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Ipod Touch dropped: Repair/Replace
« on: August 05, 2011, 10:08:31 AM »
 :'(

I dropped my 32gb iTouch this morning.  It landed flat on it's face on the asphault and cracked the screen.  It still works fine, but there is a spiderweb of cracks starting in the lower left corner.   :facepalm:  :'(  :'(  :'(

I live out of this thing.  Personal email, corporate email, finances, books, movies, music, podcasts, games, etc. 

Should I repair it at roughly $100 (send it out and have someone else do the work) or replace it at $250ish (+/- $30)?  This is a 3rd Gen, so I would be "upgrading" it to the new 4th Gen (wifey has one, so we could do "facetime"), but the siren song of fixing this one for much less is tempting.

 :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(

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Re: Ipod Touch dropped: Repair/Replace
« Reply #1 on: August 05, 2011, 11:22:35 AM »
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On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], "Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?" I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.
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Re: Ipod Touch dropped: Repair/Replace
« Reply #2 on: August 05, 2011, 11:25:47 AM »
You jest, but the thought crossed my mind earlier. :D

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Re: Ipod Touch dropped: Repair/Replace
« Reply #3 on: August 05, 2011, 11:58:05 AM »
W00T!

I found a local repair shop that'll do the job for $58.  Same day service too.

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Re: Ipod Touch dropped: Repair/Replace
« Reply #4 on: August 05, 2011, 01:33:01 PM »
Book dropped, should I pick it up?

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Re: Ipod Touch dropped: Repair/Replace
« Reply #5 on: August 05, 2011, 01:53:17 PM »
Quote from: lee n. field on August 05, 2011, 01:33:01 PM
Book dropped, should I pick it up?

Huh?

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Re: Ipod Touch dropped: Repair/Replace
« Reply #6 on: August 07, 2011, 07:27:44 AM »
I found a local shop that replaced the screen for $58 parts and labor.

I have to say, this has been a tough little device.  I don't baby it, nor do I keep it in a case.  This is the second time it has been dropped on pavement.  Even after the screen broke this time, it was still usable.

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Re: Ipod Touch dropped: Repair/Replace
« Reply #7 on: August 07, 2011, 09:05:52 AM »
If the repair doesn't work, check ebay for old iphones, etc.

I have an iphone 3 that I need to sell. Not many people want it as a phone, but it would still work great as an itouch.
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Re: Ipod Touch dropped: Repair/Replace
« Reply #8 on: August 07, 2011, 10:15:09 AM »
Quote from: lee n. field on August 05, 2011, 01:33:01 PM
Book dropped, should I pick it up?



Is the book under warranty?.....

Is your back under warranty?....
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Re: Ipod Touch dropped: Repair/Replace
« Reply #9 on: August 07, 2011, 12:44:04 PM »
Quote from: seeker_two on August 07, 2011, 10:15:09 AM
Is the book under warranty?.....

Is your back under warranty?....

Does your book do ANY of the tasks an iPod or tablet can do beyond providing the text of a single book?  ;/

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Re: Ipod Touch dropped: Repair/Replace
« Reply #10 on: August 07, 2011, 02:36:35 PM »
Quote from: mtnbkr on August 07, 2011, 12:44:04 PM
Does your book do ANY of the tasks an iPod or tablet can do beyond providing the text of a single book?  ;/

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Like remove hundreds of dollars from your wallet?
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Re: Ipod Touch dropped: Repair/Replace
« Reply #11 on: August 07, 2011, 04:41:30 PM »
Can also be used as a door stop. :P
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Re: Ipod Touch dropped: Repair/Replace
« Reply #12 on: August 07, 2011, 04:55:50 PM »
Quote from: scout26 on August 07, 2011, 04:41:30 PM
Can also be used as a door stop. :P
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Re: Ipod Touch dropped: Repair/Replace
« Reply #13 on: August 07, 2011, 04:56:24 PM »
Quote from: mtnbkr on August 05, 2011, 11:58:05 AM
W00T!

I found a local repair shop that'll do the job for $58.  Same day service too.

Chris
What kind of shop is it?

Also, did you check if you were under warranty?
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Re: Ipod Touch dropped: Repair/Replace
« Reply #14 on: August 07, 2011, 06:54:45 PM »
Quote from: Zardozimo Oprah Bannedalas on August 07, 2011, 04:56:24 PM
What kind of shop is it?

Also, did you check if you were under warranty?

A general "cell phone" repair shop, but they advertise a lot of ipod/iphone/tablet type repairs.  

It isn't under warranty.  Apple's warranty is 1 year and I've had it for 1.5yrs.  Besides, I doubt this would have been covered.  I dropped it from 3'.  I'm lucky a broken screen is all that happened.

Quote from: CNYCacher on August 07, 2011, 02:36:35 PM
Like remove hundreds of dollars from your wallet?
Function costs money.  

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