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dr3upmushroom
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Wow, I just got it today. Totally in love with it, I've been playing with it all day. Just one question, what cover do you guys recommend?
Burger
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I got home today and parked my car on the street, got out and went to the passenger door to grab my shit.
Lean into the car... iPhone slips straight out of my inside jacket pocket, into the gutter where it got totally submerged... it was literally pissing down.
FUCK! I run past the door and scoop it up, grab the rest of my shit and run inside. I took a look, shook some water out of it and hit the power button to try and shut it down if it wasn't busted already.
But it was still on, and wouldn't turn off because it kept thinking a non standard accessory was plugged in, probably a short on the ADC jack.
Otherwise it's fine... Prised of the rear back plate and blew on it a bit but it's as good as new.
Phew!
Lean into the car... iPhone slips straight out of my inside jacket pocket, into the gutter where it got totally submerged... it was literally pissing down.
FUCK! I run past the door and scoop it up, grab the rest of my shit and run inside. I took a look, shook some water out of it and hit the power button to try and shut it down if it wasn't busted already.
But it was still on, and wouldn't turn off because it kept thinking a non standard accessory was plugged in, probably a short on the ADC jack.
Otherwise it's fine... Prised of the rear back plate and blew on it a bit but it's as good as new.
Phew!
dustytruly
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VOOK said:
yeah.. you just peal it off
dustytruly
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Burger said:
you should vacuum it out maybe and leave it sit for a day or two just to make sure there's no water in it that could possibly short it out either later today or tomorrow even...
better safe than sorry
Scalemail Ted
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Burger said:
You should upgrade
dustytruly
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Burger said:
lol
Superblatt
Member
For those that are still looking for an iPhone, I've spent some time the last few days doing some research. If you didn't order the weekend of launch (11th - 13th) expect to have an additional 10-21 day wait. This is according to everyone I've spoken to. Additionally, it appears the 16gb black version has a significantly longer wait. Needless to say, I've had a phone on order since the 12th (16gb black) and have started to get really frustrated.
Low and behold, there's actually a site that someone setup to track your order status. Unlike the official AT&T site, this actually pings the AT&T server and lets you know where you are in line and what number you are. Needless to say, finding out that I'm #2 for a 16gb one at the store where I ordered has calmed my nerves.
http://www.wheresmydamniphone.com
For those that don't know...here's how to use the tool (taken from macrumors forum):
For that site, you put in the store's zip code, and then for the starting one you have to GUESS what order number starts your store.
For example, my ORDER ID (on the receipt) says Q545020991. The length of yours varies by store but:
The first 4 are the store number. Look at the top of your receipt and it will say "Store No. (Q545)", so ignore those numbers because they aren't the ORDER ID. So that "CT123" is just the store number. The zero is also not part of your ORDER ID, it's just a place holder or something. So all this Q5450 is junk, I only need to pay attention to the last five numbers (keep in mind that the amount of numbers varies store to store).
So my ORDER ID is 20991. Yours would be "45678".
Now, my order is 20991, and I ordered Sunday, 7/13. I guess that... 40 people placed a DF order before me. So I enter "20951" as the starting number (first field), and then "20992" (pick one number after your order number otherwise yours won't show up, pick a higher number like "20999" to see how many people are behind you).
The site will now show all the orders from 20951 to 20992. You'll have to keep guessing as to how many orders are in front/behind of you. I finally figured out that my store started at 162 and my number is 208, and then there are like 50 people behind me (which I don't care about).
Hope this helps!
Low and behold, there's actually a site that someone setup to track your order status. Unlike the official AT&T site, this actually pings the AT&T server and lets you know where you are in line and what number you are. Needless to say, finding out that I'm #2 for a 16gb one at the store where I ordered has calmed my nerves.
http://www.wheresmydamniphone.com
For those that don't know...here's how to use the tool (taken from macrumors forum):
For that site, you put in the store's zip code, and then for the starting one you have to GUESS what order number starts your store.
For example, my ORDER ID (on the receipt) says Q545020991. The length of yours varies by store but:
The first 4 are the store number. Look at the top of your receipt and it will say "Store No. (Q545)", so ignore those numbers because they aren't the ORDER ID. So that "CT123" is just the store number. The zero is also not part of your ORDER ID, it's just a place holder or something. So all this Q5450 is junk, I only need to pay attention to the last five numbers (keep in mind that the amount of numbers varies store to store).
