Hi,
I just got my GS2 1 week ago and now am in big trouble :-(
I just dropped the S2 from my pocket while taking it out.
Now the screen is cracked (top Screen)
Everything else is working AMOLED display is also working fine.
I took it to a customer care and they said they need to replace both the top screen and AMOLED screen since they come as a piece and asked me 150 $
WHat do u guys think ???
will it cost that much ??
Please guide me on this :-(
i will post some images as soon as possible.
FYI : Only the top screen is cracked near to the BACK Capacitive button and the crack goes upto the middle of screen .
$150 sounds right. Take a look at this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1175772
ok...i thought it will be possible to replace the top screen alone...
bcoz that AMOLED screen is a waste if i replace it as full rite... ???
alch3mist291 said:
ok...i thought it will be possible to replace the top screen alone...
bcoz that AMOLED screen is a waste if i replace it as full rite... ???
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Ya both have to be replaced, there fused together.
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My wife broke her screen on Friday and we went to a local shop to get the screen fixed yesterday.
This morning she mentioned that she thought the color on the new screen was different. She also pointed out that the buttons at the bottom didn't light up the same.
They practically don't light up at all.
The screen seems a bit dimmer as well. Not as bright and clear.
Is there any way that I can find out what kind of screen they put in her phone short of threatening to bulldoze the shop unless they put the right screen in?
I'm more than capable of dissasembling the phone without killing it and now wish I had but wifey wanted a working phone *today*
Can anyone help out? Are there any part numbers I can use to see what she's got now?
can you take a picture of the phone from upwards, and from sideways (to see if the screen is thicker than it should be)
sounds like it's a regular LCD screen
xriderx66 said:
can you take a picture of the phone from upwards, and from sideways (to see if the screen is thicker than it should be)
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not without taking it apart first
You can tell if its LCD by how deep the blacks are.
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michaelh99 said:
My wife broke her screen on Friday and we went to a local shop to get the screen fixed yesterday.
This morning she mentioned that she thought the color on the new screen was different. She also pointed out that the buttons at the bottom didn't light up the same.
They practically don't light up at all.
The screen seems a bit dimmer as well. Not as bright and clear.
Is there any way that I can find out what kind of screen they put in her phone short of threatening to bulldoze the shop unless they put the right screen in?
I'm more than capable of dissasembling the phone without killing it and now wish I had but wifey wanted a working phone *today*
Can anyone help out? Are there any part numbers I can use to see what she's got now?
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definitely got shafted. you got an LCD screen. i'm pretty sure the local shop orders their parts from eBay or some chinese supplier. those screens are usually LCD even tho some may claim its amoled. the only way to get a genuine Super AMOLED screen is to contact samsung to replace it. i remember reading somewhere than samsung is not distributing their Super AMOLED screens to 3rd parties
michaelh99 said:
My wife broke her screen on Friday and we went to a local shop to get the screen fixed yesterday.
This morning she mentioned that she thought the color on the new screen was different. She also pointed out that the buttons at the bottom didn't light up the same.
They practically don't light up at all.
The screen seems a bit dimmer as well. Not as bright and clear.
Is there any way that I can find out what kind of screen they put in her phone short of threatening to bulldoze the shop unless they put the right screen in?
I'm more than capable of dissasembling the phone without killing it and now wish I had but wifey wanted a working phone *today*
Can anyone help out? Are there any part numbers I can use to see what she's got now?
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I used to be a cellphone technician for a short time and I can tell you that we fixed screens on a lot of touch screen phones... but all the parts are dirt cheap chinese knockoffs!!! There is NO local shop that uses original OEM parts!!! unless u send it back to tmobile or etc!
to answer short and accurate u didnt get the same screen ur vibrant came with!
^$%#
Now I really feel like a total idiot
I dropped my galaxy S2 and the screen flickered and went black and started vibrating. I've bought a new lcd replacement, but after some thought I'm wondering if thats the problem. What do you guys think?
Without looking at it/being there with you, how would we know ? If you're not confident replacing it yourself, pay a local mobile repair shop to do it. Obviously given you've already bought the LCD, you'll only have to pay for labour.
What I think is to temporary attach the new screen and have a look.
A guy shows you what to do in the 29 minute video on you tube.
theunderling said:
What I think is to temporary attach the new screen and have a look.
A guy shows you what to do in the 29 minute video on you tube.
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Thanks. Yeah, that's what I'm going to do. I've fixed lots of phone before, replacing screens so its not a problem. I was just wondering dose it sound like the screens dead when it vibrate's constant when trying to turn it on, or could it be the board. I'm just thinking all this after ordering the screen lol
Sometime ago I dropped my SGS3 i9300 and got a bad crack spreading from corner to edges but everything was still working fine only the gorilla glass or digitizer was cracked leaving the Amoled Screen perfectly intact.
Anyway I sent it for repair and when I received it after almost two weeks ,I noticed a dull green-bluish tint on the screen when viewed from an angle, also earlier I could barely see anything in sunlight outdoors (Common for Amoleds) but now I can see clearly even when i keep the screen directly in the sunlight!:silly:
Is it possible that the service center people have changed the original Amoled with a cheap LCD ? It was samsung service center!:crying:
Is it possible for me to know by looking at baseband or build no of rom?
for details about rom and all see the image below
s11(dot)postimg(dot)org/pno7cn91v/Screenshot_2013_05_17_16_24_28.png
anyway
4.1.2
Baseband version
I9300DDELK1
Build no.
