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3Hotdogs

(15,540 posts) Wed Mar 18, 2026, 08:09 AM Mar 18

iPhone 14, pro max. I was hoping to nurse it along until September. Anyways, frozen screen.

I tried us usual configurations between the power button and the and the sound (+ -) buttons. Nothing.

I would run the battery to (0) and try to reboot but then I would lose the hot spot connection to the watch where I still get phone and text.

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iPhone 14, pro max. I was hoping to nurse it along until September. Anyways, frozen screen. (Original Post) 3Hotdogs Mar 18 OP

Landline. 33 days to fix it. Verizon. bucolic_frolic Mar 18 #1

Used jail broke samsung 100$ sunflowerseed Mar 18 #2

bucolic_frolic

(55,797 posts)

1. Landline. 33 days to fix it. Verizon.

Reply to 3Hotdogs (Original post)

Wed Mar 18, 2026, 08:40 AM

Mar 18

"It's in our networks"

"It's in your home wiring"

No it's not. It's bad lines they won't replace.

I'll trade you a dead landline for a dead iPhone

sunflowerseed

(520 posts)

2. Used jail broke samsung 100$

Reply to 3Hotdogs (Original post)

Wed Mar 18, 2026, 08:42 AM

Mar 18

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