I sprayed screen cleaner on my Vivo V9 screen and wiped it with a microfiber cloth. The next day, it started showing a ghost effect, then vertical lines, and eventually change its color. Which one should i choose: sending it to a technician for repair or buying a new Redmi Note 14 5G (within my budget)? I'm worried the technician might do something suspicious to my Vivo V9 during around the repair which takes about 30 minutes and costs around RM150. I also can't use CIMB OCTO because my Vivo V9 doesn't support Android 10 and above. Should i switch to another bank like Maybank without buying new phone?

This post has been edited by erik8lyt: Sep 15 2025, 02:27 PM

Just buy a European brand HMD Fusion. RM850 with 50MB selfie cam n 108MB main camera with Android One 15. OLED Screen sappork gesture selfie someone

https://www.hmd.com/en_my/hmd-fusion?sku=101SQ503H049

This post has been edited by g5sim: Sep 15 2025, 01:55 PM

In the future spray the screen cleaner onto a tissue or clean cloth to lightly moisten it, and then wipe the phone screen with it. Spraying directly onto the phone screen is just asking for trouble.

Go get a new phone with the latest or 2nd latest version of android.

It's time to get iphone 17

Ewww. Looks exactly the sake except for the roundish camera box. Still considering to upgrade for RM520 or not. The rest compajy subsidize. Currently my banking app phone is Aifon 15.. Up for upgrade in Jan. Might get one just to sell it off at much lower level rice to one of my brothers.

This post has been edited by g5sim: Sep 15 2025, 01:59 PM

the phone is under 200 now, fixing it would probably cost the same or more and why would the technician feel the need to do anything suspicious to it?

definately new phone.
if cannot afford just get similar priced rm300 phone with android 15
your repair cost will already be half of new phone

1. Get a new phone within your budget
2. Go to any CIMB branch or call them to assist you in unlinking the phone to your acc, then link with new phone.

Better just buy new phone. Later you switch to Maybank then suddenly they update it and you are forced to buy new phone anyway.

Buy a new phone, display problem repair will be expensive

HMD add GG from market
No more updates.

I don’t want a 720p phone. How about Redmi Note 14 5G?

The repair costs around RM150. Will the technician install an unknown device to track my phone usage during the 30 minute repair? Does such technology exist?

The repair costs around RM150. Isn’t a rm300 phone too low in specifications? How about Redmi Note 14 5G?

The repair costs around RM150.

yer company subsidize so much, tunggu apa lagi?

I don’t want a 720p phone. How about Redmi Note 14 5G?

The repair costs around RM150. Will the technician install an unknown device to track my phone usage during the 30 minute repair? Does such technology exist?

The repair costs around RM150. Isn’t a RM300 phone too low in specifications? How about Redmi Note 14 5G?

The repair costs around RM150.

for me sure upgrade, its the best value iphone currently. of coz if u dont care all of that then no point.
120hz display, bigger 6.3inch display, cameras (if u care), faster a19 vs a16, AI (its garbage rn), better battery life, at least 6-7 years of os update

This post has been edited by HumanExtinction: Sep 15 2025, 02:45 PM

if your phone's locked with biometrics or a password, they can't get in.

That's cheap, repair the phone

I used to spray screen cleaner directly on my Samsung Note 3 screen sometimes and never had any problems. Previously I sprayed screen cleaner onto a microfiber cloth before cleaning my Vivo V9 screen and it was fine. This time I sprayed the cleaner directly on it and it suddenly developed problems. I don’t know it is so sensitive to moisture.

I always lock my Vivo V9 phone with a password. The technician can let me monitor during the 30 minute repair work. I'm worried the technician might remove its parts and install unknown components that could track my phone usage. Is that possible?

Just get new phone. In future, banking apps will definitely increase the android version requirements.

whats your budget for new phone?
otherwise people recommend all the way to iphone 17 promax ultra 5tb

redmi is ok. consider redmi 15 instead of note14
at rm700, you have plenty of choices, including use back vivo