• toynbee@lemmy.world
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    10 hours ago

    When I worked in cell phone repair, someone brought in a cell phone in similar condition and asked a similar question, all while seeming quite sincere.

    At least they were honest; they explained it had fallen out of their pocket while mowing and gotten entangled in the mower blades. Not sure how they expected us to affect repairs, though. We declined as politely as we could and directed them to where they could buy a replacement.

    • wirelesswire@lemmy.zip
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      10 hours ago

      A lot of folks think that tech people are wizards, and maybe there was a chance. Source: I work in IT.

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        8 hours ago

        If the time was right, I’d be checking for an SD card. There’d be a chance to save some fraction of their data…

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    12 hours ago

    It looks like you’re going to have to reconnect a couple of traces, but if you’ve got some magnet wire and a fine tipped iron you should be good to go. You probably don’t need that bit on the left, it doesn’t look important.

  • stupidcasey@lemmy.world
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    13 hours ago

    If you have a soldering iron and a factory full of orphan children you can put it back together (the orphans must be children for the tiny hands)

  • FiveMacs@lemmy.ca
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    13 hours ago

    How does one even accomplish this? Dropping the board alone wouldn’t even do this, almost intentional

  • AdamEatsAss@lemmy.world
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    12 hours ago

    I think that’s actually just dirt. I recommend the sanitize cycle on your dishwasher to make sure it’s clean.