Managed to break the SAMOLED display on my SII, font glass seems fine (good ole gorillia glass!) but I think the digitizer might be damaged too since there are a few dead touch spots (from what I can tell) on part of the screen. There is only a small corner of the actual display working so it's pretty shot
So my question to you guys is where can I get quality yet decent priced parts for the SII? It's an i9100 (originally from Orange UK but being used in New Zealand) I had a look on ebay but all the sellers are selling stuff in the $200+ NZD price bracket (160 USD) I was hoping to get something for under $150 NZD.
Due to the doubt factor of damage to digitizer I'll get a LCD/Digitizer combo, i'm just not sure what's best and where is good to buy from. I bought the phone 2nd hand and i'm happy to take (working) 2nd hand parts to fix it.
So where to buy from and what's a good price?
Thanks guys!
Hey guys I've recently cracked my screen and the touch doesn't work any more so I need anew screen! Unfortunately I didn't purchase insurance when I bought the phone. I asked my operator how much they charge for a replacement and they quoted me £240 which I can't afford right now, I noticed there's a lot of cheaper options on ebay but I feel they probably wont be the orignal screen even though many state they are, one thing I've noticed is most don't state they are ips, is this why they are so much cheaper, if I order off of ebay will I be getting an inferior screen?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-z2/help/reliable-vendor-lcd-screens-t3100517
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Never buy only the glas. You won't have the tools to seperate the glas from the LCD. (This works on Samsung devices with a hairdryer and a sucker, but not on sonys sh*tty sh*tty displays )
I dropped my Z2 2 weeks after i bought it, from about 30cm and had a little crack on the lower half of the display and touch wasn't working anymore.
Repair costed me 200 €
I also have a Samsung Galaxy S3. There is missing an around 5 cm big peace of the glas and the touch is still working... even at the position, where the LCD is directly touched, its wokring! -.- poor Sony.
Mikey94 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-z2/help/reliable-vendor-lcd-screens-t3100517
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Never buy only the glas. You won't have the tools to seperate the glas from the LCD. (This works on Samsung devices with a hairdryer and a sucker, but not on sonys sh*tty sh*tty displays )
I dropped my Z2 2 weeks after i bought it, from about 30cm and had a little crack on the lower half of the display and touch wasn't working anymore.
Repair costed me 200 €
I also have a Samsung Galaxy S3. There is missing an around 5 cm big peace of the glas and the touch is still working... even at the position, where the LCD is directly touched, its wokring! -.- poor Sony.
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Thanks for the info, I wont try be trying to remove the glass myself I have a repair shop near me that can do that, I'm more worried about getting the proper screen as I was quoted £240 to get a repair by my carrier, but I've seen screens for a lot less on ebay but was wondering if the screens were just inferior knock offs or whether my carrier was simply charging so much just to keep me inside my warranty
I've just dropped my three month old Honor 7 and the screen is cracked from the bottom right corner. I bought it new from Amazon UK (sold by Amazon EU S.a.r.L.), it wasn't through Vmall. Is the screen covered under any form of warranty? If not, where's the cheapest place to get it fixed in the UK?
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I've just dropped my three month old Honor 7 and the screen is cracked from the bottom right corner. I bought it new from Amazon UK (sold by Amazon EU S.a.r.L.), it wasn't through Vmall. Is the screen covered under any form of warranty? If not, where's the cheapest place to get it fixed in the UK?
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I think the screen is guaranteed against manufacturing faults, but not the glass against accidental damage.
When I trod on mine in the back of a car, I called Hihonor support and they quoted me £70-80 + £15 inspection and postage charge, which I thought was reasonable, however when calling their repair centre to book mine in they laughed and said it would be at least £130 for Honor 7 screen replacement - they can't do just the glass as it's all bonded to the digitiser and screen.
I decided to buy a new screen (with glass, digitiser and interior frame attached) from eBay for about £40 and fitted it myself. Not as easy as the videos on youtube make it look - it is very difficult to get apart for a start, then the battery is hard to remove. Also, various parts (including all the buttons, vibration motor etc have to be heated with a hairdryer to separate them from the old screen frame and re-installed into the new frame.
Luckily mine is working perfectly now, although I think the screen may not be quite as bright as the original one was.
I wouldn't try to buy just the glass, or even the glass and screen (without the frame) - you'll never get it to look as good as new.
Good luck and let us know how you get on with having it repaired or doing it yourself.
