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Anyone know anyone handy & cheap for fixing old mobiles?

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  • 29-11-2011 4:04pm
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    An Ri rua
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    Hi,

    anyone know anyone handy & cheap for fixing old mobiles? I'm average handy and can replace screens etc but I am a bit stumped as to what is wrong with this Nokia 6230 (loads of reliability problems) and an old 3310.

    Yes, I can buy a festival phone for 20 odd euro. have gotten one free for my father using cherry points. My point is that I want to get these old phones going again. I still, occasionally use an old Panasonic GD92, even though I currently have a Nokia E72 and its now 5 year old ancestor, the E61. I have ALL of my old phones. I like keeping them working.

    We all have our fetishes, faults and foibles....
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    Dusty87
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    Not sure of anywhere in Offaly, but Dublin is littered with them small chinese shops fixing, unblocking, selling phones etc.


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    An Ri rua
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    Thanks Dusty,

    got a number pm'd to me for a Polish guy in Portlaoise.

    These are old handsets. Just want to see if its something simple etc.


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    BostonB
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    I've been trying to get some old mobiles working, to use as a backup and spare phones. But even after spending a lot effort on then, they all were all still flaky as anything. Ditto any 2nd hand phones I bought. In the end I just bought one of these. Sim Free Samsung Cobble E1150 in extravision, €29. Its extremely basic but does the job.


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    An Ri rua
    Registered Users Posts: 4,475 ✭✭✭An Ri rua


    BostonB wrote: »
    I've been trying to get some old mobiles working, to use as a backup and spare phones. But even after spending a lot effort on then, they all were all still flaky as anything. Ditto any 2nd hand phones I bought. In the end I just bought one of these. Sim Free Samsung Cobble E1150 in extravision, €29. Its extremely basic but does the job.

    Thanks, appreciate that. Yeh, as I said, I bought a festival phone on VF for €29.

    Bought 2 replacements batteries from an eBay crowd down in North Cork for €7 delivered. Both phones are worth 10-30 on ebay on a very good day. Zero on another.

    Its just me, I'm stingy :D. Still have my Panasonic GD90 and GD92. I actually love the GD92, one of the coolest phones of its time. POP email when the iPhone was still a bad dream after a dodgy curry http://www.gsmarena.com/panasonic_gd92-125.php


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    Quazzie
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    There is a guy in Edenderry who fixes phones, and he has been doing it for years so he is familiar with all the old ones. I'll try get his number later on.


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    An Ri rua
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    That would be great, thanks :)


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