Broken XDA 2i screen...what the cheapest solution?

[m4mad]

i was stupid enough to lean on a pool table while playin and crack my xda 2i screen...what do you reckon is the easiest and the cheapest way to fix it?

would appreciate your help...

O2 quote me around £180 which is a lot of money and me being a student cant really afford to pay that much

[symondavis]

Mmmmm I've looked around and cant see anyway of fixing that.
You could get the backpack and then connect to a monitor(but then you lose the whole idea of portability.

[MaskedMarauder]

Thats a shame, pity it was not stolen then you could have claimed off of your insurance. You do have insurance, either phone specific or house contents?

[NeCrOpHiLiCaT]

i have an xda2 screen for sale? looking for £50, im not sure if it will fit the xda21 i would ahe thought it would? but best to ask someone who actaully knows! if your interested pm me

[m4mad]

i contacted imate repair centre...@ about £100 it seems to be the most sensible price also the fact that fixing it wont damage the garantee...

any experience with SBE?

[DennisCooper]

Hi M4Mad!
I'm in the same situation as you as well! was doing some work out in the garage and only when I took my xda2i out to make a call did I see that something had smacked the screen! GRRRRR!!!

Have you found anywhere that does a screen replacement at all? I dropped an email to proporta.com as they have an 'XDA' listing for 55 squid plus 15 to fit but they emailed me back and said it's only for the XDA1.

Times like this you wish you had taken out that insurance policy isn't it!!

Where is the imate repair centre you mention? I guess £100 isn't so bad, If you could let me know that'd be great!

Cheers!

Dennis! West London UK!

[DennisCooper]

Hi M4Mad!
I'm in the same situation as you as well! was doing some work out in the garage and only when I took my xda2i out to make a call did I see that something had smacked the screen! GRRRRR!!!

Have you found anywhere that does a screen replacement at all? I dropped an email to proporta.com as they have an 'XDA' listing for 55 squid plus 15 to fit but they emailed me back and said it's only for the XDA1.

Times like this you wish you had taken out that insurance policy isn't it!!

Where is the imate repair centre you mention? I guess £100 isn't so bad, If you could let me know that'd be great!

Cheers!

Dennis! West London UK!

[m4mad]

sorry to disappoint you but sadly they have sent the phone back to me sayin that they cant fix it...they gave me another number to try i havnt called them yet the number is 01603269900 currently im using a nokia 3100 i know its a bit less fancy but man i dash this phone like a cricket ball n nothin happens to it thats what i like...let me know of the result if u call these people...ive kinda given up one of these days the xda is going on ebay as faulty

[DennisCooper]

Hi the M4Mad!

Well, i've been scrabbling around a bit looking for somewhere to fix my screen with mixed results

Went to an O2 store- they can fix it, within a week, no problemo

£210 !!

Found a site apexlaptops.co.uk - Called em up and a lady said they can fix it,

£205!!

Next up was Proporta - like i mentioned before they can't fix it.

I'll try the number you've put here tommorow and see who they are and how much they want.

Else, I have to decide what to do. for the moment I've dug out my spare Nokia 8890 and it still works brilliantly!

i'll pop up on this post my 'findings' tommorow!

Cheers! Dennis! West London UK!!

[Server]

Hmm... As I know, I saw Qtek 2020(i) XDA II displays for sale apox. 240 USD... 400 USD for repair is too big price. In our city it is about 300 USD.

[qube62]

I've just had mine replaced (after I slammed the car boot lid on it!!!) - It cost me £160 including the on/off switch which I also broke the day before when I dropped it (I was having a a bad week). The switch repair alone is normally £70!!

I had the repair done through the O2 repair center.

The least you can do is send it off for a quote through O2 - if nothing else, thats free.

[DennisCooper]

Well well!

I've been doing a bit of research and the cheapest I can seem to find anything is here

http://www.pocketpctechs.com/

Xda2i screens for $199 USD fitted ! so in Sterling thats at around £120 ish! not too bad huh! obviously the postage costs would add to that, i'd estimate around £20 there and £20 back (Ive just sold my other XDA2i to a US buyer and insured postage was around £20)

qube62 says he/she got it fixed for £160. The O2 repair centre I went to said £210 for a replacement XDA2i screen, So im thinking maybe qube62 only had a smashed 'touchscreen' and not a 'smashed LCD' !!

- I'll try just sending it off through O2 and 'see' if they fix mine for like £160!

Else I suppose I could just take my xda2i to the US on my next visit and see if they can fix it whilst im there!

if that doesnt come about - then I think i'll claim off my home insurance!

Oh and just to rub salt into my wound.. my dam aluminium xda2i case arrived today !!!! typical !!!

Dennis! West London UK!!

[m4mad]

i got a quote from this place for 160 n they said they will send me a package thing so i could put it in there n send it out to them...

but im not too sure about 160...thas too much i might jus stick to my 3100 for now n allow xda...