I've got the tools I used to fix my screen .. it has a pentalobe as I think they're called. Also the head magnifier etc.
-- Owen On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 11:14 PM, Steve Smith <sasm...@swcp.com> wrote: > I dropped my iPhone in my pond while cleaning the pump filter... fished it > out within 10 secs, it was still on, running fine, no obvious intrusion of > water... but just to be safe I powered it off... driving into town minutes > later, I noticed it had powered back up... so I powered it down (again)... > and it immediately powered/booted itself *again*! Water shorting the > power button? I went ahead and tried it's phone function and the speaker > was not working... but bluetooth did... then I sent a text... then I > powered it off again... and within seconds, it was booting itself back up! > Half an hour later it shut itself down and hasn't been back up since. I > put it in a bag of rice overnight (conventional wisdom for drying things > without an official dessicant)... still dead. > > Now I need a 5-lobe screwdriver to defeat Apple's insistence that I not > open the case without their lawyers present... I suppose they would rather > I sent it to them so they can say "!not under warranty, water alert!" keep > it for weeks and charge me an arm and a leg to clean any fouled contacts, > maybe replace the battery, and then maybe decide I need a new logic board. > > So anyone have a 5 lobe (tiny, tiny, miniscule, tiny) screwdriver for this > purpose that they can loan me? > > How about a GSM android phone to borrow while I order up a screwdriver and > battery and a bucket of luck? Or advice on what (used) model to pick up > on Craigslist? Anyone have any experience with the "Cocoa"? It is > apparently a "dual SIM"... > > Are GSM Androids unlocked by default (seems reasonable.. but... ?)... is > it an easy unlock? > > I knew I needed an OtterBox! > > - Steve > > > > ==============================**============================== > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >
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