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Cheapest Phone Technician to swap motherboard ? Even mail order ?

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  • 16-01-2017 2:03am
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    masculinist
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    I got stung on [Adverts] with a phone which is blacklisted but at least thankfully not stolen [check my previous profile posts for further information if curious]. My old phone was an identical model but with a broken screen. Someone mentioned to me that one way out of this pickle would be to simply swap motherboards. I easily found out how to disassemble the phone and put it back together on YouTube but I'm wary about this as a first timer with none of those specialist micro tools or a hot air gun to loosen the screen. Plus I have large hands , not tiny surgical hands.

    Does anyone recommend a place to go within Dublin or accessible via car? Maybe theres a mail order business which is cheaper or even somewhere across the border ? It all depends on the bottom line economics. If theres a phone technician out there willing to do the job then send me a message.

    Im suffering serious phone withdrawal symptoms and its only been 48 hours :(


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    ED E
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    There are two Chinese blokes running a phone shop in the old part of Dundrum (directly down from the Garda station). Ive only purchased parts but they seem quite decent. Worth a call. Plenty of parking about.

    NB: Dont take card.


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    ED E
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    BTW you could sell the phone to the UK (Explain it wont work in Ireland) and recoup a large amount of the funds that way. They just buy a new unit.


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    masculinist
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    ED E wrote: »
    BTW you could sell the phone to the UK (Explain it wont work in Ireland) and recoup a large amount of the funds that way. They just buy a new unit.


    Thanks. I'm wondering though. Does a blacklist not mean its blacklisted in the whole of the EU or something like that ? Are blacklisted Irish phones not blacklisted in the UK too ?


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    atfbc9rl0oenhv
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    ED E wrote: »
    BTW you could sell the phone to the UK (Explain it wont work in Ireland) and recoup a large amount of the funds that way. They just buy a new unit.

    Just wondering would it work the same way, a blacklisted phone from the UK work in Ireland?


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    [Deleted User]
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    Which device is it? It's cheaper to buy a replacement on adverts than to get the screen fixed on the original?


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    masculinist
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    Basil3 wrote: »
    Which device is it? It's cheaper to buy a replacement on adverts than to get the screen fixed on the original?

    The problem is sorted thanks .Its an old thread.


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