My old iPhone 3GS battery just burned and cracked open
This morning i found my old iPhone 3GS on the sofa with the battery burned and the case cracked open. I am happy that the sofa did not burn, too.
It wasn't connected to the charger. The battery was possibly empty. It lied there already for a while.
Do you know if there's a warranty plan is such extraordinarily cases? I know the phone's old. But it shouldn't start to burn on the sofa.
Apple's hotline robot first told me i had to pay 35 € in advance in order to tell them about the problem. I tried it anyway. The guy on the phone told me that in this case they'll talk to me without Apple Care. Unfortunately they only proposed a repair option for 160 €.
He couldn't tell me what would have happened when the phone had burned the sofa. Anyway i'll now will give my old iPhones to recycling and not display them in the shelf. Poor old first gen iPhone.
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Please read this :
https://discussions.apple.com/message/20053332?ac_cid=tw123456#20053332
Well I copyed it to you here.
Re: Anyone still having IOS 6 wifi issues?
created by mpa9366 in Using iPad - View the full discussion
Having done a lot of reading today and having found a very good online tablet magazine (will post link tomorrow) there seems to be a few tech bods onto the problem.
The magazine I was reading identified wifi problems within hours of the ios 6 release and have been analysing since then with almost daily updates - the story seems to be:
The apple authenthication transmission is normal, it should slip through event prior to a full handshake with the host network being completed - however if not authenthicated then apple will not permit the device to connect (kills the connection) this is designed to protect apple from counterfeiting. So thats problem 1 if you dont receive a token from apple.
Problem 2 is that ios 6 only supports ipv6 (the new ip protocol) whereas outside silicon valley a large proportion of routers modems etc are still ipv4 protocol.
So youre locked into ipv6 in a world where ipv4 devices are everywhere and apple have not allowed for the ability to handle both protocols. This is like GM telling you your car requires an upgrade, everything will improve etc and as part of the upgrade fits a fuel cell motor and stays silent when their upgraded vehicles are simply parked up because they cannot get fuel.
A very basic expectation would have been dual protocol handling - we know the HW supports ipv4 as all wad fine on ios5.
So its going to be hit and miss with networks - more hit than miss in techy areas like silicon valley, but more miss in places like where I am - a small town in rural Switzerland.
Only apple can fix this with a patch to enable ipv4 protocol handling.
There you go. you just need to buy a new router, I'm sure Apple has one for sale, cause it's not there fault for sure.
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If I am understanding you correctly, it sounds like you are returning to an old iPhone that has been erased and you would like to set it up as a new device without restoring from a backup which would affect the name of your iPhone, as well as the contents therein. I have an article for you that can help you set up your iPhone as a new device, and that information can be found below:
How to erase your iOS device and then set it up as a new device or restore it from backups - Apple Support
http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT4137
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Take care, and thanks for visiting the Apple Support Communities.
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Do this:
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Music is one way only, from the computer to your device, unless you bought the songs in itunes and transferred your purchases.
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About backups and what's saved:iTunes: About iOS backups
How to back up and restore:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1414
How to download apps for free again:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2519
Saving other data is also described here. How to back up your data and set up as a new device
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