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Who has or have directly known anyone that has purchased a third-party insurance/warranty from squaretrade? I ask because I read good things about their warranties but can not find "real" (actual people on this board or elsewhere) who can give testimony for either good or bad.
I purchased a Sprint branded Touch Pro (using it on Verizon) from ebay, and it came in immaculate condition and fully functional as the seller stated. At the time, I thought the squaretrade warranty offered by the seller on ebay was a scam, but for $48 I figured it was cheap insurance. I know sometimes parts fail and as luck has it, the USB charge/sync port failed. I am in no way blaming the seller and am not going to try to scam my money back from them. Verizon will not touch it as it is not a device they sell technically and Sprint won't touch it either as I do not have a line of service with them.
HTC will not warranty it for free as I am not the original purchaser, and offer repairs at an estimated cost at or above what I paid for the device off ebay.
I filed a claim with squaretrade as my warranty states I am entitled to, and they promptly approved my claim and emailed me a pre-paid UPS return shipping label and claim they will have it repaired "usually within five days of receiving the device". I boxed it up, filled out the simple form they required and shipped it off.
Now this being my first time using this company and their service, up to this point I am pleased with them. Their customer service seems to be on par with Asurion and other types of services I have used in the past. I will be more than happy to update this thread when I receive my device back in working order and give a rating here.
Thanks for reading this rather long post, and I ask anyone who has dealt with them in the past to chime in with any feedback, good or bad regarding Squaretrade and their services.
Have you received the phone back yet? If so/if not - remember to update us on this!
I was wondering if you got the phone back from squareTrade yet.
I would like to use them but like you would like to know that there are real people out there who are satisfied with them.
Ok so, I RMA'd my Transformer on the 11th July, and it has just returned.
Reason for RMA was an area of touchscreen in a strip that didn't respond to touch input.
I can't post links, but it was a line about level with speakers, an inch in height running all the way across horizontally.
It just returned from the Czech Republic this morning, and has the same damaged area AND another strip where it doesn't work! The screen appears to be better fitted into the device than before so it seems they have done something. It just seems they did it wrong/replaced with another faulty part.
I can't post link to picture, but its the same as before + another non-responsive strip that runs horizontally 1cm above the original, and ends just before it reaches the right hand side.
Can I get Asus to give me a refund/exchange? I really don't want to have to wait another month for them to just damage it further.
I love the transformer, it's a great bit of kit - perfect for my needs, but being made worse by "repair", and horribly slow RMAs is just too much for me...
Quick edit: Screen definitely completely replaced - absolutely no light bleed at all - would be perfect if not for broken touch response....
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Ok so, I RMA'd my Transformer on the 11th July, and it has just returned.
Reason for RMA was an area of touchscreen in a strip that didn't respond to touch input.
I can't post links, but it was a line about level with speakers, an inch in height running all the way across horizontally.
It just returned from the Czech Republic this morning, and has the same damaged area AND another strip where it doesn't work! The screen appears to be better fitted into the device than before so it seems they have done something. It just seems they did it wrong/replaced with another faulty part.
I can't post link to picture, but its the same as before + another non-responsive strip that runs horizontally 1cm above the original, and ends just before it reaches the right hand side.
Can I get Asus to give me a refund/exchange? I really don't want to have to wait another month for them to just damage it further.
I love the transformer, it's a great bit of kit - perfect for my needs, but being made worse by "repair", and horribly slow RMAs is just too much for me...
Quick edit: Screen definitely completely replaced - absolutely no light bleed at all - would be perfect if not for broken touch response....
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ASUS got very good repair center in Israel. Since in Israel ASUS's repair and RMA center powered by IBM.
You can try contact the 24x7 IBM powered ASUS lab in Israel:
[email protected]
In Israel, ASUS (Powered by IBM) RMA service is MAX 10 days. Usually one week.
They may be able to give you an good RMA service and make you an happy owner of TF
You should explain them you are unhappy with Czech RMA center and you want send them the device for second RMA in Israel.
My previous experience with Asus service center has not been good either. It was for a netboook, sent in because of a fired logic board. They replaced the logic board, did a terriable job opening up the net book (cracked the clips so it wouldnt sealed anymore).
