YLOD And The Solutions To Home Tech Nightmares

The advancements in tech that we know today are nothing short of a gift. But our reliance on technology does mean that we’re left vulnerable if it stops working or if it breaks down. There are various reasons why this could happen. You might damage your tech, experience a glitch or a recent update could even brick your phone these days. That’s why it is worth knowing some of the solutions to the common problems that you might have with your tech. If you know these fixes, it will save you a lot of time, panic and possibly money.

YLOD And Other Signs Of Death

YLOD or the Yellow Light of Death is just one example of a death sign for a piece of tech that you might have in your home. In the case of the YLOD, you might have come across this if you ever had a PS3. It kicked in after about five or seven years. The reason for this was that the PS3 actually had a maximum number of times you could use it before it clocked out for good. Part of the hardware in the PS3 would start to corrode after around five to seven years, and that would be that. Unless of course, you knew how to fix it and thankfully, Youtube offered plenty of guides on how to do this. Unfortunately, this does require taking it to pieces.

The PS3 isn’t the only piece of tech that has a YLOD, they just come in different forms. On Apple devices, it’s called the white screen of death, and on the PS4 it’s the blue light of death. Thankfully, no one seems to have encountered one on the Nintendo Switch yet, but we guarantee it will be there. The good news is that while the name might sound ominous, there is usually a fix for issues like this. You just have to find it.

Worse Than It Looks

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How many times have you dropped your phone and picked it up to find the screen smashed to pieces? Quite a few if you’re one of the daredevils who doesn’t use cases. You might even be under the impression that you need to buy a new phone. In most cases though, you don’t and the damage looks a lot worse than it is. Yes, the screen might be destroyed, and it may no longer work if it’s a touchscreen. But underneath the screen, all the tech is probably functioning normally. So, there’s no need to buy a new phone. In fact, it’s probably a lot cheaper than you think to just get it repaired. Services like Forever Wireless cell phone repair offer instant quotes on breakages so you can find out immediately how much it’s going to cost. If it’s just a broken screen, you can probably get it repaired for around thirty dollars!

Lost Files

You’ve stayed up late working on a document, and unfortunately, you went to bed without saving it. The next morning you get back on your laptop and find the file is nowhere to be found. What do you do? Cry, panic, a little of both? It might even be that the system crashed before you managed to save the file. Don’t worry, it still exists. It’s actually incredibly difficult to delete something from your hard drive, even when that’s your intention. All you need to do is unlock the hidden past files on your laptop or PC, and you will be able to find deleted or lost pieces of work.

We think you’ll agree that there are plenty of tech disasters but if you know the solutions, they don’t have to be the end of the world or even the end of your tech.

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