Whats up guys this is what happen to my girlfriend's nexus 4, she dropped it and crack the screen, I went to a repair shop and they told me that they can't replace it because her nexus 4 have a screen "type 2"?? And the one that they have is "type 1"... Is that possible or they just don't know what they are talking about? I was surprised cuz I though it was only 1 kind of nexus 4
Sorry if my grammar is not good, this isn't my language
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Sounds quite strange, as far as I know there is only one type of screen. Plus I would suggest repairing your self instead of the shop. They tried to charge $200 at my local phone repair when I replaced the screen for $90 my self. The repair is very simple so don't worry if you are not big in technology
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My phone (manuf. May/2013) broke, I had to replace the main board with an older model. It was from late 2012/early 2013 iirc. Fit perfectly, the connectors are identical, the only difference was double-sided tape holding in the camera on the newer one and that didn't affect screen replacement.
One thing worth mentioning: the digitizer pattern is highly visible on the newer phone, but invisible on the older one. So there might be two screen parts but I'll bet they both work.
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There were many complaints about the build quality of the Nexus 7. There still are. Looking at the threads in the Nexus section one would have to conclude that many new devices were returned in the 15 days (or other 'no questions asked') return periods retailers as well as Google Play store have. I'm curious about the statistics of this phenomenon, and how much of a failure, or not, was this device for it's manufacturer, ASUS, from this point of view.
[EDIT] ERRATA : At the fifth question, I wrote 'five' instead of 'fifth'. I'm sorry, English is not my native language.
actually, got my 4th and it has screen lifting also, but somehow I rly want to enjoy this one so I give a chance to it
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Asus build quality sucks. I have a tf300 and i had to return four, the fifth having light bleeds but i was done with the best buy people thinking i was up to something haha
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I returned it twice. The second return being for a full refund. I don't plan on buying one again, very disappointed with the build quality.
Returned twice.. first one was for the mysterious screen shatter, and the second one just died after 1 day of use. Third one has been working like a charm.
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Still on my first one. My ASUS TF101 is OK except for the dock battery which died...
My dad has a Nexus 7 and has had no issues. I think that Samsung tablets are better built but lack the marketing power. I have heard lots about the N7 issues but I think it may be blown out of proportion. Whenever a problem is found in any device forums fill up with complaints.
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Zero, my thought is that a lot of people just charged one and then returned it to see what all the buzz was about. When I bought mine I really needed a new device. My 3 year old laptop was starting to fall apart. I basically wanted an internet device and if the N7 did not do what I needed I was going to return it and buy a netbook. I have a C60 machine and never had any problems.
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RichardLSX said:
I returned it twice. The second return being for a full refund. I don't plan on buying one again, very disappointed with the build quality.
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Sorry, forgot to add that my Nexus 7s had the following common problems; Screen lift, Random Reboots, Blown speakers (noticeable popping sound) and I had to reboot sometimes when I'd have no sound at all. I had both a C60 and C80.
I'm on my 7th!
1. Light bleed all round edge. (C60)
2. Raised screen & dead pixels approx. 15 were dead. (C60)
3. Faulty speakers. (C70)
4. Faulty USB connector. (C70)
5. Faulty touch screen. (C70)
6. Faulty Gyro sensor (C80)
7. Raised screen but after a DIY repair was happy with the result. (C90)
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Please don't forget to give your vote in the poll if you fall into one of the above categories.
15 dead pixels ... that's 15 more than my tolerance level will allow, but, most importantly, a lot more than the ISO values used to classify an LCD panel as defective or not : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_9241#ISO-9241-302.2C_303.2C_305.2C_307:2008_pixel_defects.
First one worked a treat
IAmNice said:
I can hear it cracking a little. It happens once or twice a day and could this damage my device?
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Its a common defect with the design, the cracking noise you can hear is probably just the adhesive. Wouldn't think it could come to any harm.
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Bought a cable so we can use a mouse. Problem is the screen is still registering some information from the broken digitizer so as my wife says "It is acting crazy"
From what I hear ASUS is not to supportive of cracked screens so i have resigned myself that it will not get fixed, and fixing it myself is to expensive. ($140 for the replacement part).
So in order to make the best with what we got, is it possible to disable the digitiser interface? I assume I will need root. (not currently rooted, wife's device)
IMO, dont think thats possible?
but if the digitizer is still registering touches, then you gotta find where the pressure points are and try to lift them a bit higher? dont know if that might make sense to you or not lol.
and yeah, ASUS charges an arm and a leg for repairing a cracked screen($165+tax if you live in certain states+shipping charges back to you)
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Bought a cable so we can use a mouse. Problem is the screen is still registering some information from the broken digitizer so as my wife says "It is acting crazy"
From what I hear ASUS is not to supportive of cracked screens so i have resigned myself that it will not get fixed, and fixing it myself is to expensive. ($140 for the replacement part).