When I got it back, the netbook booted up. However, the Ethernet port did not work. They should have replaced the second board on the netbook as well. This showed that they QC is sub-standard. They don't thoroughly test an RMA repaired product before shipping it back to customer.
To answer your question, no, you cannot ask for a refund. However, you should call in and ask to speak to a manager. Explain to them you cannot accept additional down time. Ask them to ship you a replcement unit, or at least give you some sort of expressed shipping and repair.
Well that is the thing, they made me wait nearly a month before they started the repair, once started it was v.fast.
It is also put back together much better than it was when I first got it - v.little lightbleed, generally feels sturdier.
But, the fact they replaced the screen and it has nearly the exact same problem (but worse) suggests either: Serious manufacturing problem with their screens or some weird underlying problem with my transformer.
So only sensible thing will be for them to replace - changing out the screen+i/o board (confirmed this is what they did) the first time, and I can only assume again will be very expensive for them - not to mention shipping to Czech Republic and back, twice.
I called them up and they said management would call me back - but before my first RMA they said that several times, and never did.
In the end the main problem is... Why on earth didn't they check it first? Repairing something, changing parts etc. then shipping it back with the same problem, but multiplied, is really terrible customer service.
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In the end the main problem is... Why on earth didn't they check it first? Repairing something, changing parts etc. then shipping it back with the same problem, but multiplied, is really terrible customer service.
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I've had this experience with mobo repairs. Asus products are generally pretty good, but their customer service is among the worst in the industry.
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Reason for RMA was an area of touchscreen in a strip that didn't respond to touch input. I can't post links, but it was a line about level with speakers, an inch in height running all the way across horizontally.
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I had the exact same problem as you described. The service center is in Grapevine, TX USA, and they fixed that...but now my screen has light bleed just right of center....!
I'm not happy either...
Exact same problem!!
I ended up sending in an escalated support and it got "forwarded to management". They quickly sent some postage paid express post to my email and arranged a pickup for Monday... Hope they fix it this time, last time they just made it worse. You can send an escalated support email I followed their facebook support page.
Good luck, to us all
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Exact same problem!!
I ended up sending in an escalated support and it got "forwarded to management". They quickly sent some postage paid express post to my email and arranged a pickup for Monday... Hope they fix it this time, last time they just made it worse. You can send an escalated support email I followed their facebook support page.
Good luck, to us all
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Well the thing is in Europe they pay for postage etc. anyways - I don't think anyone would want to pay for shipping to the opposite side of Europe!
I have been 'referred' to higher management - you can't contact them, they contact you. But then before my first RMA whenever I was told I would be called back Asus never did, so I'm not holding my breath on that.
In any case I've written a formal letter of complaint and will be sending that off today.
It's sad because my sister was going to buy a transformer but has gone the evil route of ipad2... Makes me sad as apart from all these problems the transformer is a fantastic piece of kit, but I just can't recommend Asus at all now. Shoddy repairs and quality control --> lost customers.
Well, sending it back again, they say it'll be prioritised because it's a repair of their shoddy repair...
I spoke to a senior repair person at the retailer and they thought Asus were being pretty terrible, and will start kicking up a fuss if Asus takes longer than they think is reasonable. Reasonable according to the retailer is 10 working days from receipt of the transformer, so we'll see.
Ok so, the asus guy said I couldn't get a replacement etc. and gave me the number for consumer direct so I could confirm this.
So I called, and it turns out they are legally obliged to offer a full refund or replacement because they had the opportunity to repair, didn't, and also because they took over 31 days from giving RMA number to item arriving back to me.
I was also advised to give them a short deadline to comply with this or I should contact the county courts to start legal proceedings.
Nice. Well done asus.
OH MY GOD. I think this may be the first time government legislation has done anything good for anyone. Know any lawyers? You should make sure you get one to draft an official letter quoting the specific law that states they must give you a replacement (I'm guessing you'll be taking that refund and buying something else though) otherwise they will probably just keep dicking you around. The problems generally aren't the fault of the company or the companies policy, but the fault lower level lazy staff who are just ignorant retards. Oh well, Good luck.
