Screens, batteries, boards: phone repair in Elk Grove.

The shop is on Elk Grove Blvd, and the phones on the bench come from across Elk Grove and Sacramento. Bring the device to the counter, or send a quote request first and describe what it is doing. Either way it gets looked at before anyone puts a number on the job. Ask about turnaround when you check in; it depends on the repair and parts availability.

When the symptom is vague, a diagnostic is the honest place to start: it separates a software problem from a hardware one and points at the component actually at fault. Phone and tablet diagnostic: $49, or $99 for liquid damage, data recovery and board repair, credited toward the repair when you approve it. We'll explain your part options before you decide. Standard repair warranty: 30 days unless stated otherwise on your ticket.

Display replacement. Phone panels are OLED or LCD, and on many models both exist as replacement options, at different costs and with different color and brightness behavior. We will tell you which panel is going in before the phone is opened. Back glass is a separate job from the display and is possible on a good number of models. We take appropriate steps to preserve supported device functionality such as True Tone, Face ID and Touch ID when the repair and replacement part allow it.

Battery replacement. A lithium cell is a consumable. Capacity falls as cycles add up, and a phone that shuts down with charge still showing, or that runs hot doing nothing, is usually telling you the cell is finished. A swollen battery is pressing on the display from behind and should not be left in a pocket. We'll explain your part options before you decide.

Charging port work. A phone that refuses to charge is often not broken at all: the port is packed with pocket lint and the cable can no longer seat properly. That gets cleaned out and tested first. If the contacts are worn, the pins are bent or the connector has been torn off its pads, the port comes off the board and a new one goes on, which is soldering work rather than a parts swap.

Liquid damage. Rice does nothing. The problem is not moisture, it is corrosion, and it keeps working on the board after the phone feels dry, especially where a sugary drink has left residue behind. Power the device off, leave it off the charger and get it to us. Boards are opened up, cleaned ultrasonically and inspected component by component. Some devices come back. Some do not, and you will hear that from us plainly once we have looked.

Cameras, audio and buttons. Rear and front cameras, earpiece, loudspeaker, microphones, the vibration motor, power and volume buttons and fingerprint readers are all replaceable parts on most phones. A dead speaker or microphone on a device with no other damage sometimes traces back to the board instead of the module, which is why these are tested before any part is ordered.

Not everything that goes wrong is a broken part. We move data from an old handset to a new one, pull photos, messages and contacts off devices that will not start normally, and work through the software end of things: a phone stuck in a boot loop, an account or setup problem, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth that will not hold a connection. Back the device up before a repair if it still lets you, because any board-level job carries some risk to what is stored on it.