Apple’s My Photo Stream – Closing The Photobook Apple has recently announced that its free photo syncing service, My Photo Stream, will be discontinued on July 26, 2023. If you’re an iPhone user who relies on this service to keep your photos up to date across your devices, you might be wondering what this means…

What to Do If Your iPhone Storage Is Full If you own an iPhone, you know how frustrating it can be when you run out of storage space. You can’t take more photos, download more apps, or update your software. You might even get a “Storage Almost Full” alert that warns you to free up…

Apple iOS Update Policy: What You Need to Know Apple is known for its regular updates of its iOS operating system, which brings new features, security patches, and bug fixes to its devices. And with iOS 17 having been announced fairly recently, Apple hasn’t shown any sign of stopping on this trend! However, not all…

The Green Phone Initiative So as a first for the ArmaFone Training Academy we’re heading back to school for a week. Our head trainer, Callum has been on the South coast to introduce and train several groups of Year 10’s on the basics of the tech repair industry. As part of a collaboration between Polygon…

ArmaFone At The Mobile News Awards   ArmaFone recently attended the Mobile News Awards ceremony at the Plaza Westminster Bridge. The awards covered a wide range of mobile industry categories, with the finalists in each category present on the night. ArmaFone were finalists in the ‘Best Service and Repairs’ category which was pretty lucky, as…

Smartphones + Liquid – Some Common Misconceptions One thing that we hear time and time again from customer is that Samsung, Apple and other devices are completely waterproof – which unfortunately, is not actually correct. Many high-end devices, such as Samsung’s Galaxy series and Apple’s iPhone series, are not yet immune to being submersed in…

Reroute Your Router Away From The Sun! As Wi-Fi is continually used around the house, it is important to know that the hub providing it should be cared for! Recently, Virgin Media published a page on their website offering “top tips for a strong, reliable connection this summer,” one tip of which highlighted avoiding overheating.…

The Future of Roaming Charges Going abroad in Europe, you’d never expect to pay more for access to mobile data for texts and online services, right? Well it may be that the UK’s mobile network providers might reintroduce roaming charges to anyone going abroad within Europe, so additional charges may begin to apply by January…

The Android Flubot Scam – Don’t Catch It! Just when we had seen the back of COVID-19, something else emerges for our phones – the Android Flubot! Recently Vodafone and the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) have been alerted of a form of spyware that’s only affecting Android phones. This spyware, called Flubot, is made…

Wireless vs Wired Charging – What Are The Positives?   Nowadays, phones are starting to include more built-in protection to help avoid overcharging. For newer devices especially, A.I is now being used to learn charging habits from its user, charging only when needed. And charging is always an absolute necessity! Wireless charging compatibility has become…

Trusting The Experts in Mobile Phone Repair Mobile phone repair at home, office or the gym (well, post-lockdown anyway!) has become an increasingly popular service. Customer demand continues to grow as this service becomes more mainstream, especially with the increase of working from home. Despite how easy it is to get your device repaired on…

Do You Need a Mobile Phone Repair During Lockdown? With most of the UK in our third COVID-19 lockdown, many people are having to resort to staying at home for work and play. Just about everyone is now relying on mobile and online communications services, such as Facetime, Whatsapp and Zoom to help stay in…