The tip I was going to offer was "YouTube". I doubt that there is anything that is broken or otherwise malfunctioning, that YouTube DOESN'T offer a video or twenty on how to fix it.
Problem is, they can be deceiving. I'm pretty good with tools and have long prided myself on being able to fix just about anything the doesn't involve a hoist or highly specialized tools to fix. Some time back I dropped my iPad, shattering the screen in the upper left corner extending about a quarter of the way across the screen. I talked to a guy at UBreakIFix and they wanted what I thought was an exhorbitant amount of money. I checked on Amazon and sure enough, they had fixit kits for iPads. Checked on YouTube...and yep. Same deal. All I needed in addition to the fixit kit was a hair dryer, some duct tape, a couple of of thin-bladed screwdrivers and a #1 Phillips, and about fifteen minutes (if the geekish YouTube guy was correct) of my time.
Nope. About two hours and a complete vocabulary of curse words later I sat at the table surrounded by shards of glass and iPad parts that to this day I'm still unsure about where and how they attached. I still have the iPad, or rather the collection of iPad parts, in a box somewhere. On the bright side I did use the incident as a reason to get the latest model iPad, which is not such a bad thing.
My tip? Do NOT always take YouTube for gospel!
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