Business busy

The last couple of months have been busy. I have seen an increase in iPhone4 repairs and I have also been repairing laptops for people and GHD hair straighteners plus my own oven which I have had to repair before. It's been alot of fun and I have helped alot of people. I have been asked to repair an HTC Desire which will be a bit of a change in direction, but I will soon learn the ins and outs of that phone - they seem quite complicated buy I love a challenge!

My record 'whilst you wait' times

Business has been very brisk this month which was a bit of a nice surprise after Xmas. Lots of recommendations keep the work coming, so I thank you all - it is very much appreciated. I have a real feel for my 'whilst you wait' times now. I can do 3G/3GS digitisers or LCDs in 10 minutes (screen pre-prepared), iPhone4 screens in 20 minutes and 3G/3GS re-casing in 30 minutes (case pre-prepared). These are typical times, but can be extended if the phones have other faults. Thank you all for your continued custom.

Happy New Year!!!!!

It has been a busy Xmas with many iPod Touch, iPhone 3G/3GS and a few broken iPhone4 Xmas presents. Shown above is my first iPod Nano 6th generation fix. The screen was broken due to the iPod being put in a pocket with a bunch of keys. These aren't too hard to fix but they are glued together which makes it a bit more difficult than usual. I probably won't see too many of these, but it is great to have the experience in fixing one for the time being.

Vodka Red Bull and the iPhone

Take one Vodka Red Bull, one iPhone and then nodding off to sleep and here's what you get. Symptoms of this damage are occasional, random reboots which are very annoying. The Vodka Red Bull had got into the phone right where the battery contacts are and the power supply/fuse circuit is located. As you can see, it looked very badly damaged but with a bit of careful cleaning all seems ok now. Thanks to my friend Paddy for giving me this one to fix.

Lots of Connector 3 Damage

I seem to have seen lots of iPhones with Connector 3 damage in the last couple of weeks. Normally, it's when customers have attempted a bit of DIY via You Tube. Anyway, here is a classic example of a damaged Connector 3 and the associated damaged Proximity Ribbon. It's all fixable with a bit of time and patience.

Lots of iPhones were broken this year

I just had a quick clear out of some of the broken parts I have replaced this year. It is amazing since this is a fraction of the total. Rest assured, all the batteries are going for recycling.

I see a pattern emerging

I have just had another water damaged iPhone4 to repair. It seems that these phones are quite resilient when it comes to surviving water damage since this was once again, a toilet drop phone. Main water damage is on the connector section of the board, the dock, the home button and the battery connector. This is good news for all iPhone4 owners. Sure I will get some more water damaged phones coming my way soon.