any way to get battery replaced in remote area.

[bullooka]

Guys, Is there any way to get bettery replaced for those who live in remote area, far away from service centre, with minimal expenses.

 

[eugenko]

You order an fake battery from aliexpress, check youtube and replace it yourself.
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I would like to ask if ANYONE IN EUROPE sent his OP5 to the official service center (is it now in Poland?) for a battery replacement and how much did he pay?

I asked OP support how much it would cost IN TOTAL
(they have only the price of the battery without tax, without labor, without shipping on their website)
and they denied to tell me the price.

They told me i need to ship the phone to the service center first; they need to diagnose it and then they can tell me the quote how much it would cost and i can decide if i want to replace it or not.

I find this ridiculous.

So as there is no way to buy just the battery (the real original one); i might end up buying the fake "original" from aliexpress and try not to break the screen while replacing it.

OP with this kind of support and every new model just more expensive ... probably never more...

 

[david19au]

I can vouch for LEHEHE batteries on Aliexpress, I've used their batteries in the past with my iPhones and never ran into any issues. The 3300mAh costs around 15$ with shipping to EU and 4000mAh extended battery costs around 20$. They also come with tools for replacing the batteries so if you feel like you'll be able to do it yourself, this is the cheapest way to replace your battery. From what I've seen from teardowns of our phones, it's not that hard to manually replace the battery. The battery part number for the OnePlus 5 is BLP637 IIRC.