Friday, 23 March 2018

5 REASONS WHY MACBOOK AIR IS STILL A GREAT BUY, macbook repairs in hamilton new zeland


10 years back macbook air was first introduced to the world and brought boom in a market. From that day onwards, apple never looked back and continued its successful streak of mac’s.

Macbook pro series is considered one of the best release of apple till the date. They are much thinner and powerful than the air. After that apple decided to stick with pro’s and end the updation of its most mainstream laptop “air”.

It was 2 years back when the the most latest version of macbook air came. After that, we have seen no sign of macbook air yet. Most of the people might be wondering why apple is still selling this obsolete laptop? But i think air is still worth buying even after 2 years of no updation.

Here look at 5 strong reasons why apple’s macbook air is still a great purchase for you :-

1. Cheapest mac
If you’re a apple fan and don’t have money to buy macbook pro then nothing could be the better choice than the macbook air. It is still the cheapest mac which is available in market in comparison to pro series. The price of smallest macbook starts at 1,299$. The average laptop apart mac series will cost you between 150$ to 650$. This means that macbook air is a affordable buy if somebody looking for a apple branded machine.

2. Longer battery life
No device of apple can provide longer battery life than the macbook air. The 13 inch device can last upto 14 hour with wifi running in background. On the other hand, apple claims that macbook pro battery can survive upto 10 hours and so. Which is 20-40 percent less than the macbook air.

3. Old usb ports
Most of the latest macbooks have c-type connector usb 3.0 port. This ports are actually very useful and will be a great use in future. But most of us still depends on the old one which is usb type-A connector. With this you don’t need to buy dongles, adaptors and all the owner of macbook air can easily connect to usb 3.0 port directly.

4. Card slot
If you’re a photographer or just a person who frequently transfer images from your regular camera then macbook air is quite useful as it has card slot at side. In new macbook pros, you will be needing a usb cable or a card reader to accomplish the same job. Ultimately card slot become a great choice.

5. Better keyboard
If typing comfort is your priority than macbook air have pretty comfortable keyboard than the new updated keyboard of pro. The keys of pro are snappy, updated butterfly version do not perform that good as macbook air do. Macbook air is little deep and responsive.

There are plenty of reasons for not buying macbook air but there are also several points that can pull your attention towards mac strongly. If battery, typing, image transferring is your concern than macbook air is a perfect choice. Moreover, the repairing cost of apple macbook air is less than the macbook pro’s.

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Saturday, 3 March 2018

MacBook air no image repair replacing lvds lcd connectors

This blog is about MacBook air no image fix lvds lcd connector repair at applefixwww.applefox.co.nz hamilton. This MacBook came from another repair shop. It turns on with startup chime but no image at all. On close inspection we noticed MacBook logic board is liquid damaged at lcd connectors area. We removed lvds lcd connectors and find out two of the connectors of lcd completely burnt and lvds connectors and back light fuse is burnt. See in the below picture.

Checked backlight IC circuit with multimeter and it appears to be working fine. Now we have 3 things to fix. LVDS lcd connectors on the logic board , fix burnt connectors on lcd connectors ( which will be fixed by jumper wire ) and backlight fuse.

Removing lvds lcd connectors and then soldering new back on the logic board is skilled repair and involves micro soldering techniques. It is very important not to pull the lcd connectors pads other wise whole repair will be screwed.
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MacBook air no image fix lvds lcd connector repair

Wednesday, 31 January 2018

iphone x & iphone 8 plus cracked lcd screen repair in hamilton new zealand

Professional iphone x & iphone 8 plus cracked lcd screen replacement in hamilton at applefix. Both of these iphone x and iphone 8 plud lcd broken lcd screen is recomended for DIY repair. There is nothing difficult to replace iphone lcd screen yourself. You can buy $20 iphone lcd replacement tool kit from us and you can easily replace any iphone lcd. What you need is just study hands , tool kit and a project mat which is $20 you can buy us. The tools you will need on iphone x & 8 plus cracked lcd screen repair in hamilton are 6.9 mm pentalobe screw driver, heat gun, metal spudger, Y000 screw driver, ESD safe tweezer and plastic spudger



