Today I managed to fix my broken camera, and I’m honestly still a bit surprised it worked out.
It all started when I was out walking with the camera clipped to my shirt using the magnetic pendant. At some point, it fell off. It didn’t seem like a big deal—the drop wasn’t very high, and there weren’t any visible cracks or damage. So I thought it was fine.
Later, though, I noticed something was wrong. The camera wouldn’t turn on. After checking it more closely, I realized the impact had actually disconnected the camera from the motherboard. That’s when I started trying to fix it myself.
I stayed up until midnight tinkering with it, hoping to get it working again, but nothing I tried seemed to help. Eventually, I had to give up and get some sleep.
The next morning, I decided to take another look—this time with my dad. We opened it up again and, after a bit of careful checking, we were able to find the problem and plug the cable back in properly. It powered on like nothing ever happened.