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Here is my sad story.....dropped the T-bolt for the first time and the digitizer cracked (had it in a case even). So I ordered a new one from repairs universe and they advertised that it would come with a guide. It did not, but the digitizer arrived quickly. So being an electrical engineer I decided that I could probably do it anyway.
I managed to get it apart and learn the hard way about a few things not to do. I manged to crack the LCD :-( I looked an no one has them :-(
My model used a Sharp lq043y1dx04 according to the sticker.
Anyway, I have figured out how to take the T-Bolt apart and figured that while I wait for a new LCD to become available I could at least share some pictures with the community. Being a new poster though, how would you suggest posting pictures?
***Update - photos are here, let me know if there are any that you would like to see better: s1098.photobucket.com/albums/g378/bscythe/ ***
Finally, I do not recommend anyone try this....you need to remove the LCD in order to replace the digitizer. The LCD is double sticky taped to a metal tray. To get the two apart you must do a lot of prying which can destroy the fragile LCD. If you are going to try it, I'd recommend a 4" wide razor used for scraping windows to insert along side the LCD to use to pry with. Be careful not to cut the ribbons though!
I'm a mechanical/acoustical engineer...
For pics, I would use photobucket...
As for the screen and tray, usually they are one piece, is there any kind of tabs through the board that look like they may hold the tray in?
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Wow, I am surprised there is not more interest!
Never realized how badly I am addicted to having a phone with a data connection
bscythe said:
Wow, I am surprised there is not more interest!
Never realized how badly I am addicted to having a phone with a data connection
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I found the pictures very interesting. However, you couldn't pay me $250 to try to open one up.
bscythe said:
Wow, I am surprised there is not more interest!
Never realized how badly I am addicted to having a phone with a data connection
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Well, if it makes you feel better, I'm very interested in taking a look. As someone that has had their Galaxy S apart numerous times, anytime I can take a sneak peak I'm all for it!
Very cool. I love tear downs.
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I would take a broken one and figure out the proper way to disassemble it.... But no way am I gonna open mine...
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eallan said:
Very cool. I love tear downs.
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Me too!
Thanks for posting, OP.
Well I hope that my misfortune is at least helpful to others at some point since I could not find a teardown to reference before I tried fixing the phone myself.
I was able to get a new one from work (thank goodness for the large number of available upgrades on our account), but still plan to finish fixing this one when the LCDs become available. Putting it back together will be the easy part....I'll take better pictures during the process too.
Did you happen to notice where the cell and wifi antennas are located?
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They are located in the battery cover. If you take it apart you will see the metal tabs on the battery cover that connect to the phone for the antennas.
This is the first phone I have ever purchased insurance for. My nexus one took a few tumbles and survived but I would hate to try to replace this phone at retail price. At least ebay had nexus one pretty available for reasonable prices.
Good luck maybe you can still purchase the insurance through VZ.
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Well I dropped mine too and the digitizer is cracked bad. It still works and tape is holding it all in place but I need to get it fixed. I have taken apart laptops and fixed them and am a mr fixit in many departments, so I hope I can do it without cracking the lcd. I ordered the digitizer and am hoping to get some tips from you. Is there any way you put a step by step together that could guide me through this process? I would greatly greatly appreciate it.
I looked at the pics and with the beveled edges of the tray it seems to be very hard to separate the lcd from the tray with a flat blade. Does the LCD have to be detached from the tray? Also, since the bottom part of the case is a molded piece do the internals slide up and out?
Thanks
I'm sure that isn't the only antenna.
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As the title implies, my back battery door used to creek so badly. Put some paper behind it and feels 10x better.
Just wondering if anyone has had to do the same?
I bounce back and forth between extended and oem battery. My oem door doesn't squeak badly, rarely every really. My extended door doesn't at all.
My back door creaked but it was because I had a missing tab near the volume bar. Got a replacement from VZW and the creak is gone.
mine creaks horribly...you just put paper behind it? my left side creeks reallllllllly bad and it's getting worse.
wow very cool. i just put a thick piece of paper back there, and i don't really noitce it anymore..hmm!
haaha funny thing now, my phone doesn't lay 100% flat...it's a thin piece of paper, yet now i can sit here and spin my phone because there's a tiny added bulge to it!
Nice, I just snipped a piece and put it back there to see if it would altogether eliminate it. Good call!
Battery's get hot as they charge and discharge, this heat shortness there lifespan. I wonder if something other than paper would dissipate heat better?
Just a thought
Nope. Mine is solid. Aslo I keep a tpu case on it at all times.
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yeah, i was wondering if paper on the battery was such a good idea because of the heat, etc as well. hmm
jayochs said:
yeah, i was wondering if paper on the battery was such a good idea because of the heat, etc as well. hmm
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Yeah, my first thought was that sounds dangerous
Mine doesn't really creak much.
