My friends phone wouldn't turn on when on battery so we took it to the store and they ran the battery test and looked for water damage and they go everything looks good, we'll give you a replacement. Then they take off the back to get the serial number, which I didn't even know was back there, and see that the battery connector popped out. How I don't know but they said it was missing a screw. So he took in into the back and came out and said I don't have any of those screws and he went in the drawer to get a replacement iPhone and then took that apart to get the screw instead of just giving us the new one. They ruined a new iPhone just for a screw. I couldn't believe it.
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Really Apple A Screw?
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And the next time someone comes in with a missing part, they take it off the same iPhone your friend's screw came from. Not sure how you see that as ruining a phone. Clearly they're not going to have a drawer with 1,000 tiny loose parts for iPhones at the store, so cannibalism is a quick alternative, especially since you don't have to hunt around to determine which part to use; you take it from one spot on the new phone and put it in the same spot on the broken phone.
If 10 people come in with 10 different missing screws, by your method of thinking, they'd give away 10 new iPhones. Now THAT'S unbelievable.
If 10 people come in with 10 different missing screws, by your method of thinking, they'd give away 10 new iPhones. Now THAT'S unbelievable.
That makes NO sense.
Are you seriously suggesting it's more logical to take a screw from an actual phone than just have some spare parts ready to use ?
That makes NO sense.
Are you seriously suggesting it's more logical to take a screw from an actual phone than just have some spare parts ready to use ?
OP said they didn't have the required spare parts. And his phone was fixed in a jif, why would anyone except a brand new phone? It's always been repair, then replace if necessary.
The OP never said it was new. For all we know, it could have been an original iPhone. Now granted, since they had one there to take the screw from, it can be reasonably assumed that it was at least a currently sold model (3GS, 4, or 4s)
The ruined a phone? Really, as in destroyed it? Or did they take the screw out with the intention of ordering a replacement part and repairing it when the part comes in?
Seems they did a good job of getting your friend's phone repaired and you on your way instead of saying they'll have to order the part and you can come back for your phone in a few days. This is a problem how?
Seems they did a good job of getting your friend's phone repaired and you on your way instead of saying they'll have to order the part and you can come back for your phone in a few days. This is a problem how?
For some things I could understand that. But seriously, it was a screw. They replaced the screw, the phone works fine.