Broken Kickstand

[spinachpie]

Sad times. The black connector on one side of the kickstand came loose today and came out of the socket. One side is fine, but the other needs fixing or replacing.

I'm out of warranty, but wondering if there was any advice on what to do? It's pretty useless without use of the kickstand :/

 

[CrippsCorner]

Sorry to hear that... not useless though, you could get a case with it's own built in kickstand?

 

[jnjroach]

You can attempt to secure a replacement kickstand and hinge from eBay or for ~$450 they will RMA it...

 

[spinachpie]

@kayzee , good idea. I will have a look.

@jnjroach I've had a look and can't find any that deliver over here. MS will not be getting that amount for a replacement though. This is already a replacement and has lasted 4 months. I'll wait for the SP5 before stumping up any huge amounts on the Surface line.

 

[jnjroach]

@kayzee , good idea. I will have a look.

@jnjroach I've had a look and can't find any that deliver over here. MS will not be getting that amount for a replacement though. This is already a replacement and has lasted 4 months. I'll wait for the SP5 before stumping up any huge amounts on the Surface line.

There are cases that will replace the kickstand for ~$13 USD such as the Moko or Finite cases available from Amazon.