The paper isn't going to spontaneously combust. It isn't nearly hot enough. Not to mention if you had to put more than 1 piece back there you should probably just get a new back door. If anything was going to make the phone stay hot, or get hot longer it would be a TPU case, or any case for that matter.
nope. gonna spontaneously combust.
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I use paper on my fascinate with the extended battery. Been using it for over a year with no probs whatsoever. I needed it to stop the batt from shifting side to side. Problem solved
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jayochs said:
nope. gonna spontaneously combust.
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lol
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I have two extended battery backs, both creak some but one is worse than the other.
I don't get what the big deal is however, the creak doesn't bother me at all. I hardly notice it & figure its no big deal anyway.
~John
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I have two extended battery backs, both creak some but one is worse than the other.
I don't get what the big deal is however, the creak doesn't bother me at all. I hardly notice it & figure its no big deal anyway.
~John
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agreed, but I also use that verizon holster case with it.
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agreed, but I also use that verizon holster case with it.
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yea, I use the hard rubber HTCPedia case with the back cutout for the extended batt (I have a shiny black one & a red one).
I LOVE that case, it makes the phone feel like the extended battery is the stock setup.
~John
jmorton10 said:
I have two extended battery backs, both creak some but one is worse than the other.
I don't get what the big deal is however, the creak doesn't bother me at all. I hardly notice it & figure its no big deal anyway.
~John
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It's nothing I wad losing sleep over lol, just something that bothered me, and adding paper resolved it just fine, very happy with the results.
creak bothered the living hell out of me because it creaked even with the TPU case on; felt like i was holding a cheap piece of plastic. now it doesn't and i couldn't be happier.
The back plate makes creaky sounds all of the time is this normal or can it be fixed
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Slap some electrical tape under it in different spots until it doesn't creak any more.
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The back plate makes creaky sounds all of the time is this normal or can it be fixed
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cut some paper the size of the battery, and stick them between the battery and the case. Add/take away sheets of paper till the case still closes but the creak is gone. We did this on the droid bionic, did wonders for the terrible creak of the phone. I haven't had to much creak with the rezound, but been meaning to do this with the phone.
yeah, I notice that as well with my unit. It is a little annoying. I have to say while the phone is nice, the build quaility really needs a little better.
You'll get used to it. No big deal.
The TPA case that goes only around the edges (sold on htcpedia.com) helps reduce this. It fits the regular back and OEM extended battery back. Best case I've ever had on a phone.
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Deron Baker said:
You'll get used to it. No big deal.
The TPA case that goes only around the edges (sold on htcpedia.com) helps reduce this. It fits the regular back and OEM extended battery back. Best case I've ever had on a phone.
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Can you post or PM me a link to the "TPA edge-only" case? I couldn't find it on that site. Thanks!
nosympathy said:
cut some paper the size of the battery, and stick them between the battery and the case. Add/take away sheets of paper till the case still closes but the creak is gone. We did this on the droid bionic, did wonders for the terrible creak of the phone. I haven't had to much creak with the rezound, but been meaning to do this with the phone.
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This! Just got a couple Post Its...folded them up and placed them on the back of the battery. Profit.
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Can you post or PM me a link to the "TPA edge-only" case? I couldn't find it on that site. Thanks!
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I use this one with my extended batteries, works super:
http://shop.htcpedia.com/htc-rezound-extended-battery-tpu-case-hard-rubber.html
Deron Baker said:
You'll get used to it. No big deal.
The TPA case that goes only around the edges (sold on htcpedia.com) helps reduce this. It fits the regular back and OEM extended battery back. Best case I've ever had on a phone.
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I bought the extended battery and back and that TPA case that goes around the edges but leaves the back exposed does a great job of squeezing the back and phone together and eliminating the squeeks. I like the regular size battery but with the TPU case, I use the extended battery all the time.
solution is too buy a 3rd party case.
My original Rezound didnt creak, but my replacement one does a bit. I notice it most when I'm cleaning the screen, cause that seems to put the most pressure on it. Sticking a bandaid on the battery seems to have helped it a lot though..
i put a thin piece there to stop the creaks, which it did..it's funny though, now my rezound easily spins in circles on a table hahah..that THIN piece of paper was enough to bulge the middle of teh back cover out to make it spinny!
Don't forget that paper is an insulator. That's why homeless people use newspaper as a blanket. Your phone will retain more heat, longer with paper shoved inside it.
yeah, we voiced those concerns back wehn this topic came out like the week the phone came out haha..was always a problem..but most of us never really noticed any higher temps than normal..my phone never goes over like 42 degrees C, which is what, around 100 degrees F?
I'm pretty nit picky about my phone creaking and I've had a lot of time on my hands so recently I've given this topic way to much thought.....
