Repair

23 Mar

Apple No Longer Voids Warranties on 3rd Party Screen Replacements

According to multiple sources including 9to5mac Apple has shifted its policy on 3rd party screen repairs. The documents that where leaked show that Apple is telling its technicians that 3rd party screen repairs no longer void your warranty. Apple is apparently changing its long-standing policy regarding third-party iPhone screen repairs. According to a memo sent to Apple retail employees, a customer having their device’s screen repaired by a third-party source no longer voids their warranty like it once did…   The memo, obtained by 9to5Mac, [...]

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24 Aug

iPhone 6 & iPhone 6 Plus Affected by ‘Touch Disease’, Caused by Design Flaw.

Apple’s iPhone 6 & iPhone 6 Plus are vulnerable to an issue that affects the touch screen. iFixIt claims that the issue is caused by a design flaw affiliated with the easily bendable frame ‘Bendgate’ and the Touch IC chip. After fixing hundreds of broken iPhone 6 and 6 Pluses, many pros have developed theoriesabout what causes Touch Disease in these two specific models. One microsoldering pro I spoke to speculated that the U2402 Meson chip—one of the two Touch IC chips on the board—has a manufacturing [...]

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09 Feb

Updated 2/20/2016: Apple Error 53

Updated 2/20/2016: It appears Apple has issued a fix for phones experiencing Error 53. What you should do If iTunes is open on your Mac or PC, quit iTunes. If your iOS device is plugged into your computer, unplug it. Make sure that you have the latest version of iTunes. Connect your iOS device to your computer with a USB cable. Open iTunes and select your device. When you see the option in iTunes to Restore or Update, click Update. iTunes will try to reinstall iOS and restore your [...]

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04 Feb

Be Careful With Certain USB Type C Cables

Be Careful With Certain USB Type C Cables found online. Google Engineer Benson Leung best known for his very thorough Amazon reviews of almost every single USB Type ‘C’ cable. OnePlus recently came under scrutiny for their poor cables they included with their devices as well as sold individually after Benson called out their cables poor design and the possibility to cause damage. Benson recently purchased a Type C cable from Amazon by SurjTech and it actually caused permanent damage to his [...]

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