Cracked iPhone 6? We know.

Hello there technology fans,

Well you’re probably a fan of technology until something like this happens to your phone:

SMASH!!

How in the world is this thing even still working?? Well, we do get in iPhone 6 screen repairs everyday and some of them are even worse than this. I feel frustrated for some of our customers that bring these in and say “I didn’t even drop it that hard” or “I put it in my purse and pulled it our looking like this” because I know that most people don’t intentionally break their device. In fact, most people claim that they didn’t even really know how it happened…

I will tell you one thing: with the cold weather arriving all across the US, it’s good practice to NOT LEAVE YOUR CELL PHONE IN YOUR CAR in freezing weather. We’ve done similar articles about leaving your iPhone in your car on a hot day, but the cold can be just as damaging. Moving a frozen device, turning it on, and taking it into a warm room can be disastrous.

I have personal experience refurbishing Mac computers. Many years ago, when I was the General Manager at a Mac Repair business, we used to purchase pallets of Macs that needed to be reworked. Well, we’d get them off of the semi truck in the winter, and wouldn’t allow them to reach room temperature before turning them on…and when we did this I found out that the yield was much worse that if we were working with “room temp” devices.

So, if you let your phone freeze overnight, just simply bring it inside and let it sit for 1-2 hours before turning it on. You’ll be much safer in the long run and FaceBook will still be there 😉

Take care, Ryan

Thanksgiving Holiday Hours

Good morning turkey lovers!

Just so you know, we’ve changed our business hours on our website for this week, and it is going to be a busy one!

Yes, we will be closed on Thursday of this week for the Thanksgiving holiday, but we also have limited hours on Wednesday 11/25/15 – we will only be open at our locations from 10am to 2pm.  This will give our employees a chance to close up a little early

Then on BLACK FRIDAY, the day after Thanksgiving, 11/27/15, we will be open from 6am to 2pm ONLY.

Black Friday is one of our biggest days and we’re going to start early, so if you haven’t already done so, it’s time to sign up for our newsletter now so you can get in on the Black Friday specials that only happen at this time of year!

The Holidays are here, and so is Mission Repair.  Thanks I’ve got some more fun stuff to talk about shortly!

Ryan

 

 

Computer logic board repair at Mission Repair.

Hello there friends,

Every day we receive Macs and PC’s in for repair; and some times there are subtle issues that are bigger than one might think!

Recently I had a very nice customer that was simply trying to install a new solid state storage drive into his 17″ MacBook Pro; but the computer wasn’t wanting to install any new software.

He brought the unit into us, and at first I was sure that he just had a bad drive cable. So I tried a new cable but had the same issue. I tried another new hard drive with the same result. I tried the RAM, isolating everything that I could but drilled it down to a logic board (mother board) issue. Once I pulled the logic board from the unit, it was easy to see a burnt IC and resistor (center of the pic!):

The tricky part about this computer is that pretty much seems like it’s OK until you try to install software. Wow…there is just something wrong with the “logic” in this logic board!

So a little bit of surface mount rework and we will have this unit back and running perfectly for the customer.

I just want to let you know that a failing logic board can show it’s ugly head in a lot of ways. It can have no power, distorted video, not reading the memory or hard drives correctly and a myriad of other possible issues. Just keep these things in mind if you’re having computer problems, and that Mission Repair can solve them.

Have a good Wednesday! Ryan

Why use Mission Repair when I can go to the repair guys down the street?

Hello there,

We do get calls every day and have heard many times before:

“Why should I use Mission Repair when I can go to the repair shop that just opened down the street from my house?”

It’s true, it appears that this business we’re in is getting pretty popular. Apparently everyone wants to get in on the industry, but I can confirm that it’s not easy to do. Repairing these delicate devices, offering a warranty, advertising, hiring, and running a location (multiple in our case!) takes a lot of effort and know-how. Let me give you an example…

We received an iPad Air in for glass screen repair…very typical for Mission Repair, so it was received, bar-coded and sent to a technician:

This repair started off like any other until we opened it up, and it was immediately apparent that someone else had already *tried* to perform the repair. We called the customer to confirm this, and he should have chosen Mission Repair in the first place.

Upon opening the device, we immediately discovered that the glass was SUPERGLUED down. This is a huge no-no. Super Glue outgasses and melts plastic and rubber. Is there plastic and rubber inside of an iPad? You bet. Not to mention it cakes up and makes rework a bear:

Once we got the screen lifted up, this company even left the protective plastic cover that MUST be peeled off before it’s installed. It was still on there!

That’s Ok, the screen was wrecked anyway, so we can fix that for sure. Then as we took the screen off, there was a gold pin broken and missing on the digitizer connector which would explain why the customer was having issues with the “touch” function. It’s hard to see, but we’re pointing to it here with a pointed tool:

So add all of these up and now the customer needs a logic board repair, and new glass panel and a little bit of extra labor to clean (as best we can) the Super Glue from around the frame so that the new glass will sit level.

This was a perfect unit for me to write about, but I feel terrible for this customer and he said that “I had it repaired locally and been having problems with it since it was repaired”. If you’re going to go with one of the new guys they can’t all be bad…

But you can expect that a repair company that doesn’t have 8 years worth of repairs is going to have some learning curves. You just don’t want them learning on your device!!

Stick with the experts; stop by one of our locations or simply give us a call because we service every address in the USA via our mail-in program that is the best in the country. Questions? 844-459-0105.

Thanks, have a great day. Ryan

Back from lunch…

Here’s my view as I pulled up to the Mission Repair Store in Lenexa…and there’s no where to park! This is a great problem for us to have. I know that blogging about parking spaces may seem a little odd but it’s an interesting result for us.

We’ve been in the building for less than 2 months but it’s obvious that the location and our online marketing are working to some degree. We haven’t even yet gotten our monument sign out against the highway installed, so it appears that our customers are accepting the accessibility and new location. Whew. That’s always scary when making the decision to move into a new space!

So, should I just ride my motorcyle in so I could “squeeze” in to park somewhere? Well if my worst problem is parking, I’ll be happy to take that issue 😉

Thank you for all of the visits and business, we’re working (what feels like) around the clock to make sure we stay ahead of schedule and ahead of the curve.

Talk to you later! Ryan