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To: Road Walker who wrote (85272)	9/18/2009 8:26:11 PM
From: clean86	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213184

Same thing happened by the way... once it cooled down and had no power left I could start it, charge it, and now works perfectly. It sounds to me like you have a heat related problem caused by either a bad battery or a bad charger. Even if you show them a working Phone the issue still remains and the phone isn't functioning correctly. Don't let them tell you it's fine and don't give up. Apple may want to Phone so it's engineers can see what is going on and give you a refurbished phone so they can do that. Apple Care isn't an extended warranty it's peace of mind and something that you should have with every Apple product. Even if you never need it it's better to have than not. Welcome to the joys of technology!

To: Road Walker who wrote (85272)	9/18/2009 9:17:02 PM
From: Cogito	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213184

>>Just pissed to find myself in this no mans land between warranty and contract. I'll be my normal self by tomorrow. Never had a Mac and my company is slowly, steadily switching from PC to Mac. In a couple of months I think I will be switched... then you will really see me bitch!<< RW - There is a learning curve involved in switching from PCs to Macs, but I think in the long run you'll end up liking your new computer. - Allen

To: Road Walker who wrote (85272)	9/19/2009 1:57:18 AM
From: Jeff Hayden	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213184

Hmmmm! If you bring it in, tell them it intermittently gets REALLY HOT and you're afraid the battery might explode. :-) Actually, I'd be afraid it might - you just don't want to short Li ion batteries, they can explode - and it seems something is intermittently shorting your iPhone's battery or subjecting it to a low ohm resistive short, such as a latched FET, transistor, integrated circuit, or conductive short to ground. When the company I used to work for began testing Li ion batteries for space use, they did have explosions. A fully-charged Li ion battery back then (the '90s) of about 2 D-cell size packs the explosive power of a hand grenade when shorted. The batteries these days pack even more power. Don't forget the Sony batteries of a few years back that caused exploding laptops. Some of them had internal shorts and Sony had to redesign and recall the whole line. On second thought, maybe you ought to bring it in to an Apple store - Apple has been through battery recalls before and will likely listen to you. iPhones should not short internally, ever!