If you take your laptop with you a lot, you’ll probably be concerned about keeping it safe. In which case, you’ve come to the right place- we have two great laptop case sets from Approx available through both our Dundee and our St Andrews stores.
These “SuperSpeed” USB 3 hard drive enclosures have just arrived in our Dundee store. If you’ve never seen a hard drive enclosure before, the idea is simple- you put a regular internal SATA hard drive inside the case, and it converts it into an external USB hard drive. This can literally be done in under a minute- you’ll probably spend more time screwing the case shut than you would fitting the hard drive.
A significant proportion of the more “interesting”(!) repairs we get in are those handed to us by other stores. This is because most of them are jobs that they can’t manage by themselves- i.e. the more difficult ones! On top of which is the fact that they- or other people- have often already messed things up further in a failed attempt to repair it.
This is a typical example. We took a look at this iPhone 6 for another local business. They hadn’t attempted to repair it themselves, but someone else had had a go, and really hadn’t done a good job at all.
A few months back, we came across a story where a customer had taken their iPhone 6S to get its cracked screen replaced. Unfortunately, she hadn’t come to us, but instead went to another local store that shall remain nameless(!)
The customer and store disagree on minor details, but it seems clear that while the phone was originally supposed to have been fixed, it turned out that it wasn’t- and the shop were unable to fix it themselves.
Ever wondered why glass-only replacement for damaged Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge and S7 Edge phones is hard to come by? Find out more with our latest article.
Horizon Emerges from the Shadows
Those in the iPhone and iPad repair industry will know that Apple has revealed details about its “Horizon” repair machine. This has been around for a while, but until recently Apple has been very secretive about it, and little information was available on the Internet.
Why Apple’s Apparent Sop to the “Right to Repair” Movement is Hollow
Recently Apple has been coming under pressure from independent repair stores in the US because attempts are being made there to pass new laws allowing the right to repair a device. At present, some would argue that you don’t truly “own” the devices you buy due to restrictions on what you can do with it and legal agreements that intentionally fudge the issue of ownership to companies’ advantage.
Did you know that many repair stores rely on beginners’ “howto” guides for carrying out phone repairs?
Is this a good idea? Does it matter? Well, yes- it does. This article explains why phone repair can’t be boiled down to an easy ten-step guide, and why it’s bad news if the person fixing your phone does this!
If you’ve ever been tempted to let a cheap or “no fix, no fee” repair centre “have a go” at fixing your phone or tablet then bring it to us if they can’t do it… be careful.
There’s a bigger risk of having your device written off before we see it than you might think. Curious? See our latest article for more information.
