Andre S. Veteran Posted December 20, 2014 Veteran Share Posted December 20, 2014 I have a bad flu and drove 50km to run an errand today, the driving went well but something had to go wrong. Indeed I forgot that I had my Nexus 5 on my lap and when I got out of the car it dropped 3ft onto the asphalt. The screen now looks like a fractal of cracks and I feel like a complete idiot. Goddamnit. :angry: Anyway, now to fix this. I basically have two options. I can either 1) Order a replacement screen from ebay at 75$ US + shipping to Montreal, Canada + conversion to $CAD = ~115$ and attempt the repair myself 2) Go to a phone repair store like this one and pay 150$ + tax = 172,50$ to get it done in an hour with a six month warranty. Given my current low level of energy I'm tempted to just go with option 2 especially given that assembly seems finicky and I fear making it worse than it is. But, I'd lose about 60$. Advice? Opinions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xerino Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 I have a nexus 5 with a bad mainboard, screen and glass are perfect message me :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Circaflex Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 where did you purchase the nexus 5? if it is from google play store and within a year of purchase google will do one screen replacement for free http://www.techtimes.com/articles/14844/20140904/google-will-replace-your-broken-nexus-5-for-free-heres-the-criteria.htm EDIT nvm just saw the whole canada part I would honestly go with option 2, you get a warranty out of it. Im pretty damn good at repairing hardware and have done many phone screens previously, but they are a pain in the butt and your time might be more valuable than paying someone else to do it. The Evil Overlord 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun N. Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Mine dropped out of my pocket yesterday and cracked. I'm upset. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoochieMamma Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Do it yourself, it's quite easy to fix phones I do them all the time (mostly iphones) but samsungs are easy as, new HTC are a nightmare and I have opened my N5 without much effort. This site will help you out https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Nexus+5+Teardown/19016 https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Disassembling+Nexus+5+Display+Teardown+-+liquid+damage/32410 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
techbeck Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 Do it yourself, it's quite easy to fix phones I do them all the time (mostly iphones) but samsungs are easy as, new HTC are a nightmare and I have opened my N5 without much effort. This site will help you out https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Nexus+5+Teardown/19016 https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Disassembling+Nexus+5+Display+Teardown+-+liquid+damage/32410 What I did. Cracked my Galaxy Nexus and bought a new screen/digitizer. Bought the digitizer to as it was one piece and didnt want to mess around with pulling the screen off and re-glueing it. Paid more but was worth it. Took less than 15 min to replace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emon Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 What I did. Cracked my Galaxy Nexus and bought a new screen/digitizer. Bought the digitizer to as it was one piece and didnt want to mess around with pulling the screen off and re-glueing it. Paid more but was worth it. Took less than 15 min to replace. I agree with both you guys. Both N4 and N5s are pretty easy to take apart. I recently replaced the screen/digitizer of a N4 and it took about 20 mins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas the Tank Engine Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 where did you purchase the nexus 5? if it is from google play store and within a year of purchase google will do one screen replacement for free http://www.techtimes.com/articles/14844/20140904/google-will-replace-your-broken-nexus-5-for-free-heres-the-criteria.htm EDIT nvm just saw the whole canada part. Google can get in trouble for not providing warranty service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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