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From: Joe Gwinn <joegwinn@comcast.net>
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Subject: Re: iPhone battery replacement
Date: Sat, 01 Jun 2024 18:05:40 -0400
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On Sat, 1 Jun 2024 14:51:23 -0700, Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid>
wrote:

>On 6/1/2024 2:19 PM, Joe Gwinn wrote:
>> On Sat, 1 Jun 2024 13:56:37 -0700, Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid>
>> 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