Is it cheaper to repair or replace an iPhone?

When it comes to smartphones, opting to repair rather than replace and upgrade can bring forth numerous advantages. Firstly, repairing a phone is a more cost-effective solution. Purchasing a brand new device involves a significant financial investment, whereas repairing typically costs a fraction of the price. By choosing to repair, individuals can save money that can be better utilized elsewhere. Secondly, repairing a phone preserves valuable data and personal settings. Upgrading to a new phone often involves transferring and setting up data, which can be time-consuming and prone to errors. By repairing, users can rest assured that their important files, cherished memories, and personalized settings remain intact, reducing the hassle of starting anew. Furthermore, repairing a phone reduces electronic waste and is environmentally friendly.

Pixel 4 XL Question Mark in battery [Analysis & Repair]

The issue is caused by fracturing of the Battery FPC connector, which results in the phone not receiving data from the battery. Li-Ion batteries in modern smart phones don’t just have a ‘positive’ and ‘negative’ terminal like your more simple batteries. They also transmit data to the phone. Which consists of telling the phone the temperature of the battery, the amount of cycles its completed, its current voltage, and more. However when this data isn’t getting transmitted to the phone – yes there still is power to the phone – however the phone cant determine what % the battery is. The battery connector on the battery side, doesn’t have much solder on it, and fractures quite easily after a drop.

Is Tekdry a scam? The truth behind the water damage repair machine

Tekdry has built and developed a machine that allows you to take a device that has been submerged in liquid (most commonly water)

The premise behind tekdrys machine is that by using a combination of heat, vacuum and liquid absorbing pellets it can dry out and remove the remaining liquid leftover in the device.

iPhone won't charge after using a mini fan

What the user is not aware of is that throughout the process of the fan drawing current from the battery, it also provides a feedback loop into the charging circuit causing the tristar charging ic to get ruined. Fortunately for all of our customers the phone is not ruined! It simply needs a new tristar charging ic chip installed which involves micro soldering.

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Secrets Your Mobile Phone Insurance Company Doesn't Want You To Know

The promise of phone insurance and the reality of it are vastly different. Most people seem to think that if they “break” their phone the insurance is there to replace it with a brand new one. For some, a “broken phone” is really just a shattered screen that could have been replaced at a repair shop for about $100, but instead they send it off to Asurion and have their phone (that had a perfectly functional motherboard and had never seen a drop of water) replaced with a “Refurbished by Asurion” phone whose mobo was shoddily repaired after liquid damage by a half-rate technician contracted by the company to mass repair boards collected from other phones sent to the company from customers that don’t really seem to understand what their phone is worth.

iPhone not charging when plugged in?

Any knowledgeable electronics repair shop should be able to pretty quickly determine the source of the issue by observing if the phone draws any current with an ammeter, dry-fitting a new charging port and new battery, and observing the response through the ammeter.

A bad tristar might still result in the phone drawing current, but won't allow the battery to charge. To be certain, a known working battery might be dry-fit onto the phone and if the phone still won't charge the new battery, then a tristar repair is indicated.

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iPhone battery symbol not charging

Having a phone that won’t charge or turn on is one thing, but knowing that there’s a chip inside that’s damaged and preventing it from turning on is an entirely different frustration. But, knowing is half the battle, both when it comes to the cables being used and the steps needed to fix it. Did you ever suffer from an iPhone that wouldn’t turn on, or charge over 1%?

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iPhone 6 Long Screw Damage

The top 2 screws (shown in orange and yellow) screw into the frame and/or stand-off screws. The 3 screws in the bottom triangle are sitting atop the motherboard millimeters above very tiny traces that can be breached if a longer screw is used, hence the name "long screw damage". This is often caused by in-experienced technicians and/or Do-It-Yourselfers who failed to accurately keep track of the screws.

When this type of damage is done, the only method to repair the phone is micro soldering with a microscope. It is very significant and often times can completely ruin the phone. The symptoms of this damage is often: blue screen on start up, red screen on boot, no backlight, no image on boot, phone still vibrates but no image on screen.

