Ethan Chow

I know this is probably already somewhere online, but a google didn't yield helpful answers. Anyone know if touch id extensio...

My Galaxy SII i777 shuts off when plugged in and will not charge, but when I flashed a custom kernel it works perfectly. Many...

Hi. I was given an iPod touch 5 logic board, and it was supposed to be working, but I am hesitant to buy parts if they may en...

My nexus 7 has no image and backlight, but booting the OS and the digitizer works. When I put in the new screen, it worked fo...

The home button on my iphone 5s does not register home button presses, but touch ID is fine, and I feel a normal "click" when...

The audio on my iPhone 4 CDMA sometimes will randomly cut out for 10-15 minutes. Hitting/impacting the phone seems to cause t...

Is it normal to have components colored/stained red, like with sharpie? I got a used nexus 7 2013 FHD and opened it to take a...

The back plate for the screen of my asus x200ca laptop broke where you screw the hinge assembly in. It is a really simple rep...

Go on another working computer and make a Windows 10 install/recovery media by going to this link and following the instructions https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10 Insert the disk into the computer and boot up. In the bios, go to the boot tab and select the usb drive under boot override. You should be booted into the windows recovery disk. Do not remove the disk. Go to repair my computer and select automatic recovery. If that does not work, then you will need to perform a fresh install.

You will likely just have to go slowly and use what is available. I would remove the mobo with this guide Dell Inspiron 15-3521 Motherboard Replacement then loosen hinge screws and slowly lift out screen. Since your screen is busted you shouldn't have to worry too much about snagging the screen cables on disassembly. Take note of how you removed the screen and now that you know how it goes out, carefully put in the new screen. If your screen isn't the full assembly you may have to loosen some hidden screws on the screen assembly pry open the top of the laptop to reveal the LCD panel to replace.

You likely have purchased a retail demo unit with a special firmware. The hardware is (probably) identical to the regular tab 4, so you can just ODIN it back to the stock consumer firmware. Instructions here, you need a PC and usb sync cable. http://forum.xda-developers.com/tab-4/general/guide-how-to-restore-stock-firmware-t2979006 Download links for FW and drivers: http://forum.xda-developers.com/tab-4/general/links-stock-galaxy-tab-4-firmware-t3013128

It can take well over 10 minutes to start off a completely dead battery. I would think iFixit batteries would come charged, but you never know. If it shows its charging(aka no lightning bolt on screen) then you should be good. Just wait like an hour and see. If still no go, then you may want to check how many amps it is drawing from usb port by splitting one of the wires apart and hooking each end to a probe on your multimeter, then measure amperage. You may also want to check voltage of battery, and or the voltage of batt. terminals on phone.

The onboard DAC may be bad if no amount of drivers fixes it, but a usb one that has a built in DAC does. If it is new, just return it.

I think it should take any desktop sata drive, and you should be able to clone the old drive onto new one and extend partitions if it still works. For how to tear it down, there is no official ifixit teardown, but probably other disassembly vids.

9.3.5 cannot currently be jailbroken. Besides, even if you are on 9.3.1 you need 64bit device to jailbreak.

Turns out I got a bad battery, and it indeed did not have nfc or the right control board. I will try getting a real one and see if that helps.

If you can get messages but just not the notifications, you may have accidentally blocked messages/hangouts from sending notifications. Try going to settings>notifications>app notifs>messages/hangouts/whatever your messaging app is. Then reset all the settings to allow.

The contacts are loose on the male usb port end, it would require simple soldering to fix, but since chargers are so cheap, unless you have good experience soldering I'd just get a new charger to avoid ruining your phone if you repair the charger improperly.

one can upgrade the SSD, in this unit it is the large IC labelled TOSHIBA. I came here for the layout/orientation of the SSD/NAND chip haha

Yes they will

Really late but I agree, I refurb these earbuds a lot and came here to check which is the ground pad and which is the positive on the lil drivers

Where can you find the replacement parts?

What does your replacement display look like? does it include the plastic frame? “New motherboard” incorrectly assumes youre replacing the motherboard, if youre doing a screen, just re insert your old one.

Desoldering the emi shield is easy, even easier than ripping if you have a hot air station(doesn’t need to be a good one either)

hit up louis rossmann he might do it as a one time thing

yes and also the home button switch is different and the battery has pull tabs. its mostly the same process but omit the ones for the home button and add steps for the battery with pull tabs

12 for a copy :D the 6s screens are also dropping, it happens every year. might be different with iphone 8 oled display though

yep it is the same counterweight vibrator as the 5. I think Apple stopped using the one from the 4s because it had to be sourced from samsung.