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iPhone 8 Plus Logic Board Repair in Astana

Your iPhone 8 Plus won’t turn on after a drop or crash — we’ll restore the board in 1–3 days, no extra charges after approval.

Gold iPhone 8 Plus with back cover removed showing the internal motherboard
Price incl. labor
from 69 900 ₸
Warranty
up to 1 year
  • Board diagnostics
  • Taking the phone apart
  • Finding the cause

Symptoms that point to iPhone 8 Plus logic board repair

The board is to blame when the phone will not power on, hangs on the logo, restarts alone or ignores the charger despite a healthy battery.

Totally dead

No response to the button or a charger, even though the battery and port have been ruled out.

Stuck on the logo

The phone reboots again and again on the Apple logo and never reaches the home screen.

Hot while idle

The body is warm with nothing running and the battery melts away, hinting at a power leak.

No signal or no camera

The SIM is not found or the camera will not open, which is sometimes a board issue.

How much does iPhone 8 Plus logic board repair cost

The price starts with a board repair and, if a swap is needed, depends on the extent of the fault; the final sum comes after diagnostics.

ServiceOriginalAftermarket
Display replacement37 900 ₸32 900 ₸
Display glass replacement38 900 ₸21 900 ₸
Battery replacement27 900 ₸15 900 ₸
Back glass replacement43 900 ₸27 900 ₸
Housing replacement65 900 ₸36 900 ₸
Camera glass replacement19 900 ₸10 900 ₸
Main camera replacement60 900 ₸33 900 ₸
Front camera replacement31 900 ₸17 900 ₸
Home button replacement42 900 ₸25 900 ₸
Charging port replacement22 900 ₸13 900 ₸
Earpiece speaker replacement26 900 ₸15 900 ₸
Speaker replacement26 900 ₸15 900 ₸
Microphone replacement26 900 ₸15 900 ₸
Button replacement29 900 ₸17 900 ₸
Vibration motor replacement24 900 ₸14 900 ₸
Proximity sensor replacement29 900 ₸17 900 ₸
Other repairsPrice
Logic board repairmicrosoldering · 1–3 days69 900 ₸per job
Water damage cleaningcorrosion cleaning · diagnostics up to 2 days17 900 ₸per job
Power controller replacementboard-level chip · microsoldering23 900 ₸with parts
Wi-Fi module repairwireless module · board-level repair28 900 ₸with parts
Touch ID repairpaired to the board — no aftermarket23 900 ₸per job
Storage replacement and upgradememory chip installation48 900 ₸with parts
Firmware flashingsoftware restore, no parts replaced10 900 ₸per job

The final price depends on the fault found and on the repair route you pick.

What iPhone 8 Plus logic board repair includes

The technician first checks the power rails and hunts for the faulty stage, then decides whether to repair or replace the board.

  1. 01
    Digital multimeter with probes for diagnosing an iPhone board
    Board diagnostics

    Current draw, power rails and data exchange are checked to find the faulty block.

  2. 02
    Opened iPhone with the display flipped open on its flex cable
    Taking the phone apart

    The display, battery and cameras come off before the board is lifted out of the frame.

  3. 03
    Black USB microscope for finding an iPhone board fault
    Finding the cause

    The board is searched for traces of moisture, oxidized contacts and cracked solder joints.

  4. 04
    New motherboard for an iPhone
    Repair or swap

    The faulty block is fixed, or a donor board is fitted when repair no longer makes sense.

  5. 05
    iPhone with a checkmark icon on the screen after assembly and testing
    Transfer and assembly

    Cameras, cables and buttons are moved across and the phone is put back together in order.

  6. 06
    Warranty card without text for an iPhone
    Function check

    Power-on, signal, cameras, charging and sensors are tested to confirm that everything works.

  7. iPhone 8 Plus logic board repair
    from69 900 ₸

    The scope of work is settled once the board has been diagnosed.

    Price for my model

Should the board be fixed or swapped for a donor

A technician usually tries to fix the original board first and considers a swap only when the damage is too extensive.

