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Chosen Solution replaced screen on ipad mini, on the left side, about 1 inch of the screen is unresponsive. any idea what could be the issue? It could be several things: It could be improperly connectedIt could be a poor quality replacement digitizer. If you’re buying the least expensive units, it is not uncommon to have a bad one.It could be a damaged digitizer connector on the logic board. Inspect it under magnification to see if any pins are damaged

Chosen Solution Hello, i’ve got my hands on an iPhone 5s gold wich has never been openend before. But it has (sadly) water damage. I took it appart today and i cleaned te connectors of with 70% denaturized alcohol. Still no power. The water damage is on the bottem section where the battery connector and dock connector is. And there was a littlebit of rust on the sim slot. I removed the logicboard but there are no stains or rust/corrosion on the big EMI plateon the underside....

Chosen Solution Hi, Am trying to fix a waterdamaged 5S, got everything working expect the touch screen. The screen is tested and works fine, i have cleaned the phone thrice with alcohol I assmue the the touch IC is broken, So my question is, where is it located - is it replaceable ? Sami420, that would be the Broadcom BCM5976. Check step 13 of this guide. It is a BGA IC and will need to be replaced through a reball method....

Chosen Solution In the morning I woke up, and my phone was dead. So I shrugged and left it to charge while I was at school. I came back after around 7 hours, and it still had no charge, but it said it was charging. So I moved it to another outlet, and still nothing. I tried another charger, nothing. Then I tried to plug the charger into my computer. Still nothing!...

Chosen Solution Original iPhone 6S - no replaced parts Phone won’t turn on during / after charging, also not when connected to PCSimultaneous pressing of home and power for reset does not workiTunes does not recognize itPhone was opened, Battery was disconnected and reconnected after a while, nothing changed What are the next steps? Any other plugs I could check for proper connection? New battery? New Logicboard? Update (09.12.2019) With a brand new battery the iPhone powers up, but dies overnight and is not starting / charging again....

Chosen Solution Hi everyone. My iPhone 7 fell on the floor and the screen got smashed so bad it stopped displaying the image. Lickily, I had a perfectly working iPhone 7 lying around, so I just swapped the whole LCD assembly. The display turned on and displayed the restore required image. But, when I tried to restore, it would stop halfway and then produce the dreaded old error 53. Why is that?...

Chosen Solution My MacBook Pro won’t power up.How can I reset my SMC and PRAM without being able to start up? To reset the SMC: Shut down the computer. Disconnect the MagSafe power adapter from the computer, if it’s connected. Remove the battery. Press and hold the power button for 5 seconds. Release the power button. Reconnect the battery and MagSafe power adapter. Press the power button to turn on the computer....

Chosen Solution One letter on my keyboard (Macbook Pro 2018) (butterfly keys) has come completely unstuck. Do I need some kind of special gum / glue to hold the central bit of the mechanism down? At the moment the whole letter just lifts off. Photos below: @twigdip - Don’t do anything! Get your self to an Apple Store to let them fix it under the extended warranty program Keyboard Service Program for MacBook, MacBook Air, and MacBook Pro

Chosen Solution I bought the kit and used the tools…they seem flimsy. I cannot open the case. I am trying not to scratch the screen however this is almost inevitable. I tried looking on YOUTUBE but it seems like mine is super glued shut. I am usually good at taking electronics apart and putting them together again. Why is this so hard? Suggestions? Tips? Anything? Hi @chrissybud420 , If you bought the kit from iFixit, the tools are designed to break before damaging your device....

Chosen Solution The exit navigation light is stuck on cause it was in a puddle of water for 5 hours and it still had battery life but it vibrates for 30 min till and hours before stopping now the exit navigation light will not go off how do I fix this issue please someone help me with this???? Hi @calikyng_88 As you know water and electronics and electricity are not a good mix....

Chosen Solution Hello, I am wondering how to separate the iPhone 12 motherboard into two layers. I do not have the heating platform, so I am wondering what hot air settings I should use. Thank you! As @Jesse Hooton said. You need a heating platform. You can do it with hot air, but then you take huge risk of overflowing underfilled IC. Please keep in mind that after that you will need to use a stencil and reball the 2 motherboards back together which is going to be very hard to do with hot air without reflowning undefilled components once again....

Chosen Solution I am trying to source/purchase the black plastic microphone mount at the bottom of the case. I replaced the component that has the charging port, headphone jack and microphone. I inadvertently discarded the black plastic microphone mount when I removed the original, not realizing that the replacement component did not include this. I can’t seem to find a vendor who sells this part. I’m assuming the microphone will not work without this - does anyone know?...

Chosen Solution Hi. How can I fix this line that developed suddenly? Looks like a bad screen or bad LVDS cable. To be on the safe side check with an external monitor/TV that you don’t have the same artifact on the external source. If everything looks fine, first step would be to reseat and then replace LVDS cable and then screen or you may go for a full screen assembly that’s a way faster solution....

Chosen Solution While I was drinking a bottle of spring water I spilled some on my Mac. It wasn’t much but just enough to do some damage to the keyboard. Some of the keys on the keyboard won’t type anything including the delete button. I searched the web for every answer I could possibly find. I tried flipping it over and letting it dry, I even spread rice on the keyboard....

Chosen Solution Hi dear community, After receiving wonderful help from kind expert Dan and trying out my luck on my old macbook unibody 2008, I have decided to reach further and buy myself a used 2012 mac mini, which I would get tomorrow. Question 1: about material : do I need the Logic Board Removal Tool to just swap the 500 Go HDD to the new 500 Go SDD ? I know I need the spudger so I will get one....

Chosen Solution Hello guys, i have an ipad air broken power pads when i tried to replace the charging port. You should include a picture so that we can see the extent of the damage. At any rate, you will need to run some micro-jumpers to “rebuild” the pads. Sometimes, you can make a very short jumper if the connection point is immediately adjacent to the pad. Other times, you may have to run it much further, perhaps even on the backside of the board....

Chosen Solution I am desperate for advice. My iphone died today and when i went to charge it, the low battery sign would show up and then the apple logo will pop up for about 2 seconds for the screen to go black and the process restarts all over. it is currently plugged into my computer and my computer does not recognize the phone at all nor does itunes. It has been doing this for hours today, I have already tried putting it into recovery mode and restoring it but i cannot as i get an error every time....

Chosen Solution Hey iFixit Team, I purchased an iPhone 6 which was not turning on. It had a cracked screen and once opening up I could tell the battery had been replaced. I replaced the battery and screen with genuine parts from an iCloud locked iPhone 6. I got the phone turning on but it was running slightly hot and draining faster than normal. I restored the software from recovery mode and the problem persisted....

Chosen Solution My MiP Robot is not responding properly to my hand gestures or to the downloadable app. What is the first thing I should do to fix this problem? Hi Moira, Simply restarting your MiP robot is the best solution to this issue. Although it may not necessarily fix the problem, it is best to start with a solution this simple so you can weed out what could be causing the problem....

Chosen Solution Hello, I am going to get a slightly water damaged 5c to fix, but its in pretty bad condition. the screen is cracked, but LCD fine. It has a few dents on the housing on it, but still works. how can i fix these dents? Would sanding the corners and then polishing it work? @gigabit87898 , Ok, plastic dent removal, must heat dented area(heat gun,carefully) and push dent with a blunt object(push on center of dent) when plastic hot and (hold till cool), you can over push a little but not too much....