Hardware – Who Is Barry

Replacing the Battery in an iPhone 3G

My daughter’s hand-me-down iPhone 3G has had a bad battery for awhile, but it hasn’t been an issue until now, as we will be traveling this week. I have extensive experience opening up Apple computers and gadgets, going back as far as 2003 when I upgraded the hard drive in my white iBook G3 to… Continue reading Replacing the Battery in an iPhone 3G

Don’t Try This At Home

Remember that 750 GB drive that was dead so I opened it up to see what happened? Well, I thought it would be a good idea to tighten that loose screw and close up the drive casing and see if it would still work or not. It is only an external drive, what’s the worst… Continue reading Don’t Try This At Home

Crash!

Last Saturday morning I was sitting on the couch, and I began to notice a buzzing coming from behind me. It slowly got louder, and ended in a loud CRASH! I didn’t know what happened, but I expected to find material damage of some sort after such a loud bang. However, I didn’t find any… Continue reading Crash!