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iPhone Water Damage a threat no matter what?

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Is iPhone water damage an issue for the iPhone 4? More importantly, can water damaged phones be repaired?

Recently we performed an iPhone 4 screen test, where it was proven that the glass for the new iPhone is still very much breakable. Even more troubling is that the iPhones have glass on both sides and instead of the glass sitting behind the chrome bezel frame, it sits on top.

The bottom line is that regardless of the upgraded features and style, the iPhone screen repair service is more valuable than ever. It won’t scratch easily at all but the screen is still at risk. Keeping that in mind it’s time to keep tabs on the other big problem area for iPhone owners: iPhone water damage.

We don’t have to run any tests to tell you that the new iPhone can still break if dropped in the toilet, swimming pool or filled beer mug because we don’t need to break a new iPhone to prove the obvious. All of the time we are asked, “My iPhone got wet, what do I do?”

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Digging deeper, it has been revealed that many people with broken iPhones have been told their warranty is void at Apple stores because their water sensors have bee tripped, according to Watchdog. Apparently, sweat and other moisture are turning this tablet indicators red. But when you open up the iPhone and really examine it, it is obviously a dry phone.

Apple is playing with fire with practices like this, with its loyal customer base that just now might be noticing there are other phone options. Your iPhone could be void of warranty right now and you don’t even know it! If you have an iPhone wrongly void of warranty let us know.

DIY Options if you iPhone actually does get wet

The first thing to remember to do is CONTACT US ASAP. The next thing to  remember is to not hit any buttons (leave the phone off).

There are many DIY options to consider

iPhone 3G water damage repair and iPhone 3Gs water damage repair work much the same way but if a DIY solution does not work they can be among the more difficult to correct.

When you introduce water into electronics, a big problem that ends up occurring is corrosion. Sometimes the onset of corrosion is within 24 hours, sometimes it takes days, even weeks. But corrosion is a circuit board’s biggest enemy. If you dry it out, and it works, that’s great! But over time, features may begin to fail. This is due to the growth of corrosion and oils left on the board once the water is all gone.

A ‘cheap’ solution goes like this:

  • Take out of case and remove SIM card
  • Shake out any extra water
  • Use a blow dryer on low for a few minutes to get rid of excess water
  • Place iPhone in rice bag, completely covered
  • Leave in rice bag for a few days, blow drying it daily as needed
  • At this point it should be dry and you can try to power it on.

The Right Solution

The iFixyouri Solution is the right one to go with. We use state-of-the-art equipment and tools that are more advanced that many competitors. We’ll ensure that no oils or residues are left on any components, including board, down to the microscopic level. We repair over 90% of water damaged phones, and with us, you know that your iPhone is in good hands. We’re so confident in our repair process that if we can’t fix it, there is no charge to you.

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iPhone 4 test images

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The iPhone 4 tests we’ve performed here at iFix have come under scrutiny from some dark and remote places on the interwebs, and we are here to say, check yo’self.

The tests performed we’re done with Apple iPhone 4 parts direct from the manufacturer. These images were taken after a series of well controlled tests performed by our stylish and intelligent staff. The drops were made from a distance of three and a half feet, or about the height of a six foot person dropping the phone from their pocket, or a drunk chick sliding one off the bar.

Here’s what’s up….

The main thing that is adding confusion is ‘how many drop tests were performed?’

There were two total tests complete.

First round broke on the 3rd drop, on concrete, flat. As stated.

Second test, as requested by readers, was another test to see if it would break on different surfaces(carpet/concrete) if it hit the corner, fumbled, etc. It broke on the 7th, hitting the top left corner, on concrete. The second drop test is not pictured yet.

For the second test…The glass survived all drops onto carpet, and survived six angled drops onto concrete, but when dropped flat down the glass shattered. The seventh angled drop onto concrete broke the glass as well, but your local retired NFL lineman can tell you all about cumulative damage.

The following pictures(of the glass from the first drop test) ought to silence some of the doubters. You will see that these are high quality parts, note the laser etching on the digitizer cable, and front camera hole in the test glass. We’re too legit, you must acquit.  More images to come.

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iPhone 4 Glass – Will it break?

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We here at iFixYouri did a little science experiment the other day with some of our newest iPhone parts. Many people have been talking that the new iPhone has strong glass, less prone to scratching, 30 times stronger than plastic, etc. Will the new glass prove to be ultra strong and never break?

I’m going to go with a no on this one. Why may you ask? They do say that it is 30 times stronger than plastic, and there is a video of it bending. Bending, yes. They did also state that the iPhone 3Gs Glass was stronger when that came out as well. It may bend more, but can it handle shock and sudden impact, that is the real question. That is what causes 95% of glass shattering. Not because you bent the glass in your pocket, not because you dropped it and it bent, but really because of sudden impact.

