So I’m trying to replace a screen on a family member’s refurbished iPhone 11 Pro Max, and I can’t even remove the plate off the logic board because of this shield that encompasses the entire phone and hides certain screws. Does this look like something apple put in?, or something custom?.
Just in case you have a Z Flip phone and wonder why the screen isnt working.
The video shows an older model Flip phone but the ribbon hinge cable is almost identical in size and location to my Flip 7.
FF to the 15:40 mark to see the amount of dust on the internal hinges.
FF to the 20:00 mark to see the cracked cable
This is the most likely reason for screen failures assuming the screen wasn't damaged for other reasons.
Samsung's official rating is 200,000 folds for the Z Flip 7 under typical conditions. Whatever that means. This may work in a dust free lab but in a real environment like your pant pocket or purse; its a pipe dream.
Many people have had Samsung deny a warranty claim. Hopefully this will help shed some light on the issue and get you further along.
I just bought a Samsung 21 Ultra with 256gb. But after some updates, it went from 256gb to 128gb. Why is that?
Hi all,
My personal iPhone 11 has been crashing and restarting at around 30% battery for the last couple of weeks. When the battery gets hot it seems to shut down.
I have tried 2 different batteries, and replaced the charging port, but the issue still persists.
Crash logs report thermalmonitord - TG0B/TG0V.
Is this a motherboard issue? Any help is appreciated.
Hello all!
My phone has been verified to have a failing, shorting USB IC components, the repair is horridly expensive, so I wish to find if I can recover the data on it.
My idea was replacing the battery with a fully charged one, and trying to boot the phone and create a full backup.
I assume some extra steps will be needed to avoid the shorting, but is this a viable option? Does anyone have any experience with such scenarios?
Thanks!
(While technically not a repair, this process is more of a repair than it is data recovery when it comes to technical skill and know-how)
Wanting to change my iPhone 13 battery, I got a replacement non-oem battery done by a shop about year and half ago, the new battery just sucks capacity is down to 81% according to the phone and it feels like it has swollen a bit (back panel has got a very faint rise where the edge of the battery is). I‘m planning on changing it to an oem battery and want to DIY it but I’ve got no sense of how likely it is I’ll break it. Have built PCs before but never opened a phone before
I've swapped countless Samsung phones, but this back glass is so damn difficult. I've used isopropyl alcohol, suction cups, prying tools, and heated it at 185°F for 5 minutes countless times, but nothing works. I've even used clear tape. Am I supposed to use a specific tape?
As my title says, I took the phone into the sauna and when it became too hot I decided to dip it into the ice bath at the gym for one minute to cool it down. Only the top part to try and stop water ingress.
It produced condensation and the phone died.
Kept at home dry and cool for a week.
Symptoms: will turn on but battery won’t charge, it says it may have a non apps battery. I suppose it could as I bought it second hand,
No apple warranty.
I’ll take it to one of those smaller repair shops we see everywhere in Lisbon.
Thoughts and advice welcome 🙏
Hi everyone,
I’m replacing the screen on my iPhone 11 and everything has gone fine so far. However, I’m now stuck when trying to transfer the proximity sensor / earpiece assembly from the old screen to the new one.
There are 4 screws on the bracket (top left, bottom left, top right, bottom right).
I’ve already managed to remove 2 of them, but the other 2 are stuck:
bottom left
top right
They seem either stuck really tight or slightly stripped, because my screwdriver no longer gets proper grip and just slips.
I’m using a Y 0.6 precision screwdriver, and I also tried another screwdriver, but both keep slipping and can’t turn the screws anymore.
What I’ve tried so far:
different screwdrivers
applying steady, controlled pressure
carefully re-seating the driver for better grip
trying multiple angles
But still no success.
Has anyone dealt with this before on an iPhone 11 screen replacement? What’s the best way to remove these screws without damaging the bracket or the flex cable?
Any advice or tool recommendations would be really appreciated.
Thanks in advance!
