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New replacement screen / buying broken PDA

Hi!
last summer I bought new XDA 3 and 1 month later it fall down and the screen is crashed.
Is there any place, where I can get a spare screen cheap?
Or is anybody there, who has a broken Blueangel, which as an intact screen, which I can buy?

there are a few places on the net, search google or do a search on these blueangel forums, there are a few threads on this subject, BUT BE REALLY CAREFULL, YOU NEED THE RIGHT SCREEN FOR YOUR MOTHERBOARD.
BUY THE WRONG ONE AND YOU HAVE AN EXPENSIVE SCREEN THAT DOES NOT WORK...... BE CAREFUL.
my mate had his insured, after he cracked his screen, they didnt even ask to view the handset first, just asked what make/model and IMEI number. he waited 2 months and claimed, he got a new handset, lost all data, he saved most of it anyway, it was still functional apart from the touch screen, its amazing what actually does work without the screen tho.

http://www.pdasmart.com/pdaphonexda2s.htm

Thx for all the help!
I think, I will go to the official service company and have it repaired there. BUt there it costs about 300 Euro

When I smashed mine in, I sent it to SBE Ltd in Kent.
They were very good. I sent it in to them in August of 2005, but then I went and lost my job and could't pay for it to be fixed. (I was told it would cost £100). I paid last week, and it cost £40 in the end. They even shipped it out to me to a new address, and between payment and me recieving it, took 3 days.

matthewukchef said:
When I smashed mine in, I sent it to SBE Ltd in Kent.
They were very good. I sent it in to them in August of 2005, but then I went and lost my job and could't pay for it to be fixed. (I was told it would cost £100). I paid last week, and it cost £40 in the end. They even shipped it out to me to a new address, and between payment and me recieving it, took 3 days.
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Wow. I've only had bad dealings with SBE but that is really cheap considering HTCeurope want £112 for a screen and digitiser!
What flavour blueangel was it? SBE are only agents for Imate IIRC and won't touch other stuff from experience, just as HTCe won't repair Imate or o2 devices :-(
Richard

HTC desire mother board

Can any one tell me from where can i buy desire mother board.
I have UK t-mobile unlock rooted phone.
my phone is rendomely keep rebooting due to over heat and it is not under warranty.

feroz2u said:
Can any one tell me from where can i buy desire mother board.
I have UK t-mobile unlock rooted phone.
my phone is rendomely keep rebooting due to over heat and it is not under warranty.
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Why is it not under warranty may I ask?

bcos i am in Qatar, and i was so frustrated so i opend the back panel and take out mother board and cleaned it with alchohel.My phone is still working but it is still rebooting on due to over heat.If you know the place where i can get the new board pls let me know..

I am in similar situation as yours. Random reboots and no warranty. I asked the local HTC service, and they told me they currently don't have any in stock, but are expecting them. When I asked about the approximate price, he said it will probably be 70-80% of the price of a new device. So, this sucks for both of us
I am thinking to use this device as little as possible, for as longest as possible, and then buy a new one from another manufacturer. I lost trust at HTC, this is my second HTC device - second one with huge problem.

maybe sell it on ebay, or try trading for something else here on the Marketplace?
worth trying.. at the moment I am trying to sell my Desire.. but no luck £230, anyone? perfect condition! (will ship anywhere!)
hope this helps!

mine is the same case here.. bought it in the UK now I'm in India. Searched on the net only to find it will cost $500, and at that price I can get a brand new Desire S.. So trying to sell it on ebay.. anybody interested?

Maybe try finding a Desire on eBay with a broken screen that you could take the mobo from?
Guessing that would work out cheaper than buying a new motherboard.

Desire Z worth selling second hand?

My contract expires in a weeks time, and I will be changing carriers and upgrading to a new LTE handset (most likely a Razr HD). I am trying to decide if the DZ is worth putting on ebay or not, I have watched a few DZ auctions and they are lucky to go for $100 these days, and that's for stock rom handsets, mine is probably worth even less as its running CM7.2.
I can't believe I paid $650 for the handset 24 months ago, talk about depreciation. What is everyone else doing with their DZ handsets? keeping or selling, I don't really need another old phone sitting in my draw but $100 seems like such a waste of a great qwerty smartphone.