You can PM me if you need any advice
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I think the screen is guaranteed against manufacturing faults, but not the glass against accidental damage.
When I trod on mine in the back of a car, I called Hihonor support and they quoted me £70-80 + £15 inspection and postage charge, which I thought was reasonable, however when calling their repair centre to book mine in they laughed and said it would be at least £130 for Honor 7 screen replacement - they can't do just the glass as it's all bonded to the digitiser and screen.
I decided to buy a new screen (with glass, digitiser and interior frame attached) from eBay for about £40 and fitted it myself. Not as easy as the videos on youtube make it look - it is very difficult to get apart for a start, then the battery is hard to remove. Also, various parts (including all the buttons, vibration motor etc have to be heated with a hairdryer to separate them from the old screen frame and re-installed into the new frame.
Luckily mine is working perfectly now, although I think the screen may not be quite as bright as the original one was.
I wouldn't try to buy just the glass, or even the glass and screen (without the frame) - you'll never get it to look as good as new.
Good luck and let us know how you get on with having it repaired or doing it yourself.
You can PM me if you need any advice
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Thanks dude, much appreciated. I was into it until you started mentioning removing parts by heating them up then thought I'll leave it to the experts. :laugh: Honor UK have quoted me £80 as it's a pretty clean break so I'm going to give them a go and see what they say. If they do the same as they did for you, which they said they wouldn't!, then I'll go with that. Will let you know.
I'm surprised their aren't more threads on hear about replacing screens because this phone does feel fragile despite being reasonably weighty so I'd have thought there'd be loads of cracked screens out there. I dropped my old S5 a couple of times from higher up and the screen survived both times. Am now thinking a tempered glass protector might be in order for the 7 :fingers-crossed:
Mine had a glass protector, but I guess they don't cope with treading on! I've put one on the new screen too.
I also have an S-line gel case which acts as a bit of a buffer against drops.
Let us know if you get yours done for £80
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Mine had a glass protector, but I guess they don't cope with treading on! I've put one on the new screen too.
I also have an S-line gel case which acts as a bit of a buffer against drops.
Let us know if you get yours done for £80
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After reading reviews of the official Honor repair company, SBE Limited, and how they appear to be happy to scam people I thought I'd have a go myself. So I bought a replacement front glass and thought I'd give it a go.
Dissembling the phone is really easy, once you've got the hang of the clips holding the back on, and taking it all apart was easy. What wasn't so easy (read nigh-on impossible) is separating the front glass from the digitiser. I tried and tried and in the end the touch screen just split into a number of layers so I'll need to order the complete screen assembly. My concern is you mentioned you bought one off ebay and it wasn't as bright as the original. From this I'm guessing it wasn't an original screen? I'd like to get an original if I can. Do you have a link to the one you bought? How long did it take coming from China?
Don't know if this is relevant but under the hicare app it allows you to price up replacement parts. Could not find any mention of the Honor 7 but it did list the Honor 5X as £35 so might be worth trying this way to see if they do have the Honor 7.
I got mine from eBay seller called bestsellstuff.
£35.27 at the moment and mine came quicker than expected with 2nd class delivery free.
I don't think any of the eBay sellers will say they are genuine screens, but I think they probably all are - I can't imagine they would be cheap to replicate. Maybe they are seconds or find their way out of the factory somehow....
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Don't know if this is relevant but under the hicare app it allows you to price up replacement parts. Could not find any mention of the Honor 7 but it did list the Honor 5X as £35 so might be worth trying this way to see if they do have the Honor 7.
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Thanks for the nod. Tried it but no joy. For some reason they don't support the Honor 7. Very Huawei tbh, they're left hand doesn't know what the right is doing. A bit all over the place.
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I got mine from eBay seller called bestsellstuff.
£35.27 at the moment and mine came quicker than expected with 2nd class delivery free.
I don't think any of the eBay sellers will say they are genuine screens, but I think they probably all are - I can't imagine they would be cheap to replicate. Maybe they are seconds or find their way out of the factory somehow....
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Great stuff, have just ordered the last one they had in stock in they're in France also, so should be quicker than coming from Hong Kong. Funny thing is I hadn't seen their add before, it hadn't come up with my ebay search for 'Honor 7 replacement screen'. Without having the name I'd not have found it and paid more so thanks again! :good:
Here are a few tips for when it arrives:
Don't peel off any of the blue plastic film until you're ready to do each part - it's very sticky underneath.
Take photos as you go along incase you need to go back a astep.
