Repair Estimates
The original live-streamed Apple HomePod repair service! Repairs average $70, including shipping both ways. You only pay after it's fixed, tested, and ready to go. You can always opt for no repair for no charge, and either donate your HomePod or cover shipping to get it back.
All repairs include my unbeatable 1+ year warranty, including free U.S. shipping back and forth if issues arise within the first year, and discounts on future repairs, even if issues aren't related!
Shipping / Discounts
Estimates include USA shipping both ways. Take $10 off any repair if you want to drop it off or handle your own shipping each way, up to $20 both ways.
For $15, you can get a kit to ship your HomePod including a box, packing material, tape, and a return label.
If you're outside the USA, check the list of worldwide repairers first! If you can pay for the shipping, I'll take repairs from anyone, anywhere!
HomePods that were previously repaired by me, but are outside of the 1 year warranty, get discounts on future repairs!
Maintenance: $70
New DC Filters to prevent Death Farts and subsequent bass issues. Note that all capacitors eventually decay and need routine replacement every 5-15 years depending on use.
Replace s.b. diode that causes no power.
Foam subwoofer gasket replaced with nitrile rubber for a longer lasting, tighter bass response.
Internal and external power dusting, quick wipe down and 1 year warranty. Software can also be updated and reset on request, regardless of current configuration.
No Power: $70
The most common HomePod issue. Will diagnose and repair whatever is causing no power. Includes maintenance items!
Common causes are listed in the no power section.
Death Farts, Loud Popping, and/or Bass Issues: $70-$90
Repair for symptoms including; Loud buzzing sound and restart (AKA "Death Farts"), fast clicking, loud "pop" sound, and/or other bass issues. $70 if your subwoofer is still good, and amp is repairable. $90 if subwoofer and/or amp needs replaced. Includes maintenance items!
You do not need to get your HomePod repaired if you just have an occasional quiet popping sound and no other issues. This is normal behavior for brand new, old, or repaired pods. Even the 2nd gen homepods pop.
See below for sample audio to compare. Play them ON your HomePod for an accurate comparison. If yours doesn't match any of these, please capture a recording and send to me before shipping in for repairs.
Technical info in the popping section!
Death Farts (BAD)
Dirty Bass (BAD)
Severe Popping (BAD)
Acceptable Popping (Turn Volume Up!)
Flashing / Blinking Volume Lights, Boot Loops, Setup / Configuration Issues: $40 SW / $90 HW
These can be tricky to properly diagnose and repair, and in most cases it is impossible to tell what it needs without attempting a USB software restore and/or taking it apart.
If your issue is software only and fixed with a USB restore, you have the option of getting your HomePod back with no other repairs / modifications / warranty for $40. Or, you can opt for "Maintenance" to prevent more common issues like no power and death farts for $70. See the "Maintenance" estimate above for more details!
If your issue is caused by hardware that needs extra work / parts, it is a $90 repair. These will include "Maintenance."
Unfortunately there is usually no way to tell whether yours is hardware or software only without connecting to your pod via USB and testing. If you send your pod in for this repair, I'll check and let you decide whether you want to pursue hardware repairs or not first, unless you already wanted hardware maintenance.
The software to restore homepods is FREE. I sell adapters at my Shop (email me for purchase), or you can try building your own if you dare! More information in the blinking lights common issue section.
2nd Generation Apple HomePod Ghost / Phantom Touch Repair: $100
Apple HomePod Touch repair now available! A common manufacturing defect present in 2nd Generation Apple HomePods causes unwanted touch inputs and/or dead spots on the touch panel. This can result in music pausing / playing, volume adjusting, and the voice assistant all triggering on it's own.
Replacement touch panels for DIY repairs are available on aliexpress.
Color Customization: $40
Want me to color your white HomePod something else? Pick any color from Rit's "DyeMore for Synthetics" line and I'll get it done for you! Please add an extra 1-2 days for customization. The mesh, power cable, and top can all be colored.
Photos and Do-it-Yourself info in the mesh section!
Just Board Repair: Contact Me
Want to take your own HomePod apart, but not sure about the board repair or restoring the software? I offer 50% off if you send in just the board that needs repair! *Boards with prior repair attempts may be charged extra.
No Fix: No Charge! Trade It In
Don't want to keep or fix your HomePod? I am proudly a no-fix no-charge operation!
-If you sent one in and want it back, I'll reassemble it as-is and you just need to provide return shipping
-You can also trade in a broken homepod for a free repair on another one
Got Something That's Not HomePod?
While I specialize in HomePod repairs, I've also done other electronics repairs such as a USB-C Port replacement on the Valve Steam Deck, LG Ultrafine Monitors, stick-drift repair for the XBox Elite Series 2 controller, battery replacement for the Joov Portable Red Light Therapy device, gpu reflowing for a GMK NUC PC, battery replacement for a Surface Laptop and more!
Contact me with what you have and we'll see if I can fix it. To keep repair turnaround times down, during busier seasons, it can take up to a week for me to get back to you. Feel free to send a follow up if you get no reply, and check your spam folder!
You can find my Youtube playlist of non-HomePod repairs here.