Scarborough, Maine
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Plaintext & Co.

Electronics repair and IT services built on a simple idea: your devices, your data, your infrastructure.

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What We Do

Repair, build, and set up technology that works for you.

Electronics Repair

Devices

I've been holding my phone together with a screen protector for three months.

My kid's Switch won't charge anymore and the warranty's long gone.

I dropped my phone in the sink and now it just... vibrates.

Phone screen & battery replacement
iPhone, Samsung, Pixel, and more. OEM and quality aftermarket parts — your choice.
Tablet & iPad repair
Screen, battery, and charging port repairs for iPads, Samsung Galaxy Tabs, and Fire tablets.
Gaming console repair
Switch, PlayStation, Xbox, Steam Deck. Drift fixes, HDMI ports, disc drives, thermal paste.
Laptop repair & upgrades
RAM, SSD, battery, screen, keyboard, fan replacement. Breathe new life into what you already own.
Water damage recovery
Ultrasonic cleaning, board-level diagnostics, and component replacement. No guarantees, but worth a shot before replacing.
Data recovery & transfer
Pull photos, contacts, and files off damaged or dead devices. Old phone to new phone migration.

Home Computing & IT

Your computers, your network, your stuff

My computer takes five minutes to boot and I'm losing my mind.

Hey Siri, can I block ads on every device in my house — even when I'm not home?

I've got 2TB of movies on an external drive just sitting there. Can I stream them like Netflix?

Custom PC builds
Built to your actual needs and budget. Gaming, creative work, home office, media — not a parts list from Reddit.
Hardware upgrades
RAM, SSD, GPU, power supply. Often the fix is an upgrade, not a new machine.
Troubleshooting & diagnostics
Blue screens, random shutdowns, overheating, weird noises. We find the actual problem.
Virus & malware removal
Full clean, not just a scan. Remove the junk, harden the system, set up real protection.
Linux installation
Tired of Windows? We'll set up Linux, migrate your files, and make sure your hardware works. Old laptops run great on it.
Home media server
Movies, TV, music, audiobooks, comics — all streaming from your own hardware to any screen in the house or on your phone.
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Network-wide ad blocking
Blocks ads, trackers, and telemetry for every device on your network. Phones, smart TVs, everything — even away from home.
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Remote access to your home network
Access files, stream media, and reach every device at home from anywhere. Encrypted, no port forwarding, no monthly fees.
TailscaleWireGuard
Encrypted backups
Automatic, encrypted backups of your photos, documents, and everything that matters. Off-site so a house fire doesn't take your data too.
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Family password manager
One password manager for the whole household. Self-hosted, encrypted, auto-fill on every device. No $5/month/person subscription.
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Home networking
Proper WiFi coverage, guest networks, smart home device isolation. Replace the ISP router with something that actually works.
UniFi
Personal dashboard
One page with links to all your services, bookmarks, weather, system status. Your own start page.
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Small Business IT

Infrastructure your business owns

We're paying per seat for everything and it adds up fast.

Our accountant keeps emailing spreadsheets back and forth because we don't have a shared drive.

We got hit with ransomware last year and lost three months of client files.

Shared file storage & collaboration
A shared drive your whole team can access from any device. Real-time document editing, file sharing, calendars. No per-user fees, no storage caps.
Nextcloud
Remote work infrastructure
Your team works from anywhere with full access to office resources. Encrypted tunnel, zero-trust, nothing exposed to the internet.
TailscaleWireGuard
Business continuity backups
Automated, encrypted, off-site. Client data, financial records, databases — recoverable even if the office is gone. Versioned, so ransomware can't destroy your history.
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Internal wiki & knowledge base
SOPs, onboarding docs, client notes, meeting minutes — all searchable, all in one place, all on your server. New hires get up to speed in days, not weeks.
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Team credentials & secrets
Shared logins, API keys, WiFi passwords — all in one encrypted vault your team can access. Audit trail shows who accessed what and when.
Vaultwarden
Office networking & security
VLANs, firewalls, guest WiFi, device segmentation, DNS-level threat blocking. Proper network architecture that separates POS systems from guest devices from staff laptops.
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Self-hosted Git & version control
For dev shops and agencies: your code on your server. Pull requests, CI hooks, issue tracking — without GitHub's pricing or terms.
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Monitoring & uptime dashboards
See what's running, what's down, and what needs attention. Real-time metrics, alerting to your phone, historical data for capacity planning.
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Self-hosted email
Business email on your domain, on your hardware. No one reading your mail to sell you ads. Full control over retention, filtering, and encryption.
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Company intranet & dashboard
One page your team opens every morning. Links to every internal tool, project status, quick references. Customized to how your team actually works.
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Straightforward by design

Plaintext & Co. is an electronics repair and IT services company based in Scarborough, Maine. We fix what's broken, build what's needed, and set up infrastructure that belongs to you.

Our IT services are built around ownership. The hardware sits in your home or office. The software runs on your network. Your files, your media, your backups — all under your roof, all under your control. We handle the setup and keep things running.

No monthly platform fees. No data harvested for ad targeting. No hoping a company you've never met keeps its servers running. Just technology that works, configured by someone local who answers the phone.