u/knoxpo11

Just left the Apple Store and was told my phone needs a $550 repair (swap my glass and give me new internal) They couldn’t answer any questions and basically said they don’t know and nobody can figure it out there. I have mostly everything backed up to iCloud. I would love to keep whatever isn’t backed up to iCloud so a 3rd party repair is very appealing to me. The phone is in excellent condition, which makes this even tougher. It went from functioning perfectly to completely dead.

The phone won’t charge no matter what I try. When plugged in, it gets extremely hot. It doesn’t seem to get hot at all when using MagSafe, but still no charge. It’s 100% unresponsive. Does anyone have any idea? Does this sound like something a 3rd party could do and save my data as well?
Thanks for any help!