A friend recently dropped his phone and ended up with a cracked display. That isn’t always a death knell for a smartphone, but in this case it meant that he couldn’t unlock the phone because the ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." You could almost see it happening in slow motion: your smartphone is in your hand one moment, and the ...

Sarah is a freelance writer and CNET How To blogger. Her main focus is Windows, but she also covers everything from mobile tech to video games to DIY hardware projects. She likes to press buttons and ...

Sarah is a freelance writer and CNET How To blogger. Her main focus is Windows, but she also covers everything from mobile tech to video games to DIY hardware projects. She likes to press buttons and ...

"GMA" sees how five different repair options stack up. — -- As millions of Americans damaged their smartphones, the cellphone repair industry reported $4 billion in revenue last year. There are ...

“How to recover the contact from Android with broken screen? I cannot wait to repair the broken screen of my Android. What should I do?” When you save some important files on an Android phone, you ...

This week, a friend visited me, and the screen of her iPhone is cracked so badly that it barely registers a touch. I saw her struggle to even take a photo, and realized she didn’t know the ...