Hi Guys,
I only wanted to share my experience with you. I had the same problem with the fingerprint sensor and I claim a replacement part from the customer service.
I told them that I only accept to replace the part by myself if it doesn't void the guarantee and if it doesn't compromise the waterproof functionality.
The customer service replied quickly, they confirmed that the waterproof functionality wouldn't be compromised if I do the exchange correctly and the sent me the part. So I assume that the implicitly accept my condition that it wouldn't void the guarantee because it was my initial condition (an explicit confirmation would have been better).
I received the part and I do the replacement but I was disappointed:
- The dismantling video didn't correspond to the reality in some points: in the reality there is a seal foam fixing the back cover. The phone used in the video doesn't seem to have such a seal foam. This lead to a first question: how can the phone stays waterproof after the dismantling if we have to break this seal foam of the back cover? Same question for the sealing glue on the screw I had to remove in order to unscrew the back cover?
- The battery is fixed to the case with a very strong adhesive tape that also fixes some quite thin and fragile ribbon cables. Removing this adhesive tape seams a lot easier as it is in the video. It is difficult to remove the battery without breaking anything.
- After a very careful (and quite long) repair, the phone didn't start anymore. I dismantled it and reassembled again a second time to be sure everything was correct and the connectors plugged correctly but no possibility to get the phone working again.
As an electronic technician, I would claim that the problems I encountered are not due to manual ability below average.
I'm now looking further with the customer service to get a solution.
I let other phone owners and Blackview make their own opinion about my feedback. I simply hope it will help Blackview to improve their after sales services and help other phones owner to make a better experience than mine.
Best regards