Repair scope
Work we turn away, and why
Most of what comes through the door we take on. A few categories we don’t, and the reason is usually arithmetic: the replacement part plus the bench time lands above what a working unit costs. Better you know that before you drive over. The list is short, and even when the answer is no there are still a couple of ways we can be useful.
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Phones older than the iPhone 8
Screens and batteries for those generations are mostly salvage or aging stock, and quality varies from one supplier to the next. Set against what the handset itself is worth, the repair stops adding up.
Televisions and computer monitors
A cracked or dead panel is not a component level fix. The panel is the expensive part of the set, and sourcing one runs close to buying the whole display again, so we don't take TVs or monitors in.
Wireless earbuds and gaming headsets
These are built sealed: glued shells, tiny batteries and ribbon connections that were never meant to be opened twice. Even where a fix is physically possible, it runs past the price of another pair.
Bluetooth speakers and soundbars
Budget audio gear sits in the same economics. The bench time to trace a fault on one of these boards is worth more than the speaker, so we pass on them.
When it is still worth asking
Landing on that list doesn’t always end the conversation:
- Pulling data off an older phone. A handset we would not repair can often still be brought up long enough to copy photos, contacts and messages. Treat that as a separate question from fixing it, and ask.
- Telling you when not to spend the money. Describe the device and what it’s doing. If repairing it is the wrong move, we’ll say so and tell you what we would do in your position.
Not sure where your device falls? Contact the shop with the model and the symptom, and you’ll get a plain answer either way.