Pixel 8, 2 or 3 years old, got a pink line on one side of the screen. Used it like that before I thought about repair, and it turns out my phone was valid for an extended warranty.
Drove an hour to my easiest repair centre, got it done with zero required documentation I spent hours trying to get an I'm now the happy owner of a shiny new screen.
I wish i could have saved the petrol money and fixed it myself, but at least I got a £175-ish repair done for free, and a fresh warranty on the screen to boot!
7 Comments
Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de · 11 pts · 38d
There are Pixel repair centers?
I thought, you would have to send the phones in for repair...
But apart from that:
Great for you!
(And I also still remember the time it was quite easy to exchange the screen - did it without much hassle on my Galaxy S2 back in the day. No glued together parts, just screws and re-attachable connectors.)
ALiteralCabbage@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 37d
In the UK its basically in-house repairs by EE stores of "iSmash" concessions elsewhere (mine was in a sky mobile store).
Syndication@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 38d
Oh wow, I got my phone replaced too! Except the new replacement is having battery issues already. I had the phone shut off without warning around 10% and just today I had the phone drop from 9% to 0 in the span of a few minutes. Had to work without my music :/
I dont know what to do now. My warranty expires on the 25th and I spent so long in hell/purgatory trying to get FedEx to just properly deliver my phone too for 5 days straight. The driver wouldn't knock and would just leave a note instantly. Had to spend an hour on the phone just to get them to hold the package.
Ugh I didn't think getting my phone replacement would be this difficult and involved. I'm stressed over it. Don't buy a foldable phone, the screen protector peels after a year or so and the screen ends up getting damaged if you don't replace the screen protector in time...
FireWire400@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 38d
I attempted to replace the screen on a Pixel 6a that was returned by an employee at my place of work.
Didn't go so well; I somehow broke off some pins of the screen connector on the mainboard...
Bluewing@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 38d
Nice!
giant_smeeg@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 38d
Nice! Wonder if you can get the battery swapped while the screen is off. Would be like a new phone then
ALiteralCabbage@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 37d
I might have been able to (for a price)! In all honesty I love this phone, and depending on the cost of a replacement phone when the time comes I might just look into it.
It's the second best one I've ever had (the first was my beloved Xperia X which was amazing.