I would keep it myself but I'm also the type of person that would snatch up that phone for $100. I'm Happily using a 3 yr old N1 I paid $115 for a few months ago from a member on here.
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jessv3 said:
My contract expires in a weeks time, and I will be changing carriers and upgrading to a new LTE handset (most likely a Razr HD). I am trying to decide if the DZ is worth putting on ebay or not, I have watched a few DZ auctions and they are lucky to go for $100 these days, and that's for stock rom handsets, mine is probably worth even less as its running CM7.2.
I can't believe I paid $650 for the handset 24 months ago, talk about depreciation. What is everyone else doing with their DZ handsets? keeping or selling, I don't really need another old phone sitting in my draw but $100 seems like such a waste of a great qwerty smartphone.
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I would say it depends on your phone's condition. If it looks fine then you should sell it. If running on stock make it more desirable, then maybe unroot the phone if that's not too much work for you?
jessv3 said:
I can't believe I paid $650 for the handset 24 months ago, talk about depreciation.
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it's more like overly marked-up. The Nexus 4 and the iPad mini is sold for about 150% hardware cost and they are still at half of that $650 price.

Dude would be willing to trade for a G2?
I have two htc G2's, and want to trade one for a Desire Z??
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350Rocket said:
I would keep it myself but I'm also the type of person that would snatch up that phone for $100. I'm Happily using a 3 yr old N1 I paid $115 for a few months ago from a member on here.
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Interested in buying my Desire Z? Its an unbranded and unlocked GSM model which I purchased outright from Handtec in Nov 2010, it has heaps of accessories such as:
Desktop dock charger
Additional original HTC battery
Black rubber case
Authentic PDair leather case
Original HTC earphones and charger (UK plug like all handtec stock)
I still have the box and receipt
I would sell it for $100 (AUD) plus freight, which is fair I think considering the above accessories cost me well over $100.
KyraOfFire said:
I would say it depends on your phone's condition. If it looks fine then you should sell it. If running on stock make it more desirable, then maybe unroot the phone if that's not too much work for you?
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The condition is not bad, like not perfect the rear battery door is a bit scratched but you can replace them easily and there is a couple scratches on the corners and a few surface scratches on the gorilla glass as I didnt use a screen protector over the last few months, you can only notice them on certain angles though.
I dont really have the time to unroot the phone, if it was worth more I would probably find time.
xhitz said:
Dude would be willing to trade for a G2?
I have two htc G2's, and want to trade one for a Desire Z??
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Nah mate not interested, I thought the G2 was the same a DZ anyway?

I think shipping would be expensive as I'm in Canada. But I will check.
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What if your new phone will broke up?
Dont sell DZ You can also give a cool gift to someone

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[Q] LG G3 SIM Connector Replacement?

One of the pins broke off of the SIM connector whilst using a SIM adaptor and I was wondering where I might get a replacement? I have looked online briefly and I can't really find much replacement parts for this phone yet, unless I am looking in the wrong places?
I remember this happened to my SGS I-9000 and the part only cost like £5 from eBay and was modular so I am hoping this one will be as easy to replace too!
**UPDATE: It seems that unless you are an expert with a solder (and I mean expert!) then you will not be able to replace this part since it is soldered on to the circuit board rather than a modular part, so I am putting a list of places recommended by posters where you can get your G3 repaired.
PORTUGAL: http://www.electromatica.com.pt/index.php?route=common/home
UK: http://www.mobiledeviceworkshop.co.uk/lg-g3-d855-sim-card-reader-repair-service-2498-p.asp

D0MINO said:
One of the pins broke off of the SIM connector whilst using a SIM adaptor and I was wondering where I might get a replacement? I have looked online briefly and I can't really find much replacement parts for this phone yet, unless I am looking in the wrong places?
I remember this happened to my SGS I-9000 and the part only cost like £5 from eBay and was modular so I am hoping this one will be as easy to replace too!
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Sorry to hear that I had a nano-sim to micro sim converter and that got stuck twice so I thought its not worth the risk and swapped it for a micro sim I am sure there are parts out there but as the phone is very new they may be hard to come by.

daleski75 said:
Sorry to hear that I had a nano-sim to micro sim converter and that got stuck twice so I thought its not worth the risk and swapped it for a micro sim I am sure there are parts out there but as the phone is very new they may be hard to come by.
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On a Google search, it seems that this is a common issue with these adapters, especially cheap ones, and other people have had the same problem too. I had figured too that due to the phone being new, there are basically no substantial source of spare parts that I can find as of yet..

