Today, I got my phone back after bringing it in to get a crack in the screen repaired. The crack is fixed, but now the touch screen doesn't work and it won't connect to the Internet. I essentially paid to have my phone broken even more. FML
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Questions about your love life, a burnt turkey and the cousin who knows everything: Thanksgiving, a contact sport.
Today, I got my phone fixed after the screen had been shattered for four months straight. Then, the moment they handed it to me, it fell straight to the floor and shattered. Again. FML
Today, I helped friends move home, and since we couldn't all fit in their car I took the bus. While waiting, my new phone slipped and crashed on the floor. It now has a cracked screen right between my two overpriced phone protectors. FML
Today, I stood in line for one hour to get a new phone. It then took me 2 minutes to drop it and shatter the screen, and 2 seconds for the employee to look at, laugh, and tell me, "That Sucks." FML
Today, after calling the insurance plan for my new iPhone a "huge waste of money", I promptly dropped it in the store while trying to put it into my pocket, cracking the screen. FML
Today, my history teacher confiscated my iPhone. She dropped it on the way back to her desk, and I now have a shattered iPhone screen to fix. FML
Today, after having lost my phone three days ago, I paid a $150 non-refundable fee to have my phone replaced and mailed to me by Tuesday. A half hour later, I found my original phone. FML
Today, after getting my phone fixed last week because my daughter dropped it and it landed on a corner, I dropped it again at the dog park and several big dogs fighting with my dog stepped on it. One of them cracked the screen again. FML
Today, I used a prank app, where you shake the cell, and it makes the screen looks cracked. I ended up losing my grip on the phone. It went flying, and it is now cracked for real. FML
Today, my phone stopped charging. I panicked because I can't really afford to get it fixed, and it's too stressful a time at my last semester at university to not have a phone. I took it to the repair shop, and the man turned it off and on again. it works perfectly. I'm a total idiot. FML
Today, my brother got mad at me for breaking the screen on his phone. He'd already dropped it so many times that the whole screen was cracked to the point that you couldn't see anything on it, but for some reason, I am fully responsible for its destruction because I accidentally delivered the finishing blow. FML
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Zelphoric 25
Yeah, that's definitely not okay. Go back and make them fix it again-- correctly this time
senor_octubre 24
Exact same thing happened to me. I just took it back to the repair place showed them the problem and they fixed it for free.
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Comments (49)
MissEmma_fml 22
This happened to me too. I took it in to get the power button repaired (which turned out to be a problem with the motherboard) and came out with it not being able to hold a wifi connection and the vibrate broken. Useless!
TweetAnne 13
I always tell people to invest in a good case. It will save you time and money in the long run and protect your phone.
darthsinistar 7
Best case scenario is that the digitizer cable and wifi antennae aren't properly connected, which is an easy enough repair to make at home. I have the most experience with fixing iPhones, but the basic internal structure is pretty uniform amongst modern smartphones. The digitizer is what reads touch, and if it simply isn't connected, then the only thing you have to do is open the phone up and snap it back into place. I would recommend looking up a tutorial for this process, it's an easy fix, but those cables are delicate and if you damage the phone's brain then it's all over. If you have an iPhone, then you probably have two wifi antennae, one at the top of the phone, and one at the bottom. If they aren't connected, fixing it is a delicate but simple process. Just like the digitizer cable, all you have to do is snap them back into place. The same warnings apply though. Quite frankly, a cable connection test is something anybody with experience fixing phones should do before they close the phone up. If you find that they are connected properly, however, then the issue is unfortunately much more serious because it implies that either the cables have been damaged, or the phone's brain has. If that's the case, then pray it's just the cables because those can be replaced.
Shade1982 21
As someone who has more experience in fixing a lot of Android devices, I can confirm most Android devices work like this as well. Like you said, basic structure is the same. However, basic consumer laws say op can use the warranty to go back in get them to repair it again for no extra cost. That might be preferable over trying it yourself.
soulreaper12296 28
Take it make and demand a refund and that they pay for your phone to be repaired or for you to get a new one.
Sovereign_Sergal 16
I'm assuming you have an iPhone. If you get the screen replaced on an iPhone you have to make sure they use the original home button. If they don't it does that. Assuming the place that replaced your screen doesn't have your old button still, you need to have your phone sent in to reprogram the home button
waleedma 18
Go to a proper shop to fix i had the same problem with 2 ipads
shepardkinz 19
I would sue them. I spend way too much time watching The People's Court and Judge Judy, and as long as you have evidence, you'll get a refund. (Assuming whoever fixed it won't give you one.)
winecrab 7
Take it back, what's the big deal? Most repair shops give you a 30 day warranty.
GokuSS400 18
Yep…same thing happened to me last year…except substitute the word "phone" for the words "laptop" and "geek squad"
PlasterBlaster9 13
Wait , how did u post this then ?