Broken Smartphone Repair Options and Alternatives
Most people have broken their phone screen or damaged other components of their phone at least once. If not, I congratulate you on taking extremely good care of your phone. We should all take note from you!
It shouldn’t come as a total surprise to learn about people letting their phone sit in rice after it getting wet or dunked in water. Although there are few tried and tested DIY tricks for cell phone screen repair, the rice trick doesn’t qualifies as one.
A few years ago the internet was flooded with tutorials to fix electronic gadgets by throwing them into a bowl of uncooked rice overnight. I admit, that does make for great click bait but the rice experiment has never been proven useful. Typically, it can cause more damage by the small particles of rice getting stuck in the ports of the phone, then they soak up water, then harden making it hard to remove. Take it from us and do not try your own iPhone rice experiment. If you did drop your phone in water here are 8 things you should do.
Besides DYI smartphone repair, what are other option?
As long as there are smartphones we will continue to find creative ways to break them and as a result, there will always be smartphone repair options. Below are your alternative options to DYI smartphone repair.
- Contact your cell phone carrier to see if you have insurance on your cellular plan.
- Find a local smartphone repair store near you.
- Go to your local Apple Store. If you have an iPhone or Apple product and want a certified Apple repair this is your best option.
- Contact your credit card company. Certain credit card companies will offer insurance on your cell phone if you pay for the cell phone bill with that credit card. You will need to contact your card company for more information on how to quality.
- Purchase a certified pre-owned cell phone. SmartphonesPLUS is your certified refurbished cell phone provider.
- If you have the money available and think you need to spend $800 or more you can always buy a new phone from your cell phone carrier. Sometimes your carrier may have an awesome upgrade option!
Besides all these options can I fix my broken smartphone myself?
“Broken” is a word that can mean a lot of things when it comes to electronic devices. Is your screen simply cracked? Has water entered your speaker? Are your files corrupted and you can’t access your old pictures, notes or music anymore? Each of these problems can mean your phone is broken. So does that mean you can’t fix it yourself?
Technically, you can. You can take your phone apart, Google what each component does, and end up spending days just understanding their functions, followed by remembering their arrangement. That is, if you manage to take it all apart without breaking anything in the first place.
Most modern devices such as the iPhone have hundreds of small micro components and parts that are glued or soldered together to ensure durability. This makes disassembling the phone a huge task without the proper tools. Quite frankly, it’s a near impossible mission for someone with no experience at smartphone repair to complete the repair successfully.
Repairing your phone is not as easy as you may think. As technology continues to zoom past us in terms of evolution, the devices and their components will keep getting smaller and more complicated to wrap our heads around. To put the advancement into perspective, most smartphones today have more computing power than a computer at the highest level just a few decades ago. Not to mention, each of these computers would take up a large amount of space
How much does a smartphone repair cost?
It honestly depends on the type of repair you need. Screen repairs are becoming more and more expensive as technology advances with cell phone displays coming with higher and higher quality. Rear camera’s are becoming more expensive as the demand for camera quality continues to rise with the social media era.
An iPhone X screen repair will cost you anywhere between $100 – $200 depending on the screen quality. A newer iPhone like the 12 or 12 Pro Max’s screen replacement will set you back by approximately $275. The newer phones have more expensive screens called OLED screens. It is highly advisable to find a professional iPhone repair center as you do not want to cause damage to the screen since they are typically not able to be returned once damaged.
At SmartphonesPLUS we allow customers to check how much it’s going to cost by answering a couple of simple questions online. That way you don’t get taken advantage of by cell phone repair stores looking to exploit their customers.
With more than 50 million cracked screens every year, SmartphonesPLUS.com has come across a wide array of repair challenges and always finds a solution to overcome the challenge. Our expertise speaks for itself, just take a look at our reviews. If you are not a local Iowa customer, make sure to check the Google Reviews or other online reviews before going in to get your cell phone repaired. The Swappa Repair Network is a good source to find quality cell phone repair stores near you.
Feel free to check out our 5-star review ratings or Better Business Bureau Accreditation and put your trust in our quality services.
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Thanks for the tip on finding a reputable repair expert for smartphones. I’ll pass this along to my friend who’s planning to buy an expensive flagship phone. This way, he can avoid neglecting the phone after a mishandling problem.