r/phonerepair

So somehow my screen broke over a 1 foot drop.

I’m not really worried about that, I have replaced the glass on this iPhone before, it’s the price of a parking ticket. I have a great shop that will do glass only repairs, life happens…

WHAT IM WORRIED ABOUT;

The stainless steel frame has a small ding in it, it’s what caused the front glass to crack, the screen popped out of the frame and cracked days later. The frame juts in behind the screen .3mm to .7mm.

My fear is that getting the screen reinstalled will be impossible and I’ll need to change the housing, and on a 14 it’s starting to sound like a bed choice. Thoughts??

Could a good reputable shop do this and not have it break or unstick.

TLDR,
Phone got dinged, cracked the glass. Can a good repair shop straighten it out or should I start shopping for a new phone?

I made this post in the spirit of right to repair. I broke my Pixel 7 pro, and I want to fix it. It still rings and sound my alarms when it had power, but the screen does not turn on at all.

I have never opened a phone or repaired anything before, I am a total beginner. I did some research on what I need for this repair: A pixel 7 pro screen, something to heat the screen, suction cups that pull the screen, prying tools, and a pixel 7 pro graphite cooling pad.

I browsed amazon, ebay, taobao, aliexpress, ifixit, and many other sites to see what I can get, and I have so many questions:

1. The authentic google repair screen is very expensive, I found a 120hz oled 1080x2400 curved screen for pixel 7 pro for roughly $55+shipping. I understand it is not an authentic replacement part and the resolution is lower, but will it work well? (All currency in this post is in Canadian dollar)

(ifixit full kit is $300, local repair shop quoted $180 and ignored my text after I ask them about the screen they use...not sure if they are trying to gatekeep the info or they use crappy screen)

There are many third party pixel 7 pro screens on taobao that are all shady, the sellers don't list the full spec of their screen and I have to ask them individually. Sometimes they pretend to miss my question, so I have to ask multiple times to get their specs. What other routes can I go with replacing this broken screen?

2. What do I heat the phone with? Can I use a blow dryer? Or do I have to use a proper heating pad that heats the phone to 80C evenly?

3. The graphite cooling pad is only available on ifixit, it's $25 after shipping and taxes just for that one pad . Can I get a 80x45x0.5mm cpu thermal pad and cut a rough shape (very rough) and make do with it?

Also, I'm looking to replace the 6 years old battery, and I bought a 5000mah GMF5Z from aliexpress. I didn't check if I need any adhesive, what can I use to stick the battery to the phone if this battery doesn't have proper adhesive?

Finally, any tips and tricks? How to make sure I don't break anything during the repair? Many thanks in advance!

Sudden motherboard failure on a flagship phone like the OnePlus12 is a serious concern.

What is the point of promising 4 to 5 years of software support if the hardware struggles to survive even 2 years with zero physical/liquid damage?

Affected users must not stay silent. We need to unite, document our cases, and escalate genuine manufacturing defects through proper consumer forums..

I have this iphone se 2020 from past 4 years my brother bought it in 2021 used it for about an year and gave it to me the first 2 years were AWESOME lovely , I understood why people love the IOS and apple things
Since last October this phone has gone through more surgeries than any other human being alive
4 screen replacement
2 times battery replacement
2 times charging port replacement
The back as we speak is still broken is horrendous manner
The charging port is still not functioning am using it via wireless charging only
And now it heats up too quick maybe due to the heat in delhi but even normally it is not keeping up properly
Open safari and searching something up is a whole new task
I want to upgrade really bad but i cant due to money issues
Is there any possible manner i can make this thing better in terms of speed like opening apps or calling
Please help if anyone can it would be appreciated

As you can see, even when my phone is left on full volume, the alarm cuts the volume down to a whisper. Im relying on this thing to wake me up for an 8am class. This change occurred from the last software update and is completely asinine. Im almost a normal amount of infuriated by this.

So i have an old Redmi note 9 pro that sat for 2 years with a broken screen, and i decided to order a new display, today i recieved it and replaced it with no issues

Now when i try to charge the phone bcuz ofc it has 0% its stucked on battery charging bootloop and i checked many times the battery, the cables and everything and I still cant understand whats the issue

And I cant believe that the battery is bad bcuz before the phone broke the battery was good and when it broke it was untouched and unused for 2 years so ye

The charger/cable is good

The port is clean

Can it be that I accidentaly broke 1+ resistors?

Can it be that I ESD something?

Or the display itself?👀

Someone please help, i asked AI and it cant seem to help me

Hello everyone, I'm kind of new to this. I have a Samsung Galaxy s23 ultra (1tb model, soo buying a new phone for over 1000$ isn't currently an option) that recently went swimming and since then I had some issues where it would reboot at random times. As time went on, it was happening during the charging and when battery percentage was above 50%.

I then replaced the battery and the USB port board and the issue went away for day, but came right back but this time it's when charging and the battery above 40% as well as when battery is above 70%. I also noticed when I'm actively using the phone the reebots are less common and pretty much only happen during charging when the battery is at higher percentages.

I then decided to take the phone apart and check the contacts. I found the FPC connector on the main board that connects to the batter looks a little sad. Some of the gold plating is gone and part of the plastic appears to be melted (maybe?). All other connectors on the boards and ribbon cables are fully gold plated. I did some looking online and saw that some of these connectors sold fully gold plated and some aren't.

I'm assuming gold plating is more important in this case as it's an inert metal that protects from mostly corrosion.

My current theory is that some small amount of moisture got in and started a micro rusty spot on one of the pins, so that when battery reaches higher voltages there's a short and phone shuts down and reboots or that the jumping spark along with increased temperature from charging causes momentarily overheating and phone reboots.

I have pictures of those connectors, so I attached a collage to the post where the issues connector is in 2 bigger pictures on the left. If anyone had any advice on what the issue is or how can I solve it, it'd be much appreciated.

As I have the latest firmware with BIT C that does not allow downgrade, I had to use TestPoint to enter BROM mode, but I cannot exactly locate it on Motherboard.

Is this left dot or right dot (right of display flat cable) a TestPoint?

I have tried many times with left dot and that didn't damage MainBoard or CPU but I am afraid to try right one.

Some sources on the internet point to right dot, some to left dot.

I used this method (with both free and paid tools like UnlockTool) on other devices to reset FRP, but I already spend a days on this model.

Device Info - [Imgur](https://imgur.com/po2F47Y)

Motherboard - [Imgur](https://imgur.com/UH4EgvB)

my phone randomly died today and i had no 15 battery’s in hand to test but lucky the 12 battery works for it

Bought a used phone from third party reseller, when received it screen was not properly working (doesn't properly react to touch, though seems at least partially functional). When sent back, seller claims water (oxidation) damage and attached those two pictures. It there really an oxidation damage or are they claiming BS?

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