There were so many mixed reviews I was a little scared to buy this.-I work 10 hour shifts ruclips.net/user/postUgkxAxiUS5CgVC3j8FwNOHt037zhsquGQpXv and I can watch lectures, jam out, and read articles all day and only use 30-40% of the battery.-The screen is beautiful and the touch is accurate-The camera is on the edge, making this perfect for Zoom calls (I also have the keyboard with the back piece)-It's super thin. The bulk of my iPad kept me from using it often-I never realized how lazy I was until this pencil. The button and flick action (volume up and down, next and back) mean I can kick back without having to lean forward to make changes. I feel like a witch.Only 1 real complaint if it can even be called that, it comes with one background in like 6 colors. It's easy enough to find new ones... but why so stingy?
Hugh, great video as always but I'm not sure why you don't cover shattered screens with some kind of sticky tape before removing them, it would help prevent shards from going everyhwhere.
The question is just, is it worth it or would not even better when this crap get recycled to make a really long lasting Produkt like an iPad? This device is just an year old and has hardware which was even 2-3 years ago just something in the midrange for low budget… I think anything beyond the purchase costs are way too much and even the purchase should be way cheaper as the 230$ Samsung want for it, it’s really not a good Tablet and was it never…
@@Eddy_E.Both Apple and Android devices have the same length of support in terms of usability of the device (sometimes Androids even more third party app support) I really don't know what you are talking about but I have my 2016 Samsung Galaxy Tab A still up and running , even without any updates for years most apps run just fine even RUclips (I know about older iphones not receiving iOS updates to the point even RUclips doesn't run even if the device is okay)
@@sabehakhan5693 an iOS device which doesn’t most of apps anymore are mostly 10 years and older, so I can just speak for me but in my reality is there a big difference between 6 years and 10 years… And next to that your with a galaxy device already on the bright sight of the android world, most devices didn’t get that much support, they are mostly completely outdated after 2 - 3 years and most of them doesn’t even run all apps when they came out cuz they just to bad hardware… So the only devices where you get, I would say „ok service“, in the android world are surprisingly devices wich are not cheaper as apple devices and with this in mind I have no questions where most people would get just more for the money and that’s surly not the 300€ android tablet, it’s the 300€ iPad… How it seems you don’t recognize that I not spoke about the special things in the android world, I spoked about the average and on this android is something behind about 4-5 years and this gab gets even bigger cuz on iOS we already have devices with 7 or 8 years new iOS and after that we talking usually about 3-4 security updates…. That’s a usetime you will not find on android devices at least in the next 5 years when you will find it ever, and then we still don’t talk about the average, we just talk about the best devices which are in the android world a big exception…
@@Eddy_E. It's really not as bad as you think, new apps work on old Android versions usually where they often don't on iOS so there's not that much difference. iOS is a little better in terms of long term support but not by as much as you think
@@circuit10 that’s just not true… On Apple devices you got longer support what ends up automatically in longer appsupport too… Just try to install a modern app on an android 5 or 6 device and you will see what I mean and devices which Stucks on those firmwares are partially not older then 3 or 4 years… You will find not a single apple mobile device in the last decade which has just so short supporttimes… I know that it is harder to use apple devices when apple even kill the security updates but in most cases this needs around 10 years, just show my one single android device which is 10 years old and still run just a single modern daily app, you will find exactly nothing, on the iPad and iphone side you will find devices which do that… So all in all nothing else as a modern myth from some androidsheeps…😅
This device shows how adhesive should feel in devices these days. Many devices use too much adhesive that it's hard to remove when disassembling, especially in batteries. It should be easy to remove while able to hold on to it even in high temps.
The samsung Tab series are probably my favorite repairs. The majority of them are extremely easy, worlds above Apple and their iPads. regarding the LCD glass being as one... I personally don't see this as a bad thing generally. The issue with glass-only such as the iPad Air 1 through iPad 9 (current gen) is that when the glass gets cracked, that exposes tine internals (LCD included) to the environment. This almost guarantees the LCD will get filthy, and no matter how much you try you will never get an LCD as clean as it was as when it came out of the factory. Compared to the tablets with LCD/glass combos where this simply isn't a concern. Yes it costs more, but especially for those aiming to repair devices for resale, it's a lot harder to sell a tablet that has a nice uncleanable dot (or many) from exposure on the LCD due to broken glass, even if everything else is perfect.
