"McMike" (mcmike)
11/11/2013 at 07:36 • Filed to: rants, tutu153, wheremyphone
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"McMike" (mcmike)
11/11/2013 at 07:36 • Filed to: rants, tutu153, wheremyphone | 1
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I dropped my phone earlier this year and broke the glass four months into my contract.
Zero loss in functionality, but finally decided to get it fixed.
There is an outfit that specializes in repairing screens, they have three or four locations around the DC area, so I gave them a ring. For $100, they'll fix it, and do it in 2-3 hours. Having an Android device, it's often hard to find the location that has a screen for the "Super Universe Droid X turboBeatz LTE 4G Sprint II" model. (I admit, this is a win for iPhone, as every location has at least 30 of each iPhone screen in stock)
I looked into fixing it myself, but after watching the video I decided not to. This particular phone was built around the screen, and requires !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . The screen seems to be the first thing that that goes down the assembly line, and the rest of the parts are attached to it. Motherboard, gps, cpu, battery, speaker, etc... everything needs to be removed. to get to the screen.
To me it was worth it. A straight replacement is $500. (sigh)
Found the location with the screen in stock and dropped it off. Came back two hours later for some bad news.
They only had the glass in stock instead of the screen. Separating the screen from the glass seems like an impossible job - proven by the tech. He ha damaged the screen while trying to remove the glass, and now it needs to be shipped to Georgia for repair.
If I would have known he didn't have the whole screen assembly, I would have just skipped it. First world problems for sure.. now I need to print a map before I go anywhere, check email from THE COMPUTER, and party like it's 2005.
TL:DR - had to ship the smartphone away for repairs since the tech couldn't repair it. Sprint is CDMA, so I can't pull the sim card out to put it in an old phone for the meantime.
UPDATE: Holy shit, Sprint no longer charges you to jump between devices. Old cracked phone -ACTIVATED!
Boo hoo.
Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
> McMike
11/11/2013 at 07:46 |
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See? This is why we can't have nice things!
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McMike
> Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
11/11/2013 at 07:53 |
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I know, right. These things are brilliant until you realize that you're carrying around a $500 item
I can't see how anyone lets teenagers out of the house with one of these thing in their pocket.
f86sabre
> McMike
11/11/2013 at 07:57 |
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Feels. Dropped my Droid X, 2010 vintage I think, yesterday and shattered the glass.
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Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
> McMike
11/11/2013 at 07:57 |
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My HTC Radar Windows Phone was $100 buy one, get one free. My brother also needed a new phone, so we split the price. For $50, I'm not worried about mine, and it's turned out to be quite durable.
You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
> McMike
11/11/2013 at 08:41 |
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I haven't actually tested the claims, but Zagg screen protectors are supposed to reduce the chance of cracking a screen when you drop a phone. I've got one on my phone and it is great as far as screen protectors go. It went on with only a couple small bubbles and they worked themselves out over the course of a day or two. Well worth the $15-$20 IMO.
Straightsix9904
> McMike
11/11/2013 at 08:59 |
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One time a jackass pushed me in a lake with my iPhone, I switched to a burner phone that I picked up for $20. I tried to stay on the opposite side of the room from the thing, I was terrified of it. I didn't know how to text, I could barely make a call.
Rico
> McMike
11/11/2013 at 09:27 |
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Sprint has insurance for situations like this. Also, get an iPhone.
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McMike
> Rico
11/11/2013 at 09:38 |
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Negative on the iPhone. I already have too many Apple devices from work.
And insurance? I'm just as likely to get that as I am a case.
/live dangerously
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Rico
> McMike
11/11/2013 at 09:56 |
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Meh I guess that's a decent reason. I'd rather be able to walk into an Apple store and get my shit fixed right away then send it off somewhere for days at a time. Been there done that.