So my ORDER ID is 20991. Yours would be "45678".
Now, my order is 20991, and I ordered Sunday, 7/13. I guess that... 40 people placed a DF order before me. So I enter "20951" as the starting number (first field), and then "20992" (pick one number after your order number otherwise yours won't show up, pick a higher number like "20999" to see how many people are behind you).
The site will now show all the orders from 20951 to 20992. You'll have to keep guessing as to how many orders are in front/behind of you. I finally figured out that my store started at 162 and my number is 208, and then there are like 50 people behind me (which I don't care about).
Hope this helps!
Fletcher said:Alright.
OHHHHHH.
I was going to post that it's outrageous that the family line cost thirty bucks more a month for 2 iPhones than paying for them separately, but I see the $129.99 includes two iPhones. But no SMS. And probably with no discount if one of the phones is EDGE.
I'm pretty sure family talk started at $109 for iPhone EDGE, so we can pretty easily extrapolate and figure out how they got to that number.
infiniteloop
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I have the FamilyTalk plan with one regular phone and one iPhone. It's $99.99 a month + shitty fees/taxes.
Phoenix
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Burger said:
One thing to note is that the headphone jack has a sensor/indicator in it to denote that it has been in water. This will cause them to not honor it for warranty work. You might want to find some reason to get that baby exchanged for a new phone sooner rather than later.
Kung Fu Jedi
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dallow_bg said:
Not exactly the same level of implementation required.
Phoenix
Member
Kung Fu Jedi said:
In fact its not even close. All the UITable items are doing is implementing code for the swipe. The magnifying glass for text components already traps the press and hold. In order to implement copy/paste they need to go through all the UIKit components (and there are a good number of them) and change their behaviors in order for copy paste to work properly.
Do-able, but not the small task that the public thinks it is.
Marty Chinn
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goodcow said:
That's pretty dumb to have said that because first, they'll probably start charging for usage, and second, you realize free internet news is only going to last for so long if you kill off by not paying for the news. I mean if everyone who bought the NYT stopped paying, and just got it off the website, how long do you think the website would last?
Phoenix said:
I don't actually mind paying for quality news like the NY Times. However, the print edition really is just frustrating to deal with and an outdated delivery method.
Compared to other papers, due to its greater vertical height, it's more difficult to page turn and gets in the way on the train. It includes all these useless sections such as sorts and a weekly real estate magazine, it's dirty, and bad for the environment.
The iPhone version isn't ideal either by any means, mostly due to the small screen size.
If I get a Kindle in the next year or so, I would subscribe to the Times on that and not mind paying for it. The Kindle version would be like the iPhone app, except it'd be much more enjoyable due to the Kindle's screen size.
I'll get a Kindle when it hits $149 or $199.
Kung Fu Jedi
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Phoenix said:
Exactly. Everyone thinks that it's a simple thing to implement, but considering the constraints, and benefits of the UI, it's not all that simple. You have to come up with a good way to make it work, and then updated all the underlying systems to implement it.
dallow_bg said:
Of course it's "Do-able" it's just a matter of finding a simple, and elegant, way to implement it with the touch interface. That's no small task.
Also, considering Apple has already said it's a low priority, I wouldn't expect it to be implemented any time soon.
Nameless
Member
Burger said:
Something similar happened to my OG iPhone,: only I dropped mine in a pitcher of long island iced tea. :lol My phone then proceeded to spam me with the same "this accessory is not made to work with the iPhone" message that you're getting. It happened pretty frequently at first but the amount of popups slowly decreased over the next couple of weeks. Threre was however, a permanent drop in speaker volume, but other than that it worked fine--and I would imagine that all the sugar, alcohol, etc... in a Long island would be more corrosive to the iPhone's "inards" than some murky water. Your 3G should be fine.
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
Well to be fair, Apple really didn't certify Long Island Iced Tea compatibility.Nameless said:
dustytruly
Member
dork said:
no way... that's awful...
did you allude at all that you may have dropped it...
usually they give the benefit of the doubt until you spill the beans about you breaking it yourself or dropping it/etc.
dustytruly said:
Nope. I told them I had it in a case for a little bit, and then took the case off
First they tried to blame the case. He kept putting me on hold and coming back and asked me "Was it made for the 3g iphone.."
No..it was made for a flip phone...yes it was made for the 3g you douche.
