So I bought my girlfriend a N7, she had it for almost a month before her dog decided to chew on it. It had a case on it but the screen got a small hairline crack and so the digitizer is toast. She was heart broken so I ended up splitting the cost of a new 16gb N7 with her, and she's sending me her old one.
So what should I do with it? I have $125 into it, maybe I can find a N7 with bad hardware and swap screens? Or wait to find a replacement screen for cheap enough and fix it? Use it with a mouse and keyboard? Sell it? She kept it in good condition so the only cosmetic issue from the cracked screen is a teeny scratch on the plastic bezel.
Maybe sell it for parts?
If you do I call dibs on the speaker since I just blew mine the other day :/
Sorry I'm not more help tho
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Hold on to it... There will be someone have a screen replacement for it maybe .Or who knows Google and Asus might be forced into doing the right thing and Fixing this screen cracking issue..
I know hers does sound like its not a warranty issue.. But so many are cracking with NO HELP FOR PUPPIES...
Good Luck .. asus will fix it for you for 160.00 i think is whats been going around...
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Or who knows Google and Asus might be forced into doing the right thing and Fixing this screen cracking issue..
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Absolutely. Everyone who drives a car over their Nexus really deserves a new one at no cost to them.
Probably a new car too. Just in case the tablet damaged the tyres.
Will it blend?
Fix it yourself
http://www.powerbookmedic.com/xcart1/home.php?cat=709
Or
http://www.dfwpcrepairs.com/google_nexus_7__tablet_screen_repair.html
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Absolutely. Everyone who drives a car over their Nexus really deserves a new one at no cost to them.
Probably a new car too. Just in case the tablet damaged the tyres.
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Don't forget pain and suffering. Not only for the victim but for the readers of this thread..AND the mod too
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The replacement screens on that site are used, which I guess is good because they'll be the same as from Asus but $129, sheesh. I think I'll just wait for someone to fry their N7 or brick it and buy theirs for parts. Maybe I'll just wait for the cost of the screen to come down, it's a 16gb model so if I could find one for less then a $100 it would be worth it. I already have one so I'll probably end up giving it to my sister once it's working.
would you sell it? if so what for? There are a few of us around that are working on trying to get an OTG setup internal that might be able to put it to use.
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I've cracked my screen
Went go-karting today and got thrown around so much in the kart that the screen cracked.
So, what's the best way about getting it repaired?
Can I just send it straight back to HTC UK and get the screen replaced under warranty? My phone is rooted, but not unlocked.
I have not returned a phone yet, but as many have stated, "it does not void your warranty to root, only to unlock the bootloader" so in theory you should just be able to send it in.
.....except that warranty won't cover a cracked screen.. I think the going rate was $280?
are you insured through assurion?
You broke it, you buy it.
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I've cracked my screen
Went go-karting today and got thrown around so much in the kart that the screen cracked.
So, what's the best way about getting it repaired?
Can I just send it straight back to HTC UK and get the screen replaced under warranty? My phone is rooted, but not unlocked.
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I dropped my N1 on the floor in my house (stone floors) two weeks ago and cracked the glass screen.. picked up a new glass screen on ebay for $38 shipped and spent about two hours replacing it myself.. turned out perfect.. just be very patient and take your time during the replacement process.
This is the damage, I don't think the glass is broken so is it just the LCD screen beneath that I'll need to replace?
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This is the damage, I don't think the glass is broken so is it just the LCD screen beneath that I'll need to replace?
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No, it's the digitizer/screen. The display would be a lot more expensive to replace.
Hi mate.. if the amoled still works you are fine yiu would just need a new digitalizer, about £20 from ebay and fix it youself.. if the amolded wkrks you need a new lcd, £45 from ebay.. i nroke my amoled, fixed it and now works.. good luck!!
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This is the damage, I don't think the glass is broken so is it just the LCD screen beneath that I'll need to replace?
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No, it's the digitizer/screen. The display would be a lot more expensive to replace.
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If that's the case, then why when I power it on does nothing appear?