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OH MY GOD. I think this may be the first time government legislation has done anything good for anyone. Know any lawyers? You should make sure you get one to draft an official letter quoting the specific law that states they must give you a replacement (I'm guessing you'll be taking that refund and buying something else though) otherwise they will probably just keep dicking you around. The problems generally aren't the fault of the company or the companies policy, but the fault lower level lazy staff who are just ignorant retards. Oh well, Good luck.
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Well it's sad because the transformer is awesome and I'd love to have a working one... but with this customer service... They have already lost a few customers because of it..
Also it's silly they tried to deceive me about the law... It's the sale of goods act and ALL retailers and consumer companies will know about it - it's the main consumer law not some obscure bylaw.
Actually I do know lawyers and they thought it was complete rubbish and that any judge would find in my favour almost immediately. However it shouldn't come to that.
The retailer knows the law, thinks Asus is being ridiculous and terribad (from the info I've given them) and will be confirming what I told them was true, and replacing for me. In the end it is ultimately the retailer's responsibility... Luckily they know their stuff, will actually talk to me on the phone (the Asus escalation support guy won't call me only send useless copy paste emails).
Either way Asus are awful and I'd definitely get refund+something else... If only there was something with the functionality of the transformer around at the moment.
Oh fantastic it has come back with a repaired screen! So nice and responsive and no significant lightbleed!
Shame the bezel (although replaced) is not attached properly (I can see through the mini-hdmi and headphone ports from the back) and has a very obvious, annoyingly placed dent in it (although small-ish).
Well done Asus, 2 RMAs and still not properly completed.
Really sick of Asus' shoddy RMA service... Reported broken on 15th July - now 25th August and it still has problems.
RMA again
Strange. My RMA experience was flawless. Reported audio jack broken on Thursday, Monday DHL picked it up, Thursday they returned it with a replaced jack. Took a week, perfect service.
I've already got three RMAs and up for my fourth The Dutch support is excellent however the Czech repair facility is the worst.
17 May they picked up my Transformer for the first time because of light bleed, dead pixel, not flush screen and not balanced speakers. After one week I got it back, nothing was fixed and it returned with a scratch on the bezel. Furthermore, before it was a TW sku afterward I got it back with WW sku (still same device, same serial etc.). This probably messed up my FOTA which I cannot find/receive until this day. I have to install all updates manually.
Around 1st of June they picked it up for a second RMA. After three weeks (waiting for spare parts) I got it back. Bezel was replaced and screen also. However, speakers still not fixed and the new screen got the same level or even a bit more light bleed. FOTA problem still there too. I did not RMAed it immediately because I wanted to take it on a holiday of three weeks.
1st of August, third RMA. After again waiting two weeks for spare parts it was returned 2,5 weeks later. Screen is perfect however a bit more sunken into the frame. Speakers and FOTA still not fixed. Furthermore, the tablet has now more creaking than ever, probably because bad reassembly.
So now I'm up for my fourth RMA to get those issues fixed. I already asked for a replacement unit which they say they cant give (they advised me to return it to the store in Taiwan where a bought it, if I want a new one which will cost me loads of shipping and custom taxes ). I already asked if they can send it to another repair facility. Negative they can't because the Czech facility is the only one (according to them) in Europe for the Transformer. The only thing they want to do, is to give me a fourth RMA. The rep also forwarded the messed up SKU problem to Taiwan HQ because he didn't know what to do about it.
So I'm doubting if I should send it again for RMA to probably be again not entirely fixed and lose it for another 3 weeks. Really Asus, before I thought Asus was good for its customers. But it really makes me think twice next time if I'll buy Asus or not because of this ****ty repair service.
What should I do?
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I've already got three RMAs and up for my fourth The Dutch support is excellent however the Czech repair facility is the worst.
17 May they picked up my Transformer for the first time because of light bleed, dead pixel, not flush screen and not balanced speakers. After one week I got it back, nothing was fixed and it returned with a scratch on the bezel. Furthermore, before it was a TW sku afterward I got it back with WW sku (still same device, same serial etc.). This probably messed up my FOTA which I cannot find/receive until this day. I have to install all updates manually.
