Ginginho
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« on: Friday, August 11, 2017, 05:37:30 » |
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Is there anywhere in Swindon that someone could recommend to get my iPhone looked at?
It's been dropped in the bath and now won't turn on or charge.
Thanks in advance.
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« Reply #1 on: Friday, August 11, 2017, 06:59:30 » |
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no recommendations. But try to resist turning it on to avoid blowing things up (internals). if you have any of those silicon gel things you get in shoe boxes and Wang it a ziplock bag. ideally the battery needs out asap (hence your question i guess!).
no help but a women at work fixes then, that was her advice last week after a friend dropped hers down the toilet.
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« Reply #2 on: Friday, August 11, 2017, 07:33:11 » |
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4G Repairs
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jayohaitchenn
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« Reply #3 on: Friday, August 11, 2017, 08:08:03 » |
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4G smartphone repairs in Cheney Manor
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« Reply #4 on: Friday, August 11, 2017, 08:13:08 » |
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Phone Fixers on Regent Circus opposite the MECA.
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« Reply #5 on: Friday, August 11, 2017, 08:33:54 » |
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Cheers all
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« Reply #6 on: Friday, August 11, 2017, 09:34:36 » |
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My son dropped his in a pond the other day and I have been looking for a way to fix it. I came across this video on You tube and will probably give it a go....
Incidentally, we tried claiming off our house insurance. It wasn't covered but as a commercial gesture they are going to pay half the value of the phone. You might want to try your insurance as you never know.....
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« Reply #7 on: Friday, August 11, 2017, 12:47:49 » |
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also another option is to put it in rice for 2 days, it will dry the phone out (rice is an absorber).
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« Reply #8 on: Friday, August 11, 2017, 13:19:47 » |
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The first thing I did was put it in rice for 24 hours.
Maybe I should've used basmati rather than brown rice.
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« Reply #9 on: Friday, August 11, 2017, 13:37:39 » |
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A wet and dry vacuum cleaner or window vac will be a better idea than rice. It's more than likely died if you tried turning on or charging it.
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« Reply #10 on: Friday, August 11, 2017, 13:41:29 » |
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The first thing I did was put it in rice for 24 hours.
Maybe I should've used basmati rather than brown rice.
Arborio would have done the job. Not sure rescuing an iPhone would have been worth the white wine & loads of chicken stock though.
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Why don't you knock it off with them negative waves? Why don't you dig how beautiful it is out here? Why don't you say something righteous and hopeful for a change? Crap!
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« Reply #12 on: Friday, August 11, 2017, 18:51:19 » |
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done it twice myself so ... it depends on how much depth the phone was in and the phone, and how long after it was submerged........
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« Reply #13 on: Friday, August 11, 2017, 19:51:39 » |
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Course you have princess.
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« Reply #14 on: Friday, August 11, 2017, 20:22:28 » |
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the women at work, who repairs iPhones, didn't really rate rice either. Hence the silica gel suggestion.
verbose chang. soapy tit wank
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