Comments on: CtcStore 1000mAh External Backup Battery Charger for iPhone -WORKS FOR 3GS, iPhone 3G, 2G, iTouch, iPod Nano http://www.applesecrets.com/2009/11/15/ctcstore-1000mah-external-backup-battery-charger-for-iphone-works-for-3gs-iphone-3g-2g-itouch-ipod-nano/ Apple Secrets - Rumors - Insider Info - Innuendo Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:51:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Mister Lawyer http://www.applesecrets.com/2009/11/15/ctcstore-1000mah-external-backup-battery-charger-for-iphone-works-for-3gs-iphone-3g-2g-itouch-ipod-nano/comment-page-1/#comment-3061 Mister Lawyer Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:32:21 +0000 http://www.applesecrets.com/2009/11/15/ctcstore-1000mah-external-backup-battery-charger-for-iphone-works-for-3gs-iphone-3g-2g-itouch-ipod-nano/#comment-3061 1) I received this in the mail. 2) I plugged it into my 32GB iPhone 3GS that was a couple months old and working fine. 3) about 10 hours later (the next morning) I unplugged it and the iPhone was completely nonfunctional. Totally dead. A BRICK. <br /> <br />Additional info: The iPhone had a screen protector on it. When I unplugged it in the morning, the edge of the screen protector seemed to have come off a little on its own. I see this as a clue that perhaps the external battery unit had somehow made the iPhone overheat. Perhaps this excessive heat is what rendered the iPhone nonfunctional. <br /> <br />Bottom line: This cheap Chinese-made device apparently bricked my iPhone. I'm surprised that 15 minutes of Googling around hasn't turned up any similar experiences with this device, so maybe this was just a bad-luck fluke. YMMV. Rating: 1 / 5 1) I received this in the mail. 2) I plugged it into my 32GB iPhone 3GS that was a couple months old and working fine. 3) about 10 hours later (the next morning) I unplugged it and the iPhone was completely nonfunctional. Totally dead. A BRICK.

Additional info: The iPhone had a screen protector on it. When I unplugged it in the morning, the edge of the screen protector seemed to have come off a little on its own. I see this as a clue that perhaps the external battery unit had somehow made the iPhone overheat. Perhaps this excessive heat is what rendered the iPhone nonfunctional.

Bottom line: This cheap Chinese-made device apparently bricked my iPhone. I’m surprised that 15 minutes of Googling around hasn’t turned up any similar experiences with this device, so maybe this was just a bad-luck fluke. YMMV.
Rating: 1 / 5

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