iPhone 7 stops charging

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Hi, my iPhone 7 stops charging a week ago and now is completely out of battery.
Apple quoted me $400 to repair the motherboard which I think it's a bit unreasonable.
Any shops recommend to check if its the charging port or motherboard issue? My budget is only $100 Max considering it's a old phone without warranty
 
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limjialok said:
Hi, my iPhone 7 stops charging a week ago and now is completely out of battery.
Apple quoted me $400 to repair the motherboard which I think it's a bit unreasonable.
Any shops recommend to check if its the charging port or motherboard issue? My budget is only $100 Max considering it's a old phone without warranty
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A few mths back my 7 Plus had similar issue but able to charge. The problem is one fine day it just cannot turn on and after plugging in, took a while before it starts charging. I was baffled as in how come suddenly from full batt, turned phone off and next day cannot turn on.

So I charged to full and to my horror it drains battery ridiculously fast and even drains when it’s off! :eek: I did restoring the phone 3 times to no avail so I thought was batt issue. Took it to Apple Store, they ran diagnostics and found no problem, but I insisted they do a battery replacement ($38) and collected back after 3 hrs.

Brought home and used, but problem persisted. So I brought it back to Apple Store and told them still persisting. In the end they said could be motherboard issue and the only was is to do a full unit replacement. So I agreed and paid $491 after deduction from the $38 batt replacement I did earlier on. Since then, no more problem.

So for your case and in most cases, a motherboard problem means a full unit replacement. If you don’t wish to pay for that, just get a new phone instead.
 
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Can try Irving commerze there got one shop that does repair at a reasonable price.
Serviced a ip6s plus there about a year ago and now still going strong.

limjialok said:
Hi, my iPhone 7 stops charging a week ago and now is completely out of battery.
Apple quoted me $400 to repair the motherboard which I think it's a bit unreasonable.
Any shops recommend to check if its the charging port or motherboard issue? My budget is only $100 Max considering it's a old phone without warranty
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Sometimes due to heat. May fry the logic board on the phone. Or due to wear and tear like drop on the floor etc. The logic board is delicate

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Motherboards can fail at any time, sometimes due to hardware/components failure as well. Replacing motherboards in iPhones can be tedious and almost as expensive as getting a new iPhone replacement, hence Apple will always suggest it.
 
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