Most Common Cell Phone Repairs For DIY
Not every hardware problem with your phone can be easily repaired, but many can. Once you learn most common cell phone repairs methods from Phonefix, you can replace the other iPhone parts as well or help your friends or relatives to replace their damaged phone.
Here are some of the most common types of repairs and concerns you'll need to be aware of with them. It is worth a try and you will save a lot of money.
Depending on the type of phone you have and whether you signed up for insurance on your device, it may be cheaper to do your own repairs (and void your warranty, of course).
Don't force anything open, don't yank on any parts, and don't disconnect anything that doesn't look like it can't be reconnected easily. Once you get a feel for how it works, you can know if you're ready to open up your real phone.
1. Broken Screen/Digitizer
Fixing a broken screen can be either fairly simple and cheap or extremely expensive depending on how it's built. In both cases, you'll need to disassemble your device.
In some cases, the glass and digitizer may be fused together which makes a replacement unit very expensive. If they are not, however, you can buy a Phone Screen replacement screen fairly cheap.
Depending on the type of phone you have and whether you signed up for insurance on your device, it may be cheaper to do your own repairs (and void your warranty, of course).
Don't force anything open, don't yank on any parts, and don't disconnect anything that doesn't look like it can't be reconnected easily. Once you get a feel for how it works, you can know if you're ready to open up your real phone.
1. Broken Screen/Digitizer
Fixing a broken screen can be either fairly simple and cheap or extremely expensive depending on how it's built. In both cases, you'll need to disassemble your device.
In some cases, the glass and digitizer may be fused together which makes a replacement unit very expensive. If they are not, however, you can buy a Phone Screen replacement screen fairly cheap.
In cases where the display is not fused to the glass, you may be able to replace either the glass by itself or the glass and digitizer. Both are fairly simple repairs, but if the digitizer is connected to the glass, you'll need to connect a data cable, which varies by model.
2. Headphone Jacks
Once your device is opened, headphone jacks are relatively easy and cheap to replace, but this assumes you can get in. Devices with unibody designs like the HTC One are difficult to enter no matter what task you're trying to accomplish.
Headphone jack units are usually self contained and plug directly into the motherboard, though they are sometimes attached to the speaker assembly.
3. Loose/ Stuck Buttons
Like headphone jacks, buttons can be replaced roughly as easily as the phone itself is to open. You can buy replacements for most hardware buttons in a handset and swap them out without too many problems.
Most buttons are attached via cables to the motherboard and they can be very delicate, so be careful when re-attaching new hardware. You can usually find out how to replace the various power and volume buttons by following the standard teardowns. Be sure to read ahead first before purchasing replacement components.
However, if you're uncomfortable cracking open your phone, you can solve a lot of button problems with software.
4. Camera Replacement
It's rare for camera hardware to break outside of a cracked lens, however internally, camera sensors are relatively easy to replace (once again depending on how easy the handset is to open).
The unit is usually attached by a single cable, but if the glass is cracked you can sometimes replace the exterior glass without actually removing the camera from the motherboard.
2. Headphone Jacks
Once your device is opened, headphone jacks are relatively easy and cheap to replace, but this assumes you can get in. Devices with unibody designs like the HTC One are difficult to enter no matter what task you're trying to accomplish.
Headphone jack units are usually self contained and plug directly into the motherboard, though they are sometimes attached to the speaker assembly.
3. Loose/ Stuck Buttons
Like headphone jacks, buttons can be replaced roughly as easily as the phone itself is to open. You can buy replacements for most hardware buttons in a handset and swap them out without too many problems.
Most buttons are attached via cables to the motherboard and they can be very delicate, so be careful when re-attaching new hardware. You can usually find out how to replace the various power and volume buttons by following the standard teardowns. Be sure to read ahead first before purchasing replacement components.
However, if you're uncomfortable cracking open your phone, you can solve a lot of button problems with software.
4. Camera Replacement
It's rare for camera hardware to break outside of a cracked lens, however internally, camera sensors are relatively easy to replace (once again depending on how easy the handset is to open).
The unit is usually attached by a single cable, but if the glass is cracked you can sometimes replace the exterior glass without actually removing the camera from the motherboard.
If you don't know for sure and you want to, I'd say grab an old phone
and try opening it up. Usually, if you're very careful, you can tell
when you're about to get to a point where you'll do something you can't
undo.
Only repair your phone if you are outside of a contract,
prepared to purchase a new one just in case you can't repair it, and
willing to learn more about how your mobile device works
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