My iPhone is dead!!

[dreamshark]

I don't know what happened. It was just fine last night when I put it to bed on its magnetic charger. This morning it is a brick. No display, no response to power button, and not even a beep when plugged into a charging cable. My computer can't see it, and neither can its best friend, my Apple Watch. I've never seen anything like this. I've never had an iPhone just stop working before.  

I don't know how to function. Without my handy ToDo list I don't know what I'm supposed to do today (except somehow get my phone fixed???). I weighed myself when I got up but have nowhere to log the results. I noticed that we were low on eggs and started to add that to my shopping list, but my shopping list is in my phone. I'm cut off from the world unless I want to use the landline (but all my contacts are in my phone!). If anyone is calling or texting me I won't know it. I can't even finish the library book I was reading, since it was an E-Book. I don't know what's happening in the world without my handy news notifications. I keep checking my pockets and wondering where my phone is. 

Hell, I don't even know if the phone is still under warranty. It's a little over a year old, so probably not. But I never had problems with an iPhone before except gradual battery decline, so I don't even know how to get it fixed. The Uptown Apple Store closed down, so where do I go?  Anybody out there with Apple products? Where do you get them fixed?  

Comments

[davidschroth]

"Where do you get them fixed?"

Rosedale or Mall of America.

[minnehaha]

Or Southdale.

K.

[carbonel]

First thing I'd suggest is making an appointment at an Apple Genius Bar. The one I've been to is at the Apple store at the Mall of America.

You can make an appointment online, assuming you have Internet access outside of your iPhone.

There are also kiosk carts there that will do minor repairs and diagnostics, so if the Apple store can't help, that might be worth trying.

ETA: I should have looked ahead. Glad you got it working again.

[dreamshark]

Well, it sounds like the answer to "Where do you get your iPhone fixed" is "the closest Apple Store." As opposed to Best Buy (where I got a new battery for a previous iPhone) or a 3rd party fixit store.

Of course the real answer turned out to be The Internet and Force Restart.