$250 is somewhat excessive considering that I've had the phone for 18 months and was planning on replacing it once the iPhone 5 comes out. I'm basically just wanting to get another 6 months of life out of it. I was hoping to get it done for around $50, but it's looking like another one of those areas where the iPhone falls short. Most other phones I could have just bought a new battery over the counter and swapped them over.
On 18 April 2011 12:24, Gougoodthing <gougoodth...@gmail.com> wrote: > Don't waste your time. Book a session at the apple store genius bar, pay > $250 and get a near new refurbished phone. At least it will be like new. > Peter > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 18/04/2011, at 11:34 AM, Gordon Campbell <seawol...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I've been having a weird problem with my 3GS where it just suddenly shut > off, as if the power has been cut from it. Most of the time when I try to > power it back on it will display the Apple logo for a bit then black out > again. To get it back on I have to plug it up to a power source. At first it > was only doing it when the battery was <20% but now it's randomly doing it > all the time, though always while I'm actually using it, never when it's > just sitting in my pocket. I've had the phone since August 2009 so it's out > of warranty. > > Extensive Googling has revealed that most other people who have encountered > this (and there are quite a few) have solved it by replacing the battery. > I'm a bit nervous about trying to do a home replacement, so my question is: > > Can anyone recommend somewhere in Perth that is able to quickly and easily > replace my 3GS battery for a sensible price? > > > > ------------------------------ > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
