Repairing my Galaxy S4 - Don't buy cheap Chinese knock-off parts.

**webuyselltradestuff** · 12-12-2015, 07:14 PM

Originally Posted by jimicrk

I replaced the charging port on a Galaxy S4 recently. Paid about 10 bucks for it. I never thought about buying OEM parts nor did I know what OEM meant until I looked it up a few minutes ago.
Thanks for the info.

BE REALLY REALLY careful with some of the parts if they are not OEM. Charging port and batteries are MAJOR problems as they can catch fire with many of the knock offs. Batteries have been known to explode as well. This is NOT to scare you nor say all non OEM batteries etc are bad...THEY ARE NOT. You just have to know WTF you are getting and know enough not to grab whatever as it can be dire consequences on that $600 phone.

Plenty of aftermarket parts and items that are just fine...now you know and can make sure you do a bit of research.

**ryanw** · 12-12-2015, 07:49 PM

Yeah, I wasn't really thinking about whether the part was genuine or not. Because the phone is a couple years old, I just assumed there was a large surplus of parts that needed to move. Silly me.