another data recovery job on a broken flash drive. this one was pretty straightforward. just needed some traces rebuilt to reconnect all the broken data lines.
snowshoe spamming is a strategy in which spam is propagated over many domains and IP addresses to avoid filters. the increasing # of IP addresses makes recognizing and capturing spam difficult, which means that a certain amount of spam reaches their destination email inboxes. step inside to see what we did about it.
data recovery - whew! that encompasses quite a bit of territory. from iphone data recovery to flash drive data recovery, computer hard drives that have failed. in this line of work, i can't think of any other part of my job that can be so high pressure, yet so rewarding if successful.
custom in ear monitors? what are those? for musicians - it's the future. no longer any need for pushing air on stage these days - cab emulators and in ear monitors (ciem's) are taking the place of stage wedge monitors and actual guitar amplifiers.
this macbook pro retina arrived on my desk with a blown backlight. the image was still present, but was not lighting up. after a few tests, we quickly determined the issue and completed the repair.
my newly acquired subwoofer had a faint heartbeat! bad capacitors turned out to need replacing.
spilled something on your macbook? don't wait. that liquid needs to be removed. the longer you wait, the less likely you will have a working computer. deep clean it.
this dreaded, seemingly innocuous piece of furniture is apparently deadly to iphones, ipads and computers. straight up cold blooded killers.
this sheervision dental/surgical led headlamp had developed a short and was not working. let's see why!
"do you think anyone will accidentally bump into this long object protruding from their computer?!" it's practically begging to be snapped in half.
macbook pro was given up for dead. i was asked to look into it before they called it. we chased that rabbit till we caught it! issue solved!
a friend of mine wanted me to try to breathe some life into his 4th generation classic ipod. and here is how we did it!
one of my accounts recently called for help with a damaged sd card. i always like so see it as soon as possible, and before i picked it up, i asked them to send me a photo. the reply was "ehh, it's kind of fragile, i'm afraid to."
this macbook air arrived on my desk with no backlight. supposedly the unit was not exposed to any liquid.
(they all say that...)
when a device gets wet, they liquid needs to be cleaned and the sooner the better and even that depends on what type of liquid. urine, salt water, etc are highly corrosive and usually the damage happens instantaneously. let's take a closer look!
when repairing an iphone, and removing the damaged front assembly, it’s very important to be extra extra careful when removing the LCD/touch connectors. here's why...
a microscopic visual journey of the attempted repair of a blunt force damaged touch IC chip on an iphone 4S. once we found that a replacement front assembly did not solve the problem, we began to dig a little bit deeper...
this is an open letter to all area cell phone store employees.
at&t, cspire, verizon, boost - all of you!
if you work as a retail sales associate with any phone service provider that sells apple products, this post is for you.
a brief welcome page for new, curious, searching, owners of broken apple devices looking for answers.
what is going on with my sound? i can't hear anything when i play my youtube videos or other games, but i can still hear my ringer for phone calls.
"yes, this was a serious wound. really more like a gash. the closer i looked at this ipad 2, the more it looked like it was premeditated. maybe not at first, mind you. but, i tell you, before the deed was done, this wound was intentional."
