Phone repair
Screen repairs, batteries, charge ports, cleanouts, water damage, software updates and account issues.
BookCentral Coast · Erina NSW
We fix what other shops write off.
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Screen repairs, batteries, charge ports, cleanouts, water damage, software updates and account issues.
BookLaptops, desktops and MacBooks. Screens, keyboards, trackpads, batteries, motherboards, USB, HDMI and charging ports, water damage, Wi-Fi, email and virus help.
BookScreen repairs, batteries, charging ports, buttons, frame work, motherboards, water damage, software and account help.
BookXbox and PlayStation. HDMI ports, power supplies, Wi-Fi modules, cleanouts, disc drives, update loops and software corruptions.
We do not fix remotes.
Hard drives, SSDs, SD cards, USB drives, phones, deleted files, water damage and forensic recovery.
BookAccount recovery, identity theft, remote access scams, stalkerware, GPS trackers, hidden cameras and full privacy sweeps.
BookThree steps.
One of the hardest things about getting a device fixed is finding someone you can actually trust. We know the device walking in is more than a device. It is your photos, your family group chat, the bank app, and a respectable meme collection. Drop in any time. Booking online in advance is preferred so that we get all the information and get things moving as quickly as possible.
Every device starts with an inspection. The device is disassembled and diagnosed. You will receive a text with the price and the ETA. If you want to go ahead, we move to payment.
Most of the workflow is automated. You'll receive a text message when your device is ready for pickup.
“Phones don't just break. They break two weeks before the trip, or the morning of an interview. We know when it matters. We know how to fix it.”
Most phones are in and out the next day. Board-level work takes three to four weeks. That covers microsoldering, water damage and dead power chips. Prices are on the site. For trickier jobs, we diagnose on the bench and text you the real number before we start. Software, accounts, charge ports. All on one bench.
Certified pre-owned phones · 3-month warranty included
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When a laptop dies, work stops. Tax records, photos, school assignments.
We know the weight of what's on it.
Every device is diagnosed before we quote. The big Apple Store charge is usually for a whole new motherboard, but the real fault is often one chip. A power IC, an hour on the bench, not a board swap.
Liquid damage needs same-day or next-day attention, two days at the outside. Past that, corrosion has usually taken the board.
When your data is the priority, it stays front of mind for the whole repair. We take every precaution to keep it safe. We never wipe anything without confirming, usually twice. We understand what's lost if we get it wrong.
Replacing a battery, drive, RAM or screen only improves the laptop. Heavy water damage is the exception, where some quirks can linger. We flag that before any work starts.
Most iPads come in dropped on a tradie's site or thrown in a kid's tantrum. They belong to the whole house and when one breaks, everyone feels it. We know.
There are two kinds of iPad on this bench. Standard iPads and iPad Pros bond the glass, LCD and digitiser into one assembly; the iPad Air keeps them as separate layers. That difference is everything when something cracks — one is a slow, careful afternoon on a heated mat, the other is glass off, fresh glass on, done. There is no fast version of the bonded job, which is why most shops refuse it.
It's why we steer clumsy parents and destructive kids toward the iPad Air: separate digitiser, cheaper screen, faster fix, and the numbers add up over the life of the device. We stock refurbished Airs too. Battery replacement is the other big ask, turned away elsewhere for the fiddly adhesive routing — done properly it brings 4 to 6 hours back to a tablet that was barely lasting two.
Same bench handles frame straightening, board-level work when a single chip fails, home buttons on older models, and software — stuck iPadOS updates, email setups gone wrong, files that won't open. iPad, iPad Pro, iPad Mini, iPad Air: if Apple sold it, we have had it on the bench. Touch issues after a chain-shop screen swap usually trace to a digitiser seated wrong, easier to spot than to undo.
A console that won't power on, won't connect, or won't display is a ruined weekend. HDMI port repairs, power supply work, Wi-Fi fixes, system reflashes — most repairs run 1 to 2 weeks because replacement parts are ordered to spec for each board.
HDMI port damage is the most common console repair we see. The plug gets bent, the port lifts off the board, the console eventually stops handshaking with the TV. It is a micro-soldering job — a new port placed and reflowed where the old one was. PS5 and Xbox boards are different layouts but the same technique.
