Protip: Verify you ordered the correct thing

"You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much" (youcantellafinn) 04/06/2015 at 15:22 • Filed to: None

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!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! (read as stupidity). So I got my phone apart and don't think I even broke anything. Everything was going quite smooth until it was time to start putting all the old bits on the new screen. Curses, the cable for the home button doesn't quite fit. The boss on the new screen that the old thermal barrier is supposed to screw into is in the wrong spot. WTF? Shit, ordered the kit for the 5 when I needed the 5S. Now I'm out a phone for another 24 hours until the correct replacement kit shows up and I'm out $50 on the wrong kit. FFFUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!

It would have been cheaper and more convenient to bring it to the Apple store. If only the nearest one was less than 8 hours away.

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much 04/06/2015 at 15:30

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Thats how i broke my iphone 5, i blew the speaker, went to replace it, realized i got the speaker for the 5c and took it apart and put it back together too many times, damaging a ribbon cable

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 04/06/2015 at 15:32

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I can see that happening and that is why I'm going without a phone until tomorrow. I figure I got incredibly lucky to get it this far without doing major damage, putting it together and taking it apart again is just asking for it.

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much 04/06/2015 at 15:33

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Its very easy to do, i ended up upgrading to an iphone 6, and tbh i liked my 5 better

ACESandEIGHTS > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much 04/06/2015 at 15:48

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That's the pain of DIY electronics. But it got me an extra year out of my iPhone 4S. And sometimes you gotta put up with the pain.

Meanwhile, ponder air, water, fire, dirt and fuckin' magnets: how do they work?

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > ACESandEIGHTS 04/06/2015 at 15:55

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Fire is just air and fuel and heat mixed together. Dirt is just mud without water. Water is what you add to dirt to make mud. Magnets are magic or witchcraft, take your pick.

As for my dirt, mud, water logic, I'll let Dilbert take care of that.

ACESandEIGHTS > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much 04/06/2015 at 17:39

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I made a spreadsheet rule like this once. It had a fantastic formula for counting who did what and how many and which issues were open and which resolved, and it worked great but occasionally was off by 1 or 2, as in basically everything should balance but sometimes it just didn't. Someone pointed it out. I took a few minutes to ponder where it was going wrong.

Then I added another formula. If the end result equaled anything but zero, then add or subtract to equal zero. BAM. Worked every time. People don't always like real and sometimes they just want clean. I ought to work for NASA.

pip bip - choose Corrour > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much 04/08/2015 at 08:23

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that sucks - 8 hours away.

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > pip bip - choose Corrour 04/08/2015 at 08:44

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I got the correct screen and managed to get it installed yesterday. There were some minor issues, but everything is working now.

pip bip - choose Corrour > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much 04/08/2015 at 08:52

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winner! \0/