Unfortunately, my phone has mysteriously gone missing. It would appear that it fell out of my pocket at some point (though it is inexplicable how it could do so), which really sucks because I had just gotten it set up perfectly with the new Ascension ROM from the Collective and was loving it.
Anyways, I'm in the market for a low-cost replacement, and would be happy with a used or refurbished phone in good condition. Anyone have any recommendations re: the best place to find that? I've looked on Amazon, etc., just wondering if anyone has personal experience with this that might help ensure I get the best deal possible without compromising on quality.
Thanks.
There is a sale thread here on XDA.
Craigslist or eBay are good alternatives but buyer beware. I think each of them requires some skill so if you have never purchased using them then maybe just ask around.
Did you try a Google shopping search?
If the repair costs more than $75 (and that includes having an "expert" do the grunt work) I'd look at grabbing another phone. I picked up my Inspire from Cowboom for $130...refurb and it didn't come with a charger but other than that has worked great.
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Not my personal experience but remembered reading it. I replaced one from eBay couple weeks ago for $173 but I also sold the (busted to hell and back) old one on eBay for 78 bucks so ppl are still buying broke ones. For the gold I guess.
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If you have the att insurance on it you can get a new replacement one for like 50 or 100 bucks if I'm not mistaken.
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Thanks for the advice - my friend found the phone outside of his house, in some bushes, and it had been rained on for three days. I think there's a good chance it will be okay, but I'm going to leave it to sit and dry for a few days (case off, battery out "doors" off) before I try to fire it up.
Thanks again, I may still need to refer back here in the future...
place it in uncooked rice it will suck out the moisture. Don't let rice in battery compartment. Keep bat and sim cover on.
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Place it in some uncooked rice? that help to try it our even faster....
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Get the androidlost app on the market. It's saved my a$$ on more than one occasion last week. Now, if I lose my phone and don't have a sense rom...I can look it up on the androidlost.com website for free and find it!
The lookout app also has a program with tracking your phone though it may decrease battery life
I got my att Inspire 4g from craigslist for $80. It is unlocked and has a clean esn, just a cracked digitizer on the bottom of the screen. I'm hoping its a pretty easy fix, just scared of where to buy a legit replacement for this beast. But it works so amazing regardless now only if I can find a good service provider for this.
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Inspire
I'm selling mine on Craigslist at the moment. I'm asking $195...it's in good condition. I just ordered the Samsung Note.
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Hello guys/gals,
So I had a crazy stupid night in nyc last night and I woke up to see my HTC inspire damaged in the following places:
- Screen glass is broken. Digitizer seems to be working just fine though
- Housing is scratched in several places. Namely front top left and right and the simcard/sdcard cover at the bottom.
Could anyone direct me to a good website where I can get the replacements for these parts?
Also, is there a good tutorial on how to do it myself?
Thanks for the help
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Sounds like some party is your device insured? You may want to consider that route if it is.
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lrs421 said:
Sounds like some party is your device insured? You may want to consider that route if it is.
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It is not, so thats a no go.
Yeah from what I recall I had fun
Inspire 4G is no walk in the park when trying to take it apart. Its quite a challenge, but heres a vid showing the desire HD which is very similar to the Inspire 4G.
As for parts, try ebay.
http://youtu.be/JfatoeWbMRk
I got the replacement screen from ebay but the rear housing is turning very complicated to find.
Its available at one store only and the min order size is 2.
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Hello guys/gals,
So I had a crazy stupid night in nyc last night and I woke up to see my HTC inspire damaged in the following places:
- Screen glass is broken. Digitizer seems to be working just fine though
- Housing is scratched in several places. Namely front top left and right and the simcard/sdcard cover at the bottom.
Could anyone direct me to a good website where I can get the replacements for these parts?
Also, is there a good tutorial on how to do it myself?
Thanks for the help
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Honestly by time you pay for the housing and screen and stuff you could send it to HTC and they replace everything cost me $145 and 4 days total, from my door back to my door
I've seen a few people try and fix theirs and end up messing the screen up or it falls out one of the two... I would just pay the money and have it done right with a 90 day warranty on it and you keep the full warranty on the phone also.
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Honestly by time you pay for the housing and screen and stuff you could send it to HTC and they replace everything cost me $145 and 4 days total, from my door back to my door
I've seen a few people try and fix theirs and end up messing the screen up or it falls out one of the two... I would just pay the money and have it done right with a 90 day warranty on it and you keep the full warranty on the phone also.
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This sounds like the best option at the moment.
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I agree with sending it to HTC to fix...otherwise, try CNN.CN
I used to pick up blackberry stuff from them. Nice prices (on BB stuff, atleast, never looked for our phones) and shipping is pretty decent.
Just got back from Tmobile..... Purchased Power Skin case for HTC Sensation for $30!!!! Their Facebook page has a printable 50% coupon on ALL accessories!!