Nice repair job👍 I had a similar experience today, your video shows how difficult a damaged tablet restoration could be. I just finished fixing my indented iPad Pro 12.9 2018 with shattered display One corner was indented for about 2mm, had to file the edge railing down to fit the replacement display. 1. heating display with heating bed of 3D-printer 65C° 10 min 2. use suction cup to seperate the damaged display from body (use packaging tape for damaged parts with no suction) 3. transfer ribbon cables & etc. to new display 4. hammer the corner into shape🤣file down the railing to fit display 5. remove old adhesive and adding new double side adhesive tape 6. reconnect cables and reseal display onto the body 165€ Display + 4 hours of weekend Fixing my own electronics is pretty rewarding and fun😇 Total amateur btw
All you needed to do is replace the screen and fix the frame. No removing parts from the old screen and placing them in the new one to keep the software from saying it's not genuine!
Ahyes, what can you expect from Hugh Jeffreys video's, a superb video that will help some people trying to repair and also aware of tactics of some companies trying to make either repair friendly or anti repair on their devices
Hi Jeff, have you seen Samsung XCover6 Pro? It seems like a great phone repair wise, with the replaceable battery and all. Hope you take a closer look, including their software
Thank you for this video. I just repaired my first tablet after dropping it on the carpet and the display popped out of the bezel cleanly without a break. Only thing that broke was the display connector tape. $30 worth of jewelers/phone/watch repair tools and $12 for the connector tape wire and my tablet was good again. Nothing is so heart breaking as another peace of electronics off to the land fill. It's such a crime.
I mean this is a budget device so it won't be water resistant or something so it has weaker glue but yeah it's easy to repair, but as an owner of the tab a7, I have it well before the a8 I can say that they are just e-waste, they are pretty awful, I am currently using it and even RUclips is a struggle for it, I'm not taking games into consideration, it's too weak to be used, after 1 update it kind of just became useless, I have to say that you are better getting some more money and buying the iPad 9, even where I'm from it's not that big of a difference, in other countries it may be even closer in price and you get a much better device that is actually usable for more than 1 year, and that year only used mostly for RUclips and movies
In video u said Hugh you cant power off tablet because screen is not working but if you hold down power button and volume down button for few seconds it will force turn off tablet.
I agree, i have bought cheap a8 same as in the video and it was severely bent, straightened it out best i can as i don't want to risk damaging the screen
Great repair! Cheers. I wonder why you did not bother to put some kind of adhesive strip on the broken display before removal - could have been way easier and less glass shards? And reseating the new display would have been easier using suction cups. But amazing anyways
Nice work as always... what about "fixing" the Display with adhesive tape beforehand and then start opening it? This should make it much more easy and make it possible to adhere a suction cup. Is this something you considered? Tried? I never had a severe case like this broken display, but it would seem like the right thing to do. I'm very interested why it's not part of your routine.
Seeing that it was in setup mode, makes me wonder if that was due to the screen change or whether the previous owner dropped it while trying to set it up. 😂
Maybe he's a software but not hardware guy and reset it with ADB. Maybe he's a privacy advocate and fumbled through the recovery/reset menu mostly blind.
