Tips for a successful exchange?

I love my iPhone 4, but it has three hardware problems. I've decided to try to get it replaced, but I want advice on how to make my case when I go to the Apple Store.
Here are my problems:
1) *Wonky compass.* I'm upgrading from an original iPhone, but I can't believe it's supposed to be erratic to the point of near uselessness.
2) Deathgrip. Yeah, I have it. But honestly, it hasn't really been a problem, since I always use the phone with a bumper.
3) *Smudgy screen.* This probably sounds trivial, but it's actually what bothers me the most. I think it started when some Splenda got on my screen. I tried to wipe it off with my shirt, which had worked perfectly until then, but this time it left these weird streaks. Then I kind of panicked, and tried using a hand wipe. (I was at the supermarket, and the dispenser was right there.) This got rid of the streaks, but now it's much more prone to smudges, and the smudges are harder to get off. And when I wipe it with almost anything short of a microfiber cloth, it leaves this weird blotchy smudgy pattern. I think that pattern might be the result of that hand wipe having stripped off some of the oleophobic coating.
So what should I say to the Apple Genius? The smudges bother me the most, but he or she might recognize them as the result of some cleaning chemical, and say I voided the warranty. The deathgrip doesn't bother me as much, but that's the most open-and-shut issue. Apple probably has a uniform policy on whether to offer exchanges for deathgrip complaints, so depending on what that policy is, this could be a no brainer or a non starter. And finally, there's the compass. That might be the best thing to focus on all around, but I'd like to hear people's feedback.
Thanks!

distractiboy wrote:
I won't lie, but I could just not even bring it up as an issue. The compass in particular seems to be a real defect, and one that genuinely bothers me. Bringing up the screen might just complicate things. It's not like I'd be hiding anything — the thing that bothers me should be evident just from their handling of it.
Honestly, I don't think the screen issue is going to matter. The fact that the compass doesn't work right is a biggie. Just make sure it's a real issue, and it's not something else.
However, I hope there's a lesson learned on cleaning your screen. I use a dry, lint-free cloth.

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Kappy's Personal Suggestions for OS X Maintenance
For disk repairs use Disk Utility. For situations DU cannot handle the best third-party utilities are: Disk Warrior; DW only fixes problems with the disk directory, but most disk problems are caused by directory corruption; Disk Warrior 4.x is now Intel Mac compatible. Drive Genius provides additional tools not found in Disk Warrior. Versions 1.5.1 and later are Intel Mac compatible.
OS X performs certain maintenance functions that are scheduled to occur on a daily, weekly, or monthly period. The maintenance scripts run in the early AM only if the computer is turned on 24/7 (no sleep.) If this isn't the case, then an excellent solution is to download and install a shareware utility such as Macaroni, JAW PseudoAnacron, or Anacron that will automate the maintenance activity regardless of whether the computer is turned off or asleep. Dependence upon third-party utilities to run the periodic maintenance scripts was significantly reduced since Tiger. These utilities have limited or no functionality with Snow Leopard or Lion and should not be installed.
OS X automatically defragments files less than 20 MBs in size, so unless you have a disk full of very large files there's little need for defragmenting the hard drive. As for virus protection there are few if any such animals affecting OS X. You can protect the computer easily using the freeware Open Source virus protection software ClamXAV. Personally I would avoid most commercial anti-virus software because of their potential for causing problems. For more about malware see Macintosh Virus Guide.
I would also recommend downloading a utility such as TinkerTool System, OnyX 2.4.3, or Cocktail 5.1.1 that you can use for periodic maintenance such as removing old log files and archives, clearing caches, etc.
For emergency repairs install the freeware utility Applejack. If you cannot start up in OS X, you may be able to start in single-user mode from which you can run Applejack to do a whole set of repair and maintenance routines from the command line. Note that AppleJack 1.5 is required for Leopard. AppleJack 1.6 is compatible with Snow Leopard. There is no confirmation that this version also works with Lion.
When you install any new system software or updates be sure to repair the hard drive and permissions beforehand. I also recommend booting into safe mode before doing system software updates.
Get an external Firewire drive at least equal in size to the internal hard drive and make (and maintain) a bootable clone/backup. You can make a bootable clone using the Restore option of Disk Utility. You can also make and maintain clones with good backup software. My personal recommendations are (order is not significant):
Carbon Copy Cloner
Data Backup
Deja Vu
SuperDuper!
SyncTwoFolders
Synk Pro
Synk Standard
Tri-Backup
Visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQs on maintenance, optimization, virus protection, and backup and restore.
Additional suggestions will be found in Mac Maintenance Quick Assist.
Referenced software can be found at CNet Downloads or MacUpdate.
Be sure you have an adequate amount of RAM installed for the number of applications you run concurrently. Be sure you leave a minimum of 10% of the hard drive's capacity as free space.
Adding more RAM, if feasible, and a new, faster hard drive may also help pep it up a little.

