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In article <2sims9h8m5uk0e6m9pb0mbr01ckvdofvsc@4ax.com>, Eric Stevens <eric.stevens@sum.co.nz>wrote:

Sandman
What "switch" was this? You say it's an internal component, and the topic was "moving parts" so you seem to imply that inside your iPhone there was a mechanical physically moving "switch" that was broken. Having seen the insides of many iPhones (I have a friend that repair them), I can assure you that no such switch exists.

Eric Stevens
That's funny. Here are the instructions telling you how to replace one https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/iPhone+4+Vibrate+Ring+Switch+Replacement/4334 or http://tinyurl.com/oofzazt

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what's funny is that you keep arguing.

the ring/silent switch is *not* internal. if it were, it would be inaccessible and impossible to toggle it.

look on the side of any iphone and you can plainly see it, which means it's not internal.

there are no internal switches. period.

also, none of the buttons/switches that do exist matter as far as data loss goes. period.

Eric Stevens
What a quibble!

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it's not a quibble.

Eric Stevens
If it's not internal, why do you have to take the case apart and remove a number of internals to get at it?

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you don't.

the buttons and switches are visible from the outside and can be operated without any disassembly, therefore they are not internal.