i think its pretty funny, because this is smth apple users might dream of. A display wich comes of easyli, you can just change parts and they re not locked to the device... just love it ;D
I personally fixed once a Samsung tablet which I bought from eBay for personal use and it was definitely easier to fix than one of those crappy iPads which have their screens and batteries paired to the motherboard. I bought the tablet for 35€ and invested 210€ into original screen and battery. It was also a great choice that I got a model from 2020 because the newer models have firmware protections which "prevent" you from installing 3rd party firmware by displaying camera and disabling the selfie camera. That definitely sucks since I love to install CrDroid and EvolutionX GSI firmware on my tablets since they have support for the pressure points of the s-pen and OneUi is just bloatware that wastes the resources that could be used to render a video or render a multi-layer image (Also knows from certain Twitter artists/ those type of images where you can zoom into certain spot of the image and see another one and then in that another image see another image)
I got an espresso coffee machine for free not working, fixed it for free (no need to replace any parts) so now I have a coffee machine for free instead of buying a new one for 250+ EUR
if someone was asking why he didn't use the "secret" code for testing, it's because galaxy tablets don't have it. i tried on my tab a7 and it didn't work
For anyone without a heat plate, but lots of time on their hands, buying one with a completely smashed screen like that might be the play if they can get past some possible cuts lol. Other than that, this seemed easy in my books.. are things getting BETTER now? 🤔
At least this thing is still financially worth fixing. On something like a Galaxy S9 or S10 (the latter being the last S series flagship with a headphone jack btw), a damaged screen condemns the whole phone financially because a new screen+frame service pack costs the same or more than a fully functional/undamaged used entire phone. And that's just the pure parts cost and doesn't yet include any labour if you don't/can't do it yourself. Seems like if a Samsung exceeds 1-2 years old, it's no longer worth fixing financially due to parts cost, whereas with apple devices it kinda _would be_ worth fixing financially still, but made near impossible due to parts pairing or ridiculous things like requiring a frigging laser setup to get a damaged back off. Seems like a game you can't win
That actually seemed like an easy and straightforward repair. If only everything was as easy to repair as this!
iFixit probably gave a 3/10 repair score 🤪
@@recitationtohear what's that? The burial of your mom? Yeay! 🎉🎊
@@darthraider450 Well yeah it's not Apple
Spotify be spitting straight fax, no printer
@@bupsonator lol
There were so many mixed reviews I was a little scared to buy this.-I work 10 hour shifts ruclips.net/user/postUgkxAxiUS5CgVC3j8FwNOHt037zhsquGQpXv and I can watch lectures, jam out, and read articles all day and only use 30-40% of the battery.-The screen is beautiful and the touch is accurate-The camera is on the edge, making this perfect for Zoom calls (I also have the keyboard with the back piece)-It's super thin. The bulk of my iPad kept me from using it often-I never realized how lazy I was until this pencil. The button and flick action (volume up and down, next and back) mean I can kick back without having to lean forward to make changes. I feel like a witch.Only 1 real complaint if it can even be called that, it comes with one background in like 6 colors. It's easy enough to find new ones... but why so stingy?
Samsung tab s8 is better than a8
Hugh, great video as always but I'm not sure why you don't cover shattered screens with some kind of sticky tape before removing them, it would help prevent shards from going everyhwhere.
Wow! This was a very fast repair.
Thank you Hugh for your inspiration!
Another perfectly capable device saved from the landfill. Nicely done!
The question is just, is it worth it or would not even better when this crap get recycled to make a really long lasting Produkt like an iPad?
This device is just an year old and has hardware which was even 2-3 years ago just something in the midrange for low budget…
I think anything beyond the purchase costs are way too much and even the purchase should be way cheaper as the 230$ Samsung want for it, it’s really not a good Tablet and was it never…
@@Eddy_E.Both Apple and Android devices have the same length of support in terms of usability of the device (sometimes Androids even more third party app support)
I really don't know what you are talking about but I have my 2016 Samsung Galaxy Tab A still up and running , even without any updates for years most apps run just fine even RUclips (I know about older iphones not receiving iOS updates to the point even RUclips doesn't run even if the device is okay)
@@sabehakhan5693 an iOS device which doesn’t most of apps anymore are mostly 10 years and older, so I can just speak for me but in my reality is there a big difference between 6 years and 10 years…
And next to that your with a galaxy device already on the bright sight of the android world, most devices didn’t get that much support, they are mostly completely outdated after 2 - 3 years and most of them doesn’t even run all apps when they came out cuz they just to bad hardware…
So the only devices where you get, I would say „ok service“, in the android world are surprisingly devices wich are not cheaper as apple devices and with this in mind I have no questions where most people would get just more for the money and that’s surly not the 300€ android tablet, it’s the 300€ iPad…
How it seems you don’t recognize that I not spoke about the special things in the android world, I spoked about the average and on this android is something behind about 4-5 years and this gab gets even bigger cuz on iOS we already have devices with 7 or 8 years new iOS and after that we talking usually about 3-4 security updates….