It vibrates when booting so I know its working?
when i dropped my nexus one, the amoled broke, not the outer screen/digitizer. i believe the cost for a new amoled was around $85 plus shipping and it would also cost your warranty. therefore, i sent it back in for repair and it cost $115 total, warranty still intact. btw, i opted for a refurb unit instead of waiting for them to return my damaged unit.
good luck, you have to decide if its worth voiding your warranty to fix it yourself.
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If that's the case, then why when I power it on does nothing appear?
It vibrates when booting so I know its working?
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Sorry I missed that part.. Yeah if it's not showing anything the display has problems, although I find it odd it would break but not the digitizer.
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Sorry I missed that part.. Yeah if it's not showing anything the display has problems, although I find it odd it would break but not the digitizer.
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Yeah strange isn't it, anyway, HTC are collecting it tomorrow, I'll have an estimate for repair in a few days. No idea how much it's going to be just yet.
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Yeah strange isn't it, anyway, HTC are collecting it tomorrow, I'll have an estimate for repair in a few days. No idea how much it's going to be just yet.
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It is gonna be high! You wille get 3 options..1) fix the phone for a very high price 2) get the phone and pay around $40 for the labour and delivery 3) dispose of the phone for free by htc.. so pretty much re use the parts for another phone..
Not a sencible choice calling htc in my opinion
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Yeah strange isn't it, anyway, HTC are collecting it tomorrow, I'll have an estimate for repair in a few days. No idea how much it's going to be just yet.
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It is gonna be high! You wille get 3 options..1) fix the phone for a very high price 2) get the phone and pay around $40 for the labour and delivery 3) dispose of the phone for free by htc.. so pretty much re use the parts for another phone..
Not a sencible choice calling htc in my opinion
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Having searched the internets I've found reports of people having it fixed by HTC UK for between £60 - £100
Also, I was told if I didn't want them to carry out the work there would be a £20 fee to return the phone to cover postage and the engineers time.
I think you're estimates are way off, however, I'm going to wait until I get my quote or I'll be eating my words...
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Having searched the internets I've found reports of people having it fixed by HTC UK for between £60 - £100
Also, I was told if I didn't want them to carry out the work there would be a £20 fee to return the phone to cover postage and the engineers time.
I think you're estimates are way off, however, I'm going to wait until I get my quote or I'll be eating my words...
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These were the options to fix my Desire but then got it with the fee and fixed it my self
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I'm impressed t0ph0id, I accidently got a slight scratch on my week old N1, it's small but I know it's there and I'm really upset about it.
You have properly screwed the screen and you seem ok with it
Wish I could be as relaxed as that haha.
Hey buddy i had the same issue with my desire.. cracked in a similar way, HTC quoted me £238 for screen, housing, new logic board & labour.. even asked them just to replaced the screen cos i did see anything wrong with the housing but they said they couldn't do it cos motherboard had been bent..
so just got a replacement lcd from ebay at £45, took 45mins to fit the new screen everything working correctly
oh and the logic board wasn't bent! cheeky HTC
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I'm impressed t0ph0id, I accidently got a slight scratch on my week old N1, it's small but I know it's there and I'm really upset about it.
You have properly screwed the screen and you seem ok with it
Wish I could be as relaxed as that haha.
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I've already spoken my mobile insurance and they repair/replace accidental damage so I know I can go through them if it's going to cost too much.
They'll repair, replace, give an alternative if they don't have the model or give a cash equivalent.
Yep haha, seems hard when yoyr trying to take it apart and not brake any bits off, but now.. soo proud of myself! Never thoughed I would ever be in my phone, sick thought, jehe
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Hi Xda
I got my atrix 4g in august 2011 (actually june but that one got run over )
Anyway for the last oh 6 months ive been having mild digitizer problems mild random button presses while sending text and what not and in the last 2 weeks its gotten 10 times worse, So I just called a repair place and they said the only phone they don't replace digitizers on is the atrix because
The digitizer cable is so crappy and you only have about 1mm of play and the glue they used is also crappy so we send them to motorola rather then deal with that **** ourself, the cost is $140.