Land it flat on the ground, and it will smash. We have evidence. Before i show you the evidence, I am going to point out a design flaw that will bite them in the future. On the new iPhone, the glass basically sits on top of the aluminum frame. On the old iphone, it was recessed and protected by a chrome bezel.

We have a full iPhone 4(minus the circuit board), here at our shop and decided to do a little drop test. This drop was performed from 3.5 ft up. The iPhone 4 did survive 2 drops, as expected, but on the 3rd drop there was a loud POP, and yet again, shattered glass.

We will continue to be the leader in iPhone Repair, and now iPhone 4 Repair.

More updates/pictures here!

Since this posting has got waves from many people, we’re going to clear a few things up here.

1) People are saying, “there’s no way you have iPhone 4 parts yet, the phone isn’t even out!”

  • The fact is, is that we’re a repair shop. Along with other major repair shops, we’re able to receive parts earlier than most. A simple google search will show that not only us, but other top players in the ‘iphone repair’ world, do in fact have these parts. We did put out a press release on June 3rd stating that we had the parts. This is no secret. A rather large competitor had them as earlier as May 19th. This is also widely spread on the internet

2) You hit it with a hammer

  • Uhmmm…no…we didn’t. That’s the most ridiculous thing we’ve heard.

3) Fake

  • We’re going to go with a no on this one as well. iPhone 4 Parts are available to all major repair shops…just seek and you shall see. Google ‘iphone repair’ and check some of the top competitor sites…they’re all ramped up and ready to service iPhone 4’s.

Here’s EXACTLY how it went down…if you want to read more into it, go for it. But honestly, and truthfully, this is the EXACT re-enactment of what happened:

It was a hot day on June 7th, 2010 and us here at the shop had just finished listening to the keynote by the great Steve Jobs. He had made a statement that the glass was stronger, more bendable, etc. After hearing that, one of our techs said “We should test a piece of the glass that we have in stock(iphone 4 glass that is).”

We proceeded down the hallway with our assembled iPhone 4(minus the internal circuit board), stepped out the front door and out to the side walk. Our tech held the phone(front facing the ground), and dropped it. Nothing(drop 1-we were very impressed). Drop 2, nothing. Drop 3, smash. He dropped it flat on the face and it popped. The all too familiar pop sound that some of us beloved iPhone users fear for.

As we sat talking about it, we decided to show our results on our blog, so that our readers could see what we had found. Not expecting it to take wind the way it did.

That is all…no ulterior motive…just to show our readers what had happened. That is it.

Please do yourselves a favor and check some competitor sites and you will see that the iPhone 4 parts aren’t as rare and elusive as you may think. There are numerous places out there with iPhone 4 parts already.

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iPhone 4G – iPhone HD Parts have arrived!

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iFixYouri.com, the leader in iPhone Repair and Do-it-Yourself Kits sales, is proud to announce iPhone 4G repair, also known as iPhone HD repair, parts have arrived. In addition to iPhone 4G Glass Repair, iFixYouri has added to its’ list of services iPhone 4G LCD Repair, iPhone 4G Headphone Jack repair, iPhone 4G Volume Button Repair, and iPhone 4G DIY Glass Kit.

iFixYouri currently provides the widest line of repairs for the most popular models of iPhones, including the iPhone 3G, iPhone 3Gs, and now the iPhone 4G – iPhone HD.

On June 7th, Apple will officially release the date for the up and coming iPhone 4G.

We can verify that rumors that were leaked about a month ago appear to be true. The new iPhone 4G glass will have two colors, black and white. Additionally, there is a spot for a front facing camera, a flash, and a slot for inserting a micro-sim card, which currently is only unique to ATT. The entire body of the iPhone has a much more rigid design, made out of aluminum, and is a little bit smaller than its predecessor, the iPhone 3Gs.

What is new with the iPhone 4G?

  • Front-facing camera for video chat
  • Higher megapixel regular camera
  • Flash
  • Micro-SIM
  • Higher resolution Display
  • Split buttons for volume
  • Metallic power, mute, and volume buttons

Major style changes

  • Flat back. It appears to be a some kind of ceramic or shiny plastic, which helps is increasing cell reception.
  • Aluminum body
  • Smaller screen, but higher resolution
  • Not exactly ’rounded’ edges, like both the iPhone 2G, 3G/s models
  • Slightly heavier
  • Internal components are a bit smaller from what we see.

One thing is for sure, Apple will take the smartphone market by storm once again with this next release. While we don’t have a fully functioning iPhone 4G yet, we have nearly every repair part already in stock(minus the motherboard), to fully support any iPhone repair that is 4G related to come in the future.

As for the software side of things, we can not verify the exact specs, as we have only seen and used the developer version of 4.0(not yet released to the general public).

