I bought a secondhand Vita not too long ago but its condition was significantly worse than described.
Some of the scratches on the screen were even visible while the device was powered which kept grating on me, so I decided to look for a replacement.
Original: the lower left scratch was especially nasty
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Opened up. It definitely was well used
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New vs. old screen. New one is red which was a Japan-exclusive color
together with a blue version. It looks very nice and even better in person
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Disassembled. The Vita is very repair-friendly
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And back together.The buttons were pretty dusty so I gave them a clean.
Cleaning them seems to have fixed a sticky O button as well, win-win
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Reassembled completely. Unfortunately the left stick had drift issues after the
transplant which didn't seem fixable, so I ended up ordering a new stick.
Screen is nice though and completely flawless
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And open it went again. New stick at the top; cost quite a bit but seems
exactly the same as the originals
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And finally it's on and functioning again! Transplanted the serial # stickers
from the original shell as well but the corners were a bit peeled
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I didn't replace the back so it still looks like it lost a 15 round cage fight
against a cactus. But hey, that's what a grip covers pretty nicely.
Wish people would take better care of their stuff though.
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Some of the scratches on the screen were even visible while the device was powered which kept grating on me, so I decided to look for a replacement.
Original: the lower left scratch was especially nasty
View attachment 199140
Opened up. It definitely was well used
View attachment 199141
New vs. old screen. New one is red which was a Japan-exclusive color
together with a blue version. It looks very nice and even better in person
View attachment 199142
Disassembled. The Vita is very repair-friendly
View attachment 199143
And back together.The buttons were pretty dusty so I gave them a clean.
Cleaning them seems to have fixed a sticky O button as well, win-win
View attachment 199144
Reassembled completely. Unfortunately the left stick had drift issues after the
transplant which didn't seem fixable, so I ended up ordering a new stick.
Screen is nice though and completely flawless
View attachment 199145
And open it went again. New stick at the top; cost quite a bit but seems
exactly the same as the originals
View attachment 199146
And finally it's on and functioning again! Transplanted the serial # stickers
from the original shell as well but the corners were a bit peeled
View attachment 199147
I didn't replace the back so it still looks like it lost a 15 round cage fight
against a cactus. But hey, that's what a grip covers pretty nicely.
Wish people would take better care of their stuff though.
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