Original and fake iPhone 5S

How do i differentiate, how do i differentiate between original and fake iPhone 5S

Buy your iPhone 5s from Apple itself, or from a well known, established Apple Authorized Reseller (ALL of which can be searched for and found on the Apple web site - anyone not listed there is NOT an Apple Authorized reseller, regardless of what they tell you).
see http://www.apple.com/buy/
If you buy from a reliable source, you will not get scammed.
Buy from anywhere or anyone else, and you take your chances on what you actually get.

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My review of the difference between the original and 3G iphones

I stood on line to get the 1st iPhone last year, and did it again this year.
Heres a list of my comparisons for those of you interested!
First of all, Apple and AT&T really screwed selling this one up and updating, but Im not going to beat a dead horse. Lets just say even the most novice tech at any company could have told you this was going to happen. What ID10T decided to put out iTunes 7.7, the 2.0 Update, MobileMe, and sell the iPhone which will need to be activated over their servers all AT THE SAME TIME, well its beyond me. Saw this one coming 40 miles away.
3G allows you to talk on the phone and browse the internet at the same time. This is a great thing, if you are talking to someone on the phone and need to look up a number or location for the discussion, you couldnt. now you can. Excellent!
Sound quality is much better on 3G. Very clear.
Speakerphone is actually usable on this phone! Not sure if thats the 2.0 software or the new phone, or a combination, but I held my first good conversation on an iPhone speakerphone in over a year. Woot!
Assisted GPS is awesome! It pinpointed my location in an apartment building, and followed me around a large pool as I walked around it. Overlaying the satelite image over the map is very cool too, you can exactly where you are! Driving with it, it was spot on. THe map showed me passing roads just as I was physically passing them. Once Tom Tom or someone comes out with navi software for the iPhone, this will be truly even MORE useful, but its great right now.
3G compared to Edge signal. Well, 3G where I live is ok, but if you go in an area where the 3G signal drops a bit, but the phone doesnt yet switch to Edge, you WILL miss calls. I tested it. Went into a building in an area where 3G signal was low, and once I went in the phone didnt quite know to switch to edge, and a friend outside the store called me and my phone didnt ring. Got out of the store and got the voicemail. Switched to Edge, went into the store, and got the call no problem.
I dont like that you cant use the dock from the old phone, especially since I have the Apple headset combination dock, and now thats useless. I have to have 2 things plugged in now for the headset and phone.
The apps rock. The games are great. Spent already about $35 and Im not done, Im choosing things carefully so that if I pay for something I dont get bored of it easily. Love the Yellow Pages app, box office app, those are hugely useful. 300 Bowl I downloaded, dont think thats a keep though. Kinda only if you are really bored.
Not sure about battery life yet. Ill tell you tho, last night before it got a real full overnight charge, I played a few games, talked on it a bit, tested the internet, and boy did that battery bar sink.
The last 2 things I would personally want on this to make it complete in my mind as everything I could absolutely want would be MMS (still cant believe its not on here!) and a REAL version of Yahoo messenger. One that stays connected once I launch it.
I sold my other iPhone while I was waiting in line for the new one, so basically paid $50 fo the upgrade to the 3G so the hit to my pocket wasnt too bad, but not super happy with the extra $10 a month, but eh.
All in all, much improved. There will always be things you want and things to complain about, but with the exception of the two above mentioned items, this phone, er computer, er PDA, er navigator, er web browser, is everything I want.
MobileMe by the way works flawlessly. I do wish there was a way to have it work with another email address other then the .me address, but it still maintains calendar and contacts. Kinda fun putting in a new contact and watching it populate on my outlook on my calendar a short time later. The email app on the iPhone still works the same as it did and that was fine for me. I have no intention of switching to the me.com address, Im too deeply rooted in my gmail account. I know you can forward and stuff, but not the same.
Anyway, if you have questions or want me to check something out, let me know! Hope this helps deciding if you want the new one or not if you are an owner of the original!

for the old dock, is the phone to big or to small to be stable?
i was thinking about just putting a little tape or something in the back of the dock if it was to thin or getting a universal dock adapter and trimming it to make the old dock have the contour
-matt

Iphone3Gs cannot find Service in Europe but original and other iphones can?

