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Arlington, VA · Data recovery · Board-level

Board-level data recovery in Arlington, VA

  • Cellphones
  • Computers
  • Gaming consoles
  • Drones
  • Tablets
  • Data recovery
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Written diagnostic first. You approve a fixed price before any work. If we cannot recover your data, you do not pay a recovery fee.

Data recovery software on a workstation beside a repair microscope at WeFixed in Arlington, Virginia
0+ yrs Board-level, in-house lab
0 states Tracked mail-in, both ways
5 Read Google reviews
It is not about the device

It was never about the phone. It is what is on it.

Water did not erase your photos. A dead screen does not empty the memory chip.

Why the chip usually survives

In almost every case the part that holds your pictures, messages and files, the storage chip, is one of the toughest components on the board. It does not need power to keep your data, and it is not usually what fails.

What fails is the circuitry around it, and that is board-level and chip-level work: we bring your storage back online just long enough to copy your data off.

We treat every recovery like it is the only copy. Because for you, it usually is.
  • The wedding video
  • The baby's first year
  • The last voicemail from someone you have lost
  • Years of work with no backup
Memory and storage circuitry at a data-recovery Repair Center
How it works

A clear process, and you are in control at every stage. Your timeline is confirmed in the written diagnostic, and nothing chargeable happens without your approval.

$65
$65 diagnosticApplies toward your recovery
No data, no feeNothing recovered, no recovery fee

Recovery is not guesswork.

  1. 01
    Written diagnosticA technician finds the real failure under a microscope. The $65 diagnostic applies toward your recovery.
  2. 02
    Your options in writingClear options and one fixed price before any paid work, with an honest read on your odds.
  3. 03
    You approve, then we recoverNothing chargeable happens until you say yes. Board-level repair or a direct chip read, in-house.
  4. 04
    Your data backYour files on new, encrypted media. Nothing recovered, no recovery fee.
Sound familiar?

The situations people bring us every week.

My phone fell in the ocean on vacation.
It won't turn on, and my daughter's first year is on it.
Two other shops already told me it was gone.
I only need one folder. Everything else I can lose.
My whole wedding is on this one phone.
It went through the wash. Please tell me something is left.

Just your photos? Just one folder of voicemails? Tell us what matters most and we target that first.

A second opinion

"It cannot be recovered" often means "we do not do board-level work."

When a store or carrier says your data is unrecoverable, it usually means their process could not reach it, not that it is physically gone. The standard repair path replaces the whole board or the whole device, and your files live on the storage chip inside it, which gets set aside still holding your data.

We do the opposite. We work at the board and chip level to bring your storage back online and pull your data off. If you have already been told nothing can be done, it is worth one more look.

Start a free second opinion
Board-level repair work for a data recovery case
What we recover from

Phones, computers, drives and cards.

iPhone

Won't turn on, water damage, black screen. Board-level repair to reach your photos, messages and contacts.

MacBook & soldered SSD

Liquid damage, no power, T2 and Apple Silicon. Board and chip level, to bring your storage back online.

Samsung & Android

Smashed, dead, or will not boot. For hardware failures where the phone cannot start on its own.

SD, USB & flash

Not detected, "0MB", "no media", corrupted. Including monolithic cards many labs refuse.

Hard drives & SSDs

Clicking, not spinning, not recognized. Controller and power-rail repair, and chip-level reads.

Other storage

Cameras, drones and memory cards. If it holds data and it failed, bring it in.

Stop, do this first

Power it off and leave it off. Do not charge or plug in a water-damaged device, and do not turn it on to "check if it works", that is the most common way a recoverable device gets destroyed. Do not put it in rice, it does not stop corrosion. Do not run repair tools on a drive you want back. The sooner we see it, the more we can usually save.

Honest odds 0%

On iPhones, where the memory chip is intact, we recover the data in roughly 9 out of 10 cases, because we use quality donor boards and do the work by hand.

We recover data other shops write off.

We will not promise a number no honest lab can prove. Every case is different, so we look first, tell you honestly where yours likely falls, and only charge a recovery fee if we actually get your data back.

The expert part

Why some cases are hard, and why that is our work.

Water damage

Water corrodes the board around the storage chip, it does not erase the chip. We clean the corrosion and repair the circuitry.