That’s a usetime you will not find on android devices at least in the next 5 years when you will find it ever, and then we still don’t talk about the average, we just talk about the best devices which are in the android world a big exception…
@@Eddy_E. It's really not as bad as you think, new apps work on old Android versions usually where they often don't on iOS so there's not that much difference. iOS is a little better in terms of long term support but not by as much as you think
@@circuit10 that’s just not true…
On Apple devices you got longer support what ends up automatically in longer appsupport too…
Just try to install a modern app on an android 5 or 6 device and you will see what I mean and devices which Stucks on those firmwares are partially not older then 3 or 4 years…
You will find not a single apple mobile device in the last decade which has just so short supporttimes…
I know that it is harder to use apple devices when apple even kill the security updates but in most cases this needs around 10 years, just show my one single android device which is 10 years old and still run just a single modern daily app, you will find exactly nothing, on the iPad and iphone side you will find devices which do that…
So all in all nothing else as a modern myth from some androidsheeps…😅
Our Marketing Firm (job #2) uses these tablets all the time for in-store sales work. Pretty cool to see how you tackled this one, Hugh!
A quick and easy repair, nice video as always.
Worked on a much older Samsung Tablet and pleased to see they're no harder to repair with this generation.
You're an absolute boss, sir. Came across your channel a few weeks ago and watched your videos daily. Much love to you 😊✌
One tip for removing the broken glass screen. You can tape it up with transparent packing tape to keep it more or less in one piece during removal.
Just recently repaired a Samsung galaxy A30. I thank this channel as it helped me to repair all sorts of tech
This device shows how adhesive should feel in devices these days. Many devices use too much adhesive that it's hard to remove when disassembling, especially in batteries. It should be easy to remove while able to hold on to it even in high temps.
Is usually the phones with IP rating that have to have a strong adhesive to get that water resistance rating.
@@NanoMine i still remember phones back then that have low adhesive yet still achieve an IP68
No Saturday is complete without a Hugh Jeffreys video!
Cheers!
It’s quite amazing that the tablet is A8 like the car made by Audi. This shows that Samsung uses a similar model naming system as Audi.
The samsung Tab series are probably my favorite repairs. The majority of them are extremely easy, worlds above Apple and their iPads.
regarding the LCD glass being as one... I personally don't see this as a bad thing generally. The issue with glass-only such as the iPad Air 1 through iPad 9 (current gen) is that when the glass gets cracked, that exposes tine internals (LCD included) to the environment. This almost guarantees the LCD will get filthy, and no matter how much you try you will never get an LCD as clean as it was as when it came out of the factory. Compared to the tablets with LCD/glass combos where this simply isn't a concern. Yes it costs more, but especially for those aiming to repair devices for resale, it's a lot harder to sell a tablet that has a nice uncleanable dot (or many) from exposure on the LCD due to broken glass, even if everything else is perfect.
Nice repair job👍
I had a similar experience today, your video shows how difficult a damaged tablet restoration could be.
I just finished fixing my indented iPad Pro 12.9 2018 with shattered display
One corner was indented for about 2mm, had to file the edge railing down to fit the replacement display.
1. heating display with heating bed of 3D-printer 65C° 10 min
2. use suction cup to seperate the damaged display from body
(use packaging tape for damaged parts with no suction)
3. transfer ribbon cables & etc. to new display
4. hammer the corner into shape🤣file down the railing to fit display
5. remove old adhesive and adding new double side adhesive tape
6. reconnect cables and reseal display onto the body
165€ Display + 4 hours of weekend
Fixing my own electronics is pretty rewarding and fun😇
Total amateur btw
1:39 jefrey you can press volume down and power button to force shutoff any samsung device.
1:28 You can absolutely force shut off an android device, just press the power button until it turns off
Nothing is more satisfactory than to watch a broken device coming back to life again nice 👍 👌 🙂 👍 👌
You are the best. I have watched you for 2 years on a few accounts
All you needed to do is replace the screen and fix the frame. No removing parts from the old screen and placing them in the new one to keep the software from saying it's not genuine!
