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- Anyone else paranoid about handing their unlocked phone to an Apple store employee who is going to take it in the back room to run diagnostics?
- Battery Replacement experience on iPhone XS Max – recommend!
- A new and most useful tip I just discovered
| Weekly What Should I Buy Thread Posted: 04 Jun 2022 06:00 AM PDT Welcome to the weekly stickied WSIB thread. Have any questions about buying, selling, trading, or giveaways? Ask away! Please remember to adhere to our rules, which can be found in the sidebar. As usual, if you have a serious issue with the subreddit, please contact the moderators directly. Note: Comments are sorted by /new for your convenience. Here is an archive of all previous "What Should I Buy" threads. This is best viewed on a browser. If on mobile, type on the searchbar [title:"What Should I Buy" author:"AutoModerator"] (without the brackets, and including the quotation marks around the title and author.) [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 04 Jun 2022 01:07 AM PDT I have my financial accounts, email, and entire personal online life on my phone. I was having issues with my phone and the Apple store guy wanted to take it in the back room to run diagnostics. I have nothing embarrassing or illegal on the phone, but my life savings and other important accounts are linked to my email, password manager, etc. So I sat there for a couple minutes before handing over the phone and logged out and even deleted a few apps. Maybe I'm just paranoid, but wondering if I'm the only one. Do people just normally hand over their phone for some random person to take it in the back? For a company that prides itself on security and privacy it seems odd to me Apple doesn't have some way of running their tests without handing over an unlocked phone. [link] [comments] |
| Battery Replacement experience on iPhone XS Max – recommend! Posted: 03 Jun 2022 06:46 PM PDT By this point my iPhone Xs Max is nearly 4 years old, with 81% health remaining, battery dies around 6-7 pm. This is what prompted me to seek out an authorized battery replacement. It is relatively cheap, out of warranty only $69, compared to buying new iPhone 13 Pro Max that's a steal! Best Buy: I live about 40min from the nearest Apple store, so the first thing I went to was Best Buy. Scheduled an appointment a week in advance, came in and after 15min check-in, Geek Squadder went to check inventory, came back, and said they don't have any in stock for my model, so I have to leave the phone with them for a week (they cannot order battery without having my phone on hand)! This was a minor disappointment. The same day I checked appointment slots at the Apple store and luckily, they were pretty open for the remainder of the day. Apple Store: This was my first time vising Apple Store. First I was confused, where is the normal customer service counter and line to it, quite chaotic inside, with no signs where to go. Luckily, I found free Geniuses (3x of them) and one said she will be my technician and checked me in. There is no way for them to contact you after you drop off your device. She just said come at the designated pick-up time. 3 hours later I came back to pick it up. When I received my phone back, I found out that they also replaced the speaker, because both battery and speaker share the same security chip ID. They also replaced the screen because it was damaged during the repair. Overall, I am satisfied with the repair, now the battery lasts a full day and a quarter. That's good enough for me and I probably will not upgrade until the notch is fully gone and USB-C is implemented. Also, the speaker is way sharper than the old one. While at the store, I checked out the "new" iPhone 13 Pro Max, the high refresh rate screen is impressive and snappy but that is about it. The camera did not advance all that much, still muddy when zoomed in, just like on my current phone😉. TLDR: 1) Check if Best Buy you're going to has the battery in stock (before making an appointment) or better go to the Apple store directly, this way if they mess something up, they will likely replace/source the part faster than BB. Imagine being without a phone for a week! 2) Prepare to wait; perhaps, bring friends or another device to hang around the area. 3) If your iPhone battery is around 70-80-ish % health – get it replaced and most likely it will extend its useful life (unless it is drained by the new iOS version), saving you money in the long run! [link] [comments] |
| A new and most useful tip I just discovered Posted: 03 Jun 2022 09:28 PM PDT Whenever you select a video on YouTube and it starts playing SWIPE UP anywhere on the video and it'll turn into full screen mode. If you have a video playing in full screen mode , SWIPE DOWN anywhere to exit the full screen mode. LMK if you find it useful . P.S am using iPhone 13 so am assuming this is for devices above IphoneX . [link] [comments] |
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