Nexus 5 screen replacement Johannesburg

[Reaper1242]

So my mother bought a Nexus 5 from Orange. She decided she didn't need any kind of case and of course 2 days after getting it, dropped it on it's corner shattering the screen.

I'm not sure what their policy is on repairing phones damaged by negligence but I have emailed them regarding a repair but in the event they won't handle it does anyone know where I can get it repaired in JHB. Failing that is there anywhere in SA that I could send it to for a repair.

 

[feerlis]

The exact thing has happened to me and the local 3rd party repair centres seem to charge around R2k for the repair. in my case its only the digitizer that needs to be replaced but this is quite a process to remove according to the YouTube tutorials. Replacing the whole screen assembly would cost you around R750 on eBay and you can just pay a 3rd party repairer to install it.

Does anyone have a better course of action?

 

[mayurh]

The exact thing has happened to me and the local 3rd party repair centres seem to charge around R2k for the repair. in my case its only the digitizer that needs to be replaced but this is quite a process to remove according to the YouTube tutorials. Replacing the whole screen assembly would cost you around R750 on eBay and you can just pay a 3rd party repairer to install it.

Does anyone have a better course of action?

did you manage to find someone to repair?
got a faulty power button on my bro's nexus 5 ..ordered the button from ebay already.need someone to install