The industrial look and feel that Apple brings to the table with all of its’ products definitely carries over to this newer model. One thing is for sure, this will definitely be a hit. FoxConn(major manufacturer for Apple) has already announced that the will ship 24 million iPhone 4G models in 2010 alone, which is about 50% of what Apple has already sold in the past 3 years over 3 different models!

Visit http://www.ifixyouri.com for all your iPhone Repair needs.

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iPhone 4G or iPhone HD? What title will prevail?

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Do you think Apple will roll out a new title with this next iPhone release? We’re not quite sure.

One thing is for sure is that everyone is beginning to talk about it, a lot. Everything is still speculation. From what specs it has to what title it will carry. Absolutely no official specs have been released. We’re almost positive that it will have HD capabilities. This is due to the iPhone OS 4.0 software supporting HD quality preset resolutions. It’s really the main part of the iPhone that is lacking. That, and a front facing camera.

In our professional opinion and the direction we see Apple heading, iPhone 4G or iPhone HD, will be packed full of higher quality video recording/playing. We look at it this way, The new iPhone 4G will be HD. The iPhone OS 4.0 software supports HD quality resolutions. More than likely, we see 3 models of it, 16gb, 32gb, and 64gb.

The new iPhone OS 4.0 will be packed with new features and unfortunately will only be supported on the iPhone 3G, iPhone 3Gs, and of course, the soon to be iPhone 4G – iPhone HD, whichever you may prefer.

No matter what the final decision is, we will be offering iPhone pair from our head quarters here in sunny Florida.

Only time will tell. It’s only a matter of months now! We’re hoping for a change, is say iPhone HD (although it may be wishful thinking).

Goodbye for now!

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Broken iPhones at Sunfest

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As I walked into Sunfest in West Palm Beach, I decided to look for everyone that had iPhones.

Wow!!! For every 10 people I saw, 2-3 had iPhones. Not even just that but at least 1 had a cracked screen. It makes me wonder why people don’t get them fixed, either by iFixYouri or another company? The only thing I can think of is that they just don’t know that they can be fixed. I stood in line to get a sausage, which was awesome, and I started speaking to a girl behind me. She had an iPhone 3gs and sure enough the screen was cracked. I told her that we could fix that in twenty minutes or less. She had no idea. She just thought instead of spending $400 on a new one, she would just wait for the new 4g to come out. She was so happy that she actually gave me a hug and bought me my sausage and peppers. Thanks, Tiffany!

She will be coming in on Monday to her iPhone screen repair.  So, in closing, if you have a cracked iPhone screen, you can get it repaired. If you know someone that has any problem what so ever with their iPhone, let them know, iFixYouri can help them. Enjoy the last day of Sunfest iWorld.

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iPhone Water Damage Repair – Can it REALLY be fixed?

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The answer is yes. 90% of the time we are able to fix iPhone water damage, restoring them back to original state, with all data still instact.

You may think to yourself, “Really? I don’t believe it. I thought that if electronics get wet, they’re done for.”

In some cases yes, this is true. In a lot of cases, it is not so true. Here’s what happens:

You pull your iPhone out of your pocket and when you pull it out, it slips out of your hand, landing in a toilet, puddle, port-o-potty, something that’s wet.

You take it, blow dry it, pray it is gonna work, and voila after a couple days of drying, it’s working, somewhat, but a lot of features are acting all weird. As days go on, it kinda still works and then starts to die on you. You’ve become another victim of iPhone water damage.

iPhone water damage repair can happen after splashing liquid on the device or dropping the phone in water, like an ocean or pool.Photo by Nigel Tadyanehondo on Unsplash

Where water and electronics meet, there will be corrosion. The corrosion starts to build up components like the logic board, dock connector, home button, camera, battery, etc. When this corrosion takes over, the iPhone water damage slowly progresses until the corrosion is so bad, there is no hope. But wait…at last there is!

With our proven process, time and time again, we can remove all the corrosion, and leave it running like new(90% of the time). That’s a pretty good percentage seeing as how the nearly all of the 10% of failures are when capacitors and resistors actually short out on the board itself. This is generally caused when the user tries to turn it on when it’s still wet, charge when wet, or the onset of corrosion is so extreme and power to the iPhone causes a short somewhere.

Okay…well now you may be wondering, “well what am I supposed to do then if I get it wet?”

  1. Place the entire iPhone in a bag of unsealed DRY rice. Why rice? Rice acts like a sponge and helps soak up any kind of liquid that may be on the inside of the iPhone.
  2. Let it sit in the bag a few days.
  3. Get our iPhone Water Damage repair for your specific generation./li>
  4. Ship us your phone with the included shipping label. Easy!

The sooner we get it, the better chance you have of having a fully restored iPhone with NO corrosion. Our process takes 24-72 hours depending on the severity.

If you have any questions or want more information, let us know!

Hope you all have a great weekend!

For more information about iPhone repair check out our homepage at www.iFixyouri.com.

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