[kwlug-disc] OT: Where to replace cell phone screen?

[Khalid Baheyeldin]

This is way too complicated for someone un-handy like me ...

https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Sony+Xperia+ZL+Battery+Replacement/28802

On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 8:36 PM, B.S. <bs27975 at yahoo.ca> wrote:

> Non-user replaceable may not mean what one might intuitively thinks it
> means.
>
> I have a UPS with such a battery. Open up the case and it's a battery much
> like any other - slip the leads off, the new battery in, and voila.
>
> Turns out non-replaceable also has to do with no nice convenient cover to
> open, and even if present, also means the compartment isn't walled off so
> small fingers can't stick where they shouldn't.
>
> In this case, easily user replaceable, but doesn't meet code to be
> labelled as such.
>
> I suspect if you open your phone you will find a standard battery, albeit
> probably soldered in, but otherwise easily switched. (You proved with OTA
> that you're not as inept as you like to think you might be.)
>
> Google and/or ebay your phone and battery and you will probably find
> instructions you are willing to follow. (YouTube has been amazing for
> videos of such openings.)
>
> As the holiday gift giving season is upon us, perhaps you can hand it down
> to a little one sooner than you expected.
>
>
> >________________________________
> > From: Khalid Baheyeldin <kb at 2bits.com>
> >To: KWLUG discussion <kwlug-disc at kwlug.org>
> >Sent: Friday, November 27, 2015 8:25 PM
> >Subject: Re: [kwlug-disc] OT: Where to replace cell phone screen?
> >
> >On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 7:57 PM, Bob Jonkman <bjonkman at sobac.com> wrote:
> >
> >Hi all: Is there a place in KW to get a cell phone screen replaced?
> >>Vendor wants $150 (which I think sounds reasonable).  Asking for a
> friend. Really.
> >>
> >>Have we discussed this on the list before?
> >>
> >>- --Bob, who may not have been paying attention.
> >>
> >
> >Please post what you end up doing.
> >
> >I have a phone with a non-user replaceable battery that is otherwise
> fine, and will make a nice hand me down for a little one.
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> kwlug-disc mailing list
> kwlug-disc at kwlug.org
> http://kwlug.org/mailman/listinfo/kwlug-disc_kwlug.org
>
>


-- 
Khalid M. Baheyeldin
2bits.com, Inc.
Fast Reliable Drupal
Drupal optimization, development, customization and consulting.
Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability. --  Edsger W.Dijkstra
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. --   Leonardo da Vinci
For every complex problem, there is an answer that is clear, simple, and
wrong." -- H.L. Mencken
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://kwlug.org/pipermail/kwlug-disc_kwlug.org/attachments/20151130/d413b918/attachment.htm>