Path: ...!Xl.tags.giganews.com!local-2.nntp.ord.giganews.com!news.giganews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 01 Jun 2024 22:05:40 +0000 From: Joe Gwinn Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design Subject: Re: iPhone battery replacement Date: Sat, 01 Jun 2024 18:05:40 -0400 Message-ID: References: User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 44 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com X-Trace: sv3-JomN2cS41E5nP2Oo6CP20p0Y27taP5GZsNW8oxE7tISbTv2x12tll6H5S7UvdSOZt6JTpAlxKkG+5hm!pgJmR8E+jM+Zv/kvDqrJRrqq+v5OatSNBbaNNtWtt/t8M7Ha7ZBM1iJ6QndXIeG4Uin9R4E= X-Complaints-To: abuse@giganews.com X-DMCA-Notifications: http://www.giganews.com/info/dmca.html X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 Bytes: 2797 On Sat, 1 Jun 2024 14:51:23 -0700, Don Y wrote: >On 6/1/2024 2:19 PM, Joe Gwinn wrote: >> On Sat, 1 Jun 2024 13:56:37 -0700, Don Y >> wrote: >> >>> The battery in SWMBO's iPhone has swelled. Not surprising as it >>> is ANCIENT (6s). > >---------------^^ > >>> She is asking for it to be replaced: "I *like* that phone!" >>> >>> Is this actually worth the effort, given that batteries are likely >>> knock-offs (dubious quality) and disassembly/assembly is undoubtedly >>> a lesson in fumble-fingers? And, what's the likely life expectancy >>> of a "new" battery? >>> >>> I've offered her either of two phones that I use but "they're too big". >> >> Exactly what is it that she has? >> >> Apple likely has a phone of that approximate size. > >Or, use one of the other phones, here. I see very little difference >in size, weight, etc. "Creature of habit" > >(I'm also not keen on having to field her comments as to "Why X doesn't >work like it USED to...") > >(sigh) The land line was SO much better (for our uses). But, they just >aren't maintaining the (below grade) copper any more. > >[We had a pair of uniformed officers show up, unannounced, in the wee >hours of the morning -- hands on holsters -- inquiring who had called >"911" from our residence. "Huh? No one." They claimed that they >often get false alarms from neighborhoods with buried services... as if >a series of snap-crackle-pops appeared to be 911 dialpulsed (I'm not >quite sure how that translates into 911 and not 823 or 645 or 15276...)] They don't need to. Only 911 causes a detectable response. Joe Gwinn