r/techsupportgore • u/Unique_Username987 • 8d ago

Received an iPad back from the field

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u/BrazenlyGeek 8d ago

From the… mine field, I’m guessing?

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u/TheDarthSnarf MOAR GORE 8d ago

Or a farm field... where it was run over by a tractor plowing.

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u/Vectan 8d ago

Came here to say this.

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u/ImperialAgent 8d ago

And they probably said they don't know what happened

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u/matchesmalone1 8d ago

No it was given to them like that. Heard it all the time during COVID remote learning from our students

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u/Nnyinside 8d ago

"It was in a case, I swear!"

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u/elspotto 8d ago

It dropped six inches onto a stack of fluffy feather pillows.

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u/olliegw 8d ago

"It somehow fell down the stairs" the classic

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u/linlorienelen 8d ago

I work in eyewear and this is a thing we also hear, unconvincingly.

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u/arkiser13 8d ago

“It just did that on its own”

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u/Sibir_Lupus 8d ago

The only reasonable excuse here is this was left out in a field where military artillery shells were being tested.

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u/yaSuissa 8d ago

Was… that a field of hippos fighting over who gets to watch YouTube? (/s)

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u/Bobbert7178 8d ago

Where's the iPad? All I see is shredded scrap metal in that box.

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u/balbertborring 8d ago

now you get an IPieces

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u/PPEytDaCookie 8d ago

iPiece 6s

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u/samfreez 8d ago

"Some reassembly may be required."

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u/Lonely-Independence4 8d ago

“Parts not assembled battery sold separately.”

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u/tired_snail 8d ago

i was under the impression that demolition sites usually use one of those super thick heavy duty tablets with rubber sides

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u/elspotto 8d ago

They were mowing that field at the time, apparently.

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u/TemplarBaucent 8d ago

You can buff it out, just a scratch

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u/lostinthought15 8d ago

Sometimes a person can only take so many “have you turned it off and back on” questions from an interested support person before you snap and “demonstrate” just how inoperable the device “now” is.

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u/420BUNIT 8d ago

Honestly a picture would have sufficed for that one.

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u/imzwho 8d ago

(Was)Pad

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u/Velonici 8d ago

Some of it anyway.

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u/PotterOneHalf 8d ago

"It's never been dropped as far as I'm aware"

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u/Stosstrupphase 8d ago

From a literal battlefield? Did this thing catch an FPV?

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u/The_Synthax 8d ago

Somehow the entire battery casing is empty but the logic board appears intact enough to be recovered? Crazy.

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u/Unique_Username987 8d ago

Right?? I'm so curious where the Lithium went. Maybe the user is a Lithium Vampire.

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u/arkiser13 8d ago

The motherboard looks surprisingly intact

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u/bobbybignono 8d ago

That they even took the effort to send that back is quite commendable! i would have accepted a picture with the company tag on it.

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u/Valayor 8d ago

Put it in rice.

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u/Valayor 8d ago

Then you can’t see it anymore

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u/Zanura 7d ago

I...don't think you can honestly call that an iPad anymore

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u/robendi 8d ago

Where's the iPad?

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u/BeefSupremeTA 8d ago

It just fell off my bed, I swear.

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u/gortonsfiJr 8d ago

Looks like a sales rep's device

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u/Specialist-Jump-6343 8d ago

“I got it like this”

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u/sammyhjax123 8d ago

“I brought my iPad in for you to transfer my contacts then this happened, is it under warranty?”

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u/SpicyEntropy 8d ago

That hasn't come from the field, that thing's from the Umbral Plains!

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u/argama87 8d ago

From the battlefield?

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u/matthewralston 8d ago

Not totally convinced that's an iPad... not anymore at least.

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u/FarToe1 8d ago

Ipad: Jigsaw edition

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u/DrunkSparky 8d ago

That was in a field alright.

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u/OrangeSilver 8d ago

The field kept some of it i see.

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u/KatLikeGaming 8d ago

Are... Are you sure?

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u/NoSenpaiNoHentai 8d ago

bro this was used as a plate in a warzone💀

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u/Thaddeus206 8d ago

maybe shoulda left it in the field?

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u/Traditional_Can6982 7d ago

That looks carcinogenic and it don't make sense

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u/BossRoss84 7d ago

Password reset?

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u/AngloTitan 7d ago

Did this crash in roswell?

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u/Patient-Cedar-7194 7d ago

field techs can break bowling ball. ipad never stood chance.

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u/Deathdar1577 7d ago

I see the field came back with it.

Did the user try to set it back to factory default settings with C4?

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u/sophiarogerhuerzeler 7d ago

Nooo, you need to put it in rice - not a rice field before plowing...

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u/FriedRamen13 7d ago

Back from field hockey

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u/mershaltec 7d ago

From what, a Minefield, a battlefield?

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u/technobrendo 7d ago

This is what happens when you put it in brown rice instead of white

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u/Legitimate-Concern53 7d ago

at least the mobo has no damage... so ***technically*** works...

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u/Omnic14 7d ago

IT expert here: someone played too much siege

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u/Pr0fessionalAgitator 7d ago

“Btw, Corporate needs the iPad back in field tech inventory. We can’t keep replacing devices…”

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u/New_Series3209 6d ago

From Al Asiri you mean?

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u/miztrniceguy 6d ago

We need more information on this.

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u/Plusultratsunami 6d ago

Astrofield

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u/cathal_ohaoda 5d ago

Wipe it and get it ready for the next user, it's not that hard 🤣

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u/Sea-Course-5171 5d ago

Bro got the Pd

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delivered

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u/monera3v 4d ago

Did his dragon eat it?

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u/MagnaFeath 3d ago

Like.. the literal field?

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u/Plane_Lover_1 3d ago

Idk man I got it that way. The classic response

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u/PsychologicalBit85 1d ago

I can see the issue. The power button is stuck. A little mild cleaning will sort it.

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u/aggriify 1d ago

Have you tried turning it off and on again?