Another week, another video to binge 👍
Ahyes, what can you expect from Hugh Jeffreys video's, a superb video that will help some people trying to repair and also aware of tactics of some companies trying to make either repair friendly or anti repair on their devices
Phoneguru used to tape whole screen with thick layer of transparent office tape to keep the glass flakes together
I am very happy to see your work and how you save this tablet from becoming e waste love you ❤️❤️🙏😀
2:17 the complete contrast from the adhesive Samsung uses to hold their batteries in their devices
Hi Jeff, have you seen Samsung XCover6 Pro? It seems like a great phone repair wise, with the replaceable battery and all. Hope you take a closer look, including their software
Watching this from my A8!
Thank you for this video. I just repaired my first tablet after dropping it on the carpet and the display popped out of the bezel cleanly without a break. Only thing that broke was the display connector tape. $30 worth of jewelers/phone/watch repair tools and $12 for the connector tape wire and my tablet was good again. Nothing is so heart breaking as another peace of electronics off to the land fill. It's such a crime.
Peeling that screen plastic was very satisfying to watch
Great video 👌
We gotta love Samsung for making devices super easy to repair.
I mean this is a budget device so it won't be water resistant or something so it has weaker glue but yeah it's easy to repair, but as an owner of the tab a7, I have it well before the a8 I can say that they are just e-waste, they are pretty awful, I am currently using it and even RUclips is a struggle for it, I'm not taking games into consideration, it's too weak to be used, after 1 update it kind of just became useless, I have to say that you are better getting some more money and buying the iPad 9, even where I'm from it's not that big of a difference, in other countries it may be even closer in price and you get a much better device that is actually usable for more than 1 year, and that year only used mostly for RUclips and movies
Thanks!
That actually looked easy! No issues either!
I bought one for $40 on Facebook marketplace. Will wait until it gets here to look it over b4 ordering a screen for it. TY for video.
I was binge watching Hugh tablet videos couple days ago
Saturday comes, new video is a tablet video
Life is good
I'd been waiting on the upload! Thanks Hugh!
That awesome feeling of fixing something which apple users will never get
You're talking about people with *newer* Apple devices, right?
Why don't you use duck tap to the screen to avoid glass splash
keep going!
In video u said Hugh you cant power off tablet because screen is not working but if you hold down power button and volume down button for few seconds it will force turn off tablet.
Most android devices now days take that as just a restart
Great repair! 👍🏻
Very good restoration 👍❤️
The tablet looks nice
Great video Hugh
Thank You Hugh For the information about Restoring this !
At 2:05 I just noticed that the tablet has battery pull tabs. Why doesn't Samsung add those on their galaxy phones huh?
That’s so cool you’re able to repair electronics like that
Great Video!
Also you're awesome! :D
I find it funny that you blurred the imei number in settings, but not the one on the back of the device :))
Great video huge I've watched every video you have made most excellent work
I cannot find these parts anywhere.... do you have a lonk to this replacement screen that you ised in this video. Please help
i have an a7, those tablets are absolutely easy to bend
I agree, i have bought cheap a8 same as in the video and it was severely bent, straightened it out best i can as i don't want to risk damaging the screen
Great repair! Cheers. I wonder why you did not bother to put some kind of adhesive strip on the broken display before removal - could have been way easier and less glass shards?
And reseating the new display would have been easier using suction cups. But amazing anyways
Nice work as always...
what about "fixing" the Display with adhesive tape beforehand and then start opening it? This should make it much more easy and make it possible to adhere a suction cup.
Is this something you considered? Tried? I never had a severe case like this broken display, but it would seem like the right thing to do. I'm very interested why it's not part of your routine.
I have the exact same tablet. It's still in the best condition so far!
Awesome repair, the Tab looks great again!
When I first started watching your videos, I thought the channel was called Huge Effries.
It is possible to switch the tablet off, holding the power button down for long enough will always shut it down without any interaction
did u knwo u can press hold power button for about 10 sec to force shut down
Where do you get parts? How authentic will it be?
Seeing that it was in setup mode, makes me wonder if that was due to the screen change or whether the previous owner dropped it while trying to set it up. 😂
Maybe he's a software but not hardware guy and reset it with ADB. Maybe he's a privacy advocate and fumbled through the recovery/reset menu mostly blind.
