so i went to an apple store for my no backlight 3gs

[fleali88]

My iphone 3gs backlight was acting up, so i took it to the apple store to get it looked at. well my appt was for 4:00 i got there at 4:30 (i had to drive 2hrs to get there) and they had canceled my appt,( if your 7 mins late they cancel it). so i had to wait 45 mins until someone could get to me. any way, he looked at my phone and said he was going to the back and re-seat some cables and try and get it working, well he came back and said he tried a few diff screens and it wouldnt work, so he was going to give me a replacement. and I am one of the people who accidentally upgraded to 3.1.3, but the phone they gave me has 3.1.2 . so i was soooo happy. just thought i share that, they dont update the phones immediately.

 

[pcs are junk]

well their not going to unpack phones and get their finger prints on it, maybe drop is, give a few scratches from trying to plug it in just to do one minor update.

 

[Applejuiced]

Nice, you got lucky there.
Did it also have the old bootloader with the untethered jb?

 

[fleali88]

Nice, you got lucky there.
Did it also have the old bootloader with the untethered jb?

not sure what u mean

 

[pcs are junk]

when you jailbreak with blackra1n, does it reboot without being plugged into a computer?

 

[Applejuiced]

After you Jailbreak your iphone 3GS can you restart it without asking you to plug into itunes?
You know a tethered or untethered jailbreak.

 

[fleali88]

well i just jailbroke it with blackrain, and i unplugged it , and restarted the phone, and it boots up fine

 

[dhlizard]

well i just jailbroke it with blackrain, and i unplugged it , and restarted the phone, and it boots up fine

It's likely a remanufactured 3GS

If the 2nd digit of the serial # is a letter instead of a number, it's remanufactured.

 

[fleali88]

reman then 5k*******, what does it matter, lol it works perfectly and looks mint lol

 

[dhlizard]

reman then 5k*******, what does it matter, lol it works perfectly and looks mint lol

Doesn't matter at all, just trying to explain why you got 3.1.2 firmware and the old bootrom

 

[fleali88]

oh ok, thats good to know though, but im glad either way lol

 

[dhlizard]

oh ok, thats good to know though, but im glad either way lol

Of course, you are set up perfect !

 

[Applejuiced]

You're golden.

 

[fleali88]

forgot to mention that i bought this phone off of a friend for 275$ , his mom got him a new one or something. lol, so all in all a super deal

 

[navigates]

forgot to mention that i bought this phone off of a friend for 275$ , his mom got him a new one or something. lol, so all in all a super deal

I lucked out as well yesterday. Had a tethered jailbreak and got a 3.1.2 replacement which is untethered. I'm sure its a remanufactured one as the lifetime hours was 23 days. but who cares. It works perfect.

 

[dhlizard]

I lucked out as well yesterday. Had a tethered jailbreak and got a 3.1.2 replacement which is untethered. I'm sure its a remanufactured one as the lifetime hours was 23 days. but who cares. It works perfect.

Check 2nd digit of serial # to tell.

 

[SpaceKitty]

It's likely a remanufactured 3GS

If the 2nd digit of the serial # is a letter instead of a number, it's remanufactured.

You can't tell if it's a refurb anymore by the serial number.

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=7916836&#7916836

 

[navigates]

You can't tell if it's a refurb anymore by the serial number.

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=7916836�

5k

 

[SpaceKitty]

5k

And?

 

[dhlizard]

You can't tell if it's a refurb anymore by the serial number.

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=7916836&#7916836

And I still disagree with you.

And just because a poster puts that in another post, it is certified true ?????

So far, all the remanufactured 3GS phones have had a letter instead of a number as the 2nd digit of the SN

As evidenced by this thread and lots of others here. Perhaps that will change in the future.