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I also had product replacement insurance on this one since the other one got run over and it cost me about $700 out of pocket for the phone and an otterbox. The deal with that is I can get a S2, HTC one S or possibly another atrix 4g for $150.
I am also due for an upgrade ( corporate plan upgrade yearly :highfive: ) so I can get a S3 for $99 a Atrix HD, HTC one S for $49 , a Galaxy nexus for $29 or a RazR V and Galaxy S2 HD LTE for $0.
Thoughts?
Oh and I also have a lapdock car dock and charge dock for the atrix...
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Hi Xda
I got my atrix 4g in august 2011 (actually june but that one got run over )
Anyway for the last oh 6 months ive been having mild digitizer problems mild random button presses while sending text and what not and in the last 2 weeks its gotten 10 times worse, So I just called a repair place and they said the only phone they don't replace digitizers on is the atrix because
I also had product replacement insurance on this one since the other one got run over and it cost me about $700 out of pocket for the phone and an otterbox. The deal with that is I can get a S2, HTC one S or possibly another atrix 4g for $150.
I am also due for an upgrade ( corporate plan upgrade yearly :highfive: ) so I can get a S3 for $99 a Atrix HD, HTC one S for $49 , a Galaxy nexus for $29 or a RazR V and Galaxy S2 HD LTE for $0.
Thoughts?
Oh and I also have a lapdock car dock and charge dock for the atrix...
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Haha, I've sent my Atrix in twice for digitizer problems. First a section of the screen was unresponsive to touch so I sent it in. Then when i got it back it was good for a couple days but the screen was coming up around the edges so I sent it in again. Screen is still sort of coming up around the edges which is disappointing.
This is gonna sound crazy, try running fix permissions. Had the same problem and it worked for some reason.
Edit: Oops. My typing sucks.
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Replacing the digitizer is stupidly easy.
A $5 cell phone repair kit that includes a t5 torx and a plastic opener tool is all you need. From there buy a digitizer with frame from ebay for around $30. Search ifixit.com for a teardown and you'll see what you need to take it apart. Seriously, this is the easiest device I've ever taken apart.
The company you talked to is full of crap.
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Hi Xda
I got my atrix 4g in august 2011 (actually june but that one got run over )
Anyway for the last oh 6 months ive been having mild digitizer problems mild random button presses while sending text and what not and in the last 2 weeks its gotten 10 times worse, So I just called a repair place and they said the only phone they don't replace digitizers on is the atrix because
I also had product replacement insurance on this one since the other one got run over and it cost me about $700 out of pocket for the phone and an otterbox. The deal with that is I can get a S2, HTC one S or possibly another atrix 4g for $150.
I am also due for an upgrade ( corporate plan upgrade yearly :highfive: ) so I can get a S3 for $99 a Atrix HD, HTC one S for $49 , a Galaxy nexus for $29 or a RazR V and Galaxy S2 HD LTE for $0.
Thoughts?
Oh and I also have a lapdock car dock and charge dock for the atrix...
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Cool, S3 for $99 sounds like a good deal. :highfive:
Deggy said:
This is gonna sound crazy, try running did permissions. Had the same problem and it worked for some reason.
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what is did permissions?
tapeworm_george said:
Replacing the digitizer is stupidly easy.
A $5 cell phone repair kit that includes a t5 torx and a plastic opener tool is all you need. From there buy a digitizer with frame from ebay for around $30. Search ifixit.com for a teardown and you'll see what you need to take it apart. Seriously, this is the easiest device I've ever taken apart.
The company you talked to is full of crap.
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I may look into fixing the atrix myself then but I also may as well use my upgrade
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Cool, S3 for $99 sounds like a good deal. :highfive:
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Got the HTC one S ... already NOT in love with uh .. touch wiz is it?
