Strangest way to fix an iPhone

[ert3]

I was working last night when i switched to my iPhones camera and all i got was a pink screen where i would normally see what i was going to take a picture of.

I got angry and thought this is the result of those idiots i call friends dropping my phone.

I smash it against the counter and then i get a pink and white view of the world through my phone.

I got even more angry and then began to twist my phone (don't even ask why).

the screen began to show color.

I squeezed it then with force but not to much.

Bam camera fixed.

Some how i doubt thats how they teach their apple techs how to fix em.

 

[cheeseadiddle]

You should be a member of the Geek Squad.

 

[knoxtown]

Crazy! Glad you got a working camera again!

 

[marykay9507]

that's bizarre-- i heard a similar way to fix a previous gen iPod was to smack it on the side of a table-- got it working again for a little while at least!

 

[Knowlege Bomb]

It's actually pretty shocking how a little blunt force can fix so many wrongs in the electronic world.

 

[domness]

Haha, classic

It's times like this when you think.. "right if I don't fix it, I'm going to have to get a replacement.." - although I don't think smashing against stuff and trying to twist the iPhone (LOL!) comes into the warrenty Haha.

But anyway, well done! If it ever happens to me, I'll be sure to find this post once again and follow your instructions

 

[slapguts]

that's bizarre-- i heard a similar way to fix a previous gen iPod was to smack it on the side of a table-- got it working again for a little while at least![/Q]

I made some good money off of that trick. When an iPod would have the "sad iPod" fault, if you did a hard reset and gave it a good smack it would come right back to life. I used to buy a broken iPod on ebay, give a smack, and relist it. A broken one sold for around $20, and a fixed one would sell for $100.

 

[Sean7512]

hahaha....Imagine walking into an Apple store and seeing a Genius just slamming some poor guy's iPhone on the counter and twisting it. Then when it works, he gives it back to the owner with some new dents in the aluminum casing. That would be funny to see

 

[aross99]

Sounds like a loose cable or connection...

 

[iTeen]

I tried slamming my old iPod nano into a sidewalk to get it to work.



it broke.

 

[nhshah]

Sounds like a loose cable or connection...

thats what i was thinking...
but im pretty sure that there are few to none cables in there...

short (unrelated)story:
i was working in a computer repair store...
had a lady come in with a dell laptop that was out of warranty for about 2 months....(of course it dies JUST outside of warranty)
we called dell tech support jst for sh*ts and g*ggles to see if they would do
anything or if she could purchase an extended warranty before we opened it
and voided all of that chance...
the problem was that it would start to start up...then around the Windows XP
loading screen, it would rebooot, then it would be in an infinite reboot cycle...
after 2 hours on hold with dell tech support (i think in 3 different countries), we finally got back to a warranty department....
the guy used to be in a high tier tech support....
he told us there is nothign he can do....
he then lowered his voice and told me to place form my hands together
as if i were about to give CPR and put the palm of my hand above the
I,O,P,9,0.- area of the keyboard...and give it a good press...
then i heard a pop...apparently that laptop is known for having the cpu pop
out of the socket (apparently related to an overheating issue)


i thought some1 might find that interesting...

 

[chr1s60]

From time to time throwing my old Razr against the wall would make it work better. Electronics are weird like that.