A dead board

A destroyed board means the path to your data is broken, not the data. We repair the lines, or move the memory chip to a working board.

Power damage

A surge burns the power circuitry, not your memory. We repair or bypass the damage to reach the storage.

Overloaded storage

Months on a full-storage warning can push the memory to its limit. If the chip is still healthy, the data comes back.

A rare device

Some imported phones need a matching donor board first. Its cost is quoted and approved before anything is ordered.

The honest limit

When the storage chip itself is shattered, some data is genuinely gone. We evaluate first and tell you before you commit a dollar.

Short answer

Yes, in most cases we can recover your photos, messages and files from a phone, MacBook or SSD that won't turn on, took water, or was dropped. The storage chip is usually fine; the board around it died. We repair the board at chip level to bring it online and pull your data. A $65 written diagnostic tells you what's recoverable first.

WeFixed Repair Center, 2722 Washington Blvd N, Arlington VA 22201. Walk in, or mail in from any state.

Data recovery near me

A lab you can drive to, not a mailbox in another state

We are on Washington Blvd in Arlington, open seven days. Bring the phone, the laptop, the drive or the card in person, or mail it from any state with tracking both ways.

  • Ballston
  • Clarendon
  • Courthouse
  • Rosslyn
  • Crystal City
  • Pentagon City
  • Shirlington
  • Virginia Square
  • Falls Church
  • Alexandria
  • Washington DC
  • Bethesda
  • McLean
  • Fairfax

2722 Washington Blvd N, Arlington, VA 22201 · Open 7 days · 11am-8pm

Good to know

Straight answers to what people ask us most.

My phone won't turn on, can you still recover the photos?
Usually, yes. A phone that will not power on almost always still holds your photos, messages and contacts on its storage chip. We diagnose the logic board under a microscope, repair the failed component, and bring the phone up just long enough to copy your data off. The $65 written diagnostic tells you what is recoverable first.
Can you recover data from a water-damaged phone?
Often, yes, and the sooner the better. Water does not erase your data, it corrodes the board around the storage chip over time. Do not charge it, do not turn it on to test it, and do not put it in rice. Power it off and get it to us so we can clean the corrosion and reach your files.
A shop or carrier said my data cannot be recovered. Is it really gone?
Not necessarily. Replacing the board or the device sets aside the storage chip that still holds your files. That is a limit of a replacement process, not a verdict on your data. We work at the board and chip level to bring your storage back online, which is often the only way back to it.
Can you recover data from a modern iPhone with soldered, encrypted storage?
Yes, with board-level and chip-level work, not a software tool. On modern iPhones the storage and its security are tightly tied together, so recovery is hardware work on the board itself, our specialty, rather than plugging into an app. If the storage chip is physically destroyed, we tell you straight.
Can you recover data from a MacBook with a soldered SSD?
Often, yes, with board-level work. On 2018-and-newer Macs the SSD is soldered to the logic board, so recovery means bringing that board back online at the component level rather than swapping parts. If the storage or its security chip is physically dead, the data may be genuinely gone, and we will tell you honestly.
How much does data recovery cost?
Every job starts with a $65 written diagnostic that tells you what is recoverable and the exact price before any work, and that fee applies toward the recovery. Board-level recovery is priced per case because every failure is different. You approve one fixed price first, and if we cannot recover your data you do not pay a recovery fee.
What happens if you cannot recover my data, do I still pay?
If we cannot recover your data, you do not pay a recovery fee. The $65 written diagnostic still applies. For some rare devices, certain imported phones especially, recovery requires sourcing a matching donor board first, and if that is your case its cost is quoted and approved before anything is ordered, so there are no surprises either way.
How long does data recovery take?
Most recoveries are completed in about 3 to 4 days. We build in a little buffer, so many are ready sooner, and a rare case that needs a specific part sourced can take longer. After the written diagnostic you get a realistic timeframe with your fixed quote, before you approve any work.
Is my data private, will you look at my photos and messages?
Your data stays yours. We work in-house, never sell or share it, and access only what is needed to verify a recovery worked and transfer your files, never a browse through your photos or messages. Your device is logged on arrival and handled securely the whole time.

Before you give up on your data, let us look.

Photos you cannot retake. Messages you cannot rewrite. When a device dies, the memories inside are not always gone. Written diagnostic, an honest answer, and you decide from there.

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