I'm not sure if you got to the stage of removing the battery before - it is stuck down very strongly. I just gradually prised mine out, but you might find heating it a bit will release it easier. There aren't any cables underneath it (as some other Honors have).
When heating (with a hairdryer) the small bits of circuit board and components that need to be transferred to the new frame, only do it for long enough to get them to peel off (I used tweezers to do this).
When you come to install each part, there are very small bumps in the frame that you need to line up the equally small holes on the part - makes positioning them easy! Then use a plastic tool to press them firmly onto the frame.
When you come to put everything back, make sure that the very small narrow ribbon cable that goes under the tiny flip-up bracket (the connection to the smart key) goes in fully until it stops. I didn't put mine in completely and the smart key wouldn't work until I re-did it properly.
You may notice that there is a square-ish hole and some slots in the frame (under where the battery goes?) on the new frame which aren't on the old one. If so, you might want to cover them up with some black gaffa tape or thin card - I suspect they are the cause of some light areas at the very sides of my screen, but I don't want to strip mine down again.
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Here are a few tips for when it arrives:
Don't peel off any of the blue plastic film until you're ready to do each part - it's very sticky underneath.
Take photos as you go along incase you need to go back a astep.
I'm not sure if you got to the stage of removing the battery before - it is stuck down very strongly. I just gradually prised mine out, but you might find heating it a bit will release it easier. There aren't any cables underneath it (as some other Honors have).
When heating (with a hairdryer) the small bits of circuit board and components that need to be transferred to the new frame, only do it for long enough to get them to peel off (I used tweezers to do this).
When you come to install each part, there are very small bumps in the frame that you need to line up the equally small holes on the part - makes positioning them easy! Then use a plastic tool to press them firmly onto the frame.
When you come to put everything back, make sure that the very small narrow ribbon cable that goes under the tiny flip-up bracket (the connection to the smart key) goes in fully until it stops. I didn't put mine in completely and the smart key wouldn't work until I re-did it properly.
You may notice that there is a square-ish hole and some slots in the frame (under where the battery goes?) on the new frame which aren't on the old one. If so, you might want to cover them up with some black gaffa tape or thin card - I suspect they are the cause of some light areas at the very sides of my screen, but I don't want to strip mine down again.
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Great tips, thanks again. I'll be sorting it as soon as it arrives. Will report on how I get on.
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Here are a few tips for when it arrives:
Don't peel off any of the blue plastic film until you're ready to do each part - it's very sticky underneath.......
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Sorted!! Thanks for the advice, was really useful. Took it all on board, took my time (about 1hr) and fitted the new screen. Clipped it all back together and worked perfect first time. £35 to get your screen fixed, amazing. I'll always fix a cracked screen from now on, these repair companies are just profiteering.
Thanks again.
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Sorted!! Thanks for the advice, was really useful. Took it all on board, took my time (about 1hr) and fitted the new screen. Clipped it all back together and worked perfect first time. £35 to get your screen fixed, amazing. I'll always fix a cracked screen from now on, these repair companies are just profiteering.
Thanks again.
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Great news!!
Did you have to cover the square hole and slot to stop light leakage?
Also, is there any light bleeding at the sides and is there any difference in brightness from the original screen?
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Great news!!
Did you have to cover the square hole and slot to stop light leakage?
Also, is there any light bleeding at the sides and is there any difference in brightness from the original screen?
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The screen and housing isn't original Huawei, it's a pattern unit but tbh it looks totally identical in use, no less dim than the original screen. There's also no bleed at all. There weren't any hollows and slots to fill with card under the battery. The only hollow was at the base of the battery as it sat slightly higher up (towards the top of the phone when laid flat) in the casing so I filled that with folded card.
The only slight issue is that the screen shape (rounded corners of the glass) when looking at the phone from the front doesn't fit into the corners of the casing absolutely perfectly. Tbh only a phone nut would notice it, wouldn't be an issue to anyone else.
Yap, I've cracked my screen in a very unfortunate accident. Slipped and fell down while talking on the phone and walking, the phone is literally thrown out of my hand to a nearby wall. even with the silicone case (that was included from Huawei in the box), the corner of the screen shattered.
I approached Huawei Service center here and they quoted me for SGD $350 (about US$250) including parts and labour. That was even more expensive than iPhone X screen repair!!!!!!! I tried to find parts on my own but even on Aliexpress.com, P20 Pro screen is sold like $250 SGD. Is there any online stores that could get the screen with more reasonable price????