JZO54K.I9300XXELLC
If you need more details please tell me
It's entirely possible that you got a different LCD brand. It's not uncommon for Samsung to carry multiple manufacturers for parts. There's a way to tell which LCD you currently have but that won't do you any good now. Samsung won't stick in an inferior LCD to rip you off. If you don't like it just go back and get a replacement.
jinosong said:
It's entirely possible that you got a different LCD brand. It's not uncommon for Samsung to carry multiple manufacturers for parts. There's a way to tell which LCD you currently have but that won't do you any good now. Samsung won't stick in an inferior LCD to rip you off. If you don't like it just go back and get a replacement.
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Well I'm not complaining for the brand but for is it really an Amoled or LCD? Also in dark I used to see black smudges (common in some amoleds) but now they have disappeard ! Does it make any sense
You can't get an LCD ..Samsung did this once on the Galaxy s1 but named it the Galaxy SL. (New device entirely). You bought the phone with Amoled on the box, they can't give you anything else.
It's probably just a new revision improving the sun light and ink spots..
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So my girlfriend dropped her s3 the other night , the screen stays off ( does not light up ) but the touch sensors still work, we can answer calls on it by knowing the approximate location of the answer button, any thoughts on what the issue is ? I would prefer to repair this at home rather than make her pay money through a shop, thanks in advance
Darknod66 said:
So my girlfriend dropped her s3 the other night , the screen stays off ( does not light up ) but the touch sensors still work, we can answer calls on it by knowing the approximate location of the answer button, any thoughts on what the issue is ? I would prefer to repair this at home rather than make her pay money through a shop, thanks in advance
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It is easy to replace broken GLASS.
but i think you will need to replace screen.
If you purchase assembly of glass, digitizer and screen it will be very easy to replace by yourself.
quaker1985 said:
It is easy to replace broken GLASS.
but i think you will need to replace screen.
If you purchase assembly of glass, digitizer and screen it will be very easy to replace by yourself.
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The glass isnt broken, perfectly clean with no scratches cracks or nicks , it just wont light up;
i had the same problem once, had to be sent to samsung (or wherever) by the shop where i bought it
buying a display and metal frame (obviously you can't buy them seperatly) plus glass would have cost almost the same
i wanted to find out whether the screen still works and it's a problem with my motherboard or vice versa so i unscrewed all bolts to access where the screen is plugged in on the motherboard but i didn't have another s3 to do the same and check it :silly:
still don't know how amoled displays work so it might be possible that whatever's responsible for backlighting the display broke
w0rinal said:
i had the same problem once, had to be sent to samsung (or wherever) by the shop where i bought it
buying a display and metal frame (obviously you can't buy them seperatly) plus glass would have cost almost the same
i wanted to find out whether the screen still works and it's a problem with my motherboard or vice versa so i unscrewed all bolts to access where the screen is plugged in on the motherboard but i didn't have another s3 to do the same and check it :silly:
still don't know how amoled displays work so it might be possible that whatever's responsible for backlighting the display broke
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My thought was that the backlight broke or maybe the entire display system is disconnected , I might just have to take it apart for an exploratory operation,
before it went completely black there was a purple stain which grew until two thirds of my display were purple, the lower part where it started was black.
then i managed to open this samsung hardware debugging menu where you can check for dead pixels by letting your display light up in red, green and blue. there i found out that only blue and green pixels very working correctly in the upper third. the next day every purple pixel was dead.
so 2 months after this little stain appeared my whole display was in the same state as your girlfriend's seem to be now.
so i don't think this plug (it sits in place pretty tight) got loose and that's why it doesn't work anymore.
and my sister had exactly your problem. she dropped her s2 and it immediately went black
she hat to sent it in as well ...
good luck
if you find out what's the problem and want to share it, i am curious about it as well
If possible, check for loose connectors first.
I don't know about replacing the screen. The sheer amount of LOCA makes it a messy job.
Probably the display is dead. You'd need to replace the screen+glass.
There is no back light on an oled screen.
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so I got this phone a few months back and went to plug it in went for a leak and when i came back the screen had cracked from the port upwards
samsung says its out of warranty (douchebags) so i have to fix it myself because id rather not pay them to do it it feels liek im getting ripped off.
any way the top section looks fine not a scratch its sort of underneath if that makes sense like its a second screen
i tap the screen but it makes no sound
judging from it as you all seem to be in the know here do i need
"NEW Replacement Touch Screen Digitizer Assembly For Samsung Galaxy i9300 Siii S3 L710 White"
or do i have to get
"White Full LCD Display + Touch Screen Digitizer Assembly For Samsung Galaxy S3 I9300-VeryDeal "
both of these are for sale on amazon i was going to post links but i cant cause im a new member
also i dont know if it is relevant but i have the international version of the s3 in white
i have took a few quick pics (bad quality but you can sort of see whats up with it) just incase it helps
i didnt get insurance sadly but i hope someone can help me get this working even if i can just do some kind of temporary quick fix till i get the cash to buy the new screen
thanks