Update loops, corrupted system software, error codes that won't clear — most fix through a guided rebuild or reflash. Saved game data is protected when possible. If the storage itself has failed, recovery routes through the same data recovery process as everything else on this page.
Random shut-offs are usually one of three things: a thermal cutout from dust buildup, a failed power supply or power IC, or a board fault from a previous liquid spill. Each has its own diagnostic path. The cheap fix gets tried first; the expensive fix only if the cheap one doesn't hold.
We do not fix remotes or controllers. Replacement controllers are cheaper than the labour to repair them, and they are usually best sourced new. We focus on the consoles themselves — boards, ports, power, network.
Because it's the moment your child took their first steps. It's the holiday that was more special than the others. Maybe it's your fur friend you wish you could see one more time. Or the last voicemail someone ever left you. We understand these times are painful and that's why we're passionate about it.
Every drive that lands here gets the same first move. Connect, inspect, take a forensic image of whatever can be read, then work on the image, never the original. The original gets one chance. We do not waste it. Once we know what we have, we text the price and the timeline.
Most jobs are what the industry calls logical failures. Deleted files. Corrupted partitions. A failed iOS update that bricked a phone with three years of photos still inside. A drive that will not mount but spins normally. These are the bread and butter. You will see your file tree again.
The harder cases are mechanical. Hard drives with head crashes. SSDs whose controllers have failed and need chip off work. SD cards that have lost their flash translation layer. Spinning drives need a Class 100 cleanroom for platter access. We work with specialist labs for that stage of the work. The diagnosis, the case management, the data return, the honest updates along the way, all happen here. The cleanroom step happens where it should.
Forensic recovery is the other quiet specialty. Court evidence, sworn affidavits, deleted message reconstruction, chain of custody documentation. We have done the work for legal teams and law enforcement. The same workshop trains other repairers around Australia in this exact discipline.
Hard drives, SSDs, SD cards, USB drives, phones, cameras. If it once held files, we have probably had one on the bench. Turnaround depends on the failure type, typically 1 to 4 weeks. Some drives are past recovery. When that is the case, we will tell you straight before any money changes hands.
Logical failures — deleted files, corrupted partitions, failed iOS updates that bricked a phone with three years of photos on it — are the bread and butter. Most resolve within 3 days of arriving. The drive comes off the device, an image is taken, and the work happens on the image.
Physical and mechanical failures cost more and take longer. Spinning hard drives with head crashes need a Class 100 cleanroom and donor parts. SSDs and SD cards with controller failures sometimes need chip-off work. USB drives often go bad at the connector, which is recoverable in-house. Forensic-grade recovery is available where legal evidence or sworn affidavits are needed.
Every job starts with an inspection. You will have a written quote before any teardown begins. Most jobs resolve within 3 days. Anything that goes to the lab — clean-room work, board-level chip-off, phone data recovery — can take up to 4 weeks.
It's scary and you feel humiliated, we get it. But you're not stupid. You were tricked by people who do this for a living. Maybe you have been using your phone with one careful finger, hoping not to press the wrong thing. And maybe your reflexes aren't as fast as they used to be and that's ok. They saw that, and they used it. Sometimes you just need someone patient who will sit beside you and show you, slowly, without making you feel small. Your innocent kindness is exactly why your family loves you, but it's also what horrible people prey on. You don't have to be scared when using technology and there is actually a possibility of you using a computer without being in fear. Grab an appointment and sit down with someone who can show you how to navigate all this fancy tech in a simple way. And the best part, you don't have to tell the kids about this one.
The first move is closing every active session on every account that might be exposed. Banking, email, cloud accounts, MyGov, social media. Then changing every password in the right order. The order matters more than most people realise.
The device itself comes next. AnyDesk, TeamViewer, AnyViewer, the remote tools they install when you let them in. Keyloggers. Backdoor scripts that wait. All scanned out and verified gone. Then the device gets hardened so it does not happen to you again. A password manager, two factor on everything that matters, and a quiet backup running in the background.
Hacked Gmail, iCloud, Microsoft, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok. Each platform has its own recovery process and its own quirks. The wrong form sent to the wrong place can lock you out further. We know which form, which order, which department. Most accounts come back inside a week.
