Repair

having trouble with my front camera on my iPhone 4 and want it repaired ? any ideas on where to send it or what to do??

Take it to an Apple store, or call Apple to arrange an exchange via mail or parcel service.

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    I am extremely disappointed and angry with Apple service.  I am a writer and booked three weeks in Spain so that I could finish my book.  On the second day my laptop cut out on me asI was working on it, so I took it to Goldenmack in Cadiz.  Not only was I given someone else's macbook when I went back to collect it, but then when I returned to the UK, the Apple shop in Brighton managed to delete ALL my data from the hard drive because I was unlucky enough to get a trainee on her first day.  I have since learned she should not have deleted my data without even running a diagnostic.  She told me she was going to 'restore' the drive.  I took this to mean she was going to restore my work.  But no!  She erased the lot.
    I complained and eventually was put in touch with a supervisor, who I was told  had authority to resolve the issue. She said she would get the shop to phone me.  That was ten days ago and I'm still waiting. 
    Ok so there's nothing I can do now to get back the three chapters of my book that I have lost and didn't back up, but the  hard drive on this laptop is still faulty.  I try to back up my work every time I use the machine but as soon as I attach an external drive, the whole thing shuts down. I can't use it any more as I can't risk losing any more work.    This laptop is only just over a year old and this is just not acceptable, especially since I have really looked after it. 
    This is an appalling service I have encountered from Apple, and I am not going to ignore it.  I have contacted the young chap whose laptop I was erroneously given, and the repair of which I paid for! (although I did eventually get a refund),  to ask him if he had been given mine as well.  He said he had been completely unaware that his laptop had been given to me and he is furious as he had loads of "sensitive material" on it."  I have no idea in whose hands my laptop has been either, or indeed what damage it sustained while it was supposed to be in for repair.

    Contact Apple Support:
    http://www.apple.com/support/contact/
    Apple - How to Contact Us:
    http://www.apple.com/contact/
    Be sure to refer to the repair ticket number.
    Sounds like a terrible mixup.
    Good luck & happy computing!

  • Stuck: Need Disk repair but DVD drive dead and only have USB 1

    [1 Ghz flat-panel iMac with USB 1 ports (no USB 2) and also Firewire 400]
    I noticed a strange discrepancy (small but concerning) between the size of a folder on hard drive (folder of all mp3's with no subfolders) and the backup of the same folder on a mounted thumb drive.
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              Volume free block count",0)   [I might have mangled this line]
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    - I bought an external SuperDrive (unopened) but I believe no boot from USB 1 is possible in PowerPC so a SuperDrive with USB 1 is useless.
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    1.) Is there any way to boot from some external source (optical drive is DEAD) to run Disk Utility and/or Disk Warrior? -- I see none in this case! (gulp).
    2.) More importantly (and this is my fundamental concern): Do the three Disk Utility hard drive issues constitute any direct threat to the integrity of my files?
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    Are these Disk Utility errors fully isolated to hard drive directory-keeping...or do these directory damage errors pose the possibility of mangling or harming my files or their metadata (filesize, etc.).
    Put another way, when files are backed-up from a hard drive under the Disk Utility reports above, do they remain unharmed and undamaged by the situations reported by Disk Utility?
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    Jeff and Michael,
    Thank you both for your generous and thoughtful input.
    Michael: As I slept on it overnight, the exact same idea occurred to me of trying a Target Mode to the iMac from my Lion MacbookPro (I have it but stupidly have yet to use it much!).
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  • Help Needed Badly | BlackBerry INC000025111306 | BlackBerry PlayBook - Tablet button does not work, almost stuck, copper under screen, seventh repair

    I was really Humilitated my RIM on this Ticket whcih i rasied.
    1) I bought a new tablet in last november in 2 months i had a Charger issue 
    2) They said this charger issue we cannot replace with new tablet and gave me a refurbished Tablet to me .
    3) Which also had same charging issue and they exchanged 2 more tablets and the last tablet which was given to me by RIM have a safety concern
     - 1 Small mesh of wire is poping out from the Tablet 
     - Power Button is very hard and its not that easy to press,
    So i raised the above ticket and was esclated internally with RMA as well and i got an update from the esclation agents that we will reply back in 2 Days i waited almost 3 weeks and called 2 times in this 3 weeks for an Update asking for a new tablet so that atleast once in all i can jeep a good 1 Tablet.
    But they never bothered to call me and today i called them again and RIM gave me a call back mentioning we cannot give a new tablet we can again check this tablet repair it and give it back , If we cannot repir then give a replacement new/Old tablet,
    I was wondering how can a tablet from RIM can go out without such safety concern ? How a mesh of wire can comeout of tablet so what safety norms RIM is follwoing for customer.
    AM i not humilitated? since after taking all these struggle tto get a good tablet i have been considered as bad.
    What RIM have to say for this, I am planing to take this to Legal department to follow how i can get a justice for this.

    I would have deleted this but can't find a delete?
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  • Mid 2010 Macbook Pro +1000 Euro repair costs (no external marks)

    Hello together,
    I am looking out for some advise. My mid 2010 Macbook Pro 15inch with an anti glare display just got a new logic board. I paid more than 500 Euro at a Premium Reseller called mStore in Kiel (Germany) to replace it, because the display stayed black after booting. My Macbook didn't even have a single external mark or scratch on the housing. I accepted it and said to myself if it is working again, it is alright. But less than two month later a vertical line is drawing from the top frame to the bottom (see photo). The line is narrow, it is just one pixel, but it is really annoying because it is always in sight. I went to the same reseller and asked what to do, they recommend a second repair attempt for again 500 Euro. In less then two month I cannot afford +1000 Euro for a laptop with an actual value of about 1100 Euro.
    What is the best thing to do now?
    I am really disappointed by Apple's quality. I am 24 years old and everybody in my family is using Apple computers since I can think back. The first time I could call a Mac my own was when I was 13.
    When I graduated from school I was 19 and worked in a hospital to finance a new iBook G4. I had this one for about four years and it has been traveling with me through New Zealand and Asia for more than a year. I never had any issue with it, even when I dropped it from the top bank in a dormitory. It is still alive and working fine.
    When I started studying the time came to buy an Intel Mac (15'' Macbook Pro, anti glare) and again I was very happy with the quality. I have also been a huge advocate for Apple products and was confidently suggesting them to friends and family. But today I feel disappointed by the brand.
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    Marco

    I had the same problem on a display MBP 15" in 2010, and it is a  display problem recognised by Apple.
    It was covered by the warranty.
    If you do nothing, the number of vertical pixel lines will increase over  time.
    Good that Apple helped you out of this problem.

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    I am trying to open my iTunes on a Windows XP laptop and get the error message 42404 "iTunes application could not be opened.  Please repair or reinstall QuickTime".  I did that and it did not help.  Any ideas?

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  • TS2634 My ipod touch will no longer play in both my docking stations, Bowers and Wilkins mini zeppellin and a Logitech, yet it plays in my car.  Is the ipod about to die?  Do I repair or buy another? It's only 2 years old!  thanks!

    My ipod touch will not play music in my Bowers and Wilkins mini zeppelin nor my Logitech.  Yet, it plays in my car.  The music can be heard playing in the ipod itself.  It is only 2 years old.  Should I repair or just buy another?  Thanks!

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  • External hard drive error / disk utility not repairing

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    Oh, I forgot to attach image....
    Message was edited by: TheSpoon

  • I force-restarted my MacBook Pro and now it wants me to repair or erase my disk and Reinstall Mavericks.  But I can't back up my files to do this.  HELP!!!!!

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