timmy1234s

Long story short, I looked at this blog post saying that you could do macro shots on your iPhone if you place a drop of water on your iPhone camera lens. I did it, and faced my iPhone up mostly, but sometimes down and the lens fogged up. I know that there is a water sensor in the headphone jack and the dock thingy but did I damgae the camera or anything? I'm deeply worried right now as I just got my iPhone on June 19. Right now, my iPhone 3GS is turned off and faced down in a bowl of rice in order to dry it off. I didn't get any water in the bottom or headphone jack of my iPhone. Please help me someone!!!!!!!!

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I was just looking at the parts store and the repair guides on iFixit and there arent any guides or parts for an iPod original 2nd generation headphone jack. Will iFixit write a guide about it soon or will they sell headphone jacks later on? By the way, is the headphone jack for an iPod Original 2nd generation part of the logic board?

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As the title says, how or where does iFixit get there stuff for the Parts store? (Ex. iPod batteries, tools, Mac logic boards, etc.) Do they buy it from someone or do they still get it from buying old and broken Apple parts and getting the displays from the broken Apple stuff?

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I'm planning to start like a business to fix mac, ipod, and iphones. The problem is that I don't know where to start, and I don't want to copy iFixit. It's just that it looks fun taking things apart, fixing them, and seeing the reactions on the original owner's face when their gadget is fixed. I'm young; 13 years old and I want to earn money while fixing gadgets. What should I do? I don't know anyone that has a broken mac, iPod, or iPhone(Except my teacher that has a tiny crack in her iPhone 3G glass; but she said that it was ok). Where should I go? Sorry, it's just that it's always been fun to take apart stuff. By the way, where would I go to obtain parts in order to fix the broken stuff? I'm not so sure about ebay. Please help!!!

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Thanks analogcd and fournierdomald. These are helping me a lot. :)

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Thanks, I've always have been curious about where you guys get the parts.

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Thanks guys, wow, I think I'm prepared to start this business. Thanks kc85 and ComputerSam, they were very inspiring words.

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@miro lol

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Thanks Sterling9 and Sarabian. By the way, Sarabian, you didn't sound preachy. It was some great advice that I got. I liked the advice too.

Thanks for the support on the iPod idea sterling9. I thought that it was a bad idea, but now that I gave some thought about it, it sounds like a pretty good idea. Where would you suggest that I get my iPod parts? From iFixit? I think that would work, and maybe I should open up some iPods and see how Apple builds them before I start repairing them.

I know that I sound repetitive, but no one that I know(family and friends) have an iPod that needs to be fixed. Should I start a website or something?

Sorry for asking too many questions.(Wow, I'm getting repetitve)

Anyway, I really like that advice that all of you guys are giving to me. Thanks

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Thanks for replying to my questions Chris. I'm relieved because I had thought I would have to write some code. However, yes, I have installed the OS(windows XP) for someone that had their computer's hard drive broken. I already have enough knowledge about PC's because I have taken apart some really old PC desktops(from 1996-2002).

However, in my area, I find it really hard to find extremely cheap PC's. (I know I sound like a complete noob). The problem with building PC's for me is that if I get a PC that has a slow processer and I upgrade the other parts (like RAM and hard drive) then it will be hard to sell it.

On the iPod thing, how can you troubleshoot a problem if I want to start fixing them. I also think that I'll get broken or old iPods and replace the broken iPod parts with the broken iPod parts. But I'm not so sure if the person that I'm selling my service to would be that satisfied with me doing that. I think that for now, I'll just examine the innards of some iPods, start selling iPods that I fix, and hopefully I'll be able to make some money.

By the way, how do you guys at iFixit get the parts? Do you guys still get it from broken stuff? Or do you guys buy it from the people that help make Apple parts for Apple.

You are right on the tour thing for iFixit. It would be pretty boring. iFixit is a really good role model for me as a business and consumer standpoint.

Again, thanks for the info Chris. Sorry for asking too many questions if I'm annoying you.

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Thanks miro I'm actually surprised at how many replies I'm getting on this thread. I thought that only one person would answer. Aside from the thread, did you start off repairing computers or something else? I'm on a tight budget $50 or less(yeah I'm on a really tight budget). Would you say that fixing iPods would work after I sell the fixed ones? Which iPods should I try to repair? Nanos, shuffles, etc.? Thanks to everyone for the information. I really appreciate it. That would be cool if iFixit offers tours on their HQ.

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Thanks for the advice Chris, and to you too Sarabian. They were very helpful. By the way, (to Chris), I know what I'm doing because I have messed around with a few PC towers before, looked inside of my laptop, replaced some RAM, scanned for viruses(with anti-virus software), but I haven't started an OS from scratch. By the way, when you mean starting an OS from scratch, do you mean actually writing some code to make an operating system? Thanks for the info. One more question, did you have a lot of money when you started building PC's or were you on a strict budget? If so, how much money did you have to spend? Anyway, thanks for the info. I think I'll try to fix iPods at first because I barely have money to build a PC. Where would you suggest on repairing iPods? Should I get broken iPods, get some iPod parts from the broken iPods and try to fix them? Again, sorry about asking so many questions. I really like taking things apart and putting them back together.

Do you guys offer any tours of the ifixit place?

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I wish someone in the iFixit staff will respond too. That would be cool.

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Thanks Sarabian.

I don't know if I will get a degree on computers in college because I'm still trying to think which career I'll be in. However, (sorry for asking too much) do you know like how old the apple products should be before I start taking them apart? Where can I get the stuff? I'm not so sure about ebay. How expensive should they be? For example, I've always been thinking abut taking apart the 2000-2004 iMacs and upgrading them or something; but thats too expensive. How can I trobuleshoot the problem that's going wrong with the iMac? Wait, I think I might have an idea. I take broken iMacs, try to fix them by getting parts from other iMacs and sell them, or not. Sorry for causing trouble, its just that I need to gain a solid foundation on starting a business like this. By the way, I'm already a geek and I'll never give up(taking stuff apart is fun) Lol.

Can you also give me some links that can help me with this problem(starting a repair business)

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