So shoot...my screen got cracked...bad. I had it in a case, inside of my padded laptop case, I took it out to read tonight, HUGE crack. I can't believe this has happened!
Has anybody had any luck with replacement glass for their gtab? I've read that some folks have been getting custom cut glass from their local glass store. Has anybody done this? What type of glass (thickness / type) is suggested.
I'd rather find an actual replacement glass, but am willing to try anything!
Thanks,
Pat
So am I just f*cked or what?! I would really like to try and get some glass custom cut. The glass is shattered so bad that once the bezel (sp?) is taken off it is going to fall completely apart!
Thanks in adavance to everyone!
Pat
As far as I know, it is not regular glass. It is touch screen glass. Call Viewsonic.
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I posted about this a couple days ago. I had the same problem, hope it helps.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1067240
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Guys,
I ordered a touch screen digitizer for my broken gorilla glass and bleeding digitizer on ebay.. Would that fix even my broken gorilla glass? I contacted the seller and he is unsure.. Any suggestions guys? Very confused..
Any help greatly appreciated..
Item I ordered is:
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ViewItem& item= 220717156331
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prudviraj said:
Guys,
I ordered a touch screen digitizer for my broken gorilla glass and bleeding digitizer on ebay.. Would that fix even my broken gorilla glass? I contacted the seller and he is unsure.. Any suggestions guys? Very confused..
Any help greatly appreciated..
Item I ordered is:
http: //cgi .ebay .com /ws/ eBayISAPI.dll?
ViewItem& item= 220717156331
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Gorilla glass and lcd are a glued single unit, i believe you have purchased the right part and it does have the gorilla glass attached.
You are safe
Yup. You are good to go. The glass comes with the LCD. I wont be too sure that its gorilla glass though. It scratches very easily.
Then again the original gorilla glass wasnt too shatter proof anyway.
I see a lot of posts regarding the unbreakable glass on anything that has the gorilla glass. I think the proper term is SCRATCH resistant, not unbreakable?
I think Corning needs to rework it so if you drop it on a corner, it won't shatter
I took the screen protector off of mine over 2 months ago and even as much as it is in and out of the pouch, in the car unprotected, not one scratch. The plastic around it? Now that is another matter
Yup all the screens I have purchased had the gorilla glass. You cannot buy it and if you could I do not see how you would install it.
I have been running withour screen protection and see no need to put anything on the glass.
I did have a screen protector cor months. I do not think it is needed.
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Two Dell Streaks fell at the same time..
Actually guys,
My dad has a dell streak too but that one is with TPU soft case. Both of them fell from the same height. But mine as it was bare bodied, and might have fell on the sweet spot which broke the glass. The other one is scratchless. so now i understand the necessity of the rubber case, also it tends to slip without it from your hands which i have noticed it a couple of times. So lesson learned.. never get off a bigger phone from its layer (case).. Glad it is not an expensive loss though..
Thanks for all your inputs guys..
Raj..
prudviraj said:
Actually guys,
My dad has a dell streak too but that one is with TPU soft case. Both of them fell from the same height. But mine as it was bare bodied, and might have fell on the sweet spot which broke the glass. The other one is scratchless. so now i understand the necessity of the rubber case, also it tends to slip without it from your hands which i have noticed it a couple of times. So lesson learned.. never get off a bigger phone from its layer (case).. Glad it is not an expensive loss though..
Thanks for all your inputs guys..
Raj..
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Buy a Otterbox Commuter or Defender case, the screen protector is crap, but the case itself is very good, should save you the price of buying a new screen. Does make the device quite big, but then its not a small phone.
Hey all,
I recently got an annoying scratch on the screen and was wondering if there was any good product for buffing it out. It might be a little too deep since I can feel it with my fingernail, but I would like to avoid replacing the digitizer touch screen. I saw some posts about various products, but for other phones.
Thanks
I would just be careful of messing up the digitizer. Buffing it might ruin its sensitivity.
Some people say that a good quality screen protector can help hide small scratches.I think one that gets mentioned a lot is called real look.
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Realook is one of the best, but can only be used on perfect screens. Otherwise it will bubble really badly. For a screen that's already scratched, you need to go with a wet apply cover like zagg, or a cheaper knock off of zagg.
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Aeroman787 said:
Hey all,
I recently got an annoying scratch on the screen and was wondering if there was any good product for buffing it out. It might be a little too deep since I can feel it with my fingernail, but I would like to avoid replacing the digitizer touch screen. I saw some posts about various products, but for other phones.
Thanks
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I wrote a writeup a few months back about buffing out scratches on the Rezound because I scratched my first one. link. I was able to successfully buff the scratches out with a product called "3M Trizact Perfect-It III Machine Glaze" (or just 3M P/N 06070).
