There
are some interesting and proactive steps to take after crashing an
expensive smartphone which might cause the owner a headache.
A cracked screen or broken phone doesn’t necessarily signal the end
of that phone, there are ways to make the best of the circumstance
enough to get it to favour you.
Here are six useful things to do when you’ve broken your phone:
Get a screen protector
This is especially useful when your phone screen is cracked. Using a
screen protector can help stop the spread of the cracking, and help
maintain the phone long enough for you to change the screen or get a new
phone.
Leave in raw rice
If your phone accidentally falls in water body and you are unable
to get it out quickly, immediately turn it off, remove all removable
parts, dry them off, stick the phone in some rice or a bunch of silica
packets, and let it sit there for three days. Chances are you would be
able to save the phone and continue using it to meet your gadgetry and
telecommunication needs. For newer phones, you probably have nothing to
worry about if the phone accidentally gets into water for a couple of
seconds. But if the phone has been in there longer than its IP rating,
then you can apply the above steps and pray it works.
Ask a friend for an old phone
If your phone is broken and there is nothing you can do to fix it,
you can try asking for a friend’s old phone. Sure, it might be a much
older and somewhat outdated model, but it will be able to meet your
basic telecommunication needs until you are able to get a new phone. You
can get a new battery for the phone so that battery-wise, the phone can
function like brand new (that could offer some solace to you in the
meantime). You can also consider using parts of the old phone to fix
your broken phone, if there is a possibility to do that.
Attempt a repair
If you have the money and consider it worth it, you can give the
phone to a technician to help repair it. It might not be so cheap, but
it might be cheaper than buying a new phone all together. Do your
research well and find good technicians that can help with the phone,
not a charlatan that will attempt to use the outlet to milk you dry. In
addition, if you are industrious, have the expertise and feel up to
challenge, you can attempt to repair the phone yourself. You can use
some Youtube DIY videos to guide you. You can save yourself some money
in the process.
Sell the phone
You can always sell your broken phone. You definitely would not be
able to get much from it, but you might be able to get a reasonable
amount to recoup some of the money you have already lost. Do your
homework, do the ‘maths’ and try to figure out the actual worth of your
broken phone before trying to sell it (so you are not cheated and are
able to get your money’s worth out of it). Besides, in doing so you
might realise it is better to just fix the phone if you can. Also, if it
makes financial sense, you can fix the phone and then sell it to
maximise your gain from selling the phone.
Buy a new one
If you can afford it, and your phone is broken, you can buy a new
one. You can gather some money together, and if you sold the broken
phone, add the proceeds to this money you have gathered and get a new
and probably better phone. It depends on you.
When News Breaks Out, We Break In. (The 2014 Bloggies Finalist)
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