smashed oneplus 3T - replace screen or get new phone?

[the_r_sole]

As above really, going to be over £100 quid for a screen replacement so is it worth it for a 2 year old phone or are there some decent replacements about?

 

[chaparral]

When something like this happens I normally always use it as a good reason or time to upgrade my mobile phone if I have the spare funds available at the time..

 

[loltim]

Phone insurance through bank? It's £25 to have a screen repaired through my bank.

If you're confident doing it yourself you can get a screen for about £30 from aliexpress. The OP3/T gets Android Pie soon so I'd probably keep it if you can repair it on the cheap. I don't think I'd pay £100 though.

Are you sure the screen is broken and not just the glass?

 

[siumatfung]

If the phone still works trade it in for a new one you know you wanna

The pocophone f1 is too good to ignore at its price point tbh

 

[the_r_sole]

so annoying, can't access anything via usb but can hear the phone getting notifications!
Ordered a replacement screen to do myself, that pocophone looks interesting right enough!

 

[loltim]

Do you have an OTG adapter? You could plug in a usb mouse and navigate to the settings blindly after finding where to click by watching a youtube video (or even better having a similar phone by your side).

You could then cast the phone screen to your TV.

 

[Simps]

If you have USB debugging on you can still see your screen using scrcpy.. I have a phone with a broken screen but still use it for a baby monitor as I only use the phones camera and the rest of the phone works perfectly. But it need debugging on.

 

[the_r_sole]

yeah, tried a few things with it to get the screen mirrored, but no luck! Also have a smartwatch but I'd disabled the bluetooth before I dropped it!
(didn't have usb debuggin enabled)

 

[the_r_sole]

annoyingly the way the screen smashed has damaged the cable for the buttons behind it - so had to order another bit.... been quite nice not having a phone