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Originally Posted by Barbara1955
hahahaha Not as easy as they make it look! I thing the Fire Phone is Designed to explode as soon as its open to the air, Just like some cancers! My son changed the 1st one the Screen went Plaid! I took the 2nd one to a Expert that change Hundreds of batteries... that on has a yellow/brown area with ripples coming off it! Over a $100 bucks down the drain & Nothing to show for it!
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I tried to change my wife's 'non replacable" battery on her Verizon/Moto Droid Turbo, a phone she loved. The directions seemed quite do-able and all the tools I needed were supplied. The tools were cheap and brittle plastic that broke almost immediately, and a hair drier, needed to soften the adhesive used in the phone never got hot enough. So the paint stripper got TOO hot and melted the cover, a bit.
I pressed on, figuring I'd learn something for the NEXT time. I learned something, all right; I learned that the trade in value of a 3 year old phone with a functional but failing battery, is MUCH higher than than that of a phone with a new battery but which still doesn't work. Especially if the back cover is a bit "rippley".
I've decided that from now on, in an era where flagship phones near $1000 US, I simply won't spend more than $400 for a phone that will only last 3 years if we are lucky. I'm DONE with flagship phones.