Take advantage!!!
I think i may purchase one of these. Two questions:
1) Does it make the phone too bulky?
2) Does the thing that stick out at the side look as awful as it does in the pictures?
Where to buy in Los Angeles area?
Does anybody know where to get this in Los Angeles area precisely in San Gabriel Valley area?
I called T-mobile store in Santa Anita mall and they said they don't sell this.
Thank you for the help.
Can't find it here where I'm at guess I'll have to buy it online!
Damnit I want one of these so bad but NONE of the stores in the OKC area have them >:|
I'm tempted to just pay someone to ship me one, cause all the store reps have no idea when they'll get more in.
what the hell is that thing hanging off the side haha. that looks disgusting!
The bulge on the side is for the usb cable that plugs into the phone from the Powerskin's battery.
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I'm not seeing the coupon for 50% off on facebook. If you can gives us a better break down that would help. Thanks
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nvm i figured it out but the only question is which Tmobile stores are carrying it? the LA area doesn't seem to have it so no luck for us.
Just pickedone up at the T-mobile store in NYC. I went in the store to take advantage of the 50% coupon and found this. Not bad for $30. Good luck!
Got mine at the San Fernando store in los angeles awsome buy paired with my extended battery
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I looked at the case in the store and no way! It is horrible. It makes the nice sleek phone into a tank. The case thickness basically doubles the phone. It is ridiculous in my book.
I just rather buy and extra battery and carry that with me instead. It is small easy to carry and when I needed it just put it in rather than adding that crazy about amount of bulk to the phone.
I just got home and opened the box and damn! This thing is HUGE! I'm going to return this because it's too thick. Such a shame...
I wish they had Evo3D batteries so I could buy one of them and get more battery juice Do they even carry batteries in stores?
Link to the facebook page please??
Man it might look ugly, but it does what it is supposed to do. It's a battery built into a case, of course its going to add bulk. I love it and I keep it on my phone at all times. Instead of 11 hours of battery I get 23 before its dead now. 30 bucks for this is a steal, everyone at work wants one for there phone and a guy with an Evo 3d wants one bad lol.
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The power skin is the best .... Just got it today and I have been using my phone like crazy .... Heavy heavy phone play all day and still have full power
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Missing holes?
It looks like it's missing a bunch of the required holes in the back. The little holes on the back toward the bottom seem to be covered up, whereas the holes are poked through on the tpg cases and others. Will this affect performance?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1128479
The holes are not entirely covered up, they cut channels to the holes. as seen in the pic I took. Regardless, it still has possible effects.
IMAG0037 http://www.flickr.com/people/[email protected]/,
Wanted to buy one but cannot find a UK distributor, Amazon are selling them but also will not ship. If Anyone of you who bought it, is sending it back maybe we can come to an agreement and use pay-pal if you could be kindly get the P&P and we can talk.
Anyone who is wishing to locate the coupon on Facebook needs to google it, I found it but its not valid in the UK stores
Coupon
Here is the pdf coupon for anyone who is having trouble finding it.
My girlfriend broke her screen yesterday on an Inspire 4G (I also own an Inspire 4G). After going to places like Fone Zone and the like we have been told there are relatively cheap screen replacements available online. We wanted to try this instead of paying Fone Zone over $100 to fix. Any recommendations on where to find a cheap but decent screen replacement? Thank you in advance guys.
Look on ebay.
EBay is good or you can Google it, there are 1,000+ cellphone parts etc out there.
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havenok said:
My girlfriend broke her screen yesterday on an Inspire 4G (I also own an Inspire 4G). After going to places like Fone Zone and the like we have been told there are relatively cheap screen replacements available online. We wanted to try this instead of paying Fone Zone over $100 to fix. Any recommendations on where to find a cheap but decent screen replacement? Thank you in advance guys.
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Pay the money to get it fixed right. Replacing the screen on HDH/Inspire is not trivial, and I don't think it can be done by the average person.
Hey Guys, had the skyrocket for almost a year now, first time to drop it and the screen is now cracked. Fully functional though. Is there any way to just replace the glass and not the lcd/digitizer? I paid 150 for the phone and the only replacement screen I can find is 200+. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.
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clocke said:
Hey Guys, had the skyrocket for almost a year now, first time to drop it and the screen is now cracked. Fully functional though. Is there any way to just replace the glass and not the lcd/digitizer? I paid 150 for the phone and the only replacement screen I can find is 200+. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.
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E-bay selling them every day for $50. maybe less. Very easy to replace
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E-bay selling them every day for $50. maybe less. Very easy to replace
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I searched Google and eBay and could never find just the screen. First person to give a valid link for the screen under 75 bucks will get a 5 dollar donation! Thanks
Edit: After searching a lot, it turns out the glass screen, aka digitizer, is what I need. However, I cannot find it online without including the lcd. Anyone?
