Hello everyone, back with one more new post. Today I am going to talk about worst mistakes you can do with your iPhone. I have been using my iPhone 3GS for almost eighteen months now and I have so many experiences with it. I have tried everything (well almost) I could possibly do with my iPhone. Doing so have dragged it to troubles many times and after recovering my iPhone from a few disasters, I would like to share all those mistakes you should never do with your iPhone. I will try to keep things as concise as I can.
Things You Should Never Do To Your iPhone :
No Water Damage To Your iPhone.
Alert! Alert! Don't let your iPhone be a victim of water damage. Don't drop it in pools or toilets, don't let water fall of it, don't take it out while it's raining, because... it will have your iPhone water damaged! And no I am not crazy. Water damage is the biggest enemy of you iPhones, iPods or any other iDevices. When I asked all those water damaged iPhones that how did they feel after falling into water, they all screamed that they felt "wet"! So true! They wished they never got wet. Yep! iPhones are really not immune to water damage.
Do Not Stock Update Your iPhone If You Rely on Carrier Unlock.
If you use carrier unlock on your iPhone, and you want to upgrade to the latest iOS version, then make sure you use custom IPSW instead of doing a stock update (directly using IPSW downloaded from Apple). If you stock update, you will end up upgrading your iPhone's baseband and will lose unlock possibly forever. So be careful not to stock update and use only custom IPSW to upgrade (or downgrade). To learn how to create and use custom IPSW, read this post.
Do Not Hit That "Reset All Settings" or "Erase All Content and Settings" Button After Jailbreaking Your iPhone.
Why? What will that do? As you may know, jailbreak modifies your iphone's system files and changes some sort of boot order. If you hit that "Erase All Content and Settings" button in Settings - General - Reset, all content on your iPhone will be erased and file system will be set to factory settings. Doing so will affect jailbreak settings and you will never be able to boot up your iPhone. It will stuck to that "Spin of death" at Apple logo. If this happens, only thing you can do is to restore and jailbreak your iPhone again. Be careful.
Don't Assemble Your iPhone on Your Own.
Okay you might be as tech crazy as myself, and you like to do those freaky things with your gadgets, like assembling it, and you get it working even after that. But if you are someone who have no idea what an iPhone assembly is, then you better not watch those iPhone assembly videos on YouTube and try to assemble it yourself. Because doing so will - 1) Void your warranty, 2) Damage internal parts of your iPhone, 3) Give you problems like non working proximity sensor and auto-brightness feature (because the place where its cord sits is very fragile) 4) No Service issue (same reason, the antenna connector sits on a very fragile spot) 5) Make your iphone nonoperational, possibly forever. So I will advice not even try to assemble it yourself unless you know what you are doing. You may have to regret it later.
Don't Get Your iPhone Repaired from an Unqualified Person.
If you are out of warranty, and want your iphone repaired, then consider giving it to Apple. If you think they charge too high, or don't cover your problem, then you might want it to be repaired from your local mobile repairing shop. But before you do that, make sure you choose the right person for it. Not everyone know how to troubleshoot, assemble and repair iPhones. If you give it to someone who doesn't know all this stuff, you are probably making a mistake. The person may be repairing cell phones for a long time, but iPhone is a lot different thing. As I said before, having assembled it improperly, may leave your iPhone nonoperational forever.
Don't Drop Your iPhone.
Dropping your cell phone is no big deal. You possibly drop your phone every now and then and iPhone is no exception. Dropping your phone is no new thing, but if you drop your iphone so badly, like from a height, you are going to damage it.
Don't Put You iPhone in Your Butt Pocket.
This may sound silly, but you should never put your iPhone in the pocket behind your butt. The reason is that if you are unaware of your iphone being in your butt-pocket, and you sit down, you are going to hear a crack sound, because your iphone's screen has broken into pieces.
This is the main reason for broken iPhone screens. "I put it in my pocket, sat on the bench, and broke its screen". So never put your iphone in your butt-pocket, and if you do, don't forget it there!
Don't Give Your iPhone To Someone Who Don't Know Shit About iPhones.
Yes you read that right. Sometimes, when people see iPhone in your hand, then act crazy. First thing some people ask is, "China?" WTF man! I mean how to convince them it's not just another China cell phone. It's the real deal dude! Anyway, they will ask you to let them use your iPhone. And you will probably give it. I see how people use my iPhone when they gets their hands on it. They use it like it's kind of toy or something. They will swipe their fingers (yes fingers!) so roughly on the screen as if the screen is responding slowly like they have some kind of Nokia touch-screen phone in their hand. I don't like my iPhone being used so badly man. When you show them those high-end games like Asphalt or similar, they go mad. They just want to keep playing. "Dude, my iPhone runs on a battery. And I have yet to use it for rest of the day." but they won't listen. So, my advice - Don't give your iPhone to someone who don't know shit about iPhones.
Okay I think that's it for now. If you have some similar experiences, share them in comments and I will add them up here. Until next time, bye!
