Samsung Galaxy Tab A8 10.5 (2021, LTE) Repairs
This price is for the SM-X205. To find your model number, open Settings, scroll down and tap About phone. The model number is on that screen.
- Samsung authorised service centre
- Original Samsung parts
- Listed on samsung.com as the Durban repair partner
- Serving Umhlanga and Durban since 2007
The Tab A8 with LTE earns its keep away from Wi-Fi: in the bakkie, on site, in the hands of kids on long trips. A tablet that travels picks up knocks, and the big 10.5 inch screen is almost always the part that pays for them.
Onnuri Tech in Umhlanga is an authorised Samsung service centre. We repair the LTE model, the SM-X205, with original Samsung parts fitted by trained technicians, and the repair price shown includes both the part and the fitting.
Samsung Galaxy Tab A8 10.5 (2021, LTE) at a glance
| Released | December 2021 |
| Display | 10.5 inch TFT LCD, 1920 x 1200 |
| Battery | 7040mAh |
Screen R3 178 fitted. All original Samsung parts, three months warranty on the part and the work, installed in under three working days. These are the prices for the SM-X205.
What we can replace on this device
Common questions
How do I know mine is the LTE Tab A8 and not the Wi-Fi one?
Look for the SIM tray. The LTE model is SM-X205 and takes a nano SIM on the edge; the Wi-Fi model, SM-X200, has no SIM slot. Settings, About tablet, Model number confirms it. The rest is identical on both, including the 10.5 inch 1920 x 1200 LCD and the 7040mAh battery, and the screen is R3 178 either way.
The tablet is from 2021. Is R3 178 for a screen sensible?
Look at the rest of it first. R3 178 is what a 10.5 inch panel costs fitted, which is fair for a screen that size, but this tablet went on sale in December 2021 and is close to five years old. If the glass is the only problem and it still holds a day of charge, the repair is money well spent. If it is also slow to charge or flat by lunchtime, you are paying R3 178 to fix one part of a tired tablet.
Anything I should do before I bring the X205 in?
Take the SIM and the microSD card out of the tray and keep them with you. A screen replacement does not touch the SIM reader or the antennas, so your number and your data are unaffected, and there is no reason for your cards to sit in a workshop. The tablet has to come in to us in Umhlanga, since we do not take work by courier.
Working out what is wrong
If you are not certain what has failed, these work through the symptoms.
- The screen stays black
- It will not charge
- The charge does not last the day
- A green or pink line down the display
- It went in water