@@tactileslut yeah it's easy to reset blind by following a video.
Bruh 1:11 you know you can use tape to make this easier just tape the display together
i think its pretty funny, because this is smth apple users might dream of. A display wich comes of easyli, you can just change parts and they re not locked to the device... just love it ;D
Huge, have you try the trick of using clear tape over the broken display, then using the suction cup? It was very effective when i fix my phone screen
Nice job, Hugh Jeffreys.😉
Great to see this fixed
I personally fixed once a Samsung tablet which I bought from eBay for personal use and it was definitely easier to fix than one of those crappy iPads which have their screens and batteries paired to the motherboard.
I bought the tablet for 35€ and invested 210€ into original screen and battery.
It was also a great choice that I got a model from 2020 because the newer models have firmware protections which "prevent" you from installing 3rd party firmware by displaying camera and disabling the selfie camera.
That definitely sucks since I love to install CrDroid and EvolutionX GSI firmware on my tablets since they have support for the pressure points of the s-pen and OneUi is just bloatware that wastes the resources that could be used to render a video or render a multi-layer image (Also knows from certain Twitter artists/ those type of images where you can zoom into certain spot of the image and see another one and then in that another image see another image)
Well done Huge
What watch are you wearing... Looks pretty cool
Hi Hugh I was wondering what’s is the first song you use on this video, it’s been stuck in my mind!
5:33 do you use alcohol for cleaning?😅
Always amazed at your skills!
Hugh: You can’t turn off the tablet without a working display
Me: there is always a way to force shut it down
very good and clean restoration :D
Watching this on my tab a8
Nice
Plainrock124 got his hands on a Galaxy Tab A8 and didn't make a video about it?
Hey Hugh, welcome back to another Hugh Jeffrey's video.
Hugh, would you want to disassemble and check a Motorola Edge 30 Ultra?
Things are mighty pricey down under. It's about 200-250 here in the US, and would pay about 330 after conversion.
I hate peoples mistreated their devices
I'm glad that the tablet I have is easy to fix
Use a USB-C hub with HDMI and USB A. You can then plug in a mouse and monitor and control the device
Revisit that not working tv
I got an espresso coffee machine for free not working, fixed it for free (no need to replace any parts) so now I have a coffee machine for free instead of buying a new one for 250+ EUR
if someone was asking why he didn't use the "secret" code for testing, it's because galaxy tablets don't have it. i tried on my tab a7 and it didn't work
Kep it up Hugh I have a galaxy tab e
Nicely done.
So hard shut down didnt't work you hold the power button and the volume down for 7 seconds
How do you find these devices?! I search on ebay but there are to expensive.. looks like i'm wasting my time
Hello, im just wondering where can I get parts for my samsung s21+ 5g phone.. my camera needs to be replaced
Do you think the resetting of the tablet was done remotely, like removing the device from your account
if you plug it in to power and then hold wake button + volume down it should power off :)
Wouldn't using a strong clear packing tape help with removing the screen and any parts that break away
Cover broken screen with tape before removing to prevent the glass from shattering more
do you know where I can buy a reliable replacement screen?
0:33 how is it selling for 529 AUD? It is 250 euros here in the Netherlands :O
If only everything else was that easy
For anyone without a heat plate, but lots of time on their hands, buying one with a completely smashed screen like that might be the play if they can get past some possible cuts lol. Other than that, this seemed easy in my books.. are things getting BETTER now? 🤔
Just got my Mum one of these for her Birthday
At least this thing is still financially worth fixing. On something like a Galaxy S9 or S10 (the latter being the last S series flagship with a headphone jack btw), a damaged screen condemns the whole phone financially because a new screen+frame service pack costs the same or more than a fully functional/undamaged used entire phone. And that's just the pure parts cost and doesn't yet include any labour if you don't/can't do it yourself. Seems like if a Samsung exceeds 1-2 years old, it's no longer worth fixing financially due to parts cost, whereas with apple devices it kinda _would be_ worth fixing financially still, but made near impossible due to parts pairing or ridiculous things like requiring a frigging laser setup to get a damaged back off. Seems like a game you can't win