. :)

But back to the topic: Here's a site with links to various solutions. Some are for the screen, but maybe something there will be of use.:)
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If it's any consolation I discovered a crack in my iPhone which Apple did admit was a problem and was replaced - I know this scratch was caused by me and I'm just after advice. I wouldn't dream of asking Apple to replace it.

thanks for the link
 
crackedandblack said:
If it's any consolation I discovered a crack in my iPhone which Apple did admit was a problem and was replaced - I know this was caused by me and I'm just after advice. I wouldn't dream of asking Apple to replace it.
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It's not a consolation if you knowingly tried to trick Apple, but if Apple admitted that a crack was a problem, it was likely a known fault with the material. That's not being devious on your part, that's just good customer service on Apple's part.

And - you're welcome.
 
annk said:
It's not a consolation if you knowingly tried to trick Apple, but if Apple admitted that a crack was a problem, it was likely a known fault with the material. That's not being devious on your part, that's just good customer service on Apple's part.

And - you're welcome.
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I'm almost 99% sure the crack wasn't caused by me - but none of us could prove otherwise - and I didn't expect it to be replaced - it was only when I read the 56 pages of people with the same problem here that made me approach them.

I have no problems with Apple.
 
I also discovered two scratches on my black iPhone's back, which I'm pretty confident I didn't get on there, if they get any bigger I might ask for a replacement seems to be such a hassel to get it replaced here in Sweden anyway, so I can't be bothered.
 
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