I think I may have to exchange it for a Atrix HD or a nexus
I'm going to second Mr.tapeworm here, I recently replaced my digitizer and it was extremely easy. Only cost me 40 for the replacement and took less than half an hour to change, and I have little to no experience with phone repairs
And to the quote from the repair company you posted, that is exactly what happened to mine, the glue holding the wire let go after a small fall. Nothing visibly wrong with the device on the outside.
If you are going to get a digitizer make sure it is oem. i bought a cheaper one and it broke easy and didnt have tint for the sensors which really annoyed me... I got an oem one from here and broke the ribbon cable, but i emailed the seller (seller1on1) and they issued an RMA The digitizer looked flawless. I hadn't seen my screen so nice and clean in so long Just have to wait for the replacement now...
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I'm going to second Mr.tapeworm here, I recently replaced my digitizer and it was extremely easy. Only cost me 40 for the replacement and took less than half an hour to change, and I have little to no experience with phone repairs
And to the quote from the repair company you posted, that is exactly what happened to mine, the glue holding the wire let go after a small fall. Nothing visibly wrong with the device on the outside.
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Is it possible if we add more glue if its because of the glue tear off?
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If you are going to get a digitizer make sure it is oem. i bought a cheaper one and it broke easy and didnt have tint for the sensors which really annoyed me... I got an oem one from here and broke the ribbon cable, but i emailed the seller (seller1on1) and they issued an RMA The digitizer looked flawless. I hadn't seen my screen so nice and clean in so long Just have to wait for the replacement now...
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I just got an Atrix with a shattered screen from a coworker. Looking at the seller name it appears that you bought your digitizer from ebay? If not, please clarify where you got it. I figure for $40 I'll have a backup phone, mp3 player, home voip phone, and lapdock dedicated phone all in one.
Wow!!
Just loaded my mp3 from atrix onto One S and it didnt work with 2 sets of headphones 3rd time it worked but I did compare same song same headphones on atrix (PA2.0 appolo player DSP enabled) to One S same headphones same song and the atrix ****s all over the One S, When beats works all it does is wash the sound with more bass and when it doesnt it plays about 2-3 seconds of a song then skips 15-20 seconds and plays again.
(yes I know I can fix this by flashing a JB rom but the phone is 1 day old and I'd like to keep warranty for a while at least)
Also Sense 4.0 has the same if not more lag then our beta JB builds, the stock keyboard has 10000 buttons and a small space bar.
In short the Atrix still rocks unless you are a benchmark whore but for daily use its still awesome, maybe I will just return the One S and look for a digitizer.
Oh and battery dropped to 73% in about 2 hours after full charge and I sent about 12 txt and a couple talk msg.
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I just got an Atrix with a shattered screen from a coworker. Looking at the seller name it appears that you bought your digitizer from ebay? If not, please clarify where you got it. I figure for $40 I'll have a backup phone, mp3 player, home voip phone, and lapdock dedicated phone all in one.
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I got it from amazon... http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B0053EYGEO/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new
I recommend seller1on1 as I have seen some bad reviews about the product, but I do not know which seller they got it from. I am just going off of my experience with that specific seller.
Second time for me for the digitizer to fail. Not messing with it anymore. I ordered a nexus to hold me over till the next gen phones come out. Currently carring around my mouse cause screen is a fail :silly: I have an HD dock and really am gong to miss it's capabilities. I thought is was not so easy feeding the digitizer cables and then getting one of the MBoard connectors to hold. And the glue for finger scanner contact came loose. My phone was a refurb, and it looks like the tech that worked on it didn't know what he was doing, bent contacts, and dirty inside.Some piece of metal came out when I seperated the case. Never could figure what it broke off of. Now just waiting for nexus to arrive... C-Ya'll!
Honestly, my atrix has a dead, horizontal line down the left side and I'm due for an upgrade in Feb 2013. I'm waiting. I am not spending any more money on this phone; I figure I might as well take action like Motorola and ignore the need for an upgrade. My next phone will NOT be a Moto
Here is the deal guys and gals. Its simple patients, a clean work space and a how to video from YouTube .
