re iphone repair

blinkey 101

Hi ppl looking for some advice re iphone repair antenna .

i brought my iphone in for repair as i was getting no service on my iphone.

the guy in the shop told me i needed a new antenna so i told him to go ahead and fix it price 70 euro . he had it for a day rang me to collect it and when i got there he told me he replaced the antenna but still getting no service ?...

He has told me there is nothing more he can do so now I'm no better off from where i started should i go back to him with the iphone as technically he did not repair it

ironclaw

blinkey 101 wrote: »

Hi ppl looking for some advice re iphone repair antenna .

i brought my iphone in for repair as i was getting no service on my iphone.

the guy in the shop told me i needed a new antenna so i told him to go ahead and fix it price 70 euro . he had it for a day rang me to collect it and when i got there he told me he replaced the antenna but still getting no service ?...

He has told me there is nothing more he can do so now I'm no better off from where i started should i go back to him with the iphone as technically he did not repair it

You left the shop? With respect, thats a pretty stupid thing to do. He should have refunded you for the labour if he was adamant if was the antenna.

You've voided the warranty any way so you can't send it to Apple, which you probably should have done in the first place.

As a remedy, maybe do a full restore and remove any jailbreak etc. See how you get on. If not, I'd say your looking at a new phone.

blinkey 101

guys just a quick update on my iPhone this gets worse ..

after leaving the phone in two weeks ago for antenna repair i get a call today telling me my phone is dead and they are giving me back my money for repair ??

the thing is it was working perfect when i left it with them apart from the antenna ..... i went into the shop and they said its out of their hands because i signed a disclaimer...

i can understand that if they gave me back the phone in the same condition i gave to them.. but now my phone is dead as a dodo when i confronted the repair guy in the shop i asked what happened he said the he may of blew the mother board but there is nothing they can do only offer me back my repair money :mad: can they do this anyone got any ideas .

Sad Professor

How old was the iPhone? Was it within warranty?

This shop obviously isn't an Apple Authorised Service Provider. And if you really signed a disclaimer then I'm not sure there's anything you can do.

blinkey 101

not exactly sure how old it is but its not that old ..

but surely when you leave a phone into a place that claims to repair phones you don't expect them to give it back to you worse than you gave it to them ? the guy said the board is blowen ? it wasn when i gave it to him ???

kjl

Please post details of this shop, as firstly €70 to change an antenna which was probably just not connected properly is insane as they cost less than €2 and secondly there is no way you can blow the mother board fixing an antenna issue. This person deserves no business from this site.

blinkey 101

Hey thanks for your response:)

i got a call from main man today giving me bull about it been my fault so after a 20 min shouting match he agreed it was their fault ..

he told me he would ring me back in few hours ... got a call back some time after saying it has been fixed they replaced the board in it and wanted another 40 euro reluctantly i paid just to get done with .the thing is it was a 3gs 16 gb now i look and its telling me its capacity is 29.3 gb

barryd09

blinkey 101 wrote: »

Hey thanks for your response:)

i got a call from main man today giving me bull about it been my fault so after a 20 min shouting match he agreed it was their fault ..

he told me he would ring me back in few hours ... got a call back some time after saying it has been fixed they replaced the board in it and wanted another 40 euro reluctantly i paid just to get done with .the thing is it was a 3gs 16 gb now i look and its telling me its capacity is 29.3 gb

so you have a completley different phone so?not too bad in the end but like **** i would have paid them another 40 quid.
lesson learned?i would recommend asking about ANYTHING iphone related here first anymore.theres enough people on here who can advise you better on what to do than some scammy baxtard in a phone shop.

kjl

it's true, I would have told you to replace it yourself, a very easy fix.

blinkey 101

thanks guys much appreciated and as you say lesson learned wont be going near there again !!

ironclaw

Without specific's, is this shop on Abbey St near the Jervis St centre?

blinkey 101

No its lower rathmines ..

kjl

Again no specifics, but is this it,

http://maps.google.ie/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&q=Rathmines+Road+Upper,+Dublin+6&aq=&sll=53.345325,-6.26564&sspn=0.052777,0.154324&gl=ie&ie=UTF8&geocode=FWuMLQMdmGag_w&split=0&hq=&hnear=Rathmines+Road+Upper,+Dublin+6&ll=53.326964,-6.264868&spn=0.0066,0.01929&z=16&layer=c&cbll=53.326324,-6.264983&panoid=klXgBo5t6F-GjfkwUpC96g&cbp=12,121.3,,0,5.92

old shop orbit?

blinkey 101

Rathmines Road Lower,

aidan_walsh

Of which I'm sure there isn't 12 on the street, so lets just leave it at that.

CathalDublin

I don't see how they killed your logic board unless they were trying to reball/reflow an IC.

blinkey 101

whats a reball ?