Original Applewarranty up to 1 year
iPhone 8 Plus37 900 ₸
Original: iPhone motherboard on a white box
Your data
Stays in place if the memory is intact
Cost
Normally lower than a donor board swap
Originality
Native chips and sensors stay in the phone
Risk
Depends on how deep the damage goes
Chosen by 64% of clients
Book with an original part
Aftermarketwarranty 6 months
iPhone 8 Plus32 900 ₸−13%
Analog: iPhone motherboard in an antistatic bag
Your data
Usually unreachable on the new board
Touch ID
May stop working after the swap
When needed
If the board cannot be restored
Price
Set by the donor part that is found
Chosen by 36% of clients
Book with an aftermarket part

Why boards come to us

Boards belong with people who can solder and verify the result, and such work carries a warranty up to 1 year.

1year

Warranty on the job

The repair comes with a warranty up to 1 year, and the technician confirms the terms before starting.

11years

Eleven years of practice

In 11 years we have seen many board faults after water, drops and botched repairs elsewhere.

6technicians

Experienced technicians

Boards and critical blocks are handled by experienced technicians rather than by random hands.

0₸

Diagnosis first

A real cause is found first, and only then comes a repair or swap proposal, with no guessing.

2cities

Almaty and Astana

We take devices in two cities, so the matter can be settled wherever it suits you better.

7days a week

Flexible hours

Weekdays 10:00–19:00, weekends and holidays 11:00–18:00, so a Saturday visit is possible.

iPhone 8 Plus before and after repair

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iPhone 8 Plus in a stand with a cable after board repair, screen shows a bride and groom wallpaper

iPhone 8 Plus: kept restarting when charging

The client brought in a phone that kept restarting whenever it was plugged in to charge. We found a faulty component on the board, replaced it and tested — the device now works steadily.

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How iPhone 8 Plus logic board replacement is done in Astana

The whole journey — from a message to a finished phone. The repair takes 1–3 days — we provide a loaner phone for that time.

Book a repair
  1. Step 1

    Message or come in

    5 min

    You message us on WhatsApp with the model and what happened — we give you the price and time. Or you come in without an appointment.

  2. Step 2

    Diagnostics in front of you

    10 min

    We look for the board fault under a microscope and show you which component is at fault.

  3. Step 3

    Price in the receipt

    2 min

    We note the model, the part (original or aftermarket), the price, the timeframe, and the warranty.

  4. Step 4

    We show you the part

    1 min

    We open the factory packaging in front of you and check the number against the receipt.

  5. Step 5

    We repair the board

    1–3 days

    We solder under a microscope. We provide a loaner phone for the duration of the repair.

  6. Step 6

    You check together with the engineer

    warranty up to 1 year

    Power-on, charging, cellular, Wi‑Fi, cameras, sound, Face ID or Touch ID. You take the phone and the receipt.

Meet the iServices team

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4.37rating, 100 reviews
Bakmukhammed S., on-site iPhone technician
“If the repair didn’t suit you or you have a complaint, write to me personally.”
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We'll quote iPhone 8 Plus logic board repair in Astana from a photo in 5 minutes

Send a photo of the screen and the iPhone model. An engineer will reply on WhatsApp, give the price and today's available time.

  1. 5 minAn engineer replies and names the price
  2. 0 ₸Diagnostics in front of you in 15 minutes
  3. 30 minMost repairs — while you wait

iPhone 8 Plus Logic Board Repair in Astana with Data Kept Safe

In short

At iServices we repair the iPhone 8 Plus logic board under a microscope, and in most cases the data stays on your phone because we fix the faulty component instead of swapping the whole board. Free 15-minute diagnostics in front of you, board work takes 1–3 days, warranty up to 1 year.

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Signs the Fault Is on the Board and Not the Battery for iPhone 8 Plus Logic Board Repair

A handset that will not start or runs hot is not automatically a board case. Here is how to tell board-level symptoms from a tired cell, a worn connector or a stuck button.

Symptoms that point to the logic board

  • Boot loop on the Apple logo: the handset restarts before the home screen every time, pointing to a power rail rather than a flat cell.
  • Heat while idle: the frame warms up with the screen off and no apps running, a classic sign of a short circuit pulling current.
  • No network or no audio: the modem or audio codec stops responding while everything else works, so calls drop and the speaker stays silent.
  • Random shutdowns under load: the device dies at 40–60% charge during a call, which the PMIC often causes.
  • Dead after a drop: nothing happens even on a charger, and the charging controller or a cracked joint under the PMIC is the usual suspect.

