What does replacing the motherboard in my SII mean? - Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello once again audience,
I have a question and basically the title says it. The repair shop is going to replace my phone's motherboard, so what does this mean? Does the motherboard come with new core components like the CPU and GPU? Because my phone was water damaged, and I would prefer all the key components replaced along with the motherboard so it wouldn't corrode over time. And of course the CPU might have been worn out? I hope my phone's performance would be as good as new...
Thanks

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You might as well buy a new phone if he is replacing everything,most likely it will cost more than a new phone if he is to replace everything and there would be no warranty.

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Get a new phone. Cheaper and more reliable option. The motherboard IS the whole brain of the phone. You can get an s3 or s4 for basically the same price
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Mobo is about 150 bucks.
But well, you didn't say if warranty/insurance covered your device.
If so, yes, performance will be the same as new.
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nexusloki said:
Get a new phone. Cheaper and more reliable option. The motherboard IS the whole brain of the phone. You can get an s3 or s4 for basically the same price
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No not same price without contract still $600 cheaper
gastonw said:
Mobo is about 150 bucks.
But well, you didn't say if warranty/insurance covered your device.
If so, yes, performance will be the same as new.
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Yes it is really snappy now I just got its for about SGD$300
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????
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There is some very strange advice in this thread.
There are several other components that maybe need changing as well as the mb.
If it was me;Id sell it as water damaged on ebay.
And if s4's are the same price as s2's motherboards....Ill take 20.

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theunderling said:
There is some very strange advice in this thread.
There are several other components that maybe need changing as well as the mb.
If it was me;Id sell it as water damaged on ebay.
And if s4's are the same price as s2's motherboards....Ill take 20.
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Ikr... S4 so cheap? -.- BTW in my situation there are limitations to my choices since my parents are in charge and all that..
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Class of 98.
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theunderling said:
There is some very strange advice in this thread.
There are several other components that maybe need changing as well as the mb.
If it was me;Id sell it as water damaged on ebay.
And if s4's are the same price as s2's motherboards....Ill take 20.
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Lol, as he said if S4's cost the same as S2's motherboard Samsung might have shipped 100 million devices instead of the 10 million. (and I am using only a rate of 10x instead of the underlings 20x).
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king_below_my_lord said:
Lol, as he said if S4's cost the same as S2's motherboard Samsung might have shipped 100 million devices instead of the 10 million. (and I am using only a rate of 10x instead of the underlings 20x).
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Thats not what he said,reread post 3 again.Dont attempt again to quote me and try to change what someone said.

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theunderling said:
Thats not what he said,reread post 3 again.Dont attempt again to quote me and try to change what someone said.
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I reread it and he states that the OP can get an S3 or an S4 for basically the same price as the S2's motherboard?? Wtf? here an S2's motherboard is 8k rupees and and an S3 costs 29k and S4 costs 42k I was just stating that it's not like that at all now, and I quoted you because you said something what I was thinking, and what the hell do you mean I was attempting to change what somebody said, I was saying if the S4 costs that less, the sales would go over the roof.
Edit :The sarcasm was meant for the third poster if that's the problem, when I said "like he said" I was actually referring to your statement "if S4 cost same as S2's motherboard, give me 20" which I thought was a good joke.
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theunderling said:
Thats not what he said,reread post 3 again.Dont attempt again to quote me and try to change what someone said.
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Lols he agrees with you ==
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Right ok.The OP doesnt need clowns like that guy in post 3 saying a s2 mb is the same price as an s4 phone,this is why I posted originally.
Also I wouldnt bother keeping a water damaged phone;as said earlier maybe just about everything may need replaced.
The OP may get about £100 for it on ebay,and if its any help I could possibly sell him a s3 mini for £100.....so he ends up with a working phone with warranty.
I bought the phone for the wife at xmas unlocked for £300,and Ive given her cash to get an iphone5.

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theunderling said:
Right ok.The OP doesnt need clowns like that guy in post 3 saying a s2 mb is the same price as an s4 phone,this is why I posted originally.
Also I wouldnt bother keeping a water damaged phone;as said earlier maybe just about everything may need replaced.
The OP may get about £100 for it on ebay,and if its any help I could possibly sell him a s3 mini for £100.....so he ends up with a working phone with warranty.
I bought the phone for the wife at xmas unlocked for £300,and Ive given her cash to get an iphone5.
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Again Completely agreed, sorry for causing the misunderstanding, I actually meant to support you. Well I did learn one thing though, never buy from eBay.
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Well I did learn one thing though, never buy from eBay.
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There are genuine sellers on ebay like me,or my wife,but we only sell phones that are fully paid for when we buy them.
But if a seller(and theres loads of them) says hes selling because of "unwanted upgrade" then
1.WTF has he got it if its unwanted
2.Means to me hes still got to pay some sort of contract,and if he doesnt pay phone gets blacklisted.
Anyway,I would try a new usb port kit,and if its still faulty,then stick it on ebay.

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theunderling said:
There are genuine sellers on ebay like me,or my wife,but we only sell phones that are fully paid for when we buy them.
But if a seller(and theres loads of them) says hes selling because of "unwanted upgrade" then
1.WTF has he got it if its unwanted
2.Means to me hes still got to pay some sort of contract,and if he doesnt pay phone gets blacklisted.
Anyway,I would try a new usb port kit,and if its still faulty,then stick it on ebay.
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Thanks for your help, but I already had the shop to fix my phone lol. I get a new phone when my contract ends
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Research + eBay + Patience = Save Money
I just replaced the motherboard of my S3 for essentially <$40. I bought an S3 on ebay with a broken screen but good motherboard (keywords like 'it charges', 'turns on', 'vibrates', and 'plays sound' come to mind) and swapped it into my S3 in about 20 minutes or so total with great success. The other super important thing is to verify a clean IMEI / ESN number because that lives on the motherboard too {However, I assume you could inject the 'good' IMEI from your old board into the new one with some pain and research. Not ideal.}
Anyway, yeah, the broken phone cost me a tiny but under $100 including shipping and I resold it just now on ebay for $66 including shipping. Big win, as the random tech guy in my town was going to charge me $220 and said it would almost definitely cost as much or close to as much as buying a new/refurb unit. My functionally and cosmetically perfect phone and the fact that my wallet is only ~$34/35 lighter determined that was a bold faced lie.
Disclosure: I do have electronics experience, but not with phones. And this fix was literally about 10 or so small screws and a few adorable itty bitty lil ribbon cable things. Easy day.
TL;DR-- Enter the Google Fu and observe your enemies upon the fields of eBay to fix things for cheap and/or at least know when it's good time to give up :good: