It’s finally happened, my OnePlus has been through with me thick and thin, but this is the second time a screen has broken. The first was a major break, this time it’s just a row of dead pixels, it was really dim until I did a dead pixel repair program, that seemed to make it worse by unlocking whatever pink hell this is and making it fully kill the line of pixels. IDK. This is a OnePlus 8 pro, the one I got before they killed software support only 3 years in and the last “root friendly” one they made.

Think it’s worth it to get another whole screen and attempt a repair? Or rather sell it as is and try to get an upgrade.

End of an era I swear

  • @[email protected]
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    543 days ago

    Dumb question, but is that pink line in a screenshot? Or did you add it in afterwards or take a well cropped photo?

    • @yokonzoOP
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      553 days ago

      No lmao no worries, I added it in post roughly around where it is. I just didn’t have a second phone to take a photo with

      • lurch (he/him)
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        You could have used the selfie cam against a mirror, but I think this one does the job.

    • @[email protected]
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      173 days ago

      Yeah, I’m confused about that as well. It wouldn’t show up in a screenshot if it was a display issue?

  • @[email protected]
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    42 days ago

    Alright with a streak like that I gotta ask. Does Duolingo deserve the hate? How much have you actually learned and can you understand French well enough to listen to French speakers?

    To answer your tech question tho. I’d say it’s all up to you depending on your budget if you upgrade or repair.

  • @[email protected]
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    63 days ago

    since you don’t have another phone, I think the risk is too high to repair it. It’s the best option for sure (for the planet and for your wallet), but if it breaks you don’t have a phone at all.

    That being said, if you want to learn how to repair phones, you can live with loosing the money for the screen and if you can live without a phone for some days in the worst case, I think you should still go for it. It’s a great skill for the future.

    • @yokonzoOP
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      33 days ago

      I mean I’ve definitely got the skill, I’ve been doing it for years now, I just don’t know if it’ll be worth it to repair another phone that has no official software support

  • miss phant
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    33 days ago

    I’ve had this happen on a OnePlus 6, I replaced the screen but the same thing happened again after 2 weeks. Loved the phone but I decided it’s probably done for and went for Nothing phone, they still feel like the early stage of OP before they turned to shit.

    • @yokonzoOP
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      Might look at the nothing phone then

  • @Wilzax
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    43 days ago

    Aint no way he has the FreeBSD android theme

  • AwesomeLowlander
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    12 days ago

    It was extremely concerning to suddenly have this image on my screen while scrolling, especially in full width picture mode.

  • Cris
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    23 days ago

    I don’t have useful advice, but like another commenter wanted to say keep kickin ass at the French! 😊