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Tuesday, August 18, 2026

My Osmo Pocket 3 broke in 6 months - screen rotation issue

And I'm hoping the DJI Service Center here in Manila fixes or replaces it. When I brought it to the center for checking they noticed there were dents on the gimbal so they would have to seek approval before fixing it. Oh well. Those dents, if they were even dents, most likely came from the cover case. THEIR VERY OWN COVER CASE. So yeah. If they reject my case even though it's so within warranty, I'll make an appeal. If they still won't budge then I'll finally have the reason to make a review video of the product along with a warning not to buy this thing ever again.

 

My issue is actually pretty common. The screen got stuck at an angle and won't switch back to its normal position. I've read countless of issues like this where the magnet got misaligned and caused the screen to get stuck like this and people had to make workarounds just to be able to use it because repair costs aren't cheap. Some made a clip that would fix the screen position to vertical. And some would just never flip it to horizontal position and endure the very small screen when recording in landscape. Others though were lucky to get their unit replaced pronto.

I wish I'll get lucky.

I mean, why should I have to wish for it this is clearly not my fault. They should've replaced it immediately urgh. The waiting is frustrating me because this is my daily cam. 

 So here I am looking for an alternative camera already. Maybe I'll finally give Insta360 Go Ultra a go? 

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