So in order to make the best with what we got, is it possible to disable the digitiser interface? I assume I will need root. (not currently rooted, wife's device)
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Crack open your device and disconnect the digitiser cable from the motherboard
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Get a Bluetooth mouse.. my screen is cracked also.. there is a distributor that sells screens and digitalizers in bulk.. the more you buy the more you save **Hint for business opportunity **
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My 2 year old son tripped and dropped my Nexus 7 yesterday now my screen is cracked..
Is it really $140 for the part?
I did a search on eBay and saw some screen replacement part for around $60
I just cracked my phone and i haven't even had it for 2 weeks. The phone isn't even responding anymore only the left side of the screen is responsive. Has anybody else tried to send their cracked screen in and not get charged?
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I just cracked my phone and i haven't even had it for 2 weeks. The phone isn't even responding anymore only the left side of the screen is responsive. Has anybody else tried to send their cracked screen in and not get charged?
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So you want to extort money from LG?
It costs around 140 to fix through LG repair centers...
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Do the lg repair as it is cheaper than buying a screen kit... 140 vs 220 is a no brainer. Just make sure they actually do everything right. They didn't even replace my screen (granted it wasn't cracked) and they forgot to put the torx screws back in as well. I had to get a supervisor on the phone to fix the situation. They were at least able to fix the situation by sending me the two screws, but its been about a week on a 9 day wait for the stuff to arrive.
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Recently my Nexus 4 got scuffed but I'm not sure how. Should I return the phone as it also rattles with minimal shaking and was made in January despite it being bought just around 4 days ago. This is the first phone I've scratched and I am horrified. It wasn't even me who did it, my mother dropped it while I was showing her it but no damage occured . The scuff then happened later for no apparent reason.
I love the phone and hate to lie and send the phone back but I could say it was also down to the rattling I was returning it?
What should I do?
is it ethical.
no
expertzero1 said:
is it ethical.
no
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mr.fast said:
What should I do?
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Live with it.
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Recently my Nexus 4 got scuffed but I'm not sure how. Should I return the phone as it also rattles with minimal shaking and was made in January despite it being bought just around 4 days ago. This is the first phone I've scratched and I am horrified. It wasn't even me who did it, my mother dropped it while I was showing her it but no damage occured . The scuff then happened later for no apparent reason.
I love the phone and hate to lie and send the phone back but I could say it was also down to the rattling I was returning it?
What should I do?
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Get it phone case and kick your brother's behind. LOL. No seriously, get a case or tell your brother to get you a case.
The rattle you hear I hear it on mine as well. I feel like a little baby. Goo goo ga ga
The rattle is normal, its the camera auto focus (or the sim tray). Google wont accept a damaged phone unless you really do the dirty on them and say it came like that.
Seems like everyone with OCD owns this phone.
We have guys shaking phones like a etch a sketch, pressing against the back glass trying to hear cracking sounds, looking at the phone from awkward angles just to see if the the glass is separating from the rubber bezel and now we have a guy ready to commit a crime cause his phone has a scratch.
SMDH
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But I'm not entirely sure how it scratched so easily. I'm mythed how it got there. I've never scratched anything before. Even without Gorilla Glass.
I'm also convinced it could've been the bumper. It rattles even when moving the phone and not shaking it. The scratch has just made me lean towards a replacement more.
Will Google accept a scratched phone with a factory defect?
Yes they would accept it back with a factory defect but they could just repair the defect and send it back to you still scratched as that is not covered
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as someone said before, the rattling is normal. every n4 rattles. a scratch won't hurt you and seeing how you caused it i don't think you should send it in. you got this thing for 299 $ which is a steal, they sold 10 pieces of it worldwide because they can't rival samsungs broadway antics - why putting even more weight on their shoulders.
this is why I got a case as soon my Nexus 4 arrived. Lmao! OP is gonna lie for it. Sure why not. Blame the phone companies for making the phone so easily breakable or maybe its the nature fault for the way it works.
Man threads like these why I enjoy coming to xda. It's full of wins!!!
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badboy47 said:
this is why I got a case as soon my Nexus 4 arrived. Lmao! OP is gonna lie for it. Sure why not. Blame the phone companies for making the phone so easily breakable or maybe its the nature fault for the way it works.
Man threads like these why I enjoy coming to xda. It's full of wins!!!