When it is the battery, the connector or the button

We rule out the cell, the Lightning connector and the power button first, because those three account for a large share of dead-handset cases and cost far less to fix than board work. A swollen or aged pack, a corroded port packed with lint and a torn power-button flex all produce the same silence on the bench. Our engineer runs free diagnostics in front of you for 15 minutes, reads health, measures current draw and shows you the part that failed. A worn pack can mimic a board fault with random shutdowns and reboots, so a health reading and a current-draw test in the same session separate the two. If the readings confirm a board fault, iPhone 8 Plus logic board repair in Astana starts with the same free diagnostics and a fixed price on the receipt.

How We Diagnose the Board Before Any Repair

Board diagnostics is measurement, not guesswork. Below is exactly what the specialist tests on your iPhone 8 Plus and why a WhatsApp photo already lets us quote the scope of work.

Current draw, short circuits and the microscope

We connect the board to a lab power supply and read its current draw, which tells us whether it is shorted, stuck in a boot loop or simply not getting power. A healthy device pulls a specific curve at boot; a flat line at zero points to a broken power rail, while a spike above the normal range means a short to ground somewhere on the board. From there the technician narrows the fault to a single rail, then to a cluster of SMD components a few millimetres wide. We do board repair under a microscope, so a cracked trace or a cold joint on a BGA chip is visible rather than assumed. A rosin test turns an invisible short into a visible hot spot on the board, so the specialist replaces one component instead of guessing across the whole circuit.

Free diagnostics in front of you in 15 minutes

Diagnostics take about 15 minutes and stay free even if you decide not to repair, and an engineer replies on WhatsApp within 5 minutes with a price quoted from a photo of the damage. You sit beside the bench while the specialist opens the phone, reads the current draw and shows you the failed rail on the screen. Before any work starts, the price, the part (original or aftermarket), the turnaround and the warranty are written on the receipt in about two minutes, and the new part is shown in factory packaging before installation. Seeing the test on your own screen and the current reading on the bench removes the "free diagnostics that turns paid on refusal" trap common to aggregator listings.

Component Repair or Full Board Replacement

A technician always has two routes with a dead board: repair the failed component on your own board or fit a donor board. The difference is not only in effort — it decides what your phone carries out of the workshop.

What each option means for your phone

Two routes compared by outcome and damage type
OptionWhat stays with youWhen it fits
Component repairOriginal board, data, IMEI, paired partsSingle failed controller, codec or modem
Full board replacementClean donor board, no old dataDamage across layers or unrepairable traces
Partial reballOriginal board, most data, same IMEICracked solder under one chip only

Donor boards, IMEI and iCloud locks

A donor board must match the iPhone 8 Plus model exactly and be free of an iCloud activation lock, otherwise the phone will not activate after the swap. We check the donor under the microscope before quoting: board revision, NAND condition, and whether any previous rework left bridges on the traces. The serial number and IMEI are stored on the board itself, so a replacement changes both, and any workshop promising to keep your IMEI on a new board is describing something the hardware does not allow. The honest conversation happens before the screwdriver comes out — if a donor is the only realistic route, you should know that your original identifiers leave with the old board.

What Happens to Your Data and Touch ID

The question we hear most before board work is whether photos, chats and the fingerprint will survive. Here is a direct answer, without promises the hardware cannot keep.

Where your photos and messages actually live

Your photos, messages and accounts sit in the encrypted NAND memory soldered to the board, so they survive a component repair and do not move to a new board. That memory chip stores the file system and the keys that unlock it, which is why a technician can read your files from a board that refuses to boot. Encryption ties those keys to the board's own processor, so pulling the chip and dropping it elsewhere rarely works. An iCloud backup remains the cleanest safety net: it copies everything off the device before anyone touches a screwdriver. That is why a dead board can still hold readable information for a specialist, and why a full replacement is the one scenario where your files are genuinely gone unless you had a backup.

Touch ID and the Home button on the iPhone 8 Plus

On the iPhone 8 Plus the Touch ID sensor and the Home button are paired with the original board, so after a full board swap the button clicks but the fingerprint will not work. The pairing lives in the processor: the sensor's unique key is bound to the chip it shipped with, and no calibration tool lets a different board accept it. We confirm this with you before the work starts, and on a component-level repair the original pairing stays intact because the processor and the button never part. Our engineers test Touch ID together with you at pickup, alongside the other functions on the checklist. A customer who expected a working fingerprint after a cheaper board swap is the most common disappointment in this repair, so we would rather say it upfront than explain it later.