I don't know if I is just my iphone 3Gs but, I seem to unable to get service. I tried turning on and off my phone. My sister has the original iphone and my mother does not have an iphone but a cheap one. Their phones work in Europe. I tried comparing what is different about mine and my sister's. We are on the same plan. The only difference was hers was older and she been out of the country more and mine is recently new and it is the first time out of the country. We are both in Europe in the same place. Its very frustrating that their work and mine does not. Anyone can help me out?

I had the same problem in Europe and Africa last July with the orig Iphone. I calle ATT before I left to get the International rate and had to call them again from Europe to re do it ...When They did I got service. It sometimes takes awhile. I think you need to let ATT know you are going to europe and want service there. Also ATT may not give you overseas service if you have not been with them for a year or more.

How to identify fake iphone adaptor

need to compare original and fake iphone charger, adaptor. Found about usb cable comparison but cannot find anything to check originality of cable adaptor.
thnks

my ac charger had a recall and in the apple authorised store they checking inside the usb connector for a serial number to tell fake vs. official ones apart the women in the line before me was rejected because her ac charger did not have that serial

Hello...i would ask small help i bought a iphone on a local cellshop my unit is iphone 4 and version 7.1 (11D169) and the serial Number 7T103YZ6A4S i am wondering if is original or fake.

hello...i would ask small help i bought a iphone on a local cellshop my unit is iphone 4 and version 7.1 (11D169) and the serial Number 7T103YZ6A4S i am wondering if is original or fake.

https://selfsolve.apple.com/agreementWarrantyDynamic.do

My aunt just bought her phone ( iphone 5c ) but then when i tried entering the serial number on apple's site it shows as iphone 5s. I asked my aunt what's the color of her phone and she said it was green and it was iphone 5c. Could this be a fake iphone?

My aunt just bought her iphone (5c) for half of its original price here in Phils. So to check it was a
Egit one, i asked for the serial number by checking the settings of her phone. After geting the serial nu,ber, i entered it in apple's site to verify. I was kinda surprised since the phone that appeared was 5s instead of 5c. I asked my aunt what's the color of her phone and she said it's green. So could this be a fake iphone phone?

If the warranty is showing less than 12 months ,the iPhone has already been activated ,so yes most likely secondhand

I buy a lightning cable, in the place that you say "premium" mac store, and its not original, its fake,

live in argentina, and i buy a lightning cable, in the place that you say "premium" mac store, and its not original, its fake, if something happens to my iphone, you are going to care?

I personally won't. And I doubt anyone here will either. This is a USER to USER support forum. This is NOT Apple.

I lost my itunes after syncing and older iphone to my powermac g4. Originally I had an older ipod nano that I would sync to the g4 and everything was fine. Lost itunes music even though preferences had been set in advance for not automatically syncing.

My itunes library had been fine. I had been using an older ipod nano to sync with my itunes library and had been doing manual syncs, with the preferences in itunes set for not allowing "ipods or iphones" to sync automatically. I found out that apple had a program to replace the battery on this older ipod nano, so I sent it in. It was great, they didn't have an exact replacement and sent me a later ipod nano. However, this ipod nano is so new - I will have to get a newer computer with a later operating system to use it.
So, I thought I'd use my old iphone to listen to my old playlists. I thought the preferences were set for not automatically syncing iphone to itunes.
I've had problems in the past with the syncs with this iphone and my computer because of the USB port (1.1). I'm thinking this was the problem.
The apple store did something to update the software on my iphone when it wasn't working one day. I think that when I tried to sync the iphone to the g4 cube via the old port (1.1) it basically wiped out everything on my itunes. Whatever was my selected playlist for my iphone - that was the only music
that remained on my computer and the iphone. I only had about 20 songs purchased on my library, but alot of music that had been downloaded, I gave away those original cds. I did have a back up on my external drive, but that thing died a few weeks ago from some random power outtages we had this fall.
I'm not looking to purchase retrieval software or have some outside third party to retrieve it for me. It's not that much music lost. I just wanted confirmation that this is what happened: that my old iphone sync is what erased the music.

