Axon 7 Battery Replacement

LallTheseLimes on 04/05/2021 - 12:32

I've had this phone for almost 4 years now and it's still fantastic, only the battery is dying and needs a replacement.

I've done part replacements for phones before so I have a bit of experience with this sort of thing.

However, looking at the guides on YouTube and reading other peoples experiences, this looks like a VERY hard task since the phone is glued together and the battery is glued to the back of the screen for some reason.

I'm thinking of taking it to a phone repair shop and getting them to do it since I wouldn't have to worry about messing up my phone and then having to buy a new phone.

If anyone has some advice/insight on what to do please let me know. Also if you can recommend a shop to take it to that would be fab as well.

Cheers.

Poll Options expired

  • 3
    Fix it yourself
  • 1
    Take it to a shop
  • 8
    Buy a new phone, silly
Mobile Mobile Phone ZTE Android

Comments

  • scrimshaw on 04/05/2021 - 13:19
    +1

    If I had to rank your options from best to worst:

    • Attempt to fix yourself
    • Buy a new phone, silly,
    • Take it to a shop

    I probably don't need to explain why having a mobile repair shop fix your phone is the worst idea — you're spending maybe $80~100 dollars extending the life of an already old phone and using money that could go towards a brand new unit.

    I watched the repair vid and would rank that as probably a 6.5/10 in terms of difficulty, but much harder if you do not have the tools to deal with glue (e.g heat gun)

    you might need some isopropyl alcohol to dissolve some of it so you can pry the battery out of the case without damaging the rest of the parts.

    • IVI on 04/05/2021 - 16:44

      Any chance, that a nearby Tech School
      teaches Electronics courses? Or… you
      have a nearby Ham Club w/ a skilled
      member, who'd take it on for LE$$?

  • cameldownunder on 04/05/2021 - 15:37
    +1

    Try to fix it yourself, and if that fails get a new phone.

  • thekow on 08/05/2021 - 18:25

    I sent mine back to ZTE they said it would be about $70 but they ended up sending a brand new old stock phone back for free. So maybe before you get rid of it maybe ask zte on facebook what can be done.

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