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Wifi is greyed out

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Ambkg21

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Hello, my iphone 4s's wifi had been greyed out for a couple months now. I've done the freezer trick, but that only works for a day or so. I've done all the other obvious things in settings and what not, it's obviously a hardware issue. So my question is, what can I do about this? Can I contact Apple, will they do anything? Is there somewhere I can go to?? I just need to fix this pain in the butt problem...

Thank you!!!
 
If its under warranty Apple will replace it for free.
If not you can pay $199 for a replacement or find a repair shop that might be able fix the wifi.
 
I believe I bought the phone in February of last year, so I'm guessing the 1 year warranty is now void🙁.
 
Applejuiced said:
If its under warranty Apple will replace it for free.
If not you can pay $199 for a replacement or find a repair shop that might be able fix the wifi.
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How do I go about getting the replacement for $199? Would they then take the broken phone?
 
Ambkg21 said:
How do I go about getting the replacement for $199? Would they then take the broken phone?
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Yes.
You go to Apple and tell them your wifi is not working and you will like to pay the out of warranty fee to have your iphone replaced.
 
I had a chat with Apple, they said it would be 199 for a replacement AND 199 to just have it repaired...! Well for that price I can stick it out with no wifi...
 
Ambkg21 said:
I had a chat with Apple, they said it would be 199 for a replacement AND 199 to just have it repaired...! Well for that price I can stick it out with no wifi...
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There is a looong thread here on Apple's support forums with others having this same issue. Looks like a logic board failure in the phone.

I see from reading the thread some people had limited success heating and cooling the phone (hair dryer / freezer 😱).
 
Ambkg21 said:
I had a chat with Apple, they said it would be 199 for a replacement AND 199 to just have it repaired...! Well for that price I can stick it out with no wifi...
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$400 repair. That's insane!

Oh Apple and your premium prices. 😱

Some people offer repair services for this kind of thing on eBay, maybe you should try one of them. They are bound to be a lot cheaper than Apple.
 
TheRainKing said:
$400 repair. That's insane!

Oh Apple and your premium prices. 😱

Some people offer repair services for this kind of thing on eBay, maybe you should try one of them. They are bound to be a lot cheaper than Apple.
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I apologize, I meant 199 for a replacement OR to repair my current one, so not 400 😉 . Still, I thought a repair would at least be cheaper than it would to get a new one...
 
Ambkg21 said:
I apologize, I meant 199 for a replacement OR to repair my current one, so not 400 😉 . Still, I thought a repair would at least be cheaper than it would to get a new one...
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Ah, I see. I knew those prices were a bit high, even for Apple. 😛

Well like I said, you might find a company on eBay that do cheap repairs.
 
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