So, you want to start a cell phone repair business…

With each passing day, more and more smart phones are sold. From young teenagers with their first phone, to adults getting upgrade after upgrade. Each phone sale has one thing in common. All phones are fragile pieces of electronic equipment; and they break easily. Squaretradeblog.com estimates that 30% of iPhone users have damaged their phone in the last 12 months. …

The Colorful Ice Block Igloo

A few years ago I saw a picture of an ice igloo online, where a guy in Canada had taken cardboard cartons, filled them with water, and dropped food coloring inside, and let them freeze for a few days in order to make sold colorful ice blocks. He than stacked the blocks and made an AWESOME looking igloo that him …

Galaxy Tab 3 Complete Tear Down

I enjoy taking apart new electronics. Samsung is usually the best when it comes to replaceable parts. (Note 2 and 3, as well as the GS3 and GS4 all have replaceable charging ports. Other phone manufacturers do not.) Samsung made two versions of this tablet, a Galaxy Tab 3 7″ and an 8″ version. Unfortunately for this tablet, the charging …

Swapping the iPhone 5s Battery with the iPhone 5c Battery

Naturally, when the iPhone 5s, and the iPhone 5c were released, I was curious to see if the batteries were interchangeable. They are. So technically you can move the iPhone 5s battery to the 5c and get 3.3% more battery life. Not a huge deal… but hey…. science. I tried swapping screens, but the LCD port on the screen is …

Nexus 5 Complete Tear Down

So I take apart a lot of phones.  In the past I haven’t been too impressed with LG’s build design but this time around I feel they did a fantastic job. They took a page out of Samsung book and make the charging port replaceable.  Which is super convenient because the charging port is one of the most abused pieces …