{"id":496,"date":"2013-09-27T14:22:39","date_gmt":"2013-09-27T12:22:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bergs.biz\/blog\/?p=496"},"modified":"2013-10-13T10:14:43","modified_gmt":"2013-10-13T08:14:43","slug":"dont-neglect-your-iphone-or-else","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bergs.biz\/blog\/2013\/09\/27\/dont-neglect-your-iphone-or-else\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t neglect your iPhone, or else&#8230; :-("},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I did not use my iPhone4 for a while (since I have a Samsung Galaxy S4 now, which I like much more), and when I wanted to &#8220;revive&#8221; it recently as a music player I found that it had burst (no, I didn&#8217;t drop it, it was just lying around on my desk):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bergs.biz\/blog\/files\/2013\/09\/20130927T100213-IMG_0106.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-495\" alt=\"20130927T100213-IMG_0106\" src=\"http:\/\/bergs.biz\/blog\/files\/2013\/09\/20130927T100213-IMG_0106.jpg\" width=\"630\" height=\"304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bergs.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/20130927T100213-IMG_0106.jpg 630w, https:\/\/bergs.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/20130927T100213-IMG_0106-150x72.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bergs.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/20130927T100213-IMG_0106-300x144.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bergs.biz\/blog\/files\/2013\/09\/20130927T100257-IMG_0107.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-494\" alt=\"20130927T100257-IMG_0107\" src=\"http:\/\/bergs.biz\/blog\/files\/2013\/09\/20130927T100257-IMG_0107.jpg\" width=\"408\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bergs.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/20130927T100257-IMG_0107.jpg 408w, https:\/\/bergs.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/20130927T100257-IMG_0107-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bergs.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/20130927T100257-IMG_0107-300x170.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 408px) 100vw, 408px\" \/><\/a>Obviously the battery had swollen&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>I immediately called the Apple dealer closest to my home and told them about it. 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