D0MINO said:
On a Google search, it seems that this is a common issue with these adapters, especially cheap ones, and other people have had the same problem too. I had figured too that due to the phone being new, there are basically no substantial source of spare parts that I can find as of yet..
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Might be worth contacting this company to see if they can do anything for you in sourcing a G3 sim reader?
http://parts4mobiles.com/acatalog/Sim-Readers.html
Found this as well although they are expensive I guess it depends on how easy it is to repair.
http://www.mobiledeviceworkshop.co.uk/lg-g3-d855-sim-card-reader-repair-service-2498-p.asp

The same happened to me (d855 32gb europe)...now the phone is on the repair center in Italy, but it will take 10 days to repair. I bought another one... The sim tray of the lg g3 is really terrible.

lukemo said:
The same happened to me (d855 32gb europe)...now the phone is on the repair center in Italy, but it will take 10 days to repair. I bought another one... The sim tray of the lg g3 is really terrible.
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How much is it costing to repair? I bet it's only a £2 part which you could do yourself lol

i thought it was just me,i had the same issue. the sim adapter is really fragile

D0MINO said:
How much is it costing to repair? I bet it's only a £2 part which you could do yourself lol
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They didn't tell me, but not less than 60 euro I think. At the moment is the only solution, we can't find spare parts by ourselves.

lukemo said:
They didn't tell me, but not less than 60 euro I think. At the moment is the only solution, we can't find spare parts by ourselves.
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I bet they are making a good profit on it since the part is not available yet!
This is the email I got:
We don’t have the item in stock.
Once we have it, we will let you know.
Please let us know if you seek further assistance.
Best Regards
Parts4mobiles.com
Unit-5, Churchgate, Hitchin, Hertfordshire SG51DN, United Kingdom
Tel: +44(0) 844 579 6296
Email: [email protected]
Website: parts4mobiles.com
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My SIM adapter arrived broken in the LG G3 I recieved last week.

D0MINO said:
One of the pins broke off of the SIM connector whilst using a SIM adaptor and I was wondering where I might get a replacement? I have looked online briefly and I can't really find much replacement parts for this phone yet, unless I am looking in the wrong places?
I remember this happened to my SGS I-9000 and the part only cost like £5 from eBay and was modular so I am hoping this one will be as easy to replace too!
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Same thing happened to me. Subscribed!

dougsomegraves said:
My SIM adapter arrived broken in the LG G3 I recieved last week.
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I imagine this is a good enough reason for a replacement or a warranty repair?

D0MINO said:
I imagine this is a good enough reason for a replacement or a warranty repair?
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Yep - I returned mine last weekend. Picked up a new one today at Best Buy.
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I wonder if someone has tried an LG G2 SIM connector off eBay or wherever and see if that one can be used since it wouldn't be more than £5/€5/$5?

I have the same issue with my D851.
Screw it, it's on eBay

Who knows where to buy?

cacimbo said:
Who knows where to buy?
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Same here,...

Ehh... Just happened to me 5 min after unboxing the phone
Has anyone found out if the warranty will cover that and if not how much the repair is?

shem2409 said:
Ehh... Just happened to me 5 min after unboxing the phone
Has anyone found out if the warranty will cover that and if not how much the repair is?
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You can try to claim from the actual store you bought it from rather than the LG warranty as that would be quicker but otherwise it's about a £45 repair from the sites that are offering it.
Actually, I never owned the phone but saw one on eBay that I was considering buying that had this fault but I really cannot understand why no one on here has bought the £5 LG G2 SIM part from eBay (as I had mentioned a month ago on here) to see if that one fits as if it doesn't work then you have not lost anything! That would have been the 1st thing I would have done if it happened to me as I am no way paying £45 for basically a ~50p part which I can just repair myself since all phones are modular these days.
....What kind of idiots own this phone?!

D0MINO said:
You can try to claim from the actual store you bought it from rather than the LG warranty as that would be quicker but otherwise it's about a £45 repair from the sites that are offering it.
Actually, I never owned the phone but saw one on eBay that I was considering buying that had this fault but I really cannot understand why no one on here has bought the £5 LG G2 SIM part from eBay to see if that one fits as if it doesn't work then you have not lost anything! That would have been the 1st thing I would have done if it happened to me as I am no way paying £45 for basically a ~50p part which I can just repair myself since all phones are modular these days.
....What kind of idiots own this phone?!
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Well, I have mine on 2 year warranty and will try to get it fixed through the authorized service shop first. Will see how that goes. If it is too expensive I will search for alternatives.