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Yap, I've cracked my screen in a very unfortunate accident. Slipped and fell down while talking on the phone and walking, the phone is literally thrown out of my hand to a nearby wall. even with the silicone case (that was included from Huawei in the box), the corner of the screen shattered.
I approached Huawei Service center here and they quoted me for SGD $350 (about US$250) including parts and labour. That was even more expensive than iPhone X screen repair!!!!!!! I tried to find parts on my own but even on Aliexpress.com, P20 Pro screen is sold like $250 SGD. Is there any online stores that could get the screen with more reasonable price????
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The reason displays cost so much is because they are not LCD but are OLED. OLED screens are inherently more expensive to manufacture due to the difficulty to make in relation to LCDs. US$250 for replacement of the display is quite reasonable, and here in the UK, Apple charge approximately US$360 for a replacement.
Most resellers use "LCD" in their listings as a buzzword, as it is what most people type in when looking for the display, as opposed to the technology itself.
In my country they wanted around 340€ for the screen + manhours paid. Luckily, I broke my screen in Spain, so I replaced the screen in Madrid in Huawei Experience Center for 224€.
Hello,
just wanted to give a quick rundown of my experience with a cheap aftermarket LCD (yes, you read right...) for the Oneplus 5 from Aliexpress.
I broke my screen in July, since I knew I'd get a Pixel 4a or a Oneplus Nord anyways I wasn't that worried about quality, I just needed something to hold me over till I get the new phone. I ordered an aftermarket display from Aliexpress for 23 EUR. The display arrived and it immediately looked... weird. It didn't have the round edges of the original screen and it seemed thicker. Doesn't matter, it's cheap and I'll just need it for a few weeks, tops, so what could go wrong?
Here are the issues I immediately noticed:
* Quality control is bad, the upper right nut in the frame for the screw on the mainboard is loose on the display and can't be fastened
* No adhesive for various parts that are glued to the original frame, so they sit loose
* No oleophobic coating on the screen
* Much thicker than the original display
* LCD not OLED, so colors are off and it's not as bright as the original display
But it gets worse. Once I had everything back together the display was not closing properly. There's a metal notch on the frame that bends the main PCB and prevents the SIM cart tray from inserting properly. That metal notch is neither present on original display, nor on sellers pictures.
PCB is bending on metal notch
Comparison original display to display from seller
Screenshot from seller without metal notch
Conclusion: the item is faulty. Since that I've dremeled the notch off and the phone closes now, but even for a screen as cheap as this, this is absolutely unacceptable, in my opinion. There are several sellers now that feature pictures of this display replacement with the notch visible, but I don't think repairing a manufacturing defect should be the responsibility of the customer.
Overall can not recommend. This might be okay for the cheapest of cheap repairs, but manufacturing defects aside, it also seriously lowers the quality of the device. I don't have a repair business, but this is the tenth screen I replaced over various iPhones, a Oneplus One, a Nexus 6 and now this Oneplus 5 and this is the lowest quality screen replacement I've ever seen. And I've put some really cheap LCDs into iPhones. It will hold you over for a few weeks like it did for me, but you can say goodbye to any resale value left.
On the plus side: it doesn't have the wobbly screen effect while scrolling...
tl;dr: don't buy, unless you are in a pinch.
Aliexpress is a cancer... Don't buy anything on this site. Fraud TVA, you must something paid taxes, products are false/cheaps and you can wait your package during 1 or 2 months
Above all, any support, it cost more to asking a refund/return product.
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Aliexpress is a cancer... Don't buy anything on this site. Fraud TVA, you must something paid taxes, products are false/cheaps and you can wait your package during 1 or 2 months
Above all, any support, it cost more to asking a refund/return product.
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Well, I can't say that, unfortunately. I just looked it up, over 68 orders since July 2013 I only had to open a case with Aliexpress three times, two of those because the item hasn't arrived before the buyer protection period ended and both items arrived a few days later (unfortunate for the seller, I already got my money back). In this case I submitted the pictures to this thread with a text similar to my original post (I slightly reworded it for this post and kept the original complaint shorter to avoid confusion) and got all my money back.
I think you can't fault Aliexpress for the long shipping times from China. Personally I don't have a problem waiting, but I can see how ordering from them is not for everyone.
If you're into repairing electronics Aliexpress is a godsend, because I know of no other source where you can even the tiniest parts in single digit quantities.