I change out digitizers 3 times a week on average from phone builds. eBay is a great source for the money. ONLY BUY OEM. Its it doesn't say OEM or just says "replacement" then its probably a cheep reproduction. Be sure it has adhesive on it or with it. Not glue. The phone must be fully dismantled ALL THE WAY. Atrix is simply one of the easy phones to take a part and put back together .
So making sure you keep the above in mind I'll state the golden rules of small electronic repair. "Do not be in a hurry, take breaks, be sure your work space is grounded, NEVER USE FORCE, and ask questions before you guess." You can't go wrong . Happy tinkering !
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Long story short i had a nexus 7 that fell out of my back pocket and caused the screen to crack.
***PSA***
do everything you can do get an amex CC and buy all your electronics on it
So yay because i bought my nexus7 on my credit card i had purchase protection.i submmited a photo of the tablet along with the story and they refunded me my money. I called and asked how to ship the tablet back to them and apparently they dont want it and dont always ask for the merchendise back.
SCORE!!! so now how can i either get it repaired somewhere or maybe buy the parts and do it myself?
If that turns out to bee too costly what other things can i do with the guy? since the "guts" still work and i can still see most of the screen (touch input is gone) i can use a keyboard/mouse for input. .
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Sell it on eBay... I see folks getting decent prices for cracked screens with working internals
You can always part out the unit and make some extra cash.
Or, you can give the motherboard to one of the hardware hackers on xda to see if they can figure out how to add functionality to the N7 like FM radio, rear camera, SD card slot, etc.
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So, it happened to me. Just my luck.
Was at university walking and the phone slipped from my hand onto the floor. It seemed to have survived that fairly well. Then it slid off the stairs (no barrier at the edge of the staircase going up my university) and fell about 8-10 feet onto the stair case below. Screen is ruined and unresponsive.
The phone is rooted and has an unlocked bootloader so I know this voids the warranty but I can lock the bootloader again and flash the phone back to the stock rom via cwm.
I bought the phone from Carphone Warehouse for £400 back in December because I couldn't wait and now I'm left with a brick. I need a phone to handle uni life and contact my fianceé in the States. I don't really want to have to spend money I don't have on a replacement N4 so is there anything I can do guys?
Any help at all will be extremely appreciated.
(I'd post a link to an image of the screen but cannot do so yet).
Thanks
Sorry to hear that, however the only option I think would've been better if you had phone insurance and it would replace your damaged phone and it would cost like 5 pounds a month. On the other hand maybe you can send it to Carphonewarehouse and see what the estimate is to get it repaired. Don't think rooted or not makes much difference in this situation.
Anyway good luck and hope you find some solution
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Ouch, nightmare...
The only cheap way is to repair it yourself. If the mainboard is ok, get a new front and back panel. From the teardown I've seen of the Nexus 4, it doesn't seem that difficult. I'm sure there is a vid on youtube you can use as guide. If you can't do it yourself, a new phone seems to be the only option. At least it will be cheaper this time... Did you have a case on it when it dropped?
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Ouch, nightmare...
The only cheap way is to repair it yourself. If the mainboard is ok, get a new front and back panel. From the teardown I've seen of the Nexus 4, it doesn't seem that difficult. I'm sure there is a vid on youtube you can use as guide. If you can't do it yourself, a new phone seems to be the only option. At least it will be cheaper this time... Did you have a case on it when it dropped?
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See that seems doable but the only problem is is the (is it aluminium?) that goes around the phone also got dented as it fell. This is even worse considering I actually DID have a case on it. I was using the Ringke Slim case. If anybody is using this case I highly recommend them to rethink their purchase because even though the phone hit the floor side on, it didn't protect it. Imagine if it hit face down. I have another generic 'S' silicone case from eBay and that would have done a far better job at protecting the sides. Shoulda, woulda, coulda eh?
Im wondering if LG's manufacture warranty will work in my favour at all? I just don't have the funds to replace the phone comfortably but that's the only option I see unfortunately.
