[Q] Reputable digitizer dealer? - Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I had my digitizer replaced a month before warranty was over and 3 months later it started acting up again (I guess im too rough with my phones). I had dropped it a few times without cracking the screen but it has dead spots in multiple parts of the screen, no matter what way i view it.
I have not installed any custom roms or partitioned the drive. I opened it up and re-seated the digitizer cable but i didn't have any luck.
I checked Amazon for a new digitizer but all i see is negative reviews and I have emailed some ebay buyers who were unhappy about their purchase (after already leaving feedback).
Does any one know of any reputable companies where i could buy a new digitizer? Preferably in North America for faster shipping.

howlett1 said:
I had my digitizer replaced a month before warranty was over and 3 months later it started acting up again (I guess im too rough with my phones). I had dropped it a few times without cracking the screen but it has dead spots in multiple parts of the screen, no matter what way i view it.
I have not installed any custom roms or partitioned the drive. I opened it up and re-seated the digitizer cable but i didn't have any luck.
I checked Amazon for a new digitizer but all i see is negative reviews and I have emailed some ebay buyers who were unhappy about their purchase (after already leaving feedback).
Does any one know of any reputable companies where i could buy a new digitizer? Preferably in North America for faster shipping.
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I only know of one not reputable company that I try to steer people from. Repairuniverse.com horrible customer service, no phone support, tried to make me feel I broke their defective screen, slow shipping even if you pay for expedited, and only after threatening with contacting the BBB did they finally send me my RMA and replace my part.

pre4speed said:
I only know of one not reputable company that I try to steer people from. Repairuniverse.com horrible customer service, no phone support, tried to make me feel I broke their defective screen, slow shipping even if you pay for expedited, and only after threatening with contacting the BBB did they finally send me my RMA and replace my part.
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That’s the kind of thing I’m trying to avoid. I know defective parts are inevitable, quality control can’t be perfect for everything.
Im sure we have some users here who have purchased digitizers that worked out ok.

I have purchased around 30 digitizers for atrix's, I prefer to buy the digitizer and the frame in one piece and I have found that your best chance of getting a working digitizer that is actual gorilla glass is to buy the refurbished ones, or original oem atrix digitizers, you will find them on ebay currently the only supplier is in london and he is selling 3 different qualitys "A", "B', and "C" with the difference being amount of scratches...but I see different people show up selling the oem ones on occasion.
Sadly a couple of the websites I used to purchase from no longer stock, or I received defective products, or they only sell to commercial entities which won't help you or they charge insane amounts for shipping from hong kong.
ymmv.

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Broken glass/lcd

Hi.
Where can I buy a replacement LCD for HTC Herald? Is it difficult to replace it myself?
The best place to purchase a screen would be straight from china. If you want I can contact my link in china for the price of an lcd, or you can try and find one on e-Bay. I've done quite a few lcd and housing replacements for Pocket Pc devices and I suggest that you dont do it unless you know what you are doing. One of my friends even took his device to a real technician and he still messed it up. My suggestion would be to find a certified technician and make sure that they offer a warranty service for 3-6 months after the servicing.
EDIT: you must find the HTC model number of the LCD, and use that to search. Even though its the same size as the wizards, the flex cable might be in a different position. Also I think it would be quite hard to change without a corresponding service manual. My LCD was replaced also, but at the time it was still under international warranty, so I decided to send it in to HTC. HTC also modded my phone by adding an extra plate in between the slide out keyboard and the screen, has made the slide out more sturdy.
neptune said:
The best place to purchase a screen would be straight from china. If you want I can contact my link in china for the price of an lcd, or you can try and find one on e-Bay. I've done quite a few lcd and housing replacements for Pocket Pc devices and I suggest that you dont do it unless you know what you are doing. One of my friends even took his device to a real technician and he still messed it up. My suggestion would be to find a certified technician and make sure that they offer a warranty service for 3-6 months after the servicing.
EDIT: you must find the HTC model number of the LCD, and use that to search. Even though its the same size as the wizards, the flex cable might be in a different position. Also I think it would be quite hard to change without a corresponding service manual. My LCD was replaced also, but at the time it was still under international warranty, so I decided to send it in to HTC. HTC also modded my phone by adding an extra plate in between the slide out keyboard and the screen, has made the slide out more sturdy.
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Do you have a link for a china webshop where they have it?
I will contact them when I get home and get them to send an English link to their website. In the meantime try to find a service manual for the Herald.
I don't mean to advertise, but I got my LCD from here when I cracked mine.
http://cnn.cn/shop/p4350dopod-c858-screen-p-1705.html
$60 for a perfect OEM screen with touch sensor is a DAMN fine deal, and they were pretty much the only site I could find under a hundred bucks.
orochidp said:
I don't mean to advertise, but I got my LCD from here when I cracked mine.
http://cnn.cn/shop/p4350dopod-c858-screen-p-1705.html
$60 for a perfect OEM screen with touch sensor is a DAMN fine deal, and they were pretty much the only site I could find under a hundred bucks.
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That's a damn nice site! too bad I would not risk repairing it myself, and going to a technical repair guy with your own stuff is not an option lol
i got a replacement screen from CNN.CN via fedex and it arrived in 3 days. fitted it myself, as i have replaced several phone housings in the past. it can be a bit of a mission, took me 2 hours with rest breaks and no rushing.
as long as your patient and methodical, it can be done yourself.
batesie said:
i got a replacement screen from CNN.CN via fedex and it arrived in 3 days. fitted it myself, as i have replaced several phone housings in the past. it can be a bit of a mission, took me 2 hours with rest breaks and no rushing.
as long as your patient and methodical, it can be done yourself.
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Sadly they don't seem to carry them anymore. They have P4350 housing but no LCD's. I am in need of both. Just broke my phone today.
Hey Kennyidaho,
I don`t know if you have repaired your device yet but this is what i`f found on EBAY http://search.ebay.com/search/searc...action=compare&copagenum=1&coentrypage=search copy and past this at the top.
Hoop it helps.
Replacement LCDs and housing for the Herald can also be found here:
http://www.phoneystore.com
Replacement WING LCD
you can get the replacement WING LCD for $55 at www.blackberry8100parts.com USA Based
and the service manuals are here
http://michael-channon.spaces.live.com/

