Kaze - A3000

OnePlus 3

2026-05-26T00:00:00+00:00

Status: Broken and disposed of</h2>
</aside> The OnePlus 3 was my first phone from this brand and my first departure from Google Nexus. I ordered it through OnePlus's website and the process went smoothly. The delivery was very quick too!
The device feels very sturdy in hand, with it's metal back. It really has that premium HTC feeling. The fingerprint sensor is located in the front of the device, at the bottom of the screen. The sensor is really quick, and well positioned. It also act as a home button on Android.</p>
The violent drop</h2>
</aside> I really enjoyed using this phone. Even the camera was surprising good (to my eyes)! Unfortunately it didn't last as long as I hoped. During one christmas, I decided to show a picture of a cat to my aunt. For context, my aunt is afraid of everything that is living and not human (dogs, cats, birds, butterflies, ...). There's nothing wrong with showing a picture of a cat, I though... But everything was in the way I did so. She was in the middle of a conversation, so I waited with my phone towards one of her blindspot, this way she could look when she wanted. Expect.. she quickly glanced and panicked. Hands in the air in panic, she knocked the phone out of my hand, sending it on the floor in a dramatic way. I picked up the device, flipped it annddd.... the screen was cracked. I was sad that the phone broke. Oh well, I will send it to repair
Repairing the screen</h2>
How hard can it be? At that point, replacing a screen should be a pretty standard procedure. Plus, I had a phone coverage with my credit card, so it should not be that bad, no?</p>
So I found a phone repair shop nearby and started the procedure. Since I was using a phone insurance in the process, I was required to get a quote before engaging with any shops. I contacted OnePlus, but they were not doing quotes for repair, so I discarded them. The local shop got approval so I went ahead with them.</p>
My first red flag was when I dropped the phone at the shop. The clerk was confused with the brand of the device. When I replied OnePlus, they replied with: "Okay but what's the brand? Samsung?". I replied "No, it's OnePlus, 3 is the model. It's a OnePlus 3".</p>
Then the repair. They waited until the replacement screen arrived to take my phone, and I'm glad I was able to keep using my OnePlus in the meantime. Once they got the phone, the waiting game started. I don't recall how much time it took for the repair, but I do recall that they had a lot of issues and it took a long time. They had to redo the operation a couple of time, because the adhesion of the screen to the chassis was not really strong. When I got my phone back, I could tell the screen was not a genuine OnePlus part. It had a plastic lip around the screen that was more protruding than the original part. So much that it only took 2 months for the screen to detach entirely from the phone, only being held by the ribbon cable of the screen.</p>
A bad repair can only get worse</h2>
With the screen dangling from the ribbon cable, it was only a matter of time before an accident happens. It became an habit of mine to remove the screen and putting it back on the phone. When I say removing it, I mean dislodging the screen from the plastic mid-frame. So one day, during a DSM at work (Daily standup meeting), I was playing with the phone screen, as usual. Unlike usual, this time I dropped the phone on the floor. The floor was soft (it was carpet), so it didn't made a sound. Unfortunately, soft floor or nor, the phone landed with the screen partially detached. The bottom part was, but not the top, so when the phone landed, it did making some sort of 'A' shape. The energy of the fall concentrated on the top part of the screen was too much for it, and the screen folded a little bit. Folding phones are current practice nowadays, it wasn't back then. When I picked the device and turned it on, the screen was indeed broken (again). This time there was no crack on the display, but unlike last time, now the LCD was shot. The device was getting hot when the screen was turned one, so I quickly turned off the device.</p>
Cutting the losses</h2>
After that one, I decided to cut my loss and buy another phone. I was really pleased with the OnePlus brand, so I went ahead with the newer model at the time, the OnePlus 5t. I also had other plans for the OnePlus 3 in my mind. Only the screen is an issue, not the rest of the device. I could use this device to test ROMs and other operating systems! If only I had a working screen.</p>
Repairing the device myself</h2>
Now that I don't rely on the 1+3 as a daily driver, I can take my time to repair it! I won't even need an heat plate, as the screen is already detached! So I spent months looking for an affordable replacement screen for the device. I got one from eBay that arrived quickly. I was excited to revive that phone I enjoyed so much! Even broken, it felt good in the hand!</p>
I plugged the screen on the device and power it on. Turned on, it did! I was pretty happy to have revived this device! Except... there was something strange. It was working fine until it went to sleep. After going to sleep, the status led turned on yellow and the device was unresponsive. Only a hard reset would wake it up again. This exact combo means that the crash occurred and a kernel panic is stalling the device. I tried flashing other more recent ROMs but with still the same result. It became so bad, that even booting up was causing issues. Sometimes, the device would freeze on the black boot screen. This is when I decided to dispose of the phone. It was a great device, until it wasn't.</p>
Specs</h2>

CPU: Qualcomm Snapdragon 820</li>
RAM: 6GB</li>
Storage: 64GB</li>
Initial Android version: 6.0.1</li>
Latest Android version: 9.0</li>
Headphone jack</li>
OnePlus 3 Official Rosewood Case</li> </ul>
OnePlus 3 official page</a></p>