Ryan
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I've broken my iphone and still have about 14 months on the contract, so i need to replace it.
I dont want to spend more than £200, but obviously still want 3g, wireless etc. so i can still make full use of the contract.
What kind of thing should i be looking at?
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pow
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HTC Desire S
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XSIHardy
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Insure it.... And then claim in like 2 months time ?
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Brett
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HTC Wildfire
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sc0ott
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You transferred everything off the smaller iphone sim to one that will fit other phones?
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Ryan
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Not yet, i'll go into vodafone tomorrow and ask for a normal sim
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LeeM
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how is it broken?
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Ryan
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Blue resistor in the antenna circuit has broken off the motherboard.
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Liam-Wilko
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iirc you can take it to a phone shop and just get it fixed
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John
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How did a resistor break off the motherboard?
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LeeM
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if the internal circuitry is broken and you have 14 months left surely youve got warranty? take it to an apple store they'll just give you a new one
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Ryan
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quote:
Originally posted by John
How did a resistor break off the motherboard?
I must have done it when i changed the ear speaker.
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Ryan
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quote:
Originally posted by LeeM
if the internal circuitry is broken and you have 14 months left surely youve got warranty? take it to an apple store they'll just give you a new one
Warrenty is void, i've had it apart a few times changing screen and speaker.
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LeeM
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Registered: 26th Sep 05
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id still give it a go, majority of the time they just plug it in to see if they can restore it and if not they just swap it. they wont start taking it apart to see if warranty stickers are still there
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Ryan
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Might try that tomorrow then, they will probably try to say it's been dropped or something.
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LeeM
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Are there any big dings or scratches? If not just say you put it on to charge over night and when you came to it in the morning it was dead, you've tried restoring etc and with any luck they'll just give you another
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Rickavo
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Don't take it in.. Send it off. I ran mine over and put a full imprint of the road in it and they send me a new one
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Ryan
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Sounds like a plan, just send it straight to apple then or vodafone?
I'll just have to go and get a cheap payg handset whilst i wait.
[Edited on 16-05-2012 by Ryan]
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sc0ott
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When you send it to apple they require some collateral in the form of cash via a credit card just in case you tell them its their fault its broken.
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Ryan
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Ah fuck it i might just buy something else, cant be arsed with the messing around.
Whats the original galaxy s like?
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LeeM
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just go into apple! dont waste your money without spending 10 minutes in the shop!
original galaxy s is poo
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Rickavo
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quote:
Originally posted by sc0ott
When you send it to apple they require some collateral in the form of cash via a credit card just in case you tell them its their fault its broken.
They didn't with me 
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XE Col
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Dont apple replace voided/out of warranty phones for £199 anyway?
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Ryan
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quote:
Originally posted by XE Col
Dont apple replace voided/out of warranty phones for £199 anyway?
Really?
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sc0ott
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quote:
Originally posted by Rickavo
quote:
Originally posted by sc0ott
When you send it to apple they require some collateral in the form of cash via a credit card just in case you tell them its their fault its broken.
They didn't with me
I sent mine off in aug 2011 and i had to give them my bank details. Maybe its changed since then? They sent the phone and i had to put mine in the box and give it back to the courier.
My nearest apple store is about 100 miles away.
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