Nexus 5: crack on the frame - what to do?
If your Google Nexus 5 has a crack in the frame, you can repair your smartphone yourself or have it repaired. This practical tip tells you how to proceed.
Nexus 5: Repair the cracked frame
The frame of the Google Nexus 5 is mainly made of plastic and is therefore quite susceptible to damage caused by external influences. The website "ifixit", which specializes in the repair of smartphones, praised the Nexus 5. The Nexus 5 largely dispensed with glued parts, which simplifies the exchange of individual components.
- Nevertheless, repairing the Nexus 5 is quite expensive. This is due to the fact that the entire housing, apart from the battery cover or the "back cover" including the LCD display, forms a unit. This in turn means that if you want to replace the Nexus frame, you'll have to replace almost the entire case.
- If you want to repair the crack on the frame of your Nexus 5, you have to buy an original spare part and replace it yourself or hire a suitable service to do the repair for you.
Purchase the display unit and replace it yourself
If you want, you can replace the display unit including the Nexus housing yourself. A cheaper provider of Google Nexus 5 spare parts is the repair service "Schreiber Electronics". Regardless of the color of your smartphone, you can get the original Google Nexus 5 display unit there for a relatively inexpensive 124.95 euros. Only private sellers on eBay or Amazon are currently undercutting this price.
- Once you have purchased the replacement part, you can start repairing it. We have already described in another practical tip how you can replace the display unit yourself.
Nexus 5: Have the display unit replaced
If you don't trust yourself to carry out repairs yourself, you can have the display unit replaced inexpensively by a suitable service.
- If the manufacturer warranty for your smartphone has not yet expired, have your Google Nexus 5 repaired completely free of charge at "w-support.com". The official service partner impresses above all with a low price, customer-friendly handling and a short repair time.
- In terms of price, w-support.com is only beaten by the repair shop "Repair my Phone". While the repair with the former provider costs 149.95 euros, with "Repair my Phone" (currently) you only pay 119.00 euros for the exchange of the original Nexus 5 display unit due to a discount campaign.
The battery of the Google Nexus 5 loses power after a while. If you think that the battery power of your smartphone has decreased significantly after frequent use, you should replace it. In another practical tip, we will explain how to replace the Nexus 5's battery.