If I am sending my iPhone in for a warranty exchange, due to software issues. Will they send my phone back if it has scratches?

I thought that I heard, if you send in your iphone for a warranty exchange they would send it back for it having some little bumps and bruises. Let me know your experiences.
Also, when they do send you a "new" phone, is it actually a new phone? Or one of the refubed ones?

Only Apple can say for certain. As no one here works for Apple we would only be speculating.
Also, Apple does not repair iDevices (with the exception of replacing batteries or screens on the 5/5S), it will be replaced if they determine the issue is a warranty issue.

Tips For Solving the Mac OS X Lion Slowness (Lots of Beach Balls)

Hi Folks,
Just a quick list of tips for this issue that some of Mac OS X Lion users face.
The main symptom is that we get the Beach Ball on almost any task, it takes 4, maybe five times more time to do what we need to do. So depending on the schedule, it can drive us crazy. I was facing that, and started to think that Lion was a Windows Vista relative.
Please remind that the tips below involve backing up and restoring your system. If you are not careful, you may lose everything. You are responsible for your acts. Be cautious!
How I solved my issue:
1) Checked for Disk Permissions and the Disk itself:
- Applications / Utilities / Disk Utility:
- Click on your disk, and then VERIFY DISK. If everything is OK, move on. If it is not, REPAIR DISK.
- Now click on VERIFY DISK PERMISSIONS. If everthing is OK, move. If not, Repair.
This step 1 is to make sure that your slowness is due to something related to the OS itself and not to permissions/disk.
If this solves the slowness, then you are OK. Now further steps are necessary. In my case, this just helped a little bit. The beach-balling reduced by 20% only. Still too slow.
2) Do a full backup of your system.
I used Time Machine. Make sure you have all of your applications closed. So the backup will be full. If you fail to do a good backup, you will lose everything! Make sure you do a good one. Maybe do it twice on 2 different disks! Now you have been warned.
3) Do a Full Restore of your entire system.
Now, get that Install CD that came with your Mac,
- Put it on your drive, shut down your computer.
- While holding the C key, press the start button of your Mac. It will boot using the Install CD that came with your Mac.
To recover your entire system:
Connect your Time Machine backup disk to your computer. If you’re restoring your system because of a problem with your startup disk, make sure the disk has been repaired or replaced.
Insert your Mac OS X Install disk, and double-click the Install Mac OS X icon.
In the Installer, choose Utilities > Restore System from Backup.
In the Restore Your System dialog, click Continue.
Select your Time Machine backup volume.
Select the Time Machine backup you want to restore.
Follow the onscreen instructions.
4) Remove the CD, and boot.
When I did that, the system came back very fast and responsive. No more beach balls (only on the really-intensive tasks), and everything was back to normal.
5) So, what was it anyways?
Before doing this Backup/Restore, I was getting lots of DISK I/O ERRORS, specially during boot time (you can check that by shutting down your mac, powering it back on and imediatelly pressing Command-V - Verbose Mode).
Sure, the first thing in mind was that I had a faulty hard drive, but I checked it several times for errors (via Disk Utility), and nothing showed up.
So I decided to do a full backup/restore of the system. And it solved it, at least for me.
My config:
MacBook Pro (2009 edition) - 5 GB RAM - 640 GB HD - Mac OS X 10.7
Regards.

Also my mac will not complete my 5 software updates, no idea which software, but it said it could not do it. Also backing up with time machine had failed twice today. Thanks

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