Around 1st of June they picked it up for a second RMA. After three weeks (waiting for spare parts) I got it back. Bezel was replaced and screen also. However, speakers still not fixed and the new screen got the same level or even a bit more light bleed. FOTA problem still there too. I did not RMAed it immediately because I wanted to take it on a holiday of three weeks.
1st of August, third RMA. After again waiting two weeks for spare parts it was returned 2,5 weeks later. Screen is perfect however a bit more sunken into the frame. Speakers and FOTA still not fixed. Furthermore, the tablet has now more creaking than ever, probably because bad reassembly.
So now I'm up for my fourth RMA to get those issues fixed. I already asked for a replacement unit which they say they cant give (they advised me to return it to the store in Taiwan where a bought it, if I want a new one which will cost me loads of shipping and custom taxes ). I already asked if they can send it to another repair facility. Negative they can't because the Czech facility is the only one (according to them) in Europe for the Transformer. The only thing they want to do, is to give me a fourth RMA. The rep also forwarded the messed up SKU problem to Taiwan HQ because he didn't know what to do about it.
So I'm doubting if I should send it again for RMA to probably be again not entirely fixed and lose it for another 3 weeks. Really Asus, before I thought Asus was good for its customers. But it really makes me think twice next time if I'll buy Asus or not because of this ****ty repair service.
What should I do?
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Well, if you had bought it in the EU the retailer HAS to give you a refund after 3 repairs.
Because you bought it in TW you probably aren't covered by EU/local laws so I have no idea.
You could try taking them to court but you're meant to do that to the retailer not manufacturer as the contract of sale was with them not those who supplied the goods.
Ok so update:
The device has finally been written off! Still haven't got a new one though... But apparently it's being arranged (by retailer of course).
I've been through pre-exams --> uni summer holidays --> starting new semester on Monday with no transformer!
Nearly 2 months for them to just accept they ruined it with failed repairs.
...And I was just preparing documents to take the retailer to county court
Either way... Asus: Never again.
In case anyone is considering buying a new ASUS tablet in the future, I would like to relay my own experience with my Infinity. I got it when it first came out last year and was immediately disappointed with the I/O issues and constant app hangs/crashes, but I forged on and learned to accept the tablet for what it was. After a few ASUS software updates, I began having a lot of issues. First came the random black lines that wold flash on the screen and instantly disappear. Then, I started getting random reboots/shutdowns. Once again, I had to learn to live with these annoyances while my brother's iPad, which is a year older than my Infinity, chugs along perfectly with nary a hiccup. Finally, after one of their latest updates, my bluetooth died and nothing would get it to come back up. Not reboots, terminal commands, factory resets, or cold boots. So, I chatted with ASUS tech support and they eventually gave me an RMA. I spent $20 and half an hour to send the tablet to their repair center and got the tablet back a week later. The bluetooth was fixed (probably by just downgrading the FW as it came back with 4.1.1), but they somehow managed to dislodge the vibration motor so that it now buzzes against the back casing instead of vibrating the tablet. They also didn't fix the black line problem or the random reboot problem. I also swear that the WiFi is worse than when I sent it in. So, after all this, I am left with an even more inferior tablet than before I sent it in which was already pretty inferior to begin with. Given this experience, I will not be buying ASUS products in the near future until I can be thoroughly convinced that their quality issues have been resolved and that they have better CS/warranty practices.
Sorry for ranting.
There is nothing wrong with the hardware of your tf700 (excpt vibrator offcourse!) it's just software if you still have it try installing a custom ROM!
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I actually had a really good experience with ASUS warranty repair. My screen went bad after about 3 months and I called CS, who after a few diagnostic steps told me to send it in for repair - it went to their Texas center. I got it back in about 2 weeks and haven't had any problems since.
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I actually had a really good experience with ASUS warranty repair. My screen went bad after about 3 months and I called CS, who after a few diagnostic steps told me to send it in for repair - it went to their Texas center. I got it back in about 2 weeks and haven't had any problems since.
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I hope that holds true for me - I have to send mine to Texas to get a bad digitizer repaired.
As a recent (first and last time) Asus buyer, I just wanted to share my concerns re their standard terms and conditions.
