This week we received a phone from a customer that had brought it from another shop only 2 months ago fully working and within this time the wifi had stopped working. The iphone 6 plus was in good condition. We tested the device to find that the wifi switch was greyed out and they were … Continue reading iphone 6 plus greyed out wifi
We recently received an iphone 7 that would not turn on. We plugged it in to charge and got no response from the phone. We then cleaned out the charging port which made no difference. We then cracked it open and connected up to our DC power supply, it turned on and seemed to work … Continue reading iphone 7 not turning on repair
We had a customer in this week with an iphone 6s that had gotten very hot and stopped working. We connected to our ammeter and found that it was not charging at all. After this we opened it up and connected to our dc power supply, there was no amp draw even when we pressed … Continue reading iPhone 6s overheated and turned off no power repair
This week we have had an ipad Air 1 arrive that has had a previous repair attempt for no power. For all repairers any previous repair attempts are usually much more difficult to solve as you never know what the previous repairer may have done to the device. Whether they have overheated components causing bridging … Continue reading ipad air no power, previous repair attempt put right
There is a very common issue across many apple devices, from iphone 5s up to the 8 and ipad mini through to the ipad 6 2018 which is the dreaded not charging, fake charging or rapid battery drain issues. These are all commonly caused by a faulty/damaged Tristar charging IC and in some models the … Continue reading common iphone not charging fault
This week we received a macbook pro 15” 2010 from a regular customer of ours. It was sent in for a backlight repair after water damage. Our customer has already cleaned the board but this has not resolved the issue. When we received the device firstly we make sure that it boots and shows a … Continue reading Macbook pro 2010 backlight repair
We have spent some time over the last week working on an ipad 5 that someone attempted to replace the screen on themselves. Unfortunately this repair was with us about a week to get it back to its full glory. It was brought in as after replacing the screen it would not power on. We … Continue reading iPad 5 DIY screen repair gone wrong
There is a very common fault in the iPhone 7 family called audio disease or audio ic failure. This issue usually starts with a phone taking a very long time to boot (sometimes 5 minutes) and intermittent problems with hearing people and people hearing you on the phone. As the fault develops further the speaker … Continue reading Iphone 7 audio IC
Recently we had an iPad Air 1 in with backlight problems after a regular customer had replaced someones digitizer. This is a very common fault if the LCD is disconnected whilst the screen is on, and is usually caused by a blown filter. We see this fault, amongst other backlight issues on idevices on a … Continue reading iPad Air 1 half backlight repair
Today we had a customer in with an iPhone 6S that just randomly died. When plugged into our ammeter we could see that there was no current draw from the charger. We opened the phone up and connected it to our DC power supply. When connected there was an instant 5 amp draw telling me … Continue reading iPhone 6S no power repair
