Last week, I traveled to Dallas from Chicago. I brought with me an older, original Apple charger cable for my phone. First day, as I tried to charge my iPhone 4, it kept saying “accessory may not be supported”. After many tries, I got another cable from the hotel reception and tried to charge the phone. With no success, the phone ran out charge that night. [As a side note, iOS7 has been chewing up the battery real fast.]<\/p>\n
The next day, I tried the most obvious thing, removing lint from the port. Inside the hotel room, there weren’t too many tools available, naturally. Many people online recommend using a toothbrush. So, wash my toothbrush. Then using the room hair dryer, I dry the toothbrush. We would not want to trip that water damage sensor, would we?<\/p>\n
Then clean the lint. Try charging again with no success. Repeat endlessly. Finally, drive to Dallas Knox street Apple store to get a second opinion. The greeting person looks at the phone, and immediately declares that the phone has sustained water damage. That gets me excited, and I say, “no, it has not seen water damage. And are you aware that Apple has been sued and lost about incorrect indications of the water damage sensor?” Nope, not aware. Then I say, “can I get a qualified<\/em> opinion from an Apple genius.”<\/em>\u00a0She says, “if you don’t respect<\/strong> my opinion<\/em>, sure.”<\/p>\n OK, I don’t respect your opinion<\/em>, because I know as a matter of fact that you are wrong<\/span>. So, I get an appointment, walk over to Chuy’s next door to have excellent Fajitas for lunch. Come back and see the genius. By this time, the water damage farce<\/em> has become absolute fact because she has graciously added that opinion<\/em> to my appointment record. The genius that shows up is kind and sharp. He does his best to clean port. He points out the fact that the screen has been replaced with a third party screen, so the phone would not be eligible for replacement. Contrary to the water damage farce<\/em>, this bit is true. But I am not interested in replacing my now pretty dysfunctional iPhone 4 (thanks to iOS 7) with a brand new<\/em> iPhone 4 for $200 anyway. Once we confirm that the phone is still not charging despite his best efforts, I say thank you. I walk out next door to T-Mobile, which is my cellular carrier.<\/p>\n I cough up a premium of $47 for the privilege buying a Nexus 5 now, without having to wait for 2-3 weeks if I were to purchase directly from the Google Play store. T-Mobile charges $396 versus the $349 Google Play Store price. For this privilege, I also end up with a locked phone, which can be unlocked in 3 months as there is no contract. But I tell you what, Nexus 5 is a beautiful experience, and after following Apple loyally for 29 years, I vote with my check book that I don’t support this new,\u00a0greedy,<\/strong> Apple.<\/p>\n \u00a92014 EthnoSync.com. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n