I purchased an Asus Google Nexus 7 tablet from a well known online catalogue shop in April as a birthday present for my 13 year old son. Within the first 3 months of ownership, the tablet has developed a minor fault whereby the headphone socket is now just playing back one channel only.
If you Google headphone issues for that device, you will get plenty of hits!
The online catalogue retailer referred me to Asus direct. I started the online RMA process via the Asus website. I was forced to accept two sets of T&Cs that threaten me with hefty charges for courier charges plus labour if they decide it was not a manufacturing defect.
I wrote to Asus Uk and complained their T&Cs undermined my statutory consumer rights. Under law, within the first 6 months, the onus is on them to PROVE that it is not a manufacturing defect. Their 2 sets of T&Cs that they ram down your throat do not acknowledge this. Asus UK also refused to acknowledge this when I wrote to them and cancelled my ongoing RMA, without my prior consent, as I was not accepting their T&Cs.
Whilst I am confident we have done nothing wrong (the device is in otherwise immaculate condition as it has been kept in a heavy duty double-layer shock protection case with integrated clear hard plastic screen cover from day one), there is nonetheless an element of risk in this process.
What if their technician "decides" it is not a warranty repair? I will then have a choice of challenging them whilst they still hold on to my device or paying 3 figures upfront to get my device back and then challenging them afterwards. As a consumer I think it is grossly unfair I should be forced to accept such a position with a gun to my head.
It is completely different from Apple where I took an iPad with a charging issue to their shop and they replaced it with a brand new one on the spot and helpfully transferred all my apps over. No questions asked.
I guess it is true...you do get what you pay for
My advice is buyer beware and avoid Asus like the plague!
I heard the service is different in Europe that they can't replace your motherboard when it is unlocked and you have a manufacturer fault is this true?
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I purchased it in the UK on the 3rd Feb so about 4 weeks out of the free 3 month accidental replacement warranty, do you think they will replace it out of goodwill considering it's only 4 weeks out ?
I would contact Huawei and ask them. We can do nothing but speculate.
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I'll give them a ring in the morning.
Yes....they have a VIP protection in your case, in mine, they sent the dhl service to my home, packed the phone and they returned a new phone two weeks later, my mate 9 was grey they returned to me a golden one, so make a call to Huawei service, and have in hand copy of your purchase receipt to pack with the phone to send to Huawei service center.
I'll try them this morning, I'm 4 weeks over the vip protection so I'm hoping they do it out of goodwill considering I've only had the phone 4 months.
Spoke to huawei they won't repair it free of charge, not having any of it, even though I've only had the phone 4 months and it's only 4 weeks over the screen replacement warranty programme, whilst i understand it's out of glass warranty, i don't warrant only 4 weeks as being way over and I'm pissed off tbh, i will not purchase any phone that has a warranty by huawei again ?
Its a goodwill warranty not many brands offer free screen replacement! Hard to **** on Huawei in this case!
How much did they quote for out of warranty replacement?
I agree. Huawei are pretty generous even offering the three months free screen replacement. If you want a phone with a longer free replacement, you will be waiting a very long time.
With your next phone, either get a paid-for insurance or treat it more carefully.
Yes i know they offer it free but that's the worst part knowing I'm only 4 weeks out, i wouldn't have been bothered if they didn't offer this at all that i wouldn't have known, the fact it's only 4 weeks out is poor on huawei's part, they said possibly around £110 all in, I'm not paying that, i just won't buy huawei again, in fact I'm waiting for the one plus 5 launch tomorrow and will be pre ordering, now i have a £600 paperweight and huawei are not interested, i won't be interested in any of their phones in the future.
Sorry, I don't understand, you are out of warranty and you blame huawei for don't repair your phone for free?
It just sound weird...
It's not out of warranty, it's warranty until 2020, it's the screen which is 4 weeks out of warranty.
..... and it is the screen that's damaged
Stop complaining its not their fault you cracked the screen. LCD is about 30-40 usd and repairing phones is so easy.
I'm sure if it happened to you and there's no le way in the warranty whatsoever you would be moaning as well, i didn't ask for your opinion, i asked if it happened to anyone else and what the outcome was. If the shoe was on the other foot and all that.