[Q] Broken GNote: what are my options?

So yesterday I was getting in my car and wearing sweat panths. My GNote slid out of my panths and I closed the door on the screen, the timing could not have been more perfect. Not that I would ever want to but I bet money that I couldn't reproduce such a perfectly timed event. The worst part about this was the Note had 7 Hours left on eBay , bidding ended at 585.00. I couldn't stop the auction bc it was less the 12hrs befor the end. I refunded and emailed the buyer and informed him of the situation, I hope he agrees to cancel the auction or else I'll be charged with the selling fee.
Condition of Note:
Shattered screen basically on the entire left side. The screen doesn't turn on but the captivate buttons work at the bottom. Small crack on frame of the screen.
So my questions is this: what is my best option in regards to getting rid of the GNote?
Should I sell it as is on eBay?
Contact Samsung and see if they can repair the device?
Find a local vendor?
I was going to buy one galaxy note just like yours. I contacted the Samsung repair people they told the will charger 70 just to take a look at the phone and then they will let you know how much it will cost me.The final amount they gave me to repair was 200 $. Good luck
I would compare the 2. Price for a broken note on ebay, and price for a fixed one (Minus the cost of repair). You can look at completed auctions to see the costs. Im sure someone would pay over 100 bux for the broken one.

[Q] Help with a broken screen

Hello,
Yesterday I have applied too much pressure to my dear Blade, so I got several cracks going through my screen. I am really not into fixing this kind of problem myself, so I'm thinking about other options. I can give it repair shop, but it will take ages as they would have to order the parts and would certainly order new screen, not just glass, resulting in an enormous price that would most likely be bigger than the one I bought this phone. Does anyone know any ways of filling the cracks? It might be important that those cracks doesnt seem to reach the bottom of the glass. I have found many suggestions of bringing the phone to mechanics who fix the cracks on the windshields. Would that be a good idea?
I would been orderd full replacement on dealextream or amazon or any other site.
would take 1-2 weeks to get the replacement, and just watch a video how to replace it
AND ITS CHEAP!!!!
Some Links:
http://www.dealextreme.com/p/zte-v880-replacement-full-housing-with-buttons-white-109095?item=14
Thank you very much, but are you sure it comes with a glass for screen included?
I really don't know, ill watch some others when i get home from my job!
Thank you for your help! And what do you think about bringing it to the car windshield repair service, totally bad idea?
Wolfas said:
Thank you for your help! And what do you think about bringing it to the car windshield repair service, totally bad idea?
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Sounds like a bad idea. I think the part he linked doesn't include any glass, but there are replacement parts with the glass cheap on ebay & dealextreme.
However ...many people I asked said dealextreme can't be trusted
QuantumFoam said:
However ...many people I asked said dealextreme can't be trusted
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Many other people buy off them successfully & are happy. They're a big popular website for cheap stuff from China. Some Cheap stuff from China is low quality. Some is fake. Sometimes it might get lost. Often you get a good deal, but there's a risk involved, buyer beware.
Our phones are cheap Chinese phones, made in China for a Chinese company, more have been sold in China than the rest of the world combined. I think about 6 million sold in China. A website that specialises in cheap stuff from China is the ideal place to find replacement parts for our phones.
You could also find the same things on eBay, if you trust it more.

