28 Apr
2016
28 Apr
'16
4:08 p.m.
What's a good place in the central city area to get a phone repaired? The glass on my
Note3 has cracked. I just need new glass the screen itself seems ok.
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28 Apr
28 Apr
4:54 p.m.
That should be relatively easy at one of those shopping centre phone
repair places (Melbourne Central?)
Cheers
D
On 28/04/16 16:08, Russell Coker via luv-talk wrote:
What's a good place in the central city area to
get a phone repaired? The glass on my Note3 has cracked. I just need new glass the screen
itself seems ok.
5:39 p.m.
Russell Coker via luv-talk wrote:
What's a good place in the central city area to
get a phone repaired? The glass on my Note3 has cracked. I just need new glass the screen
itself seems ok.
Russell:
Not sure it's a reliable source but Telstra support (Exhibition Street
)sent me to:
"Happy Mobile 247 Lonsdale Street 96634180 "
when an " excessively enthusiastic" use of "Kingroot";
put the phone beyond 'factory reset';
they fixed the phone for $50 !
regards Rohan McLeod
20 May
20 May
2:12 p.m.
On Thu, 28 Apr 2016 05:39:33 PM Rohan McLeod via luv-talk wrote:
Not sure it's a reliable source but Telstra
support (Exhibition Street
)sent me to:
"Happy Mobile 247 Lonsdale Street 96634180 "
when an " excessively enthusiastic" use of "Kingroot";
put the phone beyond 'factory reset';
they fixed the phone for $50 !
http://www.shoppingsquare.com.au/category.php?id=1246&o=a&s=2
Thanks for the suggestion. They quoted me $149, the phone originally cost
$550 including postage in 2014. The Note 4 costs $550 + postage now from
Shopping Square and a new Note 3 is on ebay with a buy it now price of $380
with free postage.
It seems like bad value to pay 40% of the price of a new Note 3 or 25% the
price of a Note 4 to fix my old phone (which is a little worn and has some
other minor issues). I'd rather spend a bit more and have a better phone and
give my old phone to one of my relatives who doesn't mind having a cracked
screen.
Samsung seems to release a new phone in each series every year, so there's
probably only a few months until the Note 6 is released. I can wait that long
and get a really cheap Note 4 or a moderately cheap Note 5.
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3:33 p.m.
Russell Coker wrote:
On Thu, 28 Apr 2016 05:39:33 PM Rohan McLeod via
luv-talk wrote:
As a matter of interest were they the cheapest ?
Not sure it's a reliable source but Telstra
support (Exhibition Street
)sent me to:
"Happy Mobile 247 Lonsdale Street 96634180 "
when an " excessively enthusiastic" use of "Kingroot";
put the phone beyond 'factory reset';
they fixed the phone for $50 !
http://www.shoppingsquare.com.au/category.php?id=1246&o=a&s=2
Thanks for the suggestion. They quoted me $149, the phone originally cost
$550 including postage in 2014. The Note 4 costs $550 + postage now from
Shopping Square and a new Note 3 is on ebay with a buy it now price of $380
with free postage.
Or ~ $300 second hand on gumtree!
http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-electronics-computer/melbourne/samsung+note+3/k…
It seems like bad value to pay 40% of the price of a new Note 3 or 25% the
price of a Note 4 to fix my old phone (which is a little worn and has some
other minor issues). I'd rather spend a bit more and have a better phone and
give my old phone to one of my relatives who doesn't mind having a cracked
screen.
Or just sell it ;
if you can spare the time ?
regards Rohan McLeod
4:02 p.m.
On Fri, 20 May 2016 03:33:33 PM Rohan McLeod via luv-talk wrote:
I haven't got other quotes.
Selling it is a PITA and probably won't give an amount of money that makes it
a better option than giving it to a relative.
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http://www.shoppingsquare.com.au/category.php?id=1246&o=a&s=2
Thanks for the suggestion. They quoted me $149,
As a matter of interest were they the cheapest ? It seems like
bad value to pay 40% of the price of a new Note 3 or 25%
the price of a Note 4 to fix my old phone (which is a little worn and
has some other minor issues). I'd rather spend a bit more and have a
better phone and give my old phone to one of my relatives who doesn't
mind having a cracked screen.
Or just sell it ;
if you can spare the time ? 
22 May
22 May
12:40 a.m.
