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Another bench success today - Samsung gear S3 frontier not charging / not switching on. Damaged motherboard, switch inop and battery u/s… all repaired now. #RepairReuseRecycle #watch #aberdeenshire #koolWatchRepairs #garmin #samsung #coros #running #repaircafe #repair

#Fensterfreitag #hops #london #camden #myphoto #iphonephotography #koolWatchRepairs #sandstone #arches

Something different on the watch repair bench today - a portable surface roughness tester! #RepairReuseRecycle #repairculture #repairskills #repaircafe #mendit #garmin #notgarmin #koolWatchRepairs

A first on the bench today - #Garmin Fenix 8 came in for poor battery life. I couldn’t help but open it up for a sneaky peek at the internals to see what they’ve done with the buttons on this model, and to get the battery part number for future repairs. #koolWatchRepairs #Scotland #notjustgarmins

#repair on the bench next is this older Garmin Vivoactive. It stopped working after a hot tub session. Upon opening evidence of moisture ingress, so I have dismantled and will let it dry out for a couple of days before looking more in depth for issues. #garmin #koolWatchRepairs #repaircafe #fixes #ReduceRepairReuseRecycle #aberdeenshire

If ever an inanimate electronic object could bring about both angst and joy, it is this one. Garmin Epix pro 2 with the dreaded sticky buttons. Really glad to see it charging!

What a faff the fix was! I can see why commercial repair places charge £90 just for the button component now, they don’t actually want to repair them.

I also repair Coros, Samsung, Apple, Huawei, etc. sports watches.

#keepitoutoflandfill #epixgen2 #garmin #RepairReuseRecycle #repaircafe #koolwatchrepairs

In today’s episode of “I’ve slept since a planned to do thing x”, I couldn’t find the replacement battery for the watch repair I’m working on. New battery ordered and will be here tomorrow. Checked messages to update client, and realised they *didn’t want or need a battery change*.
FFS.
Oh well, spare battery never goes amiss.
#koolWatchRepairs #RepairReuseRecycle #garmin

RE: https://mas.to/@wav3ydave/116120361018521900

Another satisfied person, and another smartwatch kept out of landfill! #koolWatchRepairs #RepairReuseRecycle

RE: https://mastodon.scot/@Wen/116120146495144098

Always nice to get some feedback, and especially positive comments! #koolWatchRepairs #RepairReuseRecycle #watch #battery

@Wen thank you for your kind words - I appreciate it. It was a pleasure to work on your watch, long may it continue to give you service.
#koolWatchRepairs

Sometimes the #prettythings hide the horrors inside. This #garmin fenix6s pro has a battery replacement at some time in the past by a careless tech. Time for some tlc, a new battery, and back to full service. #koolWatchRepairs #repair #aberdeenshire #RepairReuseRecycle #RepairDontReplace #battery