If it was me the screen would of been replaced already. Would of bought the lcd and replaced it, it is soooooooo easy. $40 is not that bad for an lcd. Not giving you my opinion just saying the truth. No one cares if you think that huawei is being unfair or if you're not thinking of buying another huawei phone. Take from this and fix it yourself!
Out of warranty is out of warranty regardless of length. YOU broke it. 1+ wouldn't do any different. Buy a replacement screen and repair it yourself if you don't want to pay them to do it.
Warranty may be meaningless depending on the country you are in.
I bought my phone retail in Australia, dropped it from shirt pocket, in the original case which was on temporarily instead of usual tough case. This transferred force to edge of glass, massive fractures throughout the screen.
I contacted Huawei to find where I could get it officially repaired, maintaining my two year warranty. I was initially told by Huawei customer service after verifying my IMEI number, that I qualified for free screen replacement, but at 6 months this is not true. Australia is 3months, (New Zealand is 12months) for screen replacement I asked for the repairer details, only one company does official repairs in Australia.
Calling the company... $350 but they are waiting for parts... 3-4 weeks. Thinking it strange they can say that so quickly, I pressed for further details.
Apparently they don't repair Huawei, they swap them over and there was an indeterminate period before they would have stock again. I saw information elsewhere they were sending out mate 9's as replacements for Nexus 6p's with dying batteries, I guess that's where their stock went.
I asked Huawei to authorise a third party repair, as there are numerous places in nearby city, rather than interstate for their sole repairer that couldn't repair/replace it. They refused.
So basically I am wondering why I bought retail for a local warranty, when the company is incapable of maintaining supplies to honour any form of the warranty. Investigating further, anyone getting an Australian repair/warranty completed in less than a month for a Huawei is doing very well indeed.
It would be better to buy grey market, and immediately use any local repairer as required, with the saved money from grey import likely covering the first repair. The saved time... a day or so vs a month or more.
I asked Huawei if they would honor the original statement by customer service, PARTICULARLY in light of they were unable to provide a timely repair too.
Five weeks, and much wasted communications later they declined to oblige with a repair and Huawei support told me there were screens finally supplied to the repairer. The same repairer that told me outright they don't repair Huawei units at all. Someone's telling stories and my trust has plummeted. I've also subsequently investigated the satisfaction rate of their repairer and wouldn't trust them with anything other than a direct swap (which clearly accounts for the few positive reviews they have, others are sent phones without batteries, headphone sockets and other mind boggling faults) So, two months later my screens still broken, time to find repairer or supply of a genuine screen, seems half the screens on fleaBay are aftermarket unknown quality.
4 weeks is like 33% of the whole warranty time. If it was half a week, yeah why not. But not a month after a 3 month warranty...
Huawei is nice to include that warranty, so they're not to blame there.
Yeah it's pretty poor on huawei's part, no form of goodwill gesture whatsoever, i will not purchase anything huwawei again.
Can't tag on this thread for some reason but to whoever said it's 33% of warranty gone, don't be so bloody ridiculous! Of course it's 33% it's only 3 month to start of with, what a stupid statement, it's 4 weeks out not 4 pissing months! Jesus, anyway it's on the scrap heap, waiting for my pixel 2 xl which will be here next week, peace ?
Im in South Africa and im entitled to 2 free screen repairs within 24 months warranty. first 3 months is for main board replacement. Pretty sweet deal this.
Similar to what Samsung offered on the S4 and S5
So.. a couple of weeks ago, I dropped my phone and it stopped working completely. The back glass is cracked and at first it was completely dead, I wasn't able to turn it on or anything. Later it eventually booted and it's currently working fine (all hardware things are working fine). I decided to get a back glass replacement anyway just because it will cut my fingers when used without a case.
