Swollen Laptop Batteries? Get Them Fixed ASAP!

Do you have a Windows, Linux or Apple laptop with a bulging case? Or perhaps it’s suffered from liquid damage? Read on to find out why you shouldn’t ignore these issues!

We received an Apple MacBook Pro in for repair recently. It had suffered water damage and wasn’t turning on, so we opened it up to see what it was like inside. What we actually saw was this… Read More

Error 53- Back in New Form with iPhone 8?

At one time- up to and including the release of the 6S Plus- it was the case that a broken iPhone home button could be replaced with a third-party aftermarket copy. Granted, the fingerprint recognition would no longer work- since the home button’s secure enclave no longer matched the phone- but you could still otherwise click and use the home button.

Unfortunately, this is no longer with the case with the iPhone 7 onwards.* Read More

iPhone 8 Copy Screens Stop Working Under iOS 11.3

Introduction

Whether or not you own an iPhone 8 or 8 Plus, you might have heard that copy screens– designed and made from scratch by companies entirely independent of Apple- have been stopped working by the iOS 11.3 update. Read More

Asus Touch-Screen Laptop Digitizer Repair

This is a digitizer replacement we recently carried out on a customer’s Asus touch-screen laptop. They’d damaged the digitizer (the part that senses touch and movement) while out travelling and were desperate to get it fixed. Read More

Latest Obliterator Stratus Gaming System

The latest revision of our gaming system design, the Obliterator Stratus is here. Click the link to find out just how much gaming system you can afford without breaking the bank!

iPhone Battery Slowdown- What’s the Story?

The Important Points

  • Apple received bad publicity when users realised iOS was intentionally slowing down older iPhones with ageing batteries.
  • Models involved are the iPhone 6, 6 Plus, 6S, 6S Plus, SE, 7 and 7 Plus.
  • Worn-out batteries struggle to meet the higher demands of iPhone CPUs and GPUs running at top speed. This increases the chance of crashes.
  • Apple’s workaround was to spread out workload and cut down on other uses of power when iOS detects the battery isn’t up to the job.
  • The only real solution is battery replacement.
  • Apple offers this, but as of January 2018 there’s a shortage of replacement batteries until March or April at the earliest.
  • At Disc Depot St Andrews, we can usually fit replacement batteries for recent iPhone models the same day! Read More

Screen Replacement for Samsung Galaxy S8+

Overview

At Disc Depot in St Andrews we offer fitted replacements for your damaged Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus or Galaxy S8 display. It’s easy for us to fit a genuine, new Samsung AMOLED display- and because it’s from an official service pack, you know the repair will be reliable.

A Typical S8 Plus Screen Repair

Here’s an example of a typical screen replacement on a Galaxy S8+, the larger of the two models in the Samsung Galaxy S8 series.

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Is Smartphone Insurance a Good Deal?

Key Points

  • Insurance can be made to look cheap when paid monthly- however, it can add up significantly over time.
  • The payable excess and deductibles on some policies can make many policies much less competitive than they first appear.
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Touch Problems with iOS 11? Blame Your Screen…

So, Apple launched iOS 11 just over a week back, and already one (apparent) issue with it is giving some people problems. Specifically, after upgrading to iOS 11, their screen stops responding correctly to touch, is generally glitchy and unusable, or the touch stops working completely. Read More

Touch Problems on Cheap “Copy” iPhone Screen

We’ve told you before about the difference between original and “copy” (third party) replacement iPhone screens used by main stores in iPhone repairs. Read More