Cell phone is already an essential item in our daily life. It is very distressful if the cell phone is damaged or stop working. Most of the times, the cell phone can be fixed easily by replacing one or two components. You can find those parts in ebay and thay just cost a small fraction of buying a new phone. In addition, it is more environmental friendly because this can reduce waste.

Common Problems and Solutions:

1. Broken LCD Screen:

• Cause: The reason for breaking the LCD display usually is dropping the phone to some hard surface such as the floor or hard tabletop.

• Solution: Search and buy a cell phone of the same model in ebay. You can find some phones that are unable to power up but the LCD screen still in excellent condition.

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2. Bad Circuit Board:

• Cause: There are many different situations that damages the circuit board of the cell phone. For instance, water enter into the phone, using charger of incorrect voltage or current, or dropping the phone to the floor, etc.

• Solution: Search and buy a cell phone of the same model in ebay. You can find some phones that are in working condition except with broken LCD screen.

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3. Bad Battery:

• Cause: Cell phones use rechargeable batteries and many rechargeable batteries usually have lifespan of about 500 charging cycles. Once the chemical incide the rechargeable battery cannot undergo the chemical reduction process, the battery lost its function to hold charge.

• Solution: There are many brand new rechargeable batteries for sale in ebay, many of them have Buy-It-Now option. But beware that some OEM cell phone batteries that doesn't made by original cell phone manufacturer might not have the quality and durability you expected.

4. Bad Components

• Cause: Sometimes, your phone only have problem on specific function or component. For example, camera, speaker, mic, and charger adapter, etc. The cause of damage on certain parts usually including dropping, entering water, or short circuit on circuit board..

• Solution: There are many cell phone listing on ebay are selling the phone for parts, you can find a phone with same model as your phone and ask the seller whether certain parts or features are functioning. Nowaday, many parts in the phone such as camera can be replace easily without soldering.

 PS: You may need a T-6 screwdriver to remove screws inside the phone. T-6 Screwdriver