Okay here goes. I no longer have a means to contact anyone because my iPhone is history. As some of you know I took my iPhone in a couple months ago to have my screen repaired after it had minor cracks. It was fixed at #StonewoodMall, at a store called #I-Cell. A few weeks or maybe a month or so later, I was visiting a Best Buy in Naples, one day and I took a photo of a police altercation after they asked me to stay in my vehicle as they had guns drawn on the suspects.
I quickly took a CYA photo because I was technically working while being detained. I took it quickly and then set my phone in the pocket of my door, as is my want when I am driving. Mind you my doors are full of stuff so it barely fits just under the lip of the pocket. When I finally took it out, it was cracked with some glass missing and has been getting worse as I had no money to fix it.
Yesterday, Gene and I went to Stanwood again. We went back in to that shop, I-cell. They agreed to fix the screen again and would knock off $10 because it broke so easily. I specifically asked this guy behind the counter about the safety of my data. He said there would not be an issue even after I explained I had precious photos etc. on it which had no backup. Gene asked about my battery since I now run apps for work on my phone as well as using the mapping program it was using up the life of the battery pretty quickly. I agreed to a replacement after I was assured again that there was no way my data would be lost. We walked around the mall while we waited. They said it would take an hour. We were gone over two. We walked back in and they brought my phone out in pieces claiming it had been jailbroken, (which it has not been) and then told me the phone was in Restore Mode. I know what restore mode looks like and what it does. On the screen you get a picture of a cable plugging into iTunes and lose everything since your last back up. Since that ploy didn't work with me they tried to tell me that the original battery comes with a signature and it detected the new battery which forced it into Restore mode. I explained that he should have known that before hand since this was the type of business he ran and I was assured my data would be intact before any work was done on it. The guy took it back and said he needed some time to get it back together to come back in a couple hours. I said it was unacceptable, I wasn't leaving my phone there, I'd wait. I waited about 20 minutes then asked some snooty little chick who came from somewhere and took over handling customers and answering the phone. By now Gene was pissed and asked her how much longer. She said 3 minutes. We waited 15 more than had to leave to pick up my car from the second repair shop of the day as they were about to close and I needed my keys. SO I had to leave.
Came back phone still not ready. The guy comes out with it still in pieces. Says he still needs time to get all the screws back in. Enter mall security, because the smoke was almost visible coming out of Gene's ears. They the Downey P.D. show up. They are trying to calm him down. My son walks by and sees the cops and Gene's head sticking up. He walks in. Then the owner shows up and they still need more time because he has his iPhone specialist coming in. Meantime he shows me my iPhone will not power on. The apple logo shows for a second (again proving the phone is not jailbroken, but it shuts off immediately. He gives me a loaner phone, an old 4 he has laying around and tells me he'll call when it's ready. His expert was on his way from his other location. So, I went and had lunch. He calls and asked me to come back to the shop. I do and they still have nothing and he wants to keep my phone overnight so they have all the time they need to run these programs on my phone. I reluctantly agree.
Today, 3pm, still no call. Gene goes by to see what is happening. The guy hands him my phone which still will not turn on. Not even to the Apple logo. But when he plugged it in his computer saw it, just not my data. Gene refused to leave because I also know a dead iPhone will still show a dead battery with a change logo, telling you to plug it in. I told Gene have the owner leave it charge for 15 minutes. If it still did not turn on, he fried my phone. Guess what, no dice.
While Gene was waiting, two other disgruntled customers came in with complaints. He tried to blame them on Gene, who knew none of them. He finally wrote on the receipt that he would replace my phone with the same one in a sealed box sometime this week. So, the loaner is still in my possession. I have nothing because I don't want him to have anymore of my personal info then he already has.
If you need me, call the phone. I will not recognize any numbers for now or anyone added since my last back up, even if this guy keeps his promise to replace my phone.
PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD AND DON'T GO TO HIS STORE FOR ANYTHING. THEY LIED OVER AND OVER AND THWEY HAD SEVERAL OTHER CUSTOMER COMPLAINTS read more