On Fri, May 20, 2016 at 02:12:05PM +1000, Russell Coker via luv-talk wrote:
It seems like bad value to pay 40% of the price of a
new Note 3 or 25% the
price of a Note 4 to fix my old phone (which is a little worn and has some
other minor issues). I'd rather spend a bit more and have a better phone and
give my old phone to one of my relatives who doesn't mind having a cracked
screen.
sadly, that's pretty much the mobile phone business model.
make something attractively light and yet incredibly fragile, which
inevitably breaks, forcing you to upgrade. consumers somehow think this
is normal, maybe inevitable, and possibly even desirable.
manufacturers are probably happy that the limited half-life means they
don't have to do android support for long. it's win-win for them.
it's entirely feasible to make a very robust and light phone, but
manufacturers don't - where are the crumple zones, carbon chassis,
rubberised screen mounts?
I made a case for my 6.44" sony z1 ultra that I can drive over, so
broken phones is not a problem I'm going to encounter. lack of updates
is...
cheers,
robin
23 May
23 May
1:15 a.m.
On 22/05/2016 12:40 AM, Robin Humble via luv-talk wrote:
it's entirely feasible to make a very robust and
light phone, but
manufacturers don't - where are the crumple zones, carbon chassis,
rubberised screen mounts?
Yes, when Gorilla glass gets stronger, the phone makers just use a
thinner layer so we lose the benefit of any extra strength. :(
I made a case for my 6.44" sony z1 ultra that I
can drive over, so
broken phones is not a problem I'm going to encounter. lack of updates
is...
I would love to see that case!
btw any phone from FleaBay or Gumtree is going to have some extra risks;
unless you can 100% for sure do a factory reset, it is suspect. And
even if you can do a full factory reset, there is also the risk of
counterfeit product as well as product not properly approved for use in
AU, fwiw.
Cheers
A.
12:32 p.m.
Robin Humble via luv-talk wrote:
sadly, that's pretty much the mobile phone
business model.
make something attractively light and yet incredibly fragile, which
inevitably breaks, [...]
manufacturers are probably happy that the limited half-life means they
don't have to do android support for long. it's win-win for them.
I don't think rapid EOLs are because of product fragility.
I think it's because consumers don't give a shit about security.
See also http://androidvulnerabilities.org/
(TL;DR: if you own a smartphone, YOU LOSE.)
24 May
24 May
12:29 a.m.
On 23/05/2016 12:32 PM, Trent W. Buck via luv-talk wrote:
Robin Humble via luv-talk wrote:
Yes, it totally annoys me that we are told to make sure we have the
latest updates for security.... but it is often impossible to get
official updates even when they that are relatively new.
Surprised that Nexus is so bad, is that Nexus overall? I would have
thought the figure would be a lot better for a current Nexus model.
Cheers
A,
sadly, that's pretty much the mobile phone
business model.
make something attractively light and yet incredibly fragile, which
inevitably breaks, [...]
manufacturers are probably happy that the limited half-life means they
don't have to do android support for long. it's win-win for them.
I don't think rapid EOLs are because of product fragility.
I think it's because consumers don't give a shit about security.
See also http://androidvulnerabilities.org/
(TL;DR: if you own a smartphone, YOU LOSE.)
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11:41 a.m.
Andrew McGlashan via luv-talk wrote:
$ w3m -dump http://androidvulnerabilities.org/ | grep Nexus
Nexus devices 5.76 (best)
$ w3m -dump http://androidvulnerabilities.org/scores | grep Nexus
Scores out of 10 for manufacturers and for Nexus devices
Nexus devices 5.76 (best)
Galaxy Nexus 4.74 (best)
Nexus 5 4.6
Nexus 4 4.3
Nexus 7 3.64
The current Nexus actually has a *lower* score than the score for
Nexuses in general -- I guess that means that brand's security record
is trending downwards.
See also
http://androidvulnerabilities.org/
(TL;DR: if you own a smartphone, YOU LOSE.)
Surprised that Nexus is so bad, is
that Nexus overall?
I would have thought the figure would be a lot better for a current Nexus model. 
29 Apr
29 Apr
12:36 a.m.
On 28/04/16 4:08 PM, Russell Coker via luv-talk wrote:
What's a good place in the central city area to
get a phone repaired? The glass on my Note3 has cracked. I just need new glass the screen
itself seems ok.
A family iPhone4s had a new battery from
http://www.idocrepair.com.au/
something over a year ago, and it's been working fine since.
From memory they had Samsung repairs on their website, but
now it just says "phone for other brands".
MELBOURNE CBD
(03) 9077 0411
ADDRESS:
LEVEL2 34-36 BLOCK PLACE
MELBOURNE, VIC 3000
TRADING HOURS:
MON-FRI: 10:00-18:00
SAT: CLOSED
SUN: CLOSED
Public Holiday: CLOSED
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