While it does work well to remove the scratches, its expensive, and also I just don't recommend it for an important reason: The Rezound's glass has a texture to it. You don't notice it when looking straight at it, but if you let the light reflect off it you'll see that the surface of the glass is very slightly bumpy. If you attempt to buff out a scratch, you'll be left with a noticeable flat area on the screen where you polished the scratch out.
Also, the polishing compound I used costs $60 for a quart size bottle, and you only need like less than a cap-full to do the job. An alternative option is to buy a brand new glass and digitizer for less than $50...
Replacement glass/digitizer
I find sandpaper to buff out my scratches very nicely. Phone becomes smooth as a baby's bottom.
So I bought a used Galaxy S3 online last two days. I can't help but keep noticing these few bubbles on the front glass. At first, I thought it was from the screen protector, but it's outside the screen protector. I keep trying to find an edge of whatever this is so I can peel it off but I can't find any edges at all.. Maybe it's wrapped around the glass and the edge is maybe at the back? I don't know.. I also asked this dude I bought it from but he said he just got it from some other guy and he doesn't know about it. But he gave me a 1 week personal warranty. Any of you guys know what this is? Please, I need some help ASAP. The phone looks really fresh and all. But these bubbles bother me.. Thanks.
Front glass has been replaced by diy, air bubbles between digitizer and glass.
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So I have a screen protector, spiegel case and a leather belt holster for my baby. I work in IT and somehow today managed to crack the screen. Didn't even have it out of the holster. It's just a hairline crack but I am ocd lol and it makes me sick to look at it . Is there anybody who has replaced the digitizer and screen by thierselves, and if you did could you let me know if it was hard to do and where is the best place to get the parts? Would it be worth the money to just send it back to LG? Thanks in advance!
(Still crying over that crack :crying lol
Have you already pulled the screen protector off? Many times it is the protector that will crack, but the real screen will be fine. My glass screen protector has a micro crack in it right now. I just haven't replaced it yet.
My iCarez 0.2mm tempered glass screen protector on my V985 cracked in several places the first time I took it on an airline trip. I contacted iCarez a couple of weeks ago and they promptly promised to send me a replacement but never have, so far. I have the old broken one still on and it still works, though sometimes I can feel the cracks and that is disturbing...
If your screen is really cracked, usually there will be a dead area in the digitizer. I hope in your case its just the screen protector, because replacing this display is likely to be expensive and difficult.
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Thank you so much guys!!!! . It WAS the glass screen protector! Whew...... I really appreciate both replies, I was fixing to tear that thing apart. Wow....
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Thank you so much guys!!!! . It WAS the glass screen protector! Whew...... I really appreciate both replies, I was fixing to tear that thing apart. Wow....
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Wow! lol
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Wow! lol
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Just happy as hell it wasn't the screen
Hardly used my v30 for 2 months and the oleophobic coating is already gone. As soon as i wipe the phone screen with a clean cloth and use it for 5 min, i already see fingerprints on the whole screen. Anybody experienced this? Any resolutions? Don’t seem to find tempered glass anywhere for this phone as it has curved screens.
If you live in Europe this may help: https://www.amazon.es/gp/product/B077JYR4BL/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Also it's possible to order from USA or other countries in the World but there are shipping costs (example: USA 9€+5€ (aprox. 16$))
I use this glass and I'm very happy with it.
Regards
mkpcxxl
When I first bought my phone a year ago, I had the employee at Verizon put on a tempered glass covering for me. He did a good job, but the glass eventually started coming loose around the edges, letting dirt, fuzz, hair and small things get under it somewhat. Very irritating. The glass only had a small line of glue around the outer edge to hold it on. It finally fell completely off about a month ago.
A couple of weeks ago, I went back into a Verizon store to see if they could put another tempered glass covering on for me. But, I've found that the American Verizon stores that I went in does not carry any or very little LG accessories such as tempered glass covering. What I finally did was have them put on a "liquid glass" covering for me. This was quite expensive having them do it in store, but I think you can probably order it on line a lot cheaper.
The draw back is, I think, a big one. It is on there permanently. I don't know if there is a way to get it off if you get scratches on it. After 3 weeks or so, mine is still looking pretty good with no visible scratches, yet. It wipes off pretty clean, still (don't know how long all this will last).
It's an option if you can't find tempered glass.
adriansiv said:
Hardly used my v30 for 2 months and the oleophobic coating is already gone. As soon as i wipe the phone screen with a clean cloth and use it for 5 min, i already see fingerprints on the whole screen. Anybody experienced this? Any resolutions? Don’t seem to find tempered glass anywhere for this phone as it has curved screens.
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https://www.spigen.com/products/lg-v30-screen-protector-film-neo-flex-2-pack
Better then tempered glass screen
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