I don't think you'll have any luck with warranty repair. Sorry about your phone though.
https://play.google.com/store/devices/details?id=nexus_4_8gb
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A coworker priced out replacing his front screen and it was ~$260usd.
At that point Id just order another phone and sell the first for parts.
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A coworker priced out replacing his front screen and it was ~$260usd.
At that point Id just order another phone and sell the first for parts.
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Sell the phone for parts? How would that work? Im not very savvy with this side of phones. Do I sell the phone in its entirety to a company who buys things like that? Sell on eBay for really cheap trying to get whatever I can get?
LG are asking for £40-120 dependent on the level of damage.
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LG are asking for £40-120 dependent on the level of damage.
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Really? Please can you give me a link to this info? I'd pay anything between that in a heartbeat if I can get it fixed. Once I reach 10 posts I'll post some images of the phone.
Do u have a lloydstsb account? They do free phone insurance and fixed my broken screen in the uk.
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Do u have a lloydstsb account? They do free phone insurance and fixed my broken screen in the uk.
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Really?! Yes I do! How would I go about doing this?
Check their website there's a link from there. Give them a call register the phone with them log on to their website and create a claim. Then they ask you to send the phone in. Note: do everything recorded del. It costs £50 excess they turned mine around in under two weeks from start to finish
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LG are asking for £40-120 dependent on the level of damage.
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Really? Please can you give me a link to this info? I'd pay anything between that in a heartbeat if I can get it fixed. Once I reach 10 posts I'll post some images of the phone.
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This is true, I've read threads on here and Reddit with this information but can't find them atm.
Contact LG directly and they should help you.
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Ouch, nightmare...
The only cheap way is to repair it yourself. If the mainboard is ok, get a new front and back panel. From the teardown I've seen of the Nexus 4, it doesn't seem that difficult. I'm sure there is a vid on youtube you can use as guide. If you can't do it yourself, a new phone seems to be the only option. At least it will be cheaper this time... Did you have a case on it when it dropped?
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I disagree. The only cheap way to do it is via insurance, 50 quid excess or whatever is a lot cheaper than the 150 pound screen is going to cost.
Unexpectedly got soaked with seawater on vacation with my nexus in my pocket. First of all, out of all of us two cameras, a Samsung midrange android phone, and one of those brick like old Nokia phones all were casualties - only my nexus 4 survived. I think that is pretty impressive.
anyway, it didn't make it through unscathed. The mic does not work and also the gyroscope is pretty wonky. everything else appears intact.
as this was water damage I'm assuming no warranty will cover it. my question is what's the best option at this point and how much is it going to cost?
send it to Google / LG for repair? Try one of these cell phone stores that claim they can repair broken phones? Try and find the part and fix it myself? or just buy a new phone? what's going to be the cheapest?
I would recommend to sell it. The phone is water damaged. Even if you send it to LG or take it to shop to repair mic or gyroscope; other problems will appear sooner or later.
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Yep, I'd say get a little bit more money and just get a new one. Keep the old one as a paperweight or something. hahaha
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Yep, I'd say get a little bit more money and just get a new one. Keep the old one as a paperweight or something. hahaha
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I figured that's probably the best option. Is there no way to tinker around and try and replace the mic with parts that are available on eBay or something until I get together enough cash for another nexus?
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I figured that's probably the best option. Is there no way to tinker around and try and replace the mic with parts that are available on eBay or something until I get together enough cash for another nexus?
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There is. Just follow
and replace as necessary. Not sure how long the parts will last. There is a chance that the motherboard would just burn off one day.
My mic has failed too (as well as a portion of my digitizer ugh) and I have decided to order a mic from ebay for $15, I've already opened the N4 up and its super easy to replace so I would say replace it and while your in there look for any corrosion (will look white and chalky) and clean it off with a q-tip and 99% isopropyl alcohol
Water damaged MIC, ordered replacement usb charge port from ebay for £12. Using the video posted, I was able to successfully replaced my fault MIC, phone is working as per normal.
I ordered one from eBay but it looks different from the original. You guys think I should install or send it back? This one has two antenna connections but the original only has one.
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