Water Damage, Turnaround and Warranty

Water and waiting time are the two things owners worry about most. Here is why a board that has seen liquid takes longer to diagnose, and exactly what you get back at the counter.

Why a water-damaged board needs up to two days

Once liquid has touched the board, diagnostics can stretch to two days, because corrosion keeps creeping along the contacts long after the phone looks dry. Moisture enters through the SIM tray and the charging port, then settles under the shields; oxides form on the traces and bridge neighbouring lines. We run the board through an ultrasonic bath and inspect every joint under the microscope. Handsets switched on straight away arrive with far more damage than those that stayed off. Powering a wet board on to test it is what turns a cleanable short into burned traces, so keep the device off until an engineer sees it.

Turnaround, receipt and the 32-point check

  • Turnaround: board work takes 1–3 days; most other jobs finish in 20–40 minutes while you wait.
  • Paperwork first: the price, the part, the turnaround and the cover are fixed on the receipt before work starts.
  • Cover: every board job is backed for up to 1 year, and the card comes with the device.
  • 32-point check: we test 32 functions in about 10 minutes, including cameras, speakers and network, together with you.
  • What you take home: the phone, the receipt, the guarantee card and the old part, so you see what was replaced.

Summary: iPhone 8 Plus Logic Board Repair

A board fault is a specific diagnosis, not a guess, and the right decision depends on what the microscope shows. Here is what matters when you hand the phone over.

  • Diagnosis first: a looping, heating or network-less device points to the board more often than to the battery, yet the battery and connector are ruled out first.
  • Component repair: the original board stays in the phone, so your data, IMEI and Touch ID survive the work unchanged.
  • Full board swap: the serial number and IMEI change, and the fingerprint sensor stops working on the 8 Plus.
  • Water damage: corrosion keeps spreading after drying, so diagnostics can run up to two days until the picture is clear.
  • Timing: board work takes 1–3 days, and the terms are fixed on the receipt before anything is opened.

Answers to common questions on iPhone 8 Plus logic board repair

Did not find an answer? Message us on WhatsApp: an engineer replies, not a bot.

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Does the board need replacing if the iPhone 8 Plus will not turn on?

Not necessarily: a dead battery, a faulty power button or a bad charging port can cause the same symptom. Diagnostics check these first. Only a confirmed board fault leads to board repair.

Will Touch ID work on an iPhone 8 Plus after a donor board?

No, the fingerprint sensor is paired with the original board, so with a different board Touch ID stops working. Repairing your own board keeps it. That is one more reason to fix rather than swap.

Why does my iPhone 8 Plus have no Wi-Fi or Bluetooth after a drop?

Greyed-out Wi-Fi and Bluetooth usually mean a fault in the wireless chip or its solder joints on the board. A drop or overheating can cause it. This is fixed with board-level repair in Astana.

Why does my iPhone 8 Plus show no sound and a greyed-out recorder?

When the speakers, microphones and recording all fail together, the audio chip on the board is often the cause. This fault is common on older iPhone models after drops. The chip or its joints are repaired by soldering.

Can an iPhone 8 Plus board be saved if it was in water for a long time?

Sometimes, but the chances fall the longer corrosion works. The board is cleaned in an ultrasonic bath and damaged parts are replaced. The engineer tells you honestly if repair is not possible.

What should I bring along with my iPhone 8 Plus for board repair?

Bring the phone, its passcode and, if possible, the original cable. Know your Apple ID password, because the phone may ask for it after repair. A backup made earlier is also useful.

Customer reviews of iPhone 8 Plus repair

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Майя Ч.Order No. IS•••76 · 25 March 2021
iPhone 8 Plus · connectivity

До этого обращалась в сервис у дома, там только развели руками. Ребёнок поиграл, теперь нет сети. Полёт нормальный

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iPhone 8 Plus · sound

Smotrel otzyvy v 2GIS, vybral po adekvatnosti. Ostavil zaiavku na iPhone 8 Plus. Problema — ne rabotaet zvuk. Vydali nomer zakaza i skazali, kak otslezhivat. Po faktu meniali: kontroller pitaniia. Otdal 15 500 i ne zhaleiu. Posle remonta — kak novoe.

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Where to get iPhone 8 Plus Logic Board repair in Astana

Address
Astana, Kabanbay Batyr Ave., 7/2
Opening hours
Mon–Fri 10:00–19:00Sat–Sun 11:00–18:00
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+7 727 339-99-12WhatsApp: +7 701 333-47-01
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