Lets first state what many may forget. Apple is a innovative sales company, not a repair company. The primary business model for Apple inc. is to design, manufacture and create new solutions for its end users with a consistent flow to its product line.

The Apple Store is just that, a store to showcase it's products and new designs. "In 2015, there were 463 Apple stores worldwide. Since the opening of the first Apple store in the United States in 2001, the number of Apple stores around the world has boomed, surpassing 200 stores after 2007 and still rising."

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Is Tekdry a scam? The truth behind the water damage repair machine

Tekdry has built and developed a machine that allows you to take a device that has been submerged in liquid (most commonly water)

The premise behind tekdrys machine is that by using a combination of heat, vacuum and liquid absorbing pellets it can dry out and remove the remaining liquid leftover in the device.

iPhone not charging when plugged in?

Any knowledgeable electronics repair shop should be able to pretty quickly determine the source of the issue by observing if the phone draws any current with an ammeter, dry-fitting a new charging port and new battery, and observing the response through the ammeter.

A bad tristar might still result in the phone drawing current, but won't allow the battery to charge. To be certain, a known working battery might be dry-fit onto the phone and if the phone still won't charge the new battery, then a tristar repair is indicated.

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Micro USB Charger Port Repairs

Often times the charger ports can be re-soldered onto the circuit board after disassembly. This type of repair requires micro soldering

If you need this type of repair for your device give us a call and we can take care of it for you. Often we have most common ports and parts in stock and repairs are done within 1-3 business days. If you are not located within local access to our repair shop you may also send in your device for repair.

DJI Phantom Drone Repairs

…First it came in as a broken camera. Which is typical for a phantom 3 after a crash, but after replacing the camera it kept beeping as if it were doing a firmware update. During the phantom 3 power on it would continuously beep beep beep. So later after opening it I found a big issue which was the flight recording and "main board" was broken from all of its solder joints.

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iPhone 6 Backlight Repairs

…The iPhone 6 that we had showed signs of life but no display. After replacing the screen with a new one, it still showed no signs of an image. When inspecting the screen in front of a flashlight, a faint image was visible. This confirmed that the phone was on and in fact worked, but had a blown back light. For this type of repair it would require micro soldering. After checking the filters on the motherboard we found them to have continuity and functioned within specifications. At this point in the back light circuit we still had a back light display BGA IC (ball grid array integrated circuit) as well as a coil and a diode. After checking the coil, which was also found to be within specifications, we then looked to the diode. Below is the picture of the diode under the cpu heatsink.

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iPhone 6 Backlight Repair Service

If you have an iPhone that has no backlight this can often be the result of an improper screen replacement or previous work done on the iPhone motherboard can cause the back light to suddenly go out. Liquid damage can also cause no back lights on an iPhone.

If you are local to the Burlington repair shop you can simply stop by during our business hours and we will get the repair started. If you plan to send in your iPhone to get repair that’s great! The process to send in your iPhone with no back light is simple, start a ticket on our Send-In-Repair Page we will update you once the device is received, and then once again when the device is mailed back to you with a tracking number. This service typically takes 1-2 business days either by send in or local repairs. keep in mind this does not include return shipping transit times. We also offer expedited repairs if needed.

iPhone Micro Soldering Repairs

We repair everything from:

U2 tristar IC replacement

iPhone backlight repair

iPhone not charging repair

iPhone no touch repair caused by bad touch ic

iPhone fpc repair

iPhone long screw damage

iPhone not powering on

iPhone liquid damage repair

For more info please see our full micro soldering page

Sony Z3V Micro USB Repair

This repair takes about 1 hour to complete and micro soldering is required to attach the new port into the motherboard. Some phones have soldered on ports and some have daughter boards that can be removed separately and replaced.

Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 GT-P5210 Battery Connector Repair

This week in micro soldering repairs we came across a Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 GT-P5210 that had its battery replaced and the battery connector was loose. This was a result of a failed attempt of a DIY battery replacement. After getting the motherboard under the microscope we noticed all the pins were de-soldered from the board and needed micro soldering to re-attach them. Hot air would not be suitable in this situation due to the close proximity of plastic and other smd components.

We were able to capture the repair on video to show the whole process that was performed during this micro soldering repair service which took less than 15mins from start to finish.