I stand corrected. I do apologize. Ones for the skyrocket are much more expensive than i thought. The s2 I'd the one i had in mind.
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Okay, does anyone know if the skyrocket screen/shape are EXACTLY the same as the t989? I think the speaker slot may be a little larger, but if it still works here is this
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Samsung-Galaxy-S2-t989-Digitizer-Touch-Screen-Lens-Glass-/280842930971?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item41638b0b1b
Im not looking for a donation but i found just the glass lens on ebay for $20
Took about 1min to find...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Front-Glass...097?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19d1958b69
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Took about 1min to find...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Front-Glass...097?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19d1958b69
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They must have put that up in the last day, I scourged ebay for a long while... Now I hear to separate the led from the glass/digitizer is near impossible.
any updates on replacing only the glass and not the lcd? I need this done on my phone
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From what I've read its almost impossible to separate the two without damage. Some have tried heat guns but usually end up breaking something. Seems the two are glued pretty tightly together.
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From what I've read its almost impossible to separate the two without damage. Some have tried heat guns but usually end up breaking something. Seems the two are glued pretty tightly together.
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Nope, its much easier than impossible :laugh:
There are several videos on youtube demonstrating. I'm about to do one on a skyrocket in a few days. Check this one out of a guy doing a glass swap on an s3:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4Gx5fLy0NQ
Please post the steps you take after your replacement. It'll help a lot of people here. Thanks
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Nope, its much easier than impossible :laugh:
There are several videos on youtube demonstrating. I'm about to do one on a skyrocket in a few days. Check this one out of a guy doing a glass swap on an s3:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4Gx5fLy0NQ
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cool! definitely, please take a video or photo shoot for the steps !
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I had a S II Skyrocket fall flat on the screen and the glass cracked. I searched the internet for options to replace the glass, but none were really encouraging, specially if you are like me not really into opening up the phone and un gluing the glass from the LCD. And any spare part to replace the LCD and glass was costing no less than $150. In short what i wanted to let everyone know is, i went to a AT&T Device Support/Service center not the regular retail store, just to check if they had any spare parts which could be less than $150. And lucky me!!! they replaced the entire phone for me for $100 + taxes. And just to let everyone know, this phone was a $10 refurbished phone brought from AT&T about 8-9 months back, so no warranty or anything. A plain $100 charge and i was with a new phone. I gave in my old phone with a cracked screen and got a completely new phone and the back plate and sd card from my old phone. So anyone who is ready to spend upto a 100 dollars for fixing up the screen, you might as well try this at a AT&T service center.
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And just to let everyone know, this phone was a $10 refurbished phone brought from AT&T about 8-9 months back, so no warranty or anything.
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That's wrong. ATT warranties there refurbs for 30 days and Samsung warranties them for a year. Glad ATT hooked you up though.
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That's wrong. ATT warranties there refurbs for 30 days and Samsung warranties them for a year. Glad ATT hooked you up though.
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Maybe i worded it wrong. The point i wanted to put forth was, this $100 option is for anyone who has a cracked glass on S II skyrocket taken to the AT&T Product Service center. I surely did not have the AT&T warranty which is 90 days for refurbished models, and this damage would surely not be part of the Samsung warranty.
Hey guys! I see it has been awhile since anyone posted on the accessories for this phone... I just wanted to share something that I found was really helpful and awesome!
It's called PowerSkin. It's a case that you put on your phone, and has an external battery on it. What is nice about it, is that it doesn't take up too much pocket space! It is pretty slim, and makes it easy to carry around, despite it having an extra battery on it. I bought my power skin about 2 months ago from Amazon, and it is probably the best accessory I have ever bought for it! When I first got it, it stopped working after about 2 weeks because the charging port would not connect properly to a cable. But when I contacted customer service, they responded the same day, and sent me a new one for free! They didn't have me pay for any shipping, or even send the old one back. It just got here within 2 days, and I'm using my new one now!
As for performance, it has significantly increased my battery life! I'm running on my original battery, which has gone down to only 6 hours of charge, (that's when I use it quite a bit) but has gone up to nearly 22 hours because of this case! I can't imagine how long this could go with the Galaxy Nexus battery!
And the best news of all, is that instead of being around $45 when it first released, I bought it for under $20! This is a great buy, & I recommend it to anyone! I would suggest going with Amazon, because that is where I found the best customer service!
I hope this helps!
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I have it, it makes the phone twice as thick, and i find it uneasy in my pocket. I have it in my bag and only use it when i really need to. ibdo recommend it but not of you have your phone in your pocket if you want it with the case on it.
When I had the blaze I used this as emergency backup battery. I found it to be bulky and sometimes got hot while charging . glad its working for you
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