Hello everyone, I recently bought a brand new iPhone 16e with the objective of getting the screen swapped with an LCD because I have issues with OLED screens (see r/PWM_Sensitive), so I brought it to a local shop and everything went fine, I think they swapped the original screen for a ZY In-cell COF, which is surprisingly good quality; so far so good, except that I cannot do over the air updates anymore which is very strange... the phone downloads the update, reboots, then shows for a couple of seconds the Apple logo and then reboots again like normal, without updating.
I already tried to enter the diagnostic mode and I can see that it shows the screen as a not original part (of course) and tap on "finish repair and reboot" but nothing changed. I also tried updating with my Mac and updating normally resulted in a bricked phone until I put it in DFU mode and reflashed the firmware (I'm now stuck on 26.5).
The shop says that it's not the screen, maybe next time I will attempt to change it myself with some kit like the ones from iFixit; any suggestions to try to get OTA updates working again? Otherwise the phone is perfectly functional and I'm happy with the screen.
Thanks
EDIT: maybe I've been a little bit harsh before knowing exactly the cause :)
Hi all,
I’m struggling to fix the home button on an iPad 8th gen.
I’ve replaced iPad screens a few times before without any major issues, but this home button has beaten me. It is not the original home button, and I now need to get another screen and home button.
I will have the home button bracket firmly attached, and the small silver riser/spacer inside the bracket still there. The problem is that the button either:
Does this sound like a missing gasket/spacer/adhesive ring issue, a bracket alignment issue, or something that should have been transferred from the original screen?
Any advice or photos of how this should sit correctly would be really appreciated.
Thanks.
Plz Help
Was replacing the screen on my iPhone 7, when I try at the first time it works, but when I assemble everything suddenly it's not working. I might have broken the connector when connecting the flex cable. Any solution?
I notice the home buttonn connector have 2 missing gold connector.
I would really like to get these two old phones of mine back up and running again.
Both screens were broken while I actively used them and the batteries swelled enough to pop the back plates off just recently. A local repair shop wanted hundreds of dollars to fix them.
Are these repairs doable by someone with no experience? What’s the best way to repair these and diagnose any other potential issues they may have?
So bought a Realme Narzo 80 pro (it has a curved display) and it came with a thin protective plastic film on the screen
Now this film gets permanent marks by scratching with just your fingernails and a part of it got torn too (my fault, kept it in the same pocket as my keys)
I want to get a good screen protector and case as well to ensure the screen (and phone) is safe from drops, direct impacts and scratches. Google says UV tempered glass is the best but you need to make sure the case isn't too tight or the screen might lift from the middle.
I have read mixed reviews about the UV curved screen and found the following cons:
- it doesn't come out at all (must scrape heavily and it comes off powdered)
-comes out like it never stuck
-damaged phone due to the glue (I received stickers to prevent this in the phone's box, but its still risky according to gemini)
TLDR:
What is the best option to protect a curved display? Is UV glass reliable?
iPhone 13. Standard model. Original screen. The issue is that it has an expanded battery that's pushing up, not broken, the screen.
I want to get this spicy pillow out of my house as soon as possible.
It would be nice to get some money for it. Do you think any tech would accept a trade-in? I don't know the expectations for a bloated battery. I'm happy to call around and ask in my local area if someone can tell me if it's even worth the time, or will they laugh me and my increasingly dangerous iphone out of the shop?
Thanks for any help in advance, I'm quite eager to get this thing out
I dropped my phone, and i just got the screen replaced. however, it wont stop restarting every 3 minutes and the back camera/flashlight isnt working. i need advice
I just replaced the screen of this samsung galaxy a16, I do not know if the screen worked before, as when I got it the screen was already broken to the point it wouldn't turn on at all. This is why I don't know either its a doa screen or something else.
The issue is; samsung logo comes up, screen goes off. Phone is still on as it still makes sound when I disconnect / connect the charger when its on.
So my wife busted her iphone 15 pro max yesterday on the back and took it to get fixed. The guy said he had to special order the back glass and it would be in today. She took it in and dropped it off. Came back and the phone was turning off like every two minutes. The guy told her that it was bc of the aftermarket back glass not being compatible and that she needed to order the apple OEM glass and would give her a "deal" for $50 to order and fix it. I'm not tech savvy but Google says that's wrong and he could've messed something up. This is the panic logs. I'm not sure what they mean tbh. Any help would be appreciated.