My Problem

Ongoing Mobile repairs

My Fix

No repair guides attached to parts

My Advice

Use utube

My Problem

Our cat tipped over our macbook and it hit the ground on the ACplug side of the computer. The damaged caused the DC board to fail.

My Fix

I carefully replaced the DC Board with the tools i ordered and all is good again.

My Advice

Keep track of all the screws, they have have many different sizes.

I could not get the computer to power up the first attempt. when I figured it out, the problem was my keyboard cable(the long ribbon) was not all the way in. Would have been easier to slip the ribbon cable back in if the battery was out. but I didn't have the triwing tip to remove the battery. The solution is to use a small amount of tape. Tape a ribbon cable use the tape to help pull/push the ribbon cable all the way inside the connector then lock the connector in place. That was my only issue with the repair is slipping the ribbon cable for the keyboard back in place.

My Problem

The power switch got pushed in during use. Once I opened the case with the help of my new spudgers, I found that the switch had become unsoldered from the board - it must not have been a very good solder job in the first place.

My Fix

I attempted to open the flip video without a spudger, but couldn't. Once I got my new tools, the job was simple, the problem was apparent, and the fix was easy.

My Advice

The job is always easier with the right tool!

My Problem

My husband dropped his iPhone and cracked the screen, so after Googling, I gained the confidence to try a crack (pun intended) at replacing the screen with one found on Amazon. I received the screen and started replacing the original screen and when putting it back together, had accidentally stripped one of the screws. Luckily, iFixIt had screws when the screen from Amazon did not.

My Fix

Very well thanks to the handy guides at iFixIt.

My Advice

Start at iFixIt, cause you sure as $%!@ are going to finish here.

My Problem

My son decide take it outside without the protective case and he dropped it, breaking the entire display

My Fix

went great, broke one of the ipod pry tools though

My Advice

be very precise place the screws in order of where they were since they are different sizes.

My Problem

grandson dropped it , papa might beable to fix it .

My Fix

take apart went good , video was spot on, hard part was to ge digitizer connected, lots of tries, think i got it, no saw another video guy lifted board up higher , got finger under the connector , got it finally, closed screen slightly, works horay.. closed up completly , white screen , tried hard reset, restore , eveything no good take apart 50 more times no good bummed.

My Advice

send it to get fixed, let them have all the headaches, plus they make it work . better to spend the extra money, let pros do it............

My Problem

My MacBook was showing the 'Service Battery' alert. I asked for a quote from an Apple repair store who were going to charge almost $300 for a 10 minute job.

My Fix

Repair was simple. No worries at all and all of the tools worked perfectly.

My Advice

Replacing the battery is incredibly easy. If you're able to, never settle for the heavily overpriced repair stores. There are plenty of sources online to buy replacement batteries including on ifixit but ifixit also have all the necessary tools to carry out the repair.

My Problem

Nothing good can possibly happen when your 3-sided iPad zipper case is only zipped on 2 sides. As a matter of fact, watching your iPad slip out of the un-zipped side is eerily akin to being in a slo-mo scene from a bad Chuck Norris film. Time actually stops. Your brain screams, "Catch it before it hits the floor, moron!" But your arms and legs are frozen; set in concrete. And all you can do is wait for the bouncing to cease.

You slowly pick it up and turn it over. Sigh of relief - The screen is not shattered. Maybe it survived this unspeakable event. Slowly you press the Power button. You say a little prayer to the e-gods. And then you see it... The shower of streaming lines emanating from the display. Toast.

You stop hyperventilating. You wipe the tear from your eye and enter the following into the Google Search Bar: I'm a dumb A&& and I dropped my iPad. Now all I see is Asteroids Hyper-Space. Oddly enough, iFixit comes up. As you read through the possible repair, you think "I can do this. I must do this!" and you order the entire set of metal spudgers because you are feeling stronger and more confident by the minute thanks to the awesome, step-by-step instructions you are reading. "PayPal, give these awesome guys 13 of my dollars and make it snappy!"

My Fix

Prior to it's arrival, I had never used a spudger. I had never seen a spudger. H$!!, I had never heard the word "spudger". I was also a bit leery of just popping my iPad open. But, the instructions looked simple enough and I'm a pretty handy guy so why not. I have to admit that the popping sounds were very unsettling but I figured how much worse can it get. If something goes wrong, I just end up with a broken iPad in 2 pieces instead of one - so I pressed on. Once I got the display separated from the case, it was apparent that the display cable was loose so I plugged it back in and began the reconstruction process. I felt a bit like the doctors in the intro to the $6 Million Man... "We can rebuild him."

More crackling and popping and a whole iPad once again. The moment of truth...

Power button pressed. Low and behold, just like new. No shower of lines - all is once again right with the world!

My Advice

Just be careful taking it apart. I think I lost some of the "clips" so one side is a bit looser than the others.

Other than that, it's really not that big of a deal.

My Problem

One the left an iPhone 3GS with a cracked back cover, on the right an abandoned 3G with a "Donor" sticker and a clean back cover

My Fix

I used the spudger, plastic and metal, the ph#00 driver, so much more comfortable than my old tools. Repair went smoothly up to the point where I realized the camera casing for the 3G and 3GS are not compatible but fortunately they can be swapped too.

My Advice

Read the comments on the 3G back cover removal before following the steps, there are precious information there, not mentioned in the steps

My Problem

By accident I stepped on my $99 HP Touchpad. The screen broke and it was as good as gone.

My Fix

I started by trying to use a screwdriver to pry open the case but it started hurting the plastic. I opted for a set of spudgers and the process went much more smoothly.

My Advice

Use a pair of spudgers to open the case. Pry open with one and use the other one to keep the case opened as you go for the next section.