Clearly the person you spoke with doesn’t know Apples policies (as well as most countries consumer laws)!
You have the right to get an estimate (you maybe asked for a fee for that) in any case you can refuse the repair and only have the estimate payment owed.
OK, let’s move on this series had a defect in the display assembly which causes this purple condition. Apple had been replacing the displays under warranty for many. Sadly once the warranty period ended you where left on your own [post|632109]
The cable is not one you can replace as its physically part of the LCD panel. The connection to the T-CON board is where I suspect the issue is at as its soldered to it under the black plastic covers with a bad solder connection.
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This is not anything I would recommend for a DIY person as it takes some skill and proper tools. Think it this way your friend has a jackknife and is attempting brain surgery on you, would you want to be the patient here? Let the brain surgeons do this tricky work. see if you can find someone with this deeper skill set and has the proper tools.
So what to do?? Its time to replace the display assembly if you want to do this your self ;-{ [guide|133176]
Clearly the person you spoke with doesn’t know Apples policies (as well as most countries conquerer laws)!
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Clearly the person you spoke with doesn’t know Apples policies (as well as most countries consumer laws)!
You have the right to get an estimate (you maybe asked for a fee for that) in any case you can refuse the repair and only have the estimate payment owed.
OK, let’s move on this series had a defect in the display assembly which causes this purple condition. Apple had been replacing the displays under warranty for many. Sadly once the warranty period ended you where left on your own [post|632109]
The cable is not one you can replace as its physically part of the LCD panel. The connection to the T-CON board is where I suspect the issue is at as its soldered to it under the black plastic covers with a bad solder connection.
This is not anything I would recommend for a DIY person as it takes some skill and proper tools. Think it this way your friend has a jackknife and is attempting brain surgery on you, would you want to be the patient here? Let the brain surgeons do this tricky work. see if you can find someone with this deeper skill set and has the proper tools.
So what to do?? Its time to replace the display assembly if you want to do this your self ;-{ [guide|133176]
Clearly the person you spoke with doesn’t know Apples policies (as well as most countries conquerer laws)!
You have the right to get an estimate (you maybe asked for a fee for that) in any case you can refuse the repair and only have the estimate payment owed.
OK, let’s move on this series had a defect in the display assembly which causes this purple condition. Apple had been replacing the displays under warranty for many. Sadly once the warranty period ended you where left on your own [post|632109]
The cable is not one you can replace as its physically part of the LCD panel. The connection to the T-CON board is where I suspect the issue is at as its soldered to it under the black plastic covers with a bad solder connection.
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This is not anything I would recommend for a DIY person as it takes some skill and proper tools. Think it this way your friend has a jackknife and is attempting brain surgery on you, would you want to be the patient here? Let the brain surgeons do this tricky work.
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This is not anything I would recommend for a DIY person as it takes some skill and proper tools. Think it this way your friend has a jackknife and is attempting brain surgery on you, would you want to be the patient here? Let the brain surgeons do this tricky work. see if you can find someone with this deeper skill set and has the proper tools.
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So what to do?? Its time to replace the display assembly ;-{ [guide|133176]
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So what to do?? Its time to replace the display assembly if you want to do this your self ;-{ [guide|133176]
Clearly the person you spoke with doesn’t know Apples policies (as well as most countries conquerer laws)!
You have the right to get an estimate (you maybe asked for a fee for that) in any case you can refuse the repair and only have the estimate payment owed.
OK, let’s move on this series had a defect in the display assembly which causes this purple condition. Apple had been replacing the displays under warranty for many. Sadly once the warranty period ended you where left on your own [post|632109]
The cable is not one you can replace as its physically part of the LCD panel. The connection to the T-CON board is where I suspect the issue is at as its soldered to it under the black plastic covers with a bad solder connection.
This is not anything I would recommend for a DIY person as it takes some skill and proper tools. Think it this way your friend has a jackknife and is attempting brain surgery on you, would you want to be the patient here? Let the brain surgeons do this tricky work.
So what to do?? Its time to replace the display assembly ;-{ [guide|133176]