I have been having trouble charging my iPhone for quite a while. It would take my plugging it in more than once to get the lightning bolt on the screen indicating it was charging. Gradually it became harder and harder to get it to charge. I tried cleaning the charging port, as I learned it was called, with negligible improvement. A DuckDuckGo online search suggested that the problem might indeed be with the charging port, so I checked for a place locally to take it to be checked out.
I noticed that a Dr Phone Fix branch in a Wal Mart got very good reviews. (Or rather, after a name change, Techy by Dr Phone Fix, to reflect that they work on much more than just phones). Unfortunately my wife and I don't enter Wal Marts, but I found another branch in the Tavares Winn Dixie shopping center with equally good reviews. You can call or make appointments online, but they don't discourage drop in service visits like Apple stores and the Geek Squad do these days, so I dropped by.
A tech guy came out front when I went in and after quizzing me briefly on the problem, took my iPhone into the back to check it out. He returned and said it probably did indeed need a new charging port, though a problem with one of the circuit boards was also possible. Both techs had a job on so he said it might be later in the day, which was fine for me. There was brief confusion about whether I could pick it up the next day, as one of the two techs thought it was Saturday when it was Friday. We have all had days like that! He quoted me $69 if it was just the port and I left.
They called later on, too late for me to pick it up, so I stopped by the next morning. The charging port had been the culprit, so I paid the pre-arranged amount and left with my iPhone in hand. It has been charging like a new phi one again ever since, so I will not hesitate to use or recommend Dr. Phone Fix in the future. read more