HOW TO BECOME A CELL PHONE ENGINEER

BE A CELL PHONE ENGINEER

Guide to Starting a Cell Phone Repair Business

Roughly 30%  of the entire population is living on less than 200 Naira a day, according to a July 2012 United Nations report, most Nigerians don't have the disposable income to buy new cell phones when they break. So just as they do with broken gadgets they fix them. There is an entire section at the Computer Village dedicated to cell phone repair. There is a growing demand for cellular phone repair. There are already millions of cell phones in the Nigeria. The cellular industry is one of the fastest-growing industries in the world and in the Nigeria. There is an increasing number of opportunities in the repair industry for people who have good understanding and know-how on cell phone repair. 

Until recently, only the manufacturers undertook the cellular phone repair job. Opportunities now exist for entrepreneurial individuals to start their own lucrative business, either as an employee of a cellular phone repair shop, or having their own stand-alone cellular phone repair operation

Don't Overlook Competitors

 

Before starting a cellphone business in your area, it's vital to find out how you will fit in the competitive landscape. How tough is the competition in the market you are considering? If the competition is too tough, you may need to think about starting the business in a different

area. it's a smart move to have a conversation with someone who is in the business. Local competitors are not going to give you  the time, mind you. 

The last thing they want to do is help you to be a better competitor. An owner of a cellphone repair business in a location that is not competitive may be  happy to give you a few tips.  Nowadays, customers may bring a faulty phone to a cellular phone repair centres. A Work Order Form will be issued, a deposit towards the cellular phone repair service must be made. All cellphones have a one-year manufacturer's warranty. The cellphone repair centres will  repair or replace phones under warranty as long as the user did not cause any physical damage to the phone. If the warranty has expired, the cellphone repair centre will charge for repairs. Once the cellular phone repair job is over and the phone is returned by the relevant cellphone repair

centre, the customer  makes the final payment and receives the repaired phone.  A cellphone repair technician must have  tools and techniques available for the repair job, such as 

Cleaners: 

They are oxide dissolving contact cleaners, used to clean dirty pins in the phone and thus aid in cellular phone repair.

Lamps: 

Used while doing a cellular phone repair job to protect your eyes when you work.

Table lamps come with high-frequency 4200Hz lamp without frequent sparking to avoid harmful effect to eyes, since a lot of work under deficient light at normal 50Hz/60Hz can cause short eyesight and many eye diseases.

Phone Open Tools:  

Tools such as screwdrivers made of magnetic alloy steel can be used for this part of the job. Programmers: A 24xxx chip reader can read and write EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read  Only Memory) in a phone without any problem. Power obtained from USB connection to computer port, serial port is used for reading/writing data during a cellular phone repair job.

Ultrasonic Cleaner:  

It is a device that transfers ultrasonic sound waves to a cleaning liquid or solvent that dislodges embedded dirt on objects immersed in it. The ultrasonic cleaner is used during cellular phone repair to clear the PCB board of cellular phones.

Explore Franchising Options: Before opening a cell phone repair  business, a smart move is to assess whether franchise opportunities in your space might help you avoid common entrepreneurial mistakes.

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