Identity fraud is the harder layer. When someone has opened accounts in your name, you are unwinding a paper trail, not just resetting a password. Banks, telcos, identity registries, credit bureaus. Each one wants different forms and different verification. A walk through of what to file in what order saves three weeks of running in circles.
You leave with the breach documented in writing. What was accessed, when, and how. That document is exactly what your bank, Scamwatch, ReportCyber and IDCARE need to act on it. Half the recovery is the paperwork. The paperwork is easier when you have a list to follow.
Privacy sweeps are the quieter service. If a relationship has ended and you suspect you are being watched, we check. Phones and laptops for stalkerware. Vehicles and personal items for GPS trackers and AirTags. The home for hidden cameras. Assessment in house, discreet, no questions.
Bring your device. Bring your concerns. Book a private appointment if you would rather talk through it without other customers present. No questions, no judgement, no one watching.
Remote-access scams move fast because they are designed to. The team on the other end is usually still logged into your accounts when you realise something is wrong. The first job is closing every session — banking, email, cloud, MyGov — and the second is changing what they did not see you change.
Then the device itself gets cleaned. Remote-access tools like AnyDesk and TeamViewer, keyloggers, the quiet backdoors they leave behind — scanned out and verified gone. What is left gets hardened: a password manager, two-factor on everything that matters, and a backup, so one bad click can never cost this much again.
Account reinstatement is the slow part. Banks, telcos, identity registries all want different forms and different verification. A walk-through of what to file, in what order, saves three weeks of running in circles. You also leave with the breach documented in writing — what was accessed and when — which is exactly what your bank, Scamwatch, ReportCyber and IDCARE need to act on it.
No judgment. These scams target everyone — engineers, retirees, IT managers. The script is professional, the timing is perfect. Bring the device in, or book a one-on-one appointment if you want to walk through it without other customers present. Discreet, no questions.
"I've been in IT for 18 years and I'm so impressed by this guy. Very happy. Will be back."
Greg SheppardGoogle Review"Honest repairer — thought my laptop had had its day but Ben fixed, repaired, explained, showed me what was needed to be done, and restored everything running better than it has ever done."
Tracy BramstonGoogle Review"Great to deal with. True professional and definitely knows his stuff. My 10 year old machine now updated to i5 12th gen and no loss of any of my data."
Rob SGoogle Review"Ben offered the best solution and the best price on the Central Coast. Saved me hundreds compared to buying a new device. Quick turnaround too — had it back the same day."
Michael TGoogle Review"Brought in my water-damaged MacBook expecting the worst. Ben recovered all my data and got the board working again. Other shops said it was a write-off. Absolute legend."
Sarah KGoogle Review"Excellent and efficient phone repair. Ben is transparent about pricing, explains what's wrong, and gets it done fast. Won't go anywhere else on the Coast."
James LGoogle Review"iPhone 14 Pro screen was shattered after a drop. Ben replaced it in under an hour and it looks brand new. Even matched the True Tone calibration properly, unlike the last shop I used."
Priya DGoogle Review"Bought a refurbished iPhone 13 from the store. Condition was exactly as described, battery at 98%, and Ben walked me through setting it up. Couldn't be happier with the price."
Daniel RGoogle Review"My elderly mum got caught in a phone scam and lost a lot of money. Ben helped her secure her accounts, recover what he could, and set up protections so it doesn't happen again. Above and beyond."
Kylie MGoogle Review"External drive died with five years of family photos on it. Two other places said unrecoverable. Ben got everything back for a fraction of the price. Wouldn't trust anyone else with data recovery."
Anthony PGoogle Review"Samsung Galaxy wouldn't charge no matter what cable I tried. Turned out to be a clogged port — Ben cleaned it out, tested the battery, and didn't charge me for the diagnostic. Honest local business."
Rachel WGoogle Review"MacBook Pro logic board repair — Apple quoted $1,600 for a replacement. Ben diagnosed a failed power IC, replaced it component-level, and saved me a grand. Same-day turnaround. Legend."
Tom HGoogle ReviewLocal Partners · Central Coast Institutional Clients
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