It started with
a broken phone.
At 15, I cracked my iPhone screen. I wasn’t about to pay a crazy amount to fix it, so I ordered a $30 screen, followed a YouTube tutorial and fixed it myself. That’s how I got into repairing phones.
Here’s the story
I just kept
fixing stuff.
I thought I’d be an ethical hacker.
I was into tech long before I started fixing phones. I had a second-generation iPod, then a Samsung Galaxy S4, and later an iPhone 6. I loved both Samsung and Apple products, and I was really into jailbreaking. I knew I wanted a career in tech. I just thought it would be in ethical hacking.
I had to try it myself.
I’ve been into electronics since I was a kid. At 13, I upgraded the RAM in my laptop and got hooked. Two years later, I fixed that cracked iPhone with a cheap replacement screen and a YouTube tutorial. Once I knew I could do it, I started offering affordable repairs to other people.
This could actually be something.
Every device taught me something new. After about 50 repairs, I figured it was time to give this thing a name. I was posting everywhere, getting my name out there, and picking up more repairs through word-of-mouth and good reviews. I was getting better at it and making decent money too.
Taking repairs full time.
By the time I got to college, I’d already fixed hundreds of phones and was making good money from it. I studied computer science and kept repairing phones for other students on the side. Eventually, I dropped out to go all in. I did curbside repairs from my house and fixed stuff out of my car when I had to. It was tough, but I wanted to do my own thing, so I kept at it.
Time to make it mine.
After working at another shop for a bit, I opened my own spot and put everything into the business. Since then, I’ve worked on all kinds of devices. Every tricky repair taught me something I could use on the next one.
I always wanted to be a YouTuber.
I started posting repair videos on TikTok around 2019, then moved into YouTube. I’d always wanted to be a YouTuber and loved watching tech creators like JerryRigEverything, Louis Rossmann and Mrwhosetheboss. Making my own videos became another way to share the stuff I was already into.
Back where it started.
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“Don’t start a business. Find a problem, solve a problem. The business comes second.”
My first
custom mod.
This was my first custom mod: making the Apple logo on the back of an iPhone light up.
Still learning.
Still fixing.
I’m getting deeper into micro-soldering and refurbishing, and there’s always more to learn. It’s been a grind, but I love what I do.
And I’m just getting started.
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