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Notes from the bench.

Plain-English explainers, decision guides, and honest opinions on phone repair — written by working technicians. New posts as we have something worth saying.

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Decision guide · 10 min read · May 2026

Should you repair your phone or replace it?

The 40% rule, the age factor, and the honest calculation — from a repair site that will still tell you when replacing makes more sense.

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Decision guide · 10 min read · May 2026

Battery health explained: when to replace, when to wait.

Your phone says 82% battery health. Does that mean replace it now? The degradation curve, the sweet spot, and what actually kills batteries faster.

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Samsung repair · 10 min read · May 2026

Why Samsung fingerprint sensors break after screen replacement.

Every Samsung flagship since the S10 uses an under-display ultrasonic sensor. Replace the screen with the wrong part and that sensor stops working — sometimes permanently.

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Repair guide · 12 min read · May 2026

OEM, aftermarket, refurbished: what those screen-quality words actually mean.

A working-tech's explainer of the four quality tiers, what you'll actually see day-to-day, and which one is the right answer for your phone — not just the most expensive.

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More coming

We publish when we have something worth saying — battery health, back-glass economics, repair-vs-replace decisions. Quality over volume.