Hey guys! Just a heads up and a stupid reminder of a situation that happened to me a few days ago…
I basically damaged the display of my FP2 pretty awkwardly, so I’m posting this in order to hope that no one else will have this happen to their phone/display.
Here goes storytime:
Some days ago I was relaxing on my couch at home, after a long day of school/work. I have this kitchen light bar thing (those things you screw under wall cupboard) around on a ledge behind my couch, had it left over from my kitchen that I bought used and just had it there. They apparently get really hot, which until that day I failed to realize.
It happened that my phone was lying on top of the sofa, at some point I must have accidentally knocked it off and it landed display first on the hot light. No clue how long it was being tortured by the heat, but when I noticed it I had a mixed feelings, kinda a bit of hating myself and self-pitty.
You guessed it, the heat had done it’s evil work on the screen, leaving a big black spot on it, while making the phone go crazy because of the heat. Obviously I instantly turned it off, took it apart and let it cool down.
A few minutes later I reassembled it to assess the stupid damage I had done. To my fortune the phone and display did still function like it was supposed to… touch input works, screen worked, even at the spot where the heat had done it’s deed. Seems like the part of the backlight there died. Disaster somewhat averted. (I’d guess that there is probably no way of repairing it.)
Here is a picture of what it looks like:
Well… seems like I have to spend 90€ as sort of “lesson of life” for a new display soon. Just hope they will be back in stock soon. (Until then I have to live with the black spot of shame.)
(Don’t think a household content insurance covers for such things… should I try contacting them?)
Anyways, that’s it for now. A lot of you will probably facepalm when reading this, but eh, bet everyone has done something this stupid in some way. I also hope this will prevent other people from being as stupid as I was.
Cheers!
TL;DR Phone on Couch, fell down onto a hot light and damaged the display pretty badly