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Spontaneous crack!
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I was taking a picture yesterday and the camera module just fell out of the back of the phone right as I touched the button to take the picture. Will Apple fix it?
What's this about plastic being cheap?
Anyway sorry to hear, Op. I'd try the honest story with apple and then third party options if not. Worse comes to worse you sell it on Craig's at a discounted price.
Anyway sorry to hear, Op. I'd try the honest story with apple and then third party options if not. Worse comes to worse you sell it on Craig's at a discounted price.
nice job being helpful.
to the OP, id say that it broke during charging overnight and see what they say. I havent heard or read about the glass just cracking while in the hand, thats a huge liability for Apple if thats the case.
If its the back glass, that's very cheap to fix an apple may do it under warrantee, if not I think it's like $20-$30 to fix, someone else correct me if I'm wrong. Just go in and tell them what happened, in my experience apple has been very helpful.
this. If you do want the OEM version it is a little pricer, but still a really easy fix.
http://www.ifixit.com/iPhone-Parts/iPhone-4S-Rear-Glass-Panel/IF115-003
that is very strange indeed.. perhaps the battery overheated during charging and it took a while for it to crack, making it seem spontaneous? 
Pretty sure the geniuses at Apple can help you with it.
Pretty sure the geniuses at Apple can help you with it.
Huh, I would say lying about what happened to your phone isn't really that helpful. I mean, it's the same thing, it broke in my hand (doubtful) and it broke while charging (equally if not more doubtful).
Happened to me as well, I ended up replacing the back cover, but never really understood the reason behind it.
lol @ spontaneous stress crack propagation!
I think I'll call apple tomorrow and go with the truth story, otherwise I'll order the back cover from ifixit.
It seems like a doable fix. No apple store near me so I doubt I'll go with apple fixin it anyway cause it would mean no phone for a week or 2, but I'll see what they say. Such a weird issue tho.
& I get the feelin nobody is really believing me, I prob wouldn't either only for it happened to me!
I think I'll call apple tomorrow and go with the truth story, otherwise I'll order the back cover from ifixit.
It seems like a doable fix. No apple store near me so I doubt I'll go with apple fixin it anyway cause it would mean no phone for a week or 2, but I'll see what they say. Such a weird issue tho.
& I get the feelin nobody is really believing me, I prob wouldn't either only for it happened to me!
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I know this is a late reply but you aren't the only one this happened to. It happened to me earlier i was reading an article the screen flickered bd crack! I had a hairline crack from one coroner to the other. I called apple immediately and made an appt they said it has happened to quite a few people and is a manufacturers defect and is covered in the one year warranty as long as they can determine there was no point of impact as in the case of mine which I have only had about two months and have never dropped it. Hope you were able to get it fixed.