Jesse Hooton

I have a customer that dropped off a studio because it had died. She used it the night before and went to use it the next...

I have this used Dell desktop I’m trying to use but it’s protected by a BIOS or HDD password. Is there any way I can reset...

I have a customer with some eTalk flip phone from verizon and it is currently having an issue where it automatically...

There could be a chance it's defective. If you have a volt meter you can probe the battery contacts in the connector to get a voltage reading.

Was the battery that bad in a 2 year old machine that you needed to replace it? I’m not trying to judge. Just curious why you replaced it so soon? I have a 2013 13” retina pro that just started giving me a “battery service” message last year and it held up pretty well. Unfortunately, Apple doesn’t sell OEM parts to anyone unless you’re an AASP so the batteries that are available are aftermarket or pulled from donor machines. If someone is selling you an OEM battery then they’re either lying or it was, as I mentioned before, pulled from a donor device. I myself have a cellphone, tablet, and computer repair shop and a part of some online forums and groups and some have discussed the quality of these aftermarket batteries in that they don’t compare to the OEM ones. One member even stated he’s had a customer come to him twice to replace her macbook battery. The OEM one went bad and the aftermarket replacement went bad after two years. This is something Right to Repair can help resolve by requiring...

Yes you’ll need to program the new assembly to keep TrueTone. This one should do the trick https://www.jcprogrammer.com/jc-v1-iphone-proximity-light-sensortrue-tone-displaymulti-touchvibrator-read-write-data-recovery-programmer-for-7-11promax.html

It looks like a connector bus or something. I’m a little surprised the new one doesn’t have it. At any rate, make sure you’re using a premium port and not an aftermarket one. The X and above will only work with a premium or OEM one. So if you inspect the small circuitry on the new port next to the old one and they don’t match, odds are you have an aftermarket port and will experience bootlooping issues. If need be, order a premium port from Mobile Sentrix.

Inspect the flex cables. If you’re not careful when installing the new screen on the frame, you can pinch the cables between the screen and frame, resulting in either creasing or tearing the cables. Learned that lesson the hard way on a XS max screen last month…

If you have another camera on hand, go through FaceID setup and point the camera at the top of the device. You should see a blinking light through the camera. If that blinking light doesn’t appear there’s damage to the ear speaker assembly, the part you transferred from the old screen to the new one. If that’s working as it should, open it back up and adjust the front facing camera module and make sure it’s pushed up towards the top of the phone. Sometimes that can slide down and not align properly.

Rather than jam the pic in between the battery and the connector you should insert it on either side of the connector in between the board and the frame if that makes any sense.

I know Samsung has two different variants for the rear cameras on these phones. One made by Samsung the other by Sony. I would either order one of each camera, or open the device and look at the markings on the camera assembly it’ll either give you a model number or the name of the manufacturer.

If it runs on lithium it can be quite dangerous to rebuild if you don’t know what you’re doing or don’t use the proper tools. If it runs on something like nickel metal hydride (NiMh) or nickel cadmium (NiCad) you should be able to rebuild it fairly easily. If you can get a model number wither from the machine or the battery pack that would be helpful.

My only guess would be wifi antennas or something

Can the TouchID keyboard be purchased separately if the original seems to fail? I’m looking on Apple’s website and it doesn’t appear to be available, at least for the time being.

I would like to add that you’ll need a special tool to read and copy the serial number to the new Taptic Engine so that it will provide proper feedback.