The old iTunes library was lost with the old PC. However, it all that music and content is still on your iPod there are many ways you can extract this content from the iPod and import it back into iTunes.
Your iPod is designed to sync with only one iTunes library at a time. It will recognize the iTunes library on the new PC as a new library. If you sync the iPod with this new library, all content will be erased from the iPod and replaced with what is in the new library. So what you will want to do is copy everything from the iPod to your new iTunes library on your PC first.
See this older post from another forum member Zevoneer covering the different methods and software available to assist you with the task of copying content from your iPod back to your PC and into iTunes.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2452022?start=0&tstart=0
B-rock

I originally hooked my iphone to my cousins itunes/apple account and now want to hook to mine. But it says set up as new phone, if i choose this will everything on my phone be erased?

I originally hooked my iphone to my cousins itunes/apple account (on my computer). I did so because my computer wouldn't register with itunes (some software problem) so I couldn't hook it up. I've now fixed my computer and want to hook my iphone to my itunes/apple account however when I do it asks me to choose a new phone or restore from backup. Well it was never hooked up to this account so I need to choose new phone, if i do will everything on my phone be erased?

Hello there, pullmyhairout.
The following Knowledge Base article offers up some great guidance for backing up your iOS device to your computer:
Back up and restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with iCloud or iTunes
Back up
To back up the content on your iOS device to iTunes on your computer:
Make sure your computer has the latest version of iTunes.
Connect your iOS device to your computer.
Choose File > Devices > Back up.
If you're using iTunes 10.7 or earlier, right-click the device and choose Backup Now.
You can also back up by syncing your iOS device with your computer. When you use iTunes to sync, backing up is the first step.
To check that the backup finished successfully, open iTunes Preferences and select the Devices tab. You'll see the name of the device along with the date and time iTunes created the backup.
Thanks for reaching out to Apple Support Communities.
Cheers,
Pedro.

How do i know that the iphone i just bought is original and new one

how do i know that the iphone i just bought is original and new one

Where did you purchase it from?
Use this link: selfsolve.apple.com to see the warranty status of your device and to confirm that it's a legitimate serial number.

Can there be an original box of iphone 4s from a butt end from above and from below with the pictures of apples without the icon of icloud or it is an imitation?

can there be an original box of iphone 4s from a butt end from above and from below with the pictures of apples without the icon of icloud or it is an imitation?

I've not seen a box without that icon, but I can't say with certainty that some, particular from the initial release of the iPhone 4S, didn't come without that icon. If you have doubts, though, I'd suggest you just not buy that device, if that's what you were considering. Buying only from authorized iPhone resellers is almost always going to be safest. There's no way of knowing what you might get if you buy from other sellers. It may be a geniune iPhone, but be from another country and either locked to a carrier there or jailbroken to unlock it.
Regards.

HT4061 013004003476485 is my serial number is it fake or original and what is the country it was made?

013004003476485 is my serial number is it fake or original and what is the country it was made?

We're users here. Not Apple.
But a VERY bad idea to post a serial number on an internet forum. You can bet someone has already used that serial number for malicious purposes.

I have an original iPad and an iPhone 4. If I download the new version of iTunes and the ios6 on my phone will I have issues when I sync my iPad

I have an original iPad and an iPhone 4. If I download the new version of iTunes and the ios6 on my phone will I have issues when I sync my iPad

No

I don't have the original laptop my iphone was set up on. I have backed up all my data on icloud. If I sync with my new laptop and erase all my contents(restore to factory settings), can I then get it all from icloud?

I don't have the original laptop my iphone was set up on. I have backed up all my data on icloud. If I sync with my new laptop and erase all my contents(restore to factory settings), can I then get it all from icloud?

I have the same problem as the emails go to my iCloud account that I cannot access!!! I cannot answer the security questions as someone else must have set up my iCloud account. Nothing seems to work. It would be great if someone has some ideas as what can be done to recover the situation?

I have an original ipad and an iphone 4. If I upgrade my iphone to ios6 will I still be able to transfer calendar,notes etc between my devices

I have an original ipad and an iphone 4. If I upgrade my iphone to ios6 will I still be able to transfer calendar,notes etc between my devices

No

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