I know this may be obvious to most in this community, but it saved me $1,000+ and wanted to let everyone know that it is in fact worth your time, effort, and hassle ordering the tools, watching or reading a quick tutorial or 2 and spending the time to clean you phone-s charging port.
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[–] 4 points 1 year ago (6 children)

i am tech-savvy. and again, after working for a phone repair shop, i would never trust one to fix my phone.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Why would that be? Getting parts replaced and/or broken? Or would it be a matter of trust with your phone/data?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    they take genuine parts from the phone you bring and put in aftermarket or shit ones that are almost on their way out, and they will (especially women) dump any data they can get from the phone.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Really good to know. Thanks for the quick response!

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    if you can, try to make friends with someone you can trust to fix your phone, and if you do, anything sensitive, backup and delete from your phone and cloud. if you want me to really be specific, im talking about photos, but i didnt want to sound gross.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    No I got that alright. I have generally had a policy of it it's broken, then trying to repair it before replacing was something I would throw my hand at. Fixed a good few thing and learnt a lot over the years. (Broke a few things along the way too)

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    yeah of course, and tbh, ifixit has some good guides on how to fix phones. you might be able to try your hand at fixing it, and then not even worry about having to rely on someone else doing it, and then closing that security loop.

    trust me i also do the same with my stuff, i can i fix it i try to (unless its beyond repair)

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