Samsung Galaxy S4 cell phone broken screen repair in US

I accidentally stepped on my 4 months old Samsung Galaxy S4 cell phone and it cracked in the middle breaking the outer layer screen, second layer digitizer and the third layer of LCD damaging the entire display.

I was not able to view anything on the screen. I turned off the cellphone by taking out the battery and switched it back on. I could see the phone switching on and even heard notifications for new emails / reminders. I called the cell phone from my land line and could hear the calls coming in and I was relieved that nothing happened to the internal hardware. I could not pick the call bcoz the display was down and digitizer was not functioning and I could not swipe to pick the call.

I researched on line and found few local shops for repair and I was told since the phone is new and the parts are costlier - no one stocks them and they needed 3 to 5 buisness days to bring in the parts and fix it and it would cost me around $300.

I called Samsung and learnt about their repair center. Since it is physical damage, they could not cover the repair cost through Warranty however they serviced my phone for $200. It includes the 2 business day UPS shipping and tax.

Samsung provides online tracking to learn about the repair status and it takes approximately 2 weeks including shipping time frame to receive the phone back.

I could not access any of my data on the phone for the same reason the digitizer is no more working and i could not enter my secret code and unlock my phone to choose USB mode to connect to my laptop.

If you have any queries, leave them in the comments section !

Bug Rush (Free) version - Complete Review with tips to win the game

As I start writing this review, I noticed a .99$ version is out and some of the features highlighted in the drawbacks might have been covered in the new version. So please checkout.

I and my wife write this post after successfully crushing all the bugs in all the levels :)

Reviewer background:

1. First time smartphone user
2. Samsung galaxy S4
3. Have not played two many games before.

Negatives first :

1) No detailed instructions on how to play the game overall.
2) No instructions on how to upgrade / use your coins accumulated in the game to buy up power.
3) No instructions on when to use and what kind of plants to kill the bugs.
4) Big blunder, no option to SAVE the game (we find out a shortcut to it - read it later) - may be the creators reserved it for paid version.
5) For each game they show other players finishing maze, they are not accurate since at the end of the game - players may decide to sell some of the non-required plant and build something else to handle final sets of bugs (selling the shooter plants and constructing the bomber plants etc.,)

Positives:

The game is addictive to the core and I could concentrate on everythine else only after finishing up all the levels. For three days in a row, I played a game to clear it. Hats off to the creators !!!

Tips & Tricks:

1) Saving the game - there is no explicit option to save the game, so if you think you have cleared certain levels in a game and if you want to start the game only from there - hit the home button / minimize the game - bug rush is automatically saved - then maximize the game and continue the play - but remember at this point you have to complete the game all lose all the lives and see the final "You Lose" screen and completely quit the app. When you restart the app you will notice "Resume Saved" option which you can use to restart from the level you previously saved... Also remember to use "multiple saves" in the same game - using the above strategy. We used to spend close to an hour to clear final levels and spend many such hours to clear JUST ONE level - once we figured it out this shortcut we cleared the final complex levels with multiple saves.
2) Make the bugs walk more - at many times you have to walk the bugs up / down using the strategy of removing a constructed 5 coin plat. Bugs will look for shortest path and walkback at which point you can close out the maze. While the bugs walk from the background upgraded plants with boost may be hitting and crushing the bugs.
3) Remember to capture critical the big bugs at anycost - +80, +120  etc., that comes up in the level 30s to 45s. these bugs are very critical to win the game.
4) Ping bomber plants help a lot against the ones that walk so closely, one over the other.
5) Use lot of "Frozen" plant to slow down the fast walking bugs and kill them.
6) In the final few difficulty levels, use lots of boost constructions minimum of 2 to overcome the floods of healthy bugs.

Though the game lacks some key features, giving 5 stars since I & wife thoroughly enjoyed playing this game !

Enjoy Playing and please hit like if you enjoyed the review /tips/tricks!!!