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iPhone Repairs:
   iPhones Dropped in Water, Hot Tub & Pool
   iPhone 3g/3gs Cracked upper glass/digitizer repair
   iPhone 3g/3gs Cracked LCD repair
   Parts of iPhone Display Assembly
   iPhone 3g/3gs battery replacement
   iPhone 2g/3g/3gs "JailBreaking" and "UnLocking"
   How to bring your iPhone in for repair!
   How to send your iPhone in for repair!
Common iPod Touch Repairs:
   Touch Dropped in Water, Hot Tub & Pool
   iPod Touch put through the washing machine
   My most complex Touch "water case" ever
   My iPod Touch "Home" button doesn't work
   Getting your iPod Touch battery replaced
   Getting your iPod Touch earphone jack replaced
   Restoring stereo hearing to your iPod Touch
   How to send your Touch model for repair!
My Most Common iPod Repairs:
   Broken iPod LCD Screen
   Video, Nano iPod Screen Repair
   Battery Replacement for all iPod models
       an overview of iPod batteries
   Click Wheel Replacement
   Logic Board Replacement

   iPods Dropped in Water, Hot Tub & Pool
   iPods put through the washing machine

Is your water damaged iPod under warranty?
   Sound on Only One side of ear buds
   I actually Fix Customer 'Repairs'
   Fix the "folder/exclamation" error
   Click Wheel Problems
   Click/Scroll Wheel Replacement
   Replace my hard disk
   No Sound from earbuds/docking port

My Digital Camera Repairs
   Camera LCD's and dropping
My Cell Phone Repairs
   LCD's and Dropped in Water

1000's of Stories on Repairs I've done from all over the world

Customer Comments on my work
My Most Complex Patient *Ever*
Ads I run on Craigslist
   iPod left in the rain? or Fire?
   1 HR iPod screen replacement
   Nano 3rd Gen LCD replacement
   Computer and iPod Guy
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New Announcements & News
Opinions on some iPod models
How to Select a Used iPod
Where to Buy a NEW iPod CHEAPLY
Which Docking Station to buy???
What car adapter should I get???
Opinions on the Microsoft Zune
How To's and Tips
How to Reset Your iPod
Choosing an iPod Format
Format Mac iPod for PC
Copy iTunes Libraries
Add a folder to iTunes Library - Macintosh User
Add a folder to iTunes Library - PC User
How to Rip iPod Movies
My Fee Schedule

So... you may know this already... I am a one man repair shop for iPods, laptops (PC and Mac), digital cameras and cell phones. I've been repairing computers for years, since the early 1980's.

You basically only pay $40 if I can get it working. You and I together will make a determination together about whether or not it is feasible for me to look at your iPod.
  • If I can resuscitate your iPod, my entire labor charge for all models is $40.00.
  • There is a base charge of $20.00 if I cannot resusitate your iPod.
iPods
I charge just one labor rate; $40. For that $40 I will do as many things for your iPod as you need done at one time. For that $40 I also pay the shipping of your iPod back to you.

For that $40, I also create a backup of your data, if at all possible. I'm a computer professional that has been working with computer hardware and software to solve problems like these since 1984.

If I can fix your iPod using my normal set of software tricks and operating system techniques... you are only charged the $40.

iPod Hardware
If it goes beyond software and operating system issues to a hardware problem, I will disassemble your iPod and test each of the parts against a "known good" alternative to isolate a hardware issue. I'll get back to you with a detailed analysis of what I've found and how I would pursue returning your system to proper performance as if it were my own. I will not suggest expensive measures against a marginal gain. I want to keep your iPod running with the costs meeting at the point of maximum utility against maximum iPod life curves on a graph. Nothing weird and nothing outlandish. I am an ardent environmentalist that wants to see good use of resources and materials while minimizing un-necessary consumption.

If your iPod requires parts those costs are on top of the $40 bill, and I will make sure they all work correctly and the iPod is working perfectly before sending it back.

Can't Resuscitate your iPod
If I can't bring it back to life, I charge $20 for the disassembly, testing and diagnostics then re-assembly of your iPod plus $3 to send it back to you.

If you sent it to me wanting a repair that required new parts and that repair doesn't bring it back to life, I will remove the parts and you won't be billed for them.

I can think of times when people have sent me a 3rd Generation iPod thinking it needed a battery and I installed a new battery in it. While doing further testing I find the problem was the battery *and* the logic board. The client decided against spending for a new logic board, understandable... really. Rather than charge them $40 for the labor of the 'battery installation", I removed the new battery and billed the client just the $20 "can't resuscitate fee" plus $3 shipping to get it back to them.

Many customers value my honesty and I will frequently make a deal with them for their remaining parts. About half the time the clients gift me the parts outright, saying things like, "I know you can help others with my iPod, do your best with the parts from my iPod." Or "society would be better served having you keep more iPods out of landfills. Fix as many as you can with 'organ transplants' from my old friend."

Laptop Computers
I've also been working on laptop computers for as long as they have been made. Apple laptops have been my specialty going back to the "Duo" models in the late 1980's.

But I have also repaired Compaq, IBM and Dell models for years and years too.

Not only do I repair them I've also assisted people in configuration for specific types of tasks and helped people establish wireless networks in their home... both PC (802.x or Wi Fi) and Apple Air Port networks.

If you need you laptop repaired just call me and we can discuss it.





I'm in Sonoma County... Northern California wine country.

If you live nearby, are traveling through or live in the San Francisco Bay Area bring your iPod to me and I can do the work while you wait or go wine tasting for a while. Send me an email just to make sure I have on hand whatever parts your repair will require.

Call or email me with questions or to set up a repair. You can also call, I am here most days from 8am to 8pm
Toll Free 1-877-iPod-Pro (1 - 877 - 476-3776)

Send the device to:
    Frank Walburg
    2145 Service Court
    Santa Rosa, Ca 95403-3139
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