• Mr Fish@lemmy.world
    51·
    13 days ago

    Microsoft: it’s OK if you can’t fix it, you can just buy a new one and give more money

  • Romkslrqusz@lemmy.zip
    46·
    13 days ago

    Phones, Tablets: Exist with glued-in but ultimately removable / reinstallable screens

    Microsoft: What if we mix crushed up eggshells into the glass?

  • dditty@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    20·
    13 days ago

    Screen replacements on smartphones are hard enough that I haven’t tried removing the screen from my Steam Deck OLED to do a front shell swap. I just slapped a skin on the front half instead.

    • cm0002@lemmy.worldOP
      19·
      13 days ago

      Took a look at the ifixit for the steam deck OLED, honestly it doesn’t look bad at all. I’ve removed lots of screens from phones and other tablets and such, and this looks no worse than those.

      But man, MS really went out of their way to make the screen impossible to remove without cracking it on this one. There’s a ridiculous amount of adhesive and coupled with the glass being really really thin… 😅 Yea it’s a shit show when even the ifixit team can’t even get some photos for their teardown without a shattered screen lol

  • SkidFace@lemmy.world
    16·
    13 days ago

    LITERALLY the surface pros are such NIGHTMARES to fix. I’ve got a first gen one with a completely dead battery. Good luck trying to slice through all that adhesive then be greeted with 50 screws placed in horrific random positions…

  • uawarebrah@sh.itjust.works
    111·
    13 days ago

    That’s such a trash product. Crap quality components and no repairability. Hell even an iPad is better. Surface is bottom tier.

    • cm0002@lemmy.worldOP
      10·
      13 days ago

      I mean I got 6 of em for free, and ya can’t beat free LMAO

      I actually had been putting off cracking one open for awhile now but the SSDs in them had been failing one by one and I’m on the last one now lolol

        • cm0002@lemmy.worldOP
          5·
          13 days ago

          Oh hey now there’s an idea! I could probably 3d print a little cover too!

          Thanks! If there was such a thing as gold on Lemmy I’d give you some, but there’s not so you’ll have to settle for this 🥇

          And to think, MS could have done the same damn thing

    • ramenshaman@lemmy.world
      2·
      13 days ago

      I’ve had my surface pro 3 since like… 2016? Still runs great. Never been very happy with the keyboard though.

  • biggerbogboy@sh.itjust.works
    2·
    11 days ago

    Surface pros are fucking horrible. My dad is a sysadmin and receives tons of defective coworker laptops, but by far the worst ones are the surface pros. He told me it’s stupidly easy to shatter the screens, and it’s probably better to wait for the battery to puff up, which is highly common with the batch he has.

    He’s even brought the ones home that were meant for recycling, and only 2 out of 10 actually work, the rest are a mix of borked drivers, spicy pillows and burnt screens.