Was I deceived at the official Apple store?

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I believe there was a nonsense reply added to this thread, which has subsequently been reported and removed. This action would have caused the thread to bubble to the surface, and thus appear new and relevant.

Neonnyt wrote:

Also what is a nectrothread

Necrothread (not nectrothread) also known as a zombie thread or the thread that wouldn't die. You thought it was done but, like the monster in a horror movie, it keeps coming back to life.

Neonnyt wrote:

Sorry you had a bad experience we are not Apple you can contact them in this link: Contact Apple for support and service - Apple Support

Curious why you responded to a post which hasn't received any further replies since January 6th? One would imagine the Author has by now moved on.

IdrisSeabright wrote:

lobsterghost1 wrote:

Curious why you responded to a post which hasn't received any further replies since January 6th? One would imagine the Author has by now moved on.

Darn... missed that it was a necrothread. How embarrassing.

I can't even comment! :-)

All you had to do was look at the date of the initial and last post, which clearly shows the thread was opened on January 6th and the last reply was also on January 6th.

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Or, the seller just did the update in a weird way. Or, in the course of setting up the brand new phone, they made a mistake and needed to start over and the only way they could figure out how to do that was by putting the phone in recovery mode.

For what it's worth when you restore an iPhone using a computer, it always installs a fresh copy of iOS rather than updating the existing one. There are often times when this is useful. Perhaps the person doing the updating is of the school of thought that it's always better to do a clean install.

lobsterghost1 wrote:

Curious why you responded to a post which hasn't received any further replies since January 6th? One would imagine the Author has by now moved on.

Darn... missed that it was a necrothread. How embarrassing.

Hello~ Threads are modified at times and may pop up again. Necro thread is a thread that is old or “dead” having been asked and answered long ago. Please …again stop and recognize that senior members are attempting to help you and you are once again not receiving. Just relax a bit.

~Katana-San~

Sorry you had a bad experience we are not Apple you can contact them in this link: Contact Apple for support and service - Apple Support

No it wasn’t as it was repaired on my feed as ‘less than a minute ago’

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Also what is a nectrothread