Galaxy Tab A 8.0 2018 Repair – Same-Day North Providence RI

About this repair

The Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2018, SM-T387) pairs an 8-inch 1280x800 60Hz TFT LCD with a Snapdragon 425 and a 5,000mAh battery, and its glass digitizer is laminated to the LCD as one bonded assembly that is swapped whole after the panel is heated free of the mid-frame. Its micro-USB 2.0 charging port is a frequent failure on this generation, wearing loose after years of plugging, while the adhesive-mounted battery can swell and lift the display at a corner. Because this variant ships without an S Pen or fingerprint sensor, an SM-T387 repair has no stylus digitizer or biometric to transfer or recalibrate.

• Aftermarket LCD Assembly

Does the Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2018) charge by micro-USB or USB-C?

This generation, the SM-T387, uses a micro-USB 2.0 port, so a loose or no-charge symptom is almost always the worn micro-USB connector — we replace that port rather than a USB-C jack, which the 2018 model does not have.

Can you fix just the outer glass on my 2018 Tab A 8.0, or the whole screen?

On the SM-T387 the glass digitizer is laminated to the LCD as a single bonded unit, so a cracked front means we replace the complete 8-inch 1280x800 LCD assembly rather than only the outer glass.

My 2018 Tab A's screen is lifting at one corner — is that the battery?

Usually yes: the 5,000mAh battery is adhesive-mounted beneath the LCD on this model, and a swelling cell commonly pushes the display up at a corner, so we replace the swollen battery and re-seat the screen.