If you’re experiencing problems with charging your iPhone or iPad and you want to know the possible cause- and solution- check out our newest article. Read More
(NOTE: This article is aimed at more technical users and goes into more detail than most people will need. If you’re simply looking to have your iPhone or iPad fixed, please see “Get Your iPhone and iPad Charging Problems Fixed” instead.)
Unofficial and Fake Cables- How They Can Damage iPhones and iPads
This article is intended to provide a brief overview of a very common cause of Tristar IC (charging chip) problems and failure- specifically the use of unofficial or fake cables, and the reasons they are a problem.
This is a relatively in-depth article. If you’re not interested in the detail and simply want your iPhone 8 or iPhone X repaired, contact us for further details, phone 01334 47 88 66 or visit our shop at 1 City Road, St Andrews. We also have a Dundee branch.
Introduction
Apple’s September 2017 keynote was the inaugural event for their newly-opened Steve Jobs Theater, a new 1000-seat auditorium at the Apple campus. As the leaks had suggested, there were indeed some interesting announcements, including the iPhone X, iPhone 8 and 8 Plus, a next generation Apple Watch, a 4K Apple TV and last but not least, iOS 11.
Since this article focuses on repair issues, we’ll be concentrating on the two models most likely to concern us, the iPhone 8 (and iPhone 8 Plus) and the iPhone X.
Why is This Important?
The iPhone 7 and 7 Plus feature a number of significant changes to the internal design of the home button. This won’t affect you in normal use, but if it gets broken and needs fixed, there are some things you need to know. (Click here if you want to skip all this and go directly to your repair options).
To keep it simple, it’s generally believed most of these changes have been made to make iPhone repair by independent businesses- such as ourselves- more difficult, and hence to cut them out of the loop, forcing people to use Apple or their partners instead. These changes include:-
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You might not have considered this before, but when it comes to iPhone screen repairs, did you know there are different types of replacement screens? One is a genuine Apple original, and the other is a compatible (but often inferior) “copy”. Read More
The Essential Points
- “Original” screens are those containing LCDs manufactured for Apple. “Copy” screens are compatible replacements entirely designed and manufactured by third-party companies not associated with Apple.
- We always advise our customers to go for the original screen. The difference in price is generally small, but the quality is far better.
This is another iPhone 6 Plus with touch disease. We tried to get a photograph of the flickering grey bar at the top of the screen for you, but every time we tried it vanished(!) Read More
If we ever forgot why some people have a bad opinion of independent repair stores, here it is.
This iPhone was brought to us after a previous store had failed to fix it. They’d fitted four LCDs altogether and none had worked- we found out why during our successful attempt to repair it ourselves.