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Hi guys I wonder if you can help me,I got a 3g iphone earlier this year off ebay,which i am very pleased with, now it has decided to lose signal,it started with the signal continuously dropping out and now its lost signal altogether,I tried resetting it via itunes without, this didn't solve it, has anyone had this with the iphone and any ideas on how I can solve this problem? |
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@akash_nu | 9 November 10 |
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Been happening to my other half's iPhone 3G as well and I still haven't found a solution.
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@s.mcclel | 9 November 10 |
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You may need to open your phones up as there's a small connection plug that comes from the dock assembly to the main board which has a habit of popping off,try searching YouTube as I'm not that great at the description thing.
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@s.mcclel | 9 November 10 |
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I have had to do this 4 times now,it is really simple to do.The part your looking for is located in the phones lower left hand corner.
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@lonsam | 10 November 10 |
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I didn't think you could do this. does it open up fairly easy then s.mcclel and fit together af?
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@lonsam | 10 November 10 |
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I didn't think you could do this. does it open up fairly easy then s.mcclel and fit together ?
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@s.mcclel | 10 November 10 |
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I find it very easy to open(but we're all different).Remove the two screws from either side of the charging dock,using a small suction cup place it just above the home button and pull upwards taking care not to pull to hard.Once the LCD and digitiser come free it's just a simple case of taking care not to remove any other cables which may be connected.
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@nfxcr3w | 10 November 10 |
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best to let apple sort it thou as parts are proberly delicate
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@s.mcclel | 10 November 10 |
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Like I say .....if you don't feel confident in doing it yourself......don't do it,just because I feel confident doesn't mean somebody else should.
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@lonsam | 11 November 10 |
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Thanks for all your help guys, who knows I still might need it, but tonight
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@lonsam | 11 November 10 |
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Oops! I was going to say tonight I just put it on and turned theca
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@lonsam | 11 November 10 |
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Tonight I just decided to have another go, I turned the iPhone on and switched the 3G off, so there wasn't any 3G symbol at the top, reset the phone and whopee! Fill signal, I turned the 3G on and the signal disappeared, so I will keep it turned off, I don't know why this works but ad long as I can use the phone who cares!
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@lonsam | 11 November 10 |
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So aknash have you tried turning the 3G off?
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@d4dawg | 11 November 10 |
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Take to apple, 3G reception is a known fault with 3rd gen iPhone buddy, hence if took it back n said about no 3G they'd swap phone, try n see wat they say, worst ul get is offer to buy a new one around 100quid off them
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@lonsam | 11 November 10 |
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Thanks d4dwg, I might just go up there and see what they say, not sure they could do a lot as I got this second hand as I said.
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@d4dawg | 11 November 10 |
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Not an issue, as it's an apple product, 3G is something they can't fix, but as it's out of 1year warranty, they should offer a:pay to be sent n fixed b;pay around 100quid n get new one, of which then comes with 3month g'tee :) no brainer really
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@d4dawg | 11 November 10 |
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Ps! Sync phone first!! Then if get new one, sync n restore to that date n all up n running again:)
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@s.mcclel | 11 November 10 |
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140 golden nuggets is the out of warranty price for fixes which is well worth it I'd say 
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@akash_nu | 11 November 10 |
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I just restored and its working ok since.
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@nfxcr3w | 11 November 10 |
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u might aswel just buy a brand new one for the price of getting it fixed.
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@d4dawg | 11 November 10 |
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The 140 is the price of the new one if they can't fix
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