Remove two pentalobe screws from the botton of the iphone x screen and than give it a bit of heat and than with metal spidger start pulling up the lcd. Make sure you have to go up slowly with spudger all the cables of home button and lcd are situated on right hand side. Be very gentle on right side and dont insert metal spudger too deep or it can break the cables or fpc connector

in above picture on iphone 8 see the home button and lcd cables are at botton right hand side. One more convenient thing fir DIY repairers or repair shop technicians that they dont have to worry about home button removal or breaking the home button while replacing lcd on iphonex. As home button on iphone x is all builtin the lcd or you can say there is no home button on iphone x.

Once you have removed the metal plate off lcd connectors from iphone x which has 5 y000 screws.

Under the metal plate you will see fpc connectors. remove these connectors with plastic spudger. On the same iphone x and iphone 8 lcd repair you can read good article here . If your iphone x or iphone 8 plus need a new lcd screen and you are looking for a professional iphone repair centre. Call applefix 078394188 or visit us at 85/a victoris atreet hamilton. If you dont live in hamilton send your device. or for a free quote send us query.

Saturday, 16 December 2017

apple watch cracked screen repair in hamilton new zeland

Cracked the glass on your apple watch? apple watch cracked screen repair in hamilton New zealand. Don’t worry! get it fixed professionally at applefix hamilton. If you into DIY electronics repair. This is an easy repair you can do it yourself. Follow the instructions below for apple watch cracked screen repair but if you not confident enough bring it to applefix. Told you will need, a fine metal or plastic spudger a fine tip tweezer, new lcd, lcd frame double sided tape and heat gun.
Before you start turn off watch if you can as you might end up blowing the apple watch back light fuse. If you can’t turn off make sure battery is fully drained. Start heating the edges of apple watch lcd. You can feel with your finger if it is hot enough to melt double sided tape adhesive holding the apple watch screen with metal frame. With a fine sharp tip spudger try pulling off lcd. While pulling off lcd watch lcd cables locations. Try pulling off the apple watch lcd away from the lcd cables connected on logic board. Once lcd is pulled off 90 degree you will see lcd cables are connected with board and a metal lock holding them together.
Intresting read furthre here http://www.applefix.co.nz/blog/apple-watch-cracked-screen-repair/

Monday, 27 November 2017

iphone 6s no sound audio ic replacement in hamilton new zeland


Suddenly your expensive iphone has no sound. iphone 6s plus no sound audio ic replacement in hamilton new zealand. Most of the iphone repair shop will replace ear speaker or charging port which has mic on it. If you are lucky sound will work. But if after replacing ear speaker mic or loud speaker if there is still no sound than the audio ic on iphone has failed. Replacing audio ic on iphone is very skilled job but at applefix hamilton we do it in our state of art workshop. The iphone 6s plus no sound audio ic replacement we done today was one of the iphone which unfortunately both audio ic has failed. There was no sound in ear speaker no mic and no loud speaker. First we replace the audio ic part number u3500 or u3101 if this audio ic failed than your ear speaker and mic will not work. And there is another audio ic part number u3700 if this failed than loud speaker will not work. 


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Saturday, 18 November 2017

iphone logic board repair in hamilton new zealand

iphone logic board repair in hamilton new zealand

Your iphone suddenly died and repair shop told you it is not fixable? Professional iphone logic board repair in hamilton new zealand at applefix 85/a victoria street. We fixed lot of iphones which came from other iphone repair shop as not fixable. It is amazing how a small 50 cent part can bring down your expensive iphone. Finding a faulty part on the iPhone logic board need extensive knowledge, reading schematic diagrams and a detail knowledge of each component of the board. How to check small parts like capacitors, resistors, fuses, diodes , inductors ics and coils.  Below is the picture of iphone 7 which came to us as not fixable. We fixed it same day. There was a short capacitor which caused pp_cpu line short to ground.

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