Cell Phone Repair: Screens, Batteries, Ports and Cameras

TechBrotherz repairs the five things that account for almost every phone that comes through the door: cracked screens, worn battery, charging ports that have stopped holding a cable, cameras that will not focus or show a black frame, and back glass that has shattered. Screen replacement is the most common repair by a wide margin, and on most models it is finished in about 30 minutes.

Beyond those five, we replace earpieces, loudspeakers, power buttons, volume buttons and home buttons. Those are smaller jobs, and on most handsets they take under an hour. If a phone has a fault that is not on the list, bring it in and we will tell you honestly whether it is something we can fix or something that needs the manufacturer.

We work on Iphone, Samsung Galaxy and Google Pixel handsets, and take Motorola, LG and other Android phones at the same store. Apple and Samsung make up most of the volume, which is why the model catalogue on this site is deepest on those two. Everything else is quoted at the Store once we have the model in front of us and know what the part costs.

Most phone repairs at TechBrotherz take about 30 minutes, and they are done while you wait. Screen replacements, battery replacements and camera swaps all fall in that range on the models we stock parts for. Charging port work takes longer, usually around 45 minutes, because the port is soldered or deeply seated on most handsets and the phone has to come apart further.

Two things change that estimate. If the part for your model is not in stock, we order it in, which usually means a day or two rather than the same visit. If the phone has water damage, we cannot give a time at all until it has been opened, cleaned and tested, because water damage is a diagnosis and not a fixed repair.

We will always tell you the expected time at the Store before you decide. If you have somewhere to be, say so, because on a busy Saturday there may be repairs ahead of yours and it is better that you know than that you wait.

We fit new replacement parts, not salvaged ones pulled from other handsets. On screens that means an assembly with the digitizer and the panel already bonded, which is how the manufacturer supplies them and the only way to get a reliable fit on a modern phone.

Every part we fit is covered by the same 60-day warranty as the labour. If a screen develops dead touch spots, if a battery will not hold the charge it should, or if a port comes loose, bring the phone back with the receipt and we will put it right. The warranty covers the part and our workmanship, and it does not cover a new drop or new water damage, because that is a fresh repair rather than a failure of the last one.

If you want to know exactly which grade of part goes into a specific repair, ask at the Store. We would rather answer the question directly for your model than publish a blanket claim that is not true of every part we stock.