Impossible to get a replacement front screen for Nokia 8 Sirocco in US

I just bought a new condition Nokia 8 Sirocco for review purposes and then planned on reselling it, of course I dropped it first day I got it (luckily with the case on), but unluckily it shattered the front glass. Touch seems to work just fine however, BUT...
Nokia won't sell me the part or help me at all since I'm not in the same country as where it is available from their website.
I tried ordering parts through a cellphone repair store authorized with Nokia, and even called and emailed places in both the UK and Canada that were authorized Nokia repair stores, and they are unable to get me the part or repair it for me even if I pay shipping there and back as well as for the repair and part.
The one website I found that sells the part for a very reasonable 400 rs (5-6 usd) only ships within India.
I've wasted so much time trying to figure out how to just get the part, much less have it repaired. If anyone has any ideas, suggestions, or can help me out I'd be incredibly grateful, or if you can sell me the part directly that would work as well.
Thanks for your time !

Front Screen for Nokia 8
China is the main source of cell phone parts. So, I think you should try "Aliexpress". And they can deliver your product in the USA.

wiederganger said:
I just bought a new condition Nokia 8 Sirocco for review purposes and then planned on reselling it, of course I dropped it first day I got it (luckily with the case on), but unluckily it shattered the front glass. Touch seems to work just fine however, BUT...
Nokia won't sell me the part or help me at all since I'm not in the same country as where it is available from their website.
I tried ordering parts through a cellphone repair store authorized with Nokia, and even called and emailed places in both the UK and Canada that were authorized Nokia repair stores, and they are unable to get me the part or repair it for me even if I pay shipping there and back as well as for the repair and part.
The one website I found that sells the part for a very reasonable 400 rs (5-6 usd) only ships within India.
I've wasted so much time trying to figure out how to just get the part, much less have it repaired. If anyone has any ideas, suggestions, or can help me out I'd be incredibly grateful, or if you can sell me the part directly that would work as well.
Thanks for your time !
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hi wiederganger,
i just bought a N8S with cracked screen, too good a price to not, i'd seen an ad via google for replacement screens for £69.99 in UK so thought id get it fixed easily, but when i got the phone i checked out the company on trust pilot, it is a scam, all bad reviews nothing good. I got in touch with nokia uk, they quoted £303GBP (about $400USD) for the repair, i can get new glass put in a samsung S8 for £70, so they are way over pricing it and withholding parts deliberately. i tweeted this info out, maybe they'll wake up as nobody would buy one if they realised the screen replacement cost. imho if they make things that break so easily they should be forced to supply replacement parts by law. or use a better screen that can be dropped, we all drop phones once in a while.
anyway i also searched around for glass only. everywhere in china i can find (aliexpress mainly) sells the whole LCD assembly for about $150USD, which is an option if all else fails. 1 place in india has screen only. again a hassle to get it sent overseas. but first ill wait a while, im sure the parts will become available. luckily this phone is usable as is, ill eventually fix it and sell it before i break the screen then buy another smasung because too much hassle to get parts for nokia. similar to apple who deliberately withhold parts also. just dont buy from these companies. i wont buy anything from nokia again. ill let you know how i get on.

Hi, I dropped my Sirocco 8 in December and the glass was toast but the screen worked okay. I bought it in the UAE and have since moved to Malaysia.
Nokia in Malaysia wouldn't touch it and told me that I'd need to send to the country of purchase for repair. I'm not keen on the idea of sending the phone back to the UAE so I too found the company in the UK (QMF) and have sent the phone to them. They've now told me that they cannot obtain the parts so I'm now scouring the web in the hope that someone can fix this phone for me. I loved this phone and if I'd known the trouble I'd have to get it repaired, I would have either not bought it or wrapped it in cotton wool!
If anyone has any luck with getting their phone repaired, I would appreciate if they could share details.
Have a good one.

I sent my N8S to the said repair shop for £69.99 to replace the screen -3 weeks ago. Today, they sent me an email wanting another £180 more for the LCD replacement. I told them to cancel the repairs and refunds will be 30 days.