I never alluded to dropping it because I honestly never did. I treated this thing like a king.
I told them how anal I was about it to. That piece of plastic that comes on the iphone when you buy it...I left that on while i put the case on it lol. I had just taken that off not more than 2 days ago and then switched it for my invisible shield.
Honestly though..even if i did drop it..what are the odds of it landing on that one button lol. He told me that if I send it in they are going to inspect to make sure it hasn't been dropped..I said fine by me.
I told him that If i dropped it I would have blamed myself and not lied to the guy. There are absolutely no signs of damage to the phone, other than the dirty screen protector which I will have to replace after I send it in anyway.
I paid for the 2 year warranty, I'm kinda regretting it after seeing how they try and act. I should have told him about how microsoft replaced my friends zune after 2 years with no warranty.
Box will be here tomorrow.
haha, i should have told him this "Yeah i dropped it...off the empire state building...and all that happened was it landed on the tiniest button in the world and it got stuck.."
He would have just responded with "so you are near an apple store then right?"
Kung Fu Jedi
Member
Microsoft has no problem replacing your friend's Zune because they have plenty of them lying around and they couldn't afford to lose one of their customers. 
But seriously, sounds like they'll inspect it and send you a new one. Nothing to worry about, but it does suck that you have to send it in and can't just exchange it in a store.
But seriously, sounds like they'll inspect it and send you a new one. Nothing to worry about, but it does suck that you have to send it in and can't just exchange it in a store.
Phoenix
Member
Kung Fu Jedi said:Microsoft has no problem replacing your friend's Zune because they have plenty of them lying around and they couldn't afford to lose one of their customers.
But seriously, sounds like they'll inspect it and send you a new one. Nothing to worry about, but it does suck that you have to send it in and can't just exchange it in a store.
If by inspect you mean they'll toss it in the refurb box and mail him a new one...
Burger
Member
Phoenix said:
Exchanged ? Hahaha. No way. I live in NZ, and this is a 1st Gen iPhone, which was never even sold in this country. Plus it's already been opened (which is quite obvious) from when I had to connect 2 tiny microscopic test points in order for geohots initial unlock for the 4.6 bootloader to work.
So, I have to pray to Jobs that this little phone keeps kicking.
So I have my lovely new 16GB 3G iPhone. My work bought it for me and everything is free (yay). Yes it's awesome, love it to pieces.
But, ringtones. I heard a nasty rumour you had to pay for them. It can't be true can it? If I can't just select whatever file I want as a ringtone then I'm going to be very angry. Because that's just utter retardation.
Also, is there an option of changing the incoming SMS alert sound to whatever I want? Believe it or not my previous phone was actually chosen based on this feature.
But, ringtones. I heard a nasty rumour you had to pay for them. It can't be true can it? If I can't just select whatever file I want as a ringtone then I'm going to be very angry. Because that's just utter retardation.
Also, is there an option of changing the incoming SMS alert sound to whatever I want? Believe it or not my previous phone was actually chosen based on this feature.
infiniteloop
Member
Mar_ said:
You can make ringtones in Garage Band and other assorted applications.
reggieandTFE
Member
reggieandTFE said:
Anyone ?
did you guys know this?
http://gizmodo.com/5027790/why-we-still-need-the-iphone-app-black-market
http://gizmodo.com/5027790/why-we-still-need-the-iphone-app-black-market
we'll never get music games that let us use our own music
Damn, that sucks.Costanza said:did you guys know this?
http://gizmodo.com/5027790/why-we-still-need-the-iphone-app-black-market
we'll never get music games that let us use our own music
So that's why Tap Tap Revolution wouldn't allow me to pick from my library.
I used to be able to play Queen and others when it was only a jailbroken app called Tap Tap Revenge.
Glad mine is jailbroken.
The 2.0 compatible apps are coming in. Just downloaded a Pac-Man clone with pretty nice graphics, and over 300 levels. Not to mention the NES emu.
I've had this Jensen iPod dock for a while and It worked on my old iPod 3G, my iPod Touch but now on my iPhone 3G it won't charge it and says "Not supported".
I just recently re bought the same dock because the old ones LCD died so I don't really want to go have to buy ANOTHER different dock. Any ideas?
I just recently re bought the same dock because the old ones LCD died so I don't really want to go have to buy ANOTHER different dock. Any ideas?
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