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Okay so my 4s has seen better days it needs a new front screen, a battery that can last more than 15 hours of intermittent use and the charging port has seen better days.

Is there a better place than ebay to buy these thgings as I want a goods battery otherwise I might as well sell up and get a new phone.


 
Posted : 08/10/2013 10:24 pm
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More than 15 hrs of intermittent is good..

I bet theres a load of push notifications going on.. Viber in particular canes the battery

But yes ebay - quality varies with price, a £20 screen can be really good or really crap


 
Posted : 08/10/2013 10:27 pm
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or.... £120 from Apple for a refurbed unit with 90 day warranty if you hand yours in


 
Posted : 08/10/2013 10:29 pm
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Charging port is knackered on mine too. Whatever holds the plug on the lhs of the socket is broken and unless I leave the phone flat while charging, it disconnects. Might be worth having a look at the how-to vids on YouTube before ordering one. It was well beyond my capabilities.

Has anyone done it successfully?


 
Posted : 08/10/2013 10:31 pm
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I've tried to replace the battery on two iPhones, ended up knackering both.


 
Posted : 08/10/2013 10:31 pm
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If anyone wants me to quote for work on their phones I can, done loads of STWers


 
Posted : 08/10/2013 10:37 pm
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Were you changing the battery with a hammer or thermonuclear explosives loddrick ?


 
Posted : 08/10/2013 10:43 pm
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He just glared at it 🙂


 
Posted : 08/10/2013 10:48 pm
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What rickt said. Take yours in to nearest apple store tell them it's knackered and you get refurbed unit with 90days warranty for £139. I have done it twice with mine, first time when it went through full washing cycle (left it in my bike shorts), second time, recently when wifi stopped working.


 
Posted : 08/10/2013 11:01 pm
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£ 146.44 to be precise

Or £45..


 
Posted : 08/10/2013 11:03 pm
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I've got an original Motorola RAZR, and charge it up once a week.

[b]HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA [/b]

That is all.


 
Posted : 08/10/2013 11:07 pm
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Where are the iPhones on the refurb site? I can see everything but the iPhone.

Yeah those motorolas run for millennia!


 
Posted : 09/10/2013 6:44 pm
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Apple don't tend to sell the refurbs as device only, only as in exchange for your current phone

It's worth doing if you have multiple issues


 
Posted : 09/10/2013 6:54 pm
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thanks


 
Posted : 09/10/2013 7:03 pm
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The battery on my iP4 is showing its age, (3½ years), and the home button's a bit flakey, and I was quoted £45 for the battery, and £119 for a replacement iP4, so that price for the later model looks about right.


 
Posted : 09/10/2013 8:12 pm
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Were you changing the battery with a hammer or thermonuclear explosives loddrick ?

Just goes to show how utterly incapable I am of doing anything 'handy'.


 
Posted : 09/10/2013 8:19 pm