A damage, a repair and a damage.

For the past three days, I have been having some issues with my phone although not an internal issue it is still annoying. The charging port became faulty and since the power retaining capacity of the phone is rather low, I usually charge it with my power bank at almost all times. Ever since the charging point got faulty, it became impossible for me to use the phone while charging it with my power bank as I have to incline the cable at an angle before it charges, with that inclination I can't do anything so I just let it charge in peace. However I soon got tired of it all and decided to take it to a repair shop to save myself from further stress and my super fast cable from cutting because due to the inclination, it started developing a strain along its width.

The repair shop isn't that far from the house, I gave the dude the phone after telling him its problem and he set to work after rounding up some other client's work whose problem seems to be of the same nature as mine. He unscrewed the back of the phone, took out the panel, took out the charging port and mounted another after which he soldered it carefully to make sure it stuck. He tested it with a galvanometer but it didn't work. I then suddenly remembered that I came with a panel from my old phone just in case as I remember an incident where the panel had a problem and I mistook it for the charging port which made me spend more than I would have spent if it were the charging port. Lost in this thought, the galvanometer indicated a flow of current which means it worked! He assembled back the part, handed the phone to me and I paid and thanked him.

Later in the night, I was having a chat with a friend on WhatsApp and I sent a voice note, the friend said she didn't hear anything but I thought she was bluffing considering the fact that the note I recorded was sort of sarcastic or jokingly mocking, I thought it was just her way of not taking it serious. This morning however I realised there was something wrong when I called my brother, he said he wasn't hearing anything! I could hear him perfectly but he couldn't hear me. It was then I realised that in the process of repairing the charging port, the guy damaged the mic. No wonder! The amount of flame he applied on the panel could melt a rod, I kept quiet because it wasn't my job. I was a bit sad because that wasn't the first time something like this has happened. There was a time I gave some other phone repairer a job but he ended up causing a more serious damage, more serious than the one I paid him to correct.

I didn't take it back because it will only ensue in an argument (it has happened before) and that is what I don't have strength for now, was still, they might tell you to keep the phone with them, hindering your work with your phone and when you come to retrieve it they'll say they aren't done with it, their plan is to frustrate you into giving up so that you will take back your phone. My brother insisted that we go but I just let it go, I know the kind of person he is, he might trigger a fight and I don't want that. I will put another mic maybe tomorrow God willing.

What's your unpleasant experience with phone repairers? Let's hear it in the comment section.

Thanks for reading.

Yours Layly,

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