WiGoMan Blog - Tech Care (Repair, Reuse, Recycle) Industry Leader

WARNING : If your cell phone has gotten wet, stop and take out the battery NOW!! Seriously, take the battery out now and step away from the phone! Bring it into our repair shop ASAP - we can save it. OK, now enjoy the post and I hope you learn a thing or two to prevent damaging your cell phone. Liquid damage is a funny thing. I had customer once who had the tide come in and completely submerse the phone in saltwater (not good). Our shop was able to recover the phone and bring it back to life. Then there was the guy who got one drop of rain in an exposed charge port and it fried the motherboard (really bad). So you never know what will happen when you phone gets wet. Best advice is to NOT get your phone wet (I know, easier said than done). Second best advice is to send it to LIQUIPEL and have them coat your phone with a pretty cool nano-tech to help prevent it from ever getting damaged by liquid - it really works! Here are few cheap tips to avoid getting liqui...

The Apple iPhone has revolutionized the cell phone industry and introduced many users to their first smartphone. Most users will carry their life in this snazzy little smartphone. If/when it breaks life can be disrupted -- sometimes in a major way -- so get it fixed quickly. Repairs are common with the iPhone and most repairs will be under $100. Here is a short list of the most common repairs for the iPhone: Cracked Touchscreen/Digitizer (Front glass) - You know it's broken when you see cracks and feel cracks in the screen. You have two screens on the iPhone, this is the external glass screen that you touch is called the Touchscreen and/or Digitizer. This is an electronic component that registers your touch to control the functions. When cracked it can stop functioning and the cracks will allow dust, dirt and moisture into the device. This is a simple repair that can be completed at any repair shop in less than an hour. Broken LCD Screen (Display Screen) - You know it'...

Since this is my first post. Here are my credentials in a nutshell: 20+ years in the wireless (cell phone) industry, last ten I have owned my own company and I have been doing cell phone repair work for the last eight+ years. I try to give an honest opinion and I'll throw in a little laughter too -- both of these things you might not appreciate. I've been interviewed a few times on TV, consulted with many companies, quoted in articles and posted on a few sites. Now I'm going try this Blog thing - bear with me. REPAIR OR REPLACE MY CELL PHONE When you damage your phone it is usually a very emotional thing. As it slips from your hands flying across the room you your heart stops and you say a little prayer or curse -- sometimes both. As you go to pick-up your beloved, yet often hated, cell phone you remember the sales guy trying to sell you a big bulky case and you think, "Why didn't I listen to that guy..why...why...why...?!" (True story: I once dropped my ...