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My 2 year old pulled it down off a table and the lcd got damaged. I figured why buy a new one mine still works minus the screen, I can just replace it right? Wrong.. There’s not a single teardown video or replacement part.. Now I have a glorified home speaker… Has anyone else ran into this problem with some type of resolution? It’s been almost a year since they came out.
It took nearly 2 years for me to fix this issue myself. Neither Google, or any repair shop were of any real help. I found through vigorous forum searching that I could order a replacement screen on Aliexpress https://www.aliexpress.com/item/40004005…. Seems there is only 1 version of this hub as there were no revisions specified. I took a chance, and ordered it for around $25. It took almost 3 months to get here, but I’m assuming because of the pandemic. The LCD comes with face plate and LCD. The digitizer is connected to the actual hub, which is a ribbon cable connected to the LCD on the left middle side. You will need either a heat gun, heating pad, or blow dryer to loosen up the adhesive. Take a flat spudger and work the adhesive out. Once you loosen the adhesive you can literally pry it off with little regard for the LCD since you have a replacement. The replacement is straightforward. I posted pictures, and videos for reference. Good luck.
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/40004005…
The problem you face is the cost of the unit is less than $100 USD. Presently, Google is selling them for $79! This is what our throw-away society has become! Toss it aside and get a new one. I wish I could force all manufacturing to be serviceable and designed so sub parts are salvable and the rest is easily recyclable! This is not that big a leap! Support the Right to Repair!
josh spoon and venkata krishna chintapalli at this time you really have nothing to lose. I would proceed and try to remove the screen the same way as shown in the link from smartin. It can’t break anymore than it already has. After that, take a good look at the back of the screen. Post a couple of really good images. I would not be surprised to find some manufacturer label,sticker, markings on that. Let’s see if that will help to hunt down a couple of screens. Don’t throw stuff out just because of some major challenges. Let us try to work on finding solutions for others that are faced with the same issues. Adding images to an existing question
I must admit I struggled to get the parts I also resorted to Ali Express after this sitting in my garage for 18months. Here is the video I filmed on how to repair it: https://youtu.be/AE75AVNT12w
