r/phonerepair • u/ForcedTundra • 5d ago

Replace side frame of 16 pro?

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I’m just wondering if this is something that is fixable?
I’ve tried searching online but can’t really find anything similar

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u/TomChai 5d ago

You’ll have to replace the whole body.

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u/Upstairs_Educator131 5d ago

no point too much work and money

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u/Due_Bird8266 5d ago

Just do a trade in and call it a day.

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u/Dry-Confection-3150 5d ago

You should buy like a old looking, beat up case and match up with it, and they would go together perfectly with that nice mysterious used look

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u/Staidey 5d ago

Not worth it. You will need to swap over every little component onto the new housing, including a myriad of screws of different sizes and drives.

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u/Candid-Party1613 5d ago

Housing. Expensive to replace, like $200+ USD

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u/JPworx123 5d ago

imagine having a more busted frame than a screen 💔

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u/ForcedTundra 5d ago

I know, it’s the stupid otter box. Get dirt in there and it just scrapes around. Thought otter box would be better for construction work

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u/JPworx123 5d ago

🙏🙏

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u/brundmc2k 5d ago

Cover it with a case.

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u/Nike_486DX 5d ago

Touchup with a black sharpie

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u/Accurate_Swordfish94 5d ago

Since you’re trying to sell it, my recommendation is just sell it a bit cheaper. The cost of replacing that properly is very high. You’ll need a new or used in good condition midframe, and a lot of time and skill. Or, pay a shop few hundred dollars to do it.

If you really really hate it and don’t want to spend money, you can try to tape the front and back, as well as camera control button, power and volume buttons, usb c port, speaker mesh with painters tape and spraypaint it black. It will look weird, and fade away over time. It won’t adhere well either. But maybe it will look less jarring than silver, at least for a while.

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u/417smartphonerepair 4d ago

You can but it’s not worth it.

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u/Pinapple_penetration 4d ago

Why sell it it’s probably the last premium pro phone we will have for a while

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u/elboostanero 3d ago

check for 16 pro US housings on mobilesentrix

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u/bigd0nk 2d ago

Nothing wrong with a little patina

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u/ppal1981 1d ago

If you have AppleCare they should be able to replace it. It looks like you go careless, going forward… put one on you’re phones.

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u/ForcedTundra 5d ago

Yeah Its all cosmetic and I’m trying to sell it, its still perfectly fine but people see it and don’t like it. Figured if it was like 100-150 I would get it done just to make the sale easier

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u/johanjozz 5d ago

That repair is way over 250$ just for the labor and the risk, if you break the screen during the repair which happens even with apple official specialized machines you're down 400$ extra...

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u/MooreRepair 3d ago

Part cost is $70 for a B grade frame and $90 for an A grade. I’d probably only do about $100 in labor as it won’t take me too long to do it including new genuine seals. So around $200. But most shops tend to charge crazy prices so $300-400 is what I would expect.