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Samsung Galaxy Repair Services

Wires Computing offers many repairs services such as Samsung galaxy repairs

Samsung Galaxy Series Cracked Screen Repairs
Samsung Galaxy Series Charger Port Repairs
Samsung Galaxy Series Back Cover Replacements
Samsung Galaxy Series Camera Repairs
Samsung Galaxy Series Battery Replacements
Samsung Galaxy Series Water Damage Repairs

Micro USB Charger Port Repairs

Often times the charger ports can be re-soldered onto the circuit board after disassembly. This type of repair requires micro soldering

If you need this type of repair for your device give us a call and we can take care of it for you. Often we have most common ports and parts in stock and repairs are done within 1-3 business days. If you are not located within local access to our repair shop you may also send in your device for repair.

DJI Phantom Drone Repairs

…First it came in as a broken camera. Which is typical for a phantom 3 after a crash, but after replacing the camera it kept beeping as if it were doing a firmware update. During the phantom 3 power on it would continuously beep beep beep. So later after opening it I found a big issue which was the flight recording and "main board" was broken from all of its solder joints.

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iPhone 6 Backlight Repairs

…The iPhone 6 that we had showed signs of life but no display. After replacing the screen with a new one, it still showed no signs of an image. When inspecting the screen in front of a flashlight, a faint image was visible. This confirmed that the phone was on and in fact worked, but had a blown back light. For this type of repair it would require micro soldering. After checking the filters on the motherboard we found them to have continuity and functioned within specifications. At this point in the back light circuit we still had a back light display BGA IC (ball grid array integrated circuit) as well as a coil and a diode. After checking the coil, which was also found to be within specifications, we then looked to the diode. Below is the picture of the diode under the cpu heatsink.

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iPhone 6 Backlight Repair Service

If you have an iPhone that has no backlight this can often be the result of an improper screen replacement or previous work done on the iPhone motherboard can cause the back light to suddenly go out. Liquid damage can also cause no back lights on an iPhone.

If you are local to the Burlington repair shop you can simply stop by during our business hours and we will get the repair started. If you plan to send in your iPhone to get repair that’s great! The process to send in your iPhone with no back light is simple, start a ticket on our Send-In-Repair Page we will update you once the device is received, and then once again when the device is mailed back to you with a tracking number. This service typically takes 1-2 business days either by send in or local repairs. keep in mind this does not include return shipping transit times. We also offer expedited repairs if needed.

iPhone Micro Soldering Repairs

We repair everything from:

U2 tristar IC replacement

iPhone backlight repair

iPhone not charging repair

iPhone no touch repair caused by bad touch ic

iPhone fpc repair

iPhone long screw damage

iPhone not powering on

iPhone liquid damage repair

For more info please see our full micro soldering page

Sony Z3V Micro USB Repair

This repair takes about 1 hour to complete and micro soldering is required to attach the new port into the motherboard. Some phones have soldered on ports and some have daughter boards that can be removed separately and replaced.

Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 GT-P5210 Battery Connector Repair

This week in micro soldering repairs we came across a Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 GT-P5210 that had its battery replaced and the battery connector was loose. This was a result of a failed attempt of a DIY battery replacement. After getting the motherboard under the microscope we noticed all the pins were de-soldered from the board and needed micro soldering to re-attach them. Hot air would not be suitable in this situation due to the close proximity of plastic and other smd components.

We were able to capture the repair on video to show the whole process that was performed during this micro soldering repair service which took less than 15mins from start to finish.

iPhone 6 Plus Flashing Gray Bars No Touch Repair

The problem that typically causes this is bad solder joints under one and/or both of the touch ics on the motherboard. The intergrated circuits using a BGA (ball grid array) of solder balls and often when the phone is slightly bent or dropped then these connections can become jossled and lose connection which results in spotty or little touch response on the screen.

Cell Phone Repair Services

Most repairs are done in 45mins or less and we carry a large stock of parts to fix most common issues with your device.

Home Button Repairs
Cracked Screen Repairs
Charger Port Repairs
Backplate Repairs
Camera Repairs
Button Repairs
Speaker Repairs
Liquid Damage Repairs
Software updates and jailbreak services
iOS Unlock/restore services

Macbook Pro LVDS Micro Soldering Repair

The computer had been exposed to liquid, building corrosion around the lvds connector and caused the pins to short out. After running the motherboard through the ultrasonic cleaner, the fragile pins were nudged off the board and needed a new lvds connector.

This repair is common after a computer has liquid exposure damage. Causing the shorts and burning the pins.

If you have gotten your computer wet and need a cleaning service, bring it to Wires Computing to be professionally cleaned with our ultrasonic cleaner and we will inspect and replace any component with our micro soldering tools.

After cleaning the board and replacing the connection it now looks like this: