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What to Do When Your Phone Won’t Charge You plug your phone in before bed. You wake up and it’s still at 12%. Or the cable only works at a certain angle. Or your phone doesn’t recognise the charger at all. Charging problems are one of the most common repairs we handle at our City […]

How to Prepare Your Laptop for Dissertation Season If you’re a final-year student at St Andrews, your dissertation is likely the most important document on your laptop right now. Thousands of words, months of research, all saved on one device. What happens if that device fails? Every year between April and May, we see students […]

Why Your Laptop Slows Down Right Before Exams Every April, the same thing happens. Exam season hits, you open your laptop to start revising, and it takes three minutes to load a Word document. The spinning wheel becomes your new study partner. We see a spike in laptop repairs at our City Rd shop every […]

Nintendo Switch Won’t Charge or Turn On – What to Try You pick up your Nintendo Switch, press the power button, and nothing happens. No logo, no screen, no sign of life. Or maybe you’ve plugged it in to charge and the screen stays completely dark. Before you panic, there are several things you can […]

Should You Use a Screen Protector? The Truth About Tempered Glass Every time someone brings in a phone with a smashed screen, we hear the same thing: “I kept meaning to get a screen protector.” It’s one of those things that feels optional until you’re staring at a web of cracks across your display and […]

How to Back Up Your Phone Before a Repair Before you bring your phone in for any repair, there’s one thing you should do first: back it up. Your photos, messages, contacts, and apps are irreplaceable. The repair itself is safe – we take every precaution with your data – but a backup gives you […]

PS5 Overheating, Disc Drive Issues and Other Common Problems The PS5 is a brilliant console, but it’s not bulletproof. After a year or two of heavy use – especially in a dusty student flat where it’s running for hours during exam procrastination season – things start to go wrong. Here are the most common PS5 […]

What to Do When Your Laptop Won’t Turn On You press the power button and nothing happens. No screen, no fan, no lights. Or maybe there’s a brief flicker and then nothing. Either way, your laptop is dead and you need it working – especially if your dissertation is on there. Before you panic, work […]

Xbox Controller Drift – What Causes It and How to Fix It Your character starts walking on its own. The camera slowly pans to the right. You’re lining up a shot and the crosshair drifts away. You haven’t touched the stick, but something is definitely moving. This is stick drift, and if you’ve used a […]

Genuine vs Aftermarket Phone Parts – What You Should Know When your phone needs a new screen or battery, one of the first questions is: what kind of part goes in? You’ll see terms like “genuine”, “OEM”, “aftermarket”, and “refurbished original” thrown around, and it’s not always clear what they actually mean or whether the […]