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Re: Phone repair struggles and a bug(?) discovered as a result

 

On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 6:22 PM, Gareth France <gareth.france@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Having waited for what seemed like an eternity for my new screen to arrive
> I have rejoined the 21st century. However even something as simple as
> getting a screen fitted is such a hassle! Firstly the phone repair shop
> insisted on warning me that they may not be able to fix it as it depends on
> whether I have the right screen. I reassured them that I do and they then
> started rambling on about it cosmetically matching and the connectors
> possibly not being right. I assured them I am 100% certain it is the right
> screen and they remained unconvinced, I gave up. I also regaled them with
> the tale of how annoying it is that the correct screen is so much more
> expensive than its android counterpart and how the buttons would not work
> because of this.
>
> Upon returning 90 minutes later to collect my phone I was told they had
> not put it back together as 'the buttons do not work so the repair has
> failed'. They insisted I try it out before instructing them to close the
> phone up. I had to wait an extra hour to get it back, my phone is wonderful
> but sometimes it's a bit depressing how easily it can flummox some people
> who should know better!
>
> And now on to the point of my post. Whilst my screen was broken and I had
> to go everywhere trailing from a mouse lead I discovered the untidy mess in
> the attached picture. Surely there must be a more tidy way for the web
> browser to present the top bar?
>
>
Hi Gareth!
Glad to see you eventually managed to get it fixed! Welcome back! :D

About the bug, it's a known one, please see
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity8/+bug/1535767
But thanks for taking the time to report it on this ML! :)

Andrea


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