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I only bought it around 3/4 days ago. I could request a replacement. There is no way a phone should've scuffed/scratched that easily. I like the phone and don't want to live with scratches. I've seen people return scratched Nexus 4s to shops and they've accepted them. No I'm not going to lie. It's just that the scratch has made me lean towards an RMA.
Never have I scratched a phone.
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I only bought it around 3/4 days ago. I could request a replacement. There is no way a phone should've scuffed/scratched that easily. I like the phone and don't want to live with scratches. I've seen people return scratched Nexus 4s to shops and they've accepted them. No I'm not going to lie. It's just that the scratch has made me lean towards an RMA.
Never have I scratched a phone.
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Didn't you just say in the original post your momma dropped it? So do phones just magically get scuffed?
So how will you go about this RMA? Do they take phones back cause they got scuffed?
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shook187 said:
Didn't you just said in the original post your momma dropped it? So do phones just magically get scuffed?
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Yes she did but the scuff appeared a couple of days after. I still don't know what caused it. I would live with the scratch if it was my fault and was small but I did nothing to scuff/scrape the phone. The scrape is along the right convex edge.
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Yes she did but the scuff appeared a couple of days after. I still don't know what caused it. I would live with the scratch if it was my fault and was small but I did nothing to scuff/scrape the phone. The scrape is along the right convex edge.
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You ever cut yourself and it bleeds a few seconds after?
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shook187 said:
You ever cut yourself and it bleeds a few seconds after?
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Trust me the scuff wasn't there. I wasn't happy and inspected the phone in all kinds of light. I also cleaned it plenty of times.
I have just read two other threads today... one from someone who RMA'd a phone with shattered back glass that stopped working, but neglected to mention the broken glass. Another from someone who mistakenly connected a 12v car battery directly to the charging port and fried the charging circuit (among other things) and neglected to tell Google about that as well. I won't cite countless other post I have read from folks exercising similar behavior.
I almost feel sorry for Google... but mainly feel sorry for people who still play by the rules and take responsibility for their own actions as they will most likely pay for the unethical behavior of others via higher pricing and more hoops to jump through to get legitimate issues taken care of in the future.
I agree. I'm sure Google wouldn't take a phone back only because its scuffed. I'm sure the original poster will create some fake reason why he's returning the phone.
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I agree. I'm sure Google wouldn't take a phone back only because its scuffed. I'm sure the original poster will create some fake reason why he's returning the phone.
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I won't. I hate liars as much as everyone else. Personally, I was expecting my mother to pay for it (which didn't go down well )
The volume buttons aren't easy to press and the phone's sim tray (not the lense) rattles with normal use. Another problem is a line on the top left edge on the phone (looks like a plastic mold mark). I do actually have plenty of reason to replace the phone. It's just the scratch has made me lean to a replacement more. Not only that, I received the phone 4/5 days ago and it was made early February; and without plastic nubs.
Do what you gotta do, whatever makes you sleep better at night. I'm not sure how Google handles returns but they could easily consider that as wear and tear deny an RMA.
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Been using my Play for almost 3 years, and have had to replace the flex cable twice, and the front navigation buttons once.
It's a shame that Sony built the entire phone around one of the most fragile parts, but it's worth the repair for that gamepad
I've had mine for 3 years also. No problems yet aside from dropping it a few times.
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I had to replace the digitizer glass, god that was a ball-ache!
1.5 years of daily carry on my ATT model, and I have no issues except some occasional phantom inputs and the front-facing camera sometimes refuses to work, crashing the camera application. For how much it's been abused by that time, by me mistakenly and also intentionally by an ex, it's in great shape. The XP may be plasticky as a mother but it's not exactly cheaply built.
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My XPlay was showing signs of age after I dropped it and the screen cracked. Instead of trashing it I basically rebuilt the entire phone, the only thing that is still stock on my XPlay is the motherboard and I rehoused it all orange (Which looks awesome)
I've got my Xplay since january and I dropped it a few times but it had the cover so nothing happend...
I've had the flex cable and 5 other small parts replaced after the screen only displayed jitter. It was within my two years warranty, so I did not have to pay anything. It was probably caused by dropping the phone in the sand at the beach. You could hear the sand crumble when switching the slider But they repaired it without extra costs anyways.
I broke the digitizer it cost me rs.2000 repaired it but again few days back broke the new digitizer again planning to change the touch and also plan to buy nexus 4. Time to move on it seems...
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So it seems im one of the luckiest here. Got my Play exactly 3 years ago and Ive never need to repair/replace anything in it except back cover.
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