Poll: Would you put your iPhone in the oven if it meant fixing your wifi?

[aussiedj]

Well, I tried this... Now my iPhone 3G won't even turn on or charge. iTunes doesn't detect it either...

Any ideas are welcome, please...

Exactly what did you do?

 

[tahoeroscoe]

I am going to try this. I have a 3g with dead wifi and i would love to fix the wifi to be able to use it to stream music to my home sound system. As it is it just sits in a drawer, so nothing to lose.

 

[aussiedj]

I am going to try this. I have a 3g with dead wifi and i would love to fix the wifi to be able to use it to stream music to my home sound system. As it is it just sits in a drawer, so nothing to lose.

Use the heat gun method.

 

[wordoflife]

I wouldn't put it in the oven. I'd probably sell it as is and buy a new iPhone.

 

[al256]

It's only this part that goes in:

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If that's only part that goes in... I'd consider it. 70% chance I'd wind up doing it.

 

[Bijiont]

This is actually how I make some side money.

Buy "dead" componets provided they aren't water damaged or something to that nature and place them in the oven for about 8 ~ 10 minutes to get them working again.

I made tons of cash on the old 8 Series GTX video cards because people were e-baying for next to nothing and I could turn around and sell them for a decent profit.

It's not an insane idea and has been around for a while. This works with everything from phones, video cards and about anything with a board.

 

[Thetonyk123]

When my Xbox 360 RRoD'd I put the motherboard in the oven to melt the solder which supposedly would fix it. I figured it was already broken so I had nothing to lose if I broke it even more. Well needless to say it did actually work, but subsequently I got the red rings a few days later...

I hate Xbox 3600 RRoD I got it destroyed it with a hammer and everthing was perfect (and switched to ps3).