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  1. M

    Stuck with a broken home button? Jailbreak right now!

    I am one of these people who have been desperately holding onto my iPhone 6s. With a new battery, I still believe this is one of the best, most utilitarian phones available. (Headphone jack, 3D Touch, works with AirPods, etc.) To my dismay, my physical home button finally stopped responding...
    • mtyq
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    • broken button home iphone jailbreak
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: iOS Jailbreaks
  2. perky9988

    iPhone SE (2016) peculiar iPhone SE water damage

    Trying to diagnose my iPhone SE, help. The story started about a month ago, I went swimming with my iPhone SE in my pocket. I left it in a bowl of rice for a day but when it turned on, the power button was water logged making it continuously pressed and the screen was unresponsive with lots of...
    • perky9988
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    • broken broken button charge charging dead headphone jack iphone se unresponsive water damage wont charge
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: iPhone
  3. JedNZ

    MP 1,1-5,1 Repairing a damaged cMP casing

    I just bought another cMP 4,1 8-Core (2.26GHz) - Apple 5870 1GB GPU - 22GB - original BT card on an auction site - a steal! It was delivered by a courier company, and my excitement all evaporated as soon as I took the packaging off. F#$kers! Damn!! Bloody criminals. The couriers are...
    • JedNZ
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    • bent broken broken foot cmp damaged
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Mac Pro
  4. T

    HELP MY MACBOOK ISNT WORKING

    When I start up my Macbook it has these lines. Also when I am watching Netflix they come and go constantly Help
  5. kevinakerberg

    Only LED #1 Turns On Late 2009 27" iMac

    Hi everyone, I received a 27" late 2009 iMac from a friend who said it wouldn't start. Upon taking it apart and investigating, I found that several internal cables were broken and the video card was loose. After replacing these cables and reseating the video card (also had to add RAM) I tried to...
    • kevinakerberg
    • Thread
    • 2009 2009 imac broken imac wont boot
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: iMac
  6. Lion_Mini_Yosemite_rMBP

    iPhone XS iPhone XS Sound/Alarm Problems

    So yesterday morning I had unfortunately slept through my alarm and missed an appointment (wasn’t a required meeting, thank goodness) but I thought this was odd, as I have never missed/slept through an alarm that I had used on my iPhone. Afterwards when I was using my phone with the mute switch...
  7. iSearch

    iPad 2 Won't Turn On

    My mother got an iPad 2 in early 2013 and used it until she got an iPad Air 2 in 2016. Around that time, she accidentally dropped the iPad 2 with a cheap case in front of our door step and it cracked the screen, but it still worked fine. After several months to a year, it just stopped turning...
    • iSearch
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    • apple store broken cracked dead ipad 2 power screen
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: iPad
  8. A

    Touch Pad Defect Brand New MBP

    It seems like there's a bright scratch on the top left of the touchpad on this new MacBook Pro that I just opened today. It is only visible from an angle in a lit room. The problem is that it is very distracting and is most prevalent from the angle that the laptop would normally be used from. Is...
  9. M

    Help fix with my 2011 MBP not working after reinstalling MacOS X.

    2011 MBP AMD GPU died. Found this page and tried the steps but couldn’t fix it. Followed the codings on there but don’t know what I’m doing really. But I figured out along the many tries that if I go to single-user mode and enter the code below it would put my MBP into Integrated Graphics...
    • MacbookPro2011_GPUfailed
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    • 2011 macbook pro auto restart broken failed gpu gray screen grey screen macbook pro not booting not loading not working
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
  10. error2507

    PowerMac G5 not turning on

    Hey! So I recently got a PowerMac G5 and when I first booted it, just the fans where spinning but nothing else. I thought I could solve that problem later and decided to clean the Mac up, since there was dust everywhere. After I did that, I wanted to turn it on again. But nothing happened. When...
    • error2507
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    • boot broken no boot power mac powermac powermac g5 problem won't boot
    • Replies: 20
    • Forum: PowerPC Macs
  11. A

    MacBook Pro failure or SSD failure?

    Hi, The other day I upgraded my MacBook Pro 2011 (with an SSD) from Yosemite to High Sierra, it rendered it unusable. I attempted to do a clean install but it kept falling or stopping. I've now reinstalled Snow Leopard from the DVD that came with the MacBook (this took 17hrs). Again it's...
    • aidan2901
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    • broken faulty high sierra macbook pro slow snow leopard ssd unusable yosemite
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
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    iPhone 8/Plus Apple store broke my iPhone 8

    Hey guys! Wanted an opinion on what happened to me this weekend. Went in to the Apple store downtown Montreal Canada to replace the battery. Wanted to do this before the discount ends in January. Prefacing this with the fact that the phone is just over a year old, has never been dropped or...
    • prizestuff
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    • applecare broken iphone 8 taptic engine
    • Replies: 66
    • Forum: iPhone
  13. infinitytekk

    iPhone X Apple is screwing me over

    less than a year ago I got an iPhone X as I'm legally blind and use it for HomeKit and transport apps it's a great device that helps me everyday, the problem started a few weeks ago the device got super hot so I stopped using it I go back and look at it a while later the lcd is messed up and the...
  14. ozone

    AW Series 2 smashed... AW Series 4 worth it? Alternatives?

    My trusty AW2 (in Cocoa, which I loved, but is no longer available) dropped yesterday. Onto a hard ceramic floor. Face down. Watch face glass is completely shattered... thought it would be a little tougher than that... :( I prefer to pick one up locally if I could, but not sure about AW4...
    • ozone
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    • apple watch aw3 aw4 broken non-apple watch options
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Apple Watch
  15. WristyManchego

    Apple kicks me right in the A

    Here's a right pain in the ass... Be me. Has 2008 laptop for 10 years. Shocks people how new it looks. Finally buys a new MacBook Pro a couple months back. Loves it. Takes excellent care. Takes it to bed. New day discovers crumb on A key. Not crumb. Chunk of enamel missing. Contacts Apple...
  16. dsudorion

    flickering backlight macbook air 13"

    I received a MacBook Air 2012 with water spill and somehow I managed to get it back up and running after cleaning all the contacts with contactcleaner. the only problem that stubbornly stays is that the backlight of the LCD flickers or sometimes the screen just turns off. removing the connector...
  17. L

    Help from the community plz

    Hi all My trusty MacBook Air 2011 has finally given up and died. I am all ready to part ways and put it on eBay, but I wanted to check in with the community. So the story goes I was backing up to Time Machine and the whole thing just turned off and started bleeping. whenever I tried to turn...
  18. A

    Use Mac With broken fan

    Hi, i have a 13 inch 2012 MB, the fan is broken and in my city there isn't any shop where I can fixt it. I only use it for things like word, for taking notes or powerpoint and web browsing. The temperatures of the Mac are around 65º to 75º celsius. In web browsing about 60º. I am wondering if I...
  19. A

    Broken fan

    Hi i have a 13 inch MacBook Pro from 2011. The connector of the fan is broken and I want to know if it is dangerous to use it without the fan. I see people saying that you can solder it back or even glue it but I don't know how to solder it or if the glue will work. i will bring the Mac to an...
  20. R

    I cannot charge my Macbook Pro 15" Mid 2017 without kernel_task running at %1600

    This is my second Touchbar Macbook Pro, the first one, saw the DELETE button break within weeks ,worst edge bleed I've ever seen and an right speaker that exploded within when i plugged out the charger. Obviously returned it and got my money back because I felt like these computers where broken...
    • reimertz
    • Thread
    • 1600% broken kernel_task the fan boy who died
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
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