Where to buy replacement LCD panel

I have a defective screen in my TF201 which is out of warranty, so I am looking to replace it.
After taking apart my prime, I found that it is a Hannstar HSD101PWW2 which no one, not even eBay, seems to stock/sell. There is one retailer in the UK that sells it for £47 (about $75 CAD) which is a great price, though they charge £80 ($126 CAD) to ship it here.
Does anyone have any ideas as to where I might be able to purchase these?
I found one site, however I'm not 100% sold on buying from them since I can't seem to find reviews or opinions on it anywhere.
http://www.os-store.com
Here's a link to the part itself: http://www.os-store.com/new-a-hannstar-10-1-lcd-led-display-screen-panel-hsd101pww2-a00.html
It seems fine, there's just ZERO information about this store on the internet. No one posting in forums asking about it, no one complaining, no advertising anywhere... it's really strange.
Any opinions? Experiences?
Well, tried os-store.com and what a mess that was... Assured me they had it in stock, told me it shipped, then a week later told me it tested faulty and offered me a refund. Not very trusting of Chinese shops when it comes to this stuff...
No one seems to stock this thing - any suggestions?
Replace with TF700? Wait for Note 10.1? Nexus 10 potentially?
Agh..
When I looked into doing this I came to the conclusion that the screen consisted of three parts the lcd panel, the touch digitiser and the glass. This may or not be accurate, it was hard to find all the components. My screen was cracked, it worked for a while then the lcd panel failed. I think from memory the touch digitise was still working when I hooked it up via hdmia. I sent it back to asus for a paid repair.
scote said:
When I looked into doing this I came to the conclusion that the screen consisted of three parts the lcd panel, the touch digitiser and the glass. This may or not be accurate, it was hard to find all the components. My screen was cracked, it worked for a while then the lcd panel failed. I think from memory the touch digitise was still working when I hooked it up via hdmia. I sent it back to asus for a paid repair.
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Sadly my problem is that the LCD panel was defective from day one, no problem with my digitizer/glass at all. I got flicker like crazy for the first little while and then ended up having permanent black bars running across the screen.
The repair on it through ASUS is $300, however I'd rather spend $300 towards a new tablet with warranty rather than blow it on another panel that isn't guaranteed/warrantied at all after the repair. Thinking I might wait for the TF700 to arrive in Canada, however people are saying the same issues exist with that device (browser lag, FC's, etc) so I'm not sure what my best course of action is.
I'd like to avoid ASUS if at all possible, but they make the highest-performance tablets right now even if the firmware for them is terrible.
caseyc said:
Well, tried os-store.com and what a mess that was... Assured me they had it in stock, told me it shipped, then a week later told me it tested faulty and offered me a refund. Not very trusting of Chinese shops when it comes to this stuff...
No one seems to stock this thing - any suggestions?
Replace with TF700? Wait for Note 10.1? Nexus 10 potentially?
Agh..
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Did you get your refund? I like to know as my company recently did business with these.
Yes, I got a refund however I wouldn't deal with them again. It's not good business practice to sell products that you don't actually have stock of.
You might order something from them and wait months before it gets to you (if at all) because they order it after you buy it, then they have to wait for it to arrive, then they ship it to you... Not good.
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[Q] Cracked Screen -- Repair/Replace?

My wife's Rezzie has a cracked screen. Nothing seems to have caused it. All was fine when she put it on the counter. An hour later, it's got cracks running all across it. The digitizer still works. It doesn't appear that any shards have worked loose.
A quick check on eBay shows that used Rezounds are going for around $200. That's not a great deal, since we've got a discounted upgrade available at VZW (though we'd have to extend our contract -- yuk). The phone is off warranty and doesn't have insurance on it any more.
There's an excellent repair place near where we live that can do the work in an hour, but they charge about $175. The parts seem to be available on Amazon for about $30-$50. However, the quality and results for DIY repairs appears to be somewhat mixed, and the process looks to be a bit involved.
So -- do we leave the phone as-is? Try and repair it ourselves? Send it in for repair? Buy a used one? Buy something else? Interested in y'all's thoughts.
Personally, and I say personally cuz I'm good with detail and following instructions, I'd say try to fix it your self if you mess up your out like fifty bucks and have to get a new phone anyways.. but that's just me I just ordered a LCD, digitizer, and tools off eBay for my incredible gonna give it a try my self in few days.
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jldeitch said:
My wife's Rezzie has a cracked screen. Nothing seems to have caused it. All was fine when she put it on the counter. An hour later, it's got cracks running all across it. The digitizer still works. It doesn't appear that any shards have worked loose.
A quick check on eBay shows that used Rezounds are going for around $200. That's not a great deal, since we've got a discounted upgrade available at VZW (though we'd have to extend our contract -- yuk). The phone is off warranty and doesn't have insurance on it any more.
There's an excellent repair place near where we live that can do the work in an hour, but they charge about $175. The parts seem to be available on Amazon for about $30-$50. However, the quality and results for DIY repairs appears to be somewhat mixed, and the process looks to be a bit involved.
So -- do we leave the phone as-is? Try and repair it ourselves? Send it in for repair? Buy a used one? Buy something else? Interested in y'all's thoughts.
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I got my replacement glass/digitizer for $20.
Just be careful to document all your steps if you do it yourself, as I forgot to put the pieces for the capacitive lights back in.

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