Jesse Hooton

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...

Was the phone every dropped in water? An excess of heat usually indicates a short circuit.

I would say that’s subject to your skill, patience, and access to tools. When I first go into phone repair it took about an hour to do a screen and now I can get it done in less than 15 minutes on iPhone. Samsung took me about 3 now I got it down to under an hour.

As long as you go with something higher than the OEM and a quality battery you should be safe. But I’m not sure there are any reputable suppliers out there that make upgraded capacity batteries for iPods. I can buy them for iPhones at least and they have roughly 20% more capacity than OEM depending on model. You can buy them from mobile sentrix.

You’ll probably have to deal with it from now on

Sounds like you’ve got some sort of board issue with this one. Because the 6 and especially 6+ were notorious for bending easily, it led to board level issues such as touch IC disease where the touch IC chips would “pop” off the board like legos when you bend them. I’m wondering if your sim tray has come off or something.

There could be a number of factors that cause this issue. If you have a windows machine, I would download iTunes and 3uTools to see if you can restore it. If you don’t have any tools to fix it, you might have better luck leaving it with a reputable independent repair shop. I would check the charge port with an amp meter to see if it has any kind of life in it and test TriStar to make sure that’s working as well. Then I would go ahead and check the battery and other components to see if it powers on. Some repair shops will have a DC power supply so they can try to power up the phone without a battery. It comes in handy to see what the phone does while it’s trying to boot or if there’s a short before trying to power it on.

There is a screw that holds the home button in place at the back. Open it up and see if the screw is loose or missing.

Liquid damage can be a tricky repair and it’s usually not practical most of the time. I would try another ear speaker assembly without transferring faceID components just to see if the speaker will work.

I would make your friend aware of what happened. You should ALWAYS disconnect the battery on the 6S and above when doing screen repairs because power does still flow some of the display circuits which is what caused that smoke to appear. Usually when this happens the backlight circuit gets blown and it is repairable most of the time but you want to let a microsoldering specialist handle it. Just beware that the next time the screen gets replaced that display connector could break even more or at any moment it could fail. Like I said, I strongly recommend you tell your friend what happened. Accidents happen, it’s what makes us human. As an experienced tech I still make mistakes but always inform my customers and tell them what I can do for them to make things right.

Take it apart and inspect the display connectors and cables for damage. By the looks of it you did leave a few fingerprints on the LCD but that’s not a huge issue as you can gently wipe them off. Anyways if the connectors look good I would try another LCD. If a new LCD still shows the same problem them you’ve probably got a board issue on your hands and it will need to be repaired by a microsoldering specialist. Did you make sure to disconnect the battery and put something under the board between the battery before disconnecting the screen?