The creaking is due to the plastic not fitting perfectly and the friction created when the battery door slightly moves around.
I sat down with a bottle cap, a q-tip, and a can of WD-40 (I know, I know, call me crazy if you must )
I filled up the bottle cap with WD-40 and dipped the q-tip in it. I carefully LIGHTLY applied it on all the connecting tabs on the battery door. Voila! Be careful to avoid all the antenna metal stuff so you don't mess up your reception.
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I just picked the phone up this morning, and I must say the screen is phenomenal. One thing that bugs the crap out of me is the cover for the charging port. Has anyone just ripped it out? I have no fingernails and getting into it kind of sucks. Or are there any tricks to getting into it a bit easier?
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I just picked the phone up this morning, and I must say the screen is phenomenal. One thing that bugs the crap out of me is the cover for the charging port. Has anyone just ripped it out? I have no fingernails and getting into it kind of sucks. Or are there any tricks to getting into it a bit easier?
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I have seen a few reports of people just giving it a firm tug and the cover does pop out.
I like the cover. I've yet to use the USB as I've been only wirelessly charging.
I see. I will probably look on Amazon today for wireless charging pads, I'm sure in the accessories sub-forum there are plenty of recommendations for good pads. Thanks.
There was already a topic about this. A couple of users ripped it off firmly and all went well.
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I'm keeping it on for dust, water prevention. It only takes a half second people
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chayos00 said:
I have seen a few reports of people just giving it a firm tug and the cover does pop out.
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I pulled on mine. It removed intact. I was able to reinsert it no problem.
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At first I didn't like how difficult it was to put in. After a few days I got it down pretty well and it's easy to snap in. I'll definitely leave it in place, as I like the smooth, unbroken line it creates on the bottom of the phone. Not to mention looking back at my EVO 4G's nearly unused mini HDMI port and remembering the insane amount of pocket fluff that ended up inside that thing.
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I'm keeping it on for dust, water prevention. It only takes a half second people
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It may be true that it doesn't take long, but I have a bad habit or chewing my fingernails and it is tough to get the plug out.
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At first I didn't like how difficult it was to put in. After a few days I got it down pretty well and it's easy to snap in. I'll definitely leave it in place, as I like the smooth, unbroken line it creates on the bottom of the phone. Not to mention looking back at my EVO 4G's nearly unused mini HDMI port and remembering the insane amount of pocket fluff that ended up inside that thing.
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Mine actually breaks the line at the bottom, since the left corner refuses to go completely in .__. So I have a small corner sticking up just a tiny bit lol.
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It may be true that it doesn't take long, but I have a bad habit or chewing my fingernails and it is tough to get the plug out.
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Then quit being so stressed out all the time.
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I have awakened. Hopefully someday you do the same!
Yeah people need to understand where phones are going these days. Things like battery covers, internal memory, etc are all extinct now. Just like the dna is designed to cloud streaming, it is also designed for wireless charging. Consider the fact they even put a usb port on there as a favor. If you're shelling out money for the DNA you should be able to afford a wireless charger to go with it.
Yeah, I ripped it out before I even left the Verizon store
anyone tried one of these they look like the buisness but what they like in real life?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Waterproo...lePhonesCasesPouches&var=&hash=item2c78cf659a
Personally I wouldn't trust it. Had a look and there is just so much wrong with it. If you dont mind the bulk and perhaps believe it is rain resistant it might be worth it but not willing to experiment.
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tkwish said:
anyone tried one of these they look like the buisness but what they like in real life?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Waterproo...lePhonesCasesPouches&var=&hash=item2c78cf659a
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There's a thread on here if you look on here for it the case is called the Love Mei case, there's also a review or two on youtube. They're water resistant not proof people have said, and they have caused a drop in signal for some as well I almost got one but there seemed to be a few issues that made me not get it. Also Spen is impossible to pull out unless when you put it in you only do it partially in.
Looked at that thread and thought it was a different case cause it was also a lot cheaper
It'll probably interfere with the reception, being made of aluminium
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Man you guys must have big hands! I'm going leaner not heavier.
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and they have caused a drop in signal for some as well
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that alone is good enough reason (for me) to pass on this
I know someone who has this for an s4, it's ridiculously heavy and looks just as ridiculous imo
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yes they work. NO they are not waterproof YES they are water resistant if your careful. I had one 6 inches under water for 1 minute no problem.
YES they do block signal a little bit. yes they do make it harder to hear and be heard (a little) and yes it muffles the ringer a bit.
the red metallic one is quite nice looking. I got the yellow one from Love mei. VERy rugged very durable very heavy.
get rained on? drop it in the sink? get splashed on outside? your most likely A ok.
drop it in the pool and yank it out quick?. 50/50 odds. go scuba diving and your screwed.