Policy · 5 min read

What a repair shop can and cannot do

A good shop will tell you no. That is a reason to trust them.

Shops can replace glass, batteries, and charging ports. They can walk you through official resets. They cannot lawfully strip Activation Lock or FRP from a phone that still belongs to someone else.

If a store promises “unlock any iCloud, 30 minutes, cash only,” you are not looking at a repair. You are looking at a risk — to the device, and sometimes to you.

Bring proof of purchase if you want help with a carrier or manufacturer. Receipts, account screenshots from a computer, and a matching IMEI are what professionals ask for.

Get Into Phone is not a shop. We publish the same official routes a careful technician would start with, and we stop where the law stops.

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