to repair which is gaining momentum in the us. and cody godwin has more from california. this is just another day for 17 year old sam. he has made a business out of fixing electronics including laptops, mobiles and even a coffee maker. when i was 12, my dad dropped his phone while he was running, and he kind of came to me and was like sam, what do you think i should do here? and he said, can you help me go to the apple store and make me an appointment? and i was like, no, no, no, i saw this on youtube one day, that you can fix your own phone. it has been five years since he fixed his dad s phone. he has since turned his parents washington, dc garage into his professional repair shop, where people across the country send him their devices to be fixed. but it is not always an easy fix. many manufacturers don t provide the instructions or tools to independent repairers like sam.
and he said, can you help me go to the apple store and make me an appointment? and i was like no, no, no i saw this on youtube one day, that you can fix your own phone. it has been five years since he fixed his dad s phone. he has since turned his parents washington, dc garage into his professional repair shop, where people across the country send him their devices to be fixed. but it is not always an easy fix. many manufacturers don t provide the instructions or tools to independent repairers like sam. and not having access to that information can make for a risky repair. i took a pair of pointy tweezers and stuck them underneath the battery to pry up on it to release the adhesive that glues into the frame, and itjust goes, pssh, and like a bunch of smoke starts coming out of the battery. and you know, if i punctured it any further it would have lit the table on fire. it is one of those things you do once and you will never do it again.
or an authorised service centre being able to charge whatever they want to fix them. but there is something which is called the right to repair which is gaining momentum in the us. and cody godwin has more from california. this is just another day for 17 year old sam. he has made a business out of fixing electronics including laptops, mobiles and even a coffee maker. when i was 12, my dad dropped his phone while he was running, and he kind of came to me and was like sam, what do you think i should do here? and he said, can you help me go to the apple store and make me an appointment? and i was like no, no, no i saw this on youtube one day, that you can fix your own phone. it has been five years since he fixed his dad s phone. he has since turned his parents washington, dc garage into his professional repair shop, where people across the country send him
phone while he was running, and he kind of came to me and was like sam, what do you think i should do here? and he said, can you help me go to the apple store and make me an appointment? and i was like no, no, no i saw this on youtube one day, that you can fix your own phone. it has been five years since he fixed his dad s phone. he has since turned his parents washington, dc garage into his professional repair shop, where people across the country send him their devices to be fixed. but it is not always an easy fix. many manufacturers don t provide the instructions or tools to independent repairers like sam. and not having access to that information can make for a risky repair. i took a pair of pointy tweezers and stuck them underneath the battery to pry up on it to release the adhesive that glues into the frame, and itjust goes, pssh, and like a bunch of smoke starts coming out of the battery.
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