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Chosen Solution Hello everybody. I made bad experiences with using LOCA-Glue on iPhone LCDs, because the Glue runs between the LCD and Backlight, making the Backlight unusable. Will I have the same issues with Samsung or other Android devices (like Sony Xperia or HTC) or can I easily use LOCA-Glue on them without worrying to ruin the LCD-Module? Kind regards Theres quite a bit more to it than this but the short answer is yes, you can do a loca repair on most any galaxy series phone because of the way the display is built....

Chosen Solution I didnt realize you had to buy adhesive strips when also buying a new battery. I am desparate however and dont want to wait another week for the adhesives to come in. Can i use double sided tape instead? @lehud like @benjamen50 already said, yes you can. Any good hardware store will have double sided tape you can use. It does come in a variety of thickness and something like 3M 4624 will work....

Chosen Solution I read that buck and boost converter due its switching mode produces too many noises compared with linear regulators but it is more efficient. Can those those noises cause interference on boards with wifi chips on it? How would be a good way to measure how big would be such interference at the point to determine that it is worth to use a linear regulator even without power efficiency?...

Chosen Solution Hi, all! Radiator tube on CPU has a hole, so it doesn’t conduct heat, and CPU has temperture over 80C degrees with no load. I tried to find partnumber on the radiator to buy one new, but didn’t find a sticker on it. Could you please write me a partnumber for CPU radiator on ASUS G73Jw. Thanks :) 13GNY81AM040-1 This should be what you’re looking for.

Chosen Solution Any chance we can get our hands on 256 storage board and swap out the exisiting 64GB? Also maybe add armoured back cover which was unveiled in India Hello, There is no such thing as a storage board in phones, only a “storage chip“, which can’t be swapped without proper equipment. A better solution would be swapping the entire motherboard for a different one, which isn’t very difficult and 100% possible....

Chosen Solution Hi, I have a Toshiba Satellite Radius P50W-C Laptop with new MOBO and it has a password on bios that I need to reset. Was looking all over the internet but cannot find this particular model CMOS clear jumpers location… Any ideas Thanks to everyone trying to help. It looks like this worked for some people but it does not appear to work for me. My laptop is the same model and has the same jumpers....

Chosen Solution So a bunch of these Samsung Chromebooks were thrown out of my school cuz they were too old and won’t update anymore. But they are still managed by the school. Any way to remove that remotely? Or do I have to contact the school? You need to contact the school. You can’t factory reset the device or anything to stop it. Hmm as I remember my mate did it remotely...

Chosen Solution Sometimes when i plug in my laptop, the AC adapter won’t be recognized and the computer will just not charge. Hi @chilledlava , With the AC adapter plugged into the laptop and switched on, try holding the adapter plug where it enters the laptop and gently (stress gently) move the plug slowly up and down and side to side to see if the laptop detects that the adapter is connected....

Chosen Solution So in the last week or so, I have had increasing trouble finding my right Airpod. It just disappears completely from the system. Not literally, but neither my Mac, iPhone, nor iPad can find it when playing music. It only shows left battery life, and plays through the left pod When lifting the pod up and down in the case, it flashes orange / green, which I believe means it has trouble connecting....

Chosen Solution I’ve run into an issue with a few PS4’s where the controller won’t sync with them. I know the controller I’m using is good because I’ve used it on several different PS4’s without issue. Has anyone had any luck fixing this issue? Thanks I managed to change the wireless communication chip on the motherboard and it fixed my problem. In this picture it is in the lower left hand corner covered by a white sticker and shield....

Chosen Solution wanna know if the iPhone XR and the iPhone 11 are compatible to do battery swaps, cause the 11 has more battery juice than the XR Hi The short answer is no. They are different batteries with different voltages that require different charging and battery management circuits. The battery was designed/selected for the phone that it is installed in. Also a good clue is if they same the same model number or not....

Chosen Solution Despite clearly easily removable by pulling out all the stretch-release adhesive tabs, Apple mandates the batteries of these models to be replaced with the entire lower case with keyboards and speakers. Apple even allowed the batteries of M1 MacBook Air to be user-serviceable, but not the Pro models. Apart from immediate accusations of corporate greed, what could the technical reasons for them to eventually decide not to allow end users self-service the batteries despite clearly intended to allow such operation by design?...

Chosen Solution I have an iPhone 7 plus I cracked the screen it’s still very new was wondering if I could repair the screen with that of my 6s plus No. Every single connector on the display is different and will not fit nor work. Agree with Ben. It won’t. The only ones that are interchangeable are the 5s/SE. The front glass only will fit the iphone 6 plus and Iphone 7plus....

Chosen Solution I have tried multiple controllers and multiple games to see if it was not the console, though non of that worked. My Atari 2600 wont sense the ‘UP’ direction in games and no matter what I do, I can’t fix it. I also cant find anything online. Any solutions or anyone I can send it into? david.hammen I am sure you also tried both game controller ports. If so that would rule out individual components for each controller port....

Chosen Solution I used ifixit’s replacement back cover and now I have a side glare when using the flash. The window for the flash looks to be biased to the right of the flash location. When replacing the back cover, sometimes the flash “suppressor” is stuck onto the original rear glass back cover. Below is a picture of what has happened to my iPhone 4, with the suppressor stuck onto the back cover when it should still be on the flash emitter itself....

Chosen Solution Hi, I saw the late 2018 mac mini teardown before i buy it, for gathering the best information on how to upgrade the ram modules . I was inclined to buy a full-fledged kit of bits (Manta Precision Bit Set) for this and future upgrades/repairs. But I noticed that he lacked the required Torx T10 screwdriver! This halted my aspirations. Can any of you give input if is there any better alternative to a comprehensive kit of bits for 2018 apple hardware....

Chosen Solution hello, I am looking for the reference of the jack connector to replace it, can you help me? FYI all pin of the connector broke after a 20cm fall with the jack plugged in Hi there, as you might have noticed we just made a bunch of Steam Deck parts available in our stores. We definitely have a guide for this problem (but not that specific spare part, yet)....

Chosen Solution I took out the SD card out of the slot and found it had a few pieces of plastic missing. The plastic pieces are stuck in the card slot. How do I get them out? I am not able to insert a new card into it. Make sure power is off - take out battery! Fine, needle long nose pliers with a good light and a magnifying glass. Slowly, slowly!...

Chosen Solution I was wondering if simply replacing the HDD will bypass the lock? I tried the ram trick with no luck. I have 3 machines that all have this issue and need to find a way to bypass the lock. Thanks! Update: I swapped HDD’s, and had no luck, still has firmware lock. What are you doing with three stolen machines? These are iCloud locked. Hard drives don’t matter on these, sounds like your EFI firmware is locked....

Chosen Solution Hey Everyone, My current hard drive is dying and I want to replace it with: Seagate FireCuda Gaming SSHD 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive ST1000DX002 Couple things: will this perform well with my computer? I am graphic designer so I need a reliable hard drive Computer specs: iMac 27-inch mid 2011 3.4ghz i7 I know i’ll need to order OWC In-Line Thermal Sensor....