If your phone won't charge when you plug it in, try this easy solution at home before spending money on a repair.

My first DIY smartphone repair project was off to an inauspicious start.

In this case, it was a post about the Amazon Fire Phone. You might remember it – Jeff Bezos triumphantly introduced it a decade ago, and within six months it was selling for 99 cents.

He couldn’t plug in his phone to charge it even if he wanted to. After realizing how dependent we are on the electrical grid, he did something about and built a phone charger out of parts he had ...

Apple’s iPhone 16 DIY repair service is now available for those who want to buy spare parts and fix minor damages themselves.

If your phone won't charge when you plug it in, try this easy solution at home before spending money on a repair. Andrew is CNET's go-to guy for product coverage and lead photographer for Europe.