White iPhone4 Conversion

The white iPhone4 is out now. People can now see how good it looks in the flesh. I can do a white iPhone4 conversion (front, back and home button) for £120. If you wish the headphone jack and dock connector to be made white too, that is another £30.

Dock Connector Faults

Business has been good in the last couple of months. One of the most popular fixes is the dock connector so I thought I would show you what can happen to them.

The picture above shows two pins of the connector badly bent from placing the iPhone into a dock. The customer's PC also complained of USB issues which isn't surprising. The two pins which have been bent, are the ground connections for the iPhone. No ground = no power and no charging which renders the iPhone pretty much useless. It's only £30 to fix so not a bank breaker. Hope this has been of interest. Spencer.

New - Anti-dust Rubber Covers

I have just purchased these anti-dust covers for the dock connector and headphone jack. The idea is that these will help prevent dust, pocket fluff and moisture from entering these areas. I use them and they definitely help. I will be giving away a set of these free to anybody who has a repair and asks for them, whilst stocks last. Looking forward to seeing you!

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.