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Chosen Solution Dear Ifixit.com Do you have a list of preferred glues for fixing mobile phones..?? regards For glass refurbishment or for sticking down digitizers and full screen assemblies? As far as adhesive goes, I use tesa tape and it works great. It’s available at most parts suppliers. As far as OCA and LOCA, I dont have any experience doing glass only repairs. I’ve found an adhesive that’s highly regarded - “B7000” that acts somewhat like a rubber cement without the damage to electronics part....

Chosen Solution I have a 94 Nissan Altima 4 cylinder that has problems starting most of the time. If I pull a plug out I am getting spark and it allows the car to start, but put it back in then it doesn’t start… Help please… Dave Scott could be many of things. If it has spark it most likely has spark when it is back in the cylinder head. So that would leave either fuel or air as a possibility....

Chosen Solution Hi, Iphone 8 plus getting hot when camera is using and even more when using in portrait mode. even more heat at and near processor, what is the solution and what will be the issue. Thank you Regards Harsha hello Sharanabasappa, it looks like your handset is water damaged - heating up when working, that’s damage symptom. You didn’t write which camera it was. The camera must be replaced because it affects the operation of the entire system....

Chosen Solution Hello, My trusty 13-inch late 2011 MacBook Pro has finally had enough and called it a day after 11 years of loyal service. Late last week while I was quietly watching a film, the screen started glitching out of nowhere and the Mac started beeping 3 times at 2-second intervals before either shutting down or restarting. This has been happening non-stop since last week. If I’m really lucky, I can maybe get 5 or 10 minutes of usage before the bugger starts again....

Chosen Solution Few days ago I have bought new MacBook Pro 15” 2018. I have little ‘problem’ with ’enter’, ‘right shift’, and up/down arrows keys. In general use when I typing I can’t hear difference but when I pushing one of this keys singly I noticed that there are little louder than others. Is this normal? I have found some video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuZZVWNw… which describing exatly what I ment. Another info is that I have EU keyboard....

Chosen Solution I was following the guide posted here to do a mobo swap, I did the swap however for some reason the home button and microphone does not work. Everything seems to be connected properly and I cannot find the reason for those two function seem to not work anymore. This is very frustrating and I would appreciate any kind of help. Thanks. Its the black ZIF connectors. they are not close property....

Chosen Solution plz help for error 56 iphone 6 fixed serveral iphone 6 motherboards by reflowing the nfc ic but best is to or replace or reball in my case first i reflow and if that works i replace 100% SOLUTION NFC IC REBALL

Chosen Solution I have a Powerbook G4. The port into which the power adapter fits has gone dead. For a while, I could get it to work by rotating the AC adapter clockwise or counterclockwise. Now it won’t supply any power at all to the computer. You most likely need to replace the DC-IN port. For getting the right one and the installation instructions please give us the last three letter of your serial number so we can tell which machine you have....

Chosen Solution I got an HP Notebook - 15-bs192od laptop. My hinges are loose and now my screen will not come up and I don’t have the money to get it fixed so any help you can give me would be helpful. is there any repair kits do you have. Hi, Here’s the maintenance and service guide for your laptop, taken from this webpage. It it you’ll find the necessary pre-requisite steps and then the procedure to remove the display panel....

Chosen Solution I am unable to turn my laptop on. It seems that there’s no power. No lights light up, and there is no noise coming from the laptop. There are a few possible reasons that your laptop will not turn on. Please review the troubleshooting page and attempt to make sure the battery and AC adapter are operating correctly. Other possible issues may reside in the power button not working properly as well....

Chosen Solution The laptop is old and it needs a couple of new parts in it, one of which being the square piece you plug the charger into. The piece is exposed outside of the case and I’m wondering really how to fix it. Hi @duo01, You need to remove the battery from the laptop and then open the laptop and remove / replace the DC-In jack cable (supplier example only to show part and cost)....

Chosen Solution My granddaughter broke her virgin mobile phone i have a old kyocera virgin phone but my phone number is saved internally how do i chang it to her number without changing plans Most phones today have a SIM chip which you can slide out and place in a different phone. If yours doesn’t have a SIM chip then it’s an older programmed type which may not work with your granddaughters carrier....

Chosen Solution I’m trying to change out the back of my watch because the glass is cracked, but I have a feeling I may might have at least partially stripped the screws even though I have the right driver… How easy is it to strip them, and how would I go about removing them if they are? I can tell you that very easy. It seems that they use a locking glue and sometimes they may have been over screwed making them more difficult to unscrew with the result you have seen....

Chosen Solution How much is it to replace a cracked screen Jessica goddard, you can get the LCD/digitizer assembly for around $60USD at places like ebay.com as well as others. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLxLdXFa… It depends on if you do it yourself (Which I would guess as you’re posting on an electronics repair site) or if you want a local company to do it. If you want a local place to do it, the price would likely be at least $100 but you must call that shop as each store has different pricing

Chosen Solution I have 2002 Toyota echo the striker pad on the drivers side fell off so I cannot close my door. The part it attaches to has either fallen into the body of the car on the left rear side or disappeared totally. Two questions what is that part called. If I have to take the car apart how do I get into the body of the car where the striker plate is attached....

Chosen Solution Hi, I’m trying to connect my Oneplus twoT to my Samsung smart tv through Wifi Direct. As I know, Wifi direct doesn’t need any router and they can be connected directly. This is exactly what I do: I go to Wifi>Advanced options>Wifi direct on my phone I also turn on Wifi direct in samsung tv using Network in main Menu. Then it tries to connect to my Oneplus two and I receive a notification in my phone....

Chosen Solution I need to re-install the software on my bose speaker 500, bose service people are asking for money as much as half the amount of speaker itself to do that. I want to do it myself to save money on an already expensive speaker. Avish Goyal have you tried this Updating using a computer and USB cable To update your speaker using a computer and a USB cable: On a computer, open an internet browser and go to worldwide....

Chosen Solution I had used my old computer for seven years and a few days ago it got Hard Drive crash accidentally. I couldn’t express how annoying and painful due to this case because I had my irreplaceable songs imported from CDs and download from the Internet in my iTunes Library lost. The only one thing I was grateful was that some music was stored in my iPhone 6. Now I have to buy a new computer and install a totally new iTunes on my new computer....

Chosen Solution How can I remove the Fusion Drive (SSD&HDD) from my Mac Mini (late 2012), to then install one or two SSDs? Did you see this Mac mini Late 2012 Repair The very first thing here is to make a bootable OS installer USB drive. Follow this guide: How to create a bootable macOS Sierra installer drive as it will make the job easier. But we have a small problem Apples certificates expired so you’ll need a new image file get it here How to upgrade to macOS Sierra jump down to Step 4....

Chosen Solution The phone will ring, sound an alert when receive an email and/or text message. The glass screen is cracked and black. Cannot answer phone. Do not want to lose pictures, messages, or numbers. Is there anything that can be done? @deborahjean you know what needs to get done. You will have to replace the display. Reading through the manual I do not see where it would require any restart or similar, where you would lose any of your data....