So, I requested a repair, and today OnePlus "approved it", they sent me an email message from UPS and here the nightmare begins.. I also got an email from the repair center that will be replacing my back glass, the only problem is... that this repair center is possibly the biggest scamming repair center in my country. When You Google their company name, You can find hundreds of bad reviews and threads on various forums where people talk about it how they got scammed or how they send their phones to that repair center with for example battery that was draining very quickly (phone still on warranty) and they got an email from the repair center that the phone suffered water damage and motherboard has to be replaced (even though the owner said that his phone never even got close to any liquid or water), and the cost of repair is literally 2x the price of a new phone. (Later the guy replaced the battery by himself and phone was working fine, so as You can see liquid damaged motherboard was BS)
I do understand that bad reviews are normal and most repair centers have at least one or two of those, but.. like 2-3 years ago I bought a tablet (it cost around $75). I just needed some cheap tablet to watch YT videos etc. After some time the tablet randomly died and I sent it to the SAME repair center that OP uses. After 3-4 weeks I got an email saying that tablet repair will cost around $100 (30 USD more than price of a new tablet) and guess what they said when I asked them what's wrong with it. They said that sim card pins are shorted and it killed the motherboard. Well. I'm not a phone/tablet repair expert so I can't tell if shorted sim card pins can break Your motherboard. (Later I tried shorting sim card pins on some old flip phone and nothing happened, but then again, newer technology might be more sensitive IDK) But! The problem is.. that tablet didn't have a sim card slot! . Eventually after 2 months of fighting with the store and the repair center, store agreed to give me my money back and I just saved it and bought Mi Pad 2 later from China (it still works perfectly!).
So as You can see, even I already had terrible experience with this repair center. Now, my question is. What am I supposed to do now? I don't really care about warranty as local repair services charge 1/3rd of the price for repair. So I can just give my phone to them and lose the warranty. Or I can order replacement back and replace it by myself. Or I can send my phone to that repair center that OP uses and most likely never see my phone again or get a 500 USD bill.
What should I do guys? Right now I'm thinking about replacing the back glass by myself. I've done it before like 3 times (on my family's phones) and everything went pretty smoothly. Or I could just give it to local repair service and they will fix it in 1 hour if I'll give them my phone and new back glass.
(Remember that this repair center isn't OP's official repair center, they repair a lot of no brand/generic smartphones and tablets, sadly including OP's phones.)
There are no easy answers. You can purchase the back housing directly from OP or from the following link for under $20
https://www.witrigs.com/oem-battery-cover-camera-lens-ring-replacement-for-oneplus-6-midnight-black
or you can look at iFixit website for the back panel
I would suggest taking it to the place like: https://www.ubreakifix.com/locations (Samsung uses their services). If they ask for around $50-$75 for the labor cost, you will get the back glass replaced for under $100 which (at least to me) seems reasonable cost. Good luck. Keep us posted which route did you end up taking?
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There are no easy answers. You can purchase the back housing directly from OP or from the following link for under $20
https://www.witrigs.com/oem-battery-cover-camera-lens-ring-replacement-for-oneplus-6-midnight-black
or you can look at iFixit website for the back panel
I would suggest taking it to the place like: https://www.ubreakifix.com/locations (Samsung uses their services). If they ask for around $50-$75 for the labor cost, you will get the back glass replaced for under $100 which (at least to me) seems reasonable cost. Good luck. Keep us posted which route did you end up taking?
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Huge Thanks for telling me about Witrigs website! They even sell all tools needed for the repair.
I decided that I won't send it to that repair center. Even reviews posted this month are negative. So they haven't changed for sure. I don't care about warranty so I'm just going to fix it by myself most likely. Tomorrow I'll go to my local repair service and I'm going to ask them how much they want for back replacement if I'll give them new back glass + phone. If it won't be too expensive then I'll order new back from Witrigs or AliExpress and then I'll give them everything and they will fix it. And if they are going to ask for too much then I'm just going to fix it by myself.
Last time I asked them for display replacement cost (Galaxy S6) they said that they will charge me $30 + new display price. It was some time ago though.
We will see. Thanks for the links!
Good luck!! I think other users will benefit if you loop back and let us know the total cost and difficulty in getting the parts, etc. Take care.
Do it yourself. Slow and carefully. Watch some youtube video how to do it. Good luck!
Another vote on doing it yourself, especially since you've done this type thing before. Just be mindful of trying to do this in a somewhat dust free environment since you are removing the camera cover... don't want to get dust or fingerprints on inside of that cover or the lens that will stay forever. And make sure to seal that camera good.
Good luck :good: