Ok so somehow today while in my pocket the back glass of my shiny exactly 30 day old today optimus g just shattered starting around the speaker and working its way all the way up i am curious if anyone knows of a place that will repair it i have an email in with lg now im gonna wait and see what that want to fix it the bezel and screen are immaculate not a mark anywhere it wasn't dropped or anything if anyone can point me in a direction of getting it repaired please let me know
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Whoa! That kinda damage for only 30 days hopefully you had a warranty assuming your telling the truth and no negligence can be proved claim your warranty probably might wanna root do a backup save it somewhere then unroot b4 though
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no damage anywhere im not sure what happened it really did happen in my pocket its freaking strange i dont ever par for insurance with att so i have no insurance but im hoping lg will fix it for a reasonable price if i dropped it then no biggie ill claim that but i didint and im not expecting lg to fix it for free i just hope its not 300.00 dollars or some crap to fix it
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no damage anywhere im not sure what happened it really did happen in my pocket its freaking strange i dont ever par for insurance with att so i have no insurance but im hoping lg will fix it for a reasonable price if i dropped it then no biggie ill claim that but i didint and im not expecting lg to fix it for free i just hope its not 300.00 dollars or some crap to fix it
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It seems the nexus 4 is sending esp waves to damage its cousin lol but I don't know where you can get that fixed but isn't there like a warranty for a certain period or something
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I have no idea i am going to call my local ATT store in the morning i am really good freinds with the manager maybe he can help me out
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If all else fails ill order a case when one is available so i dont see it and just use it as it isint hurt functionally
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So my sweet OG is now on its way back to LG In fort worth for repair lets see how much its gonna cost and how long it takes ill update this thread with the Info i recieve from lg so if anyone else faces an accidental break/shatter of the back glass they will know what Lg has to say about it and what they charge to fix
The back glass on these phones is notoriously sensitive. I have a small crack going through the whole phone on the back. The other day I dropped it from my chair on to the carpet in my room and that put a hairline crack all across the front now. This is a major concern for these phones as the phone becomes totally unresponsive when the front glass cracks. I have been using phones without a case for years with never any problems and a carpet drop from 2 feet should not damage your phone like this.
yeah a carpet fall shouldent do damage like that i read over in the international version forum that the international version back glass cracked from temperture change going from hot to cold mine was in my pocket and somehow broke around the speaker then the more i used it the worse it got untill yesterday when i took it out and a small sliver of glass actually stuck in my finger so this morning i sent it back to LG
Sorry to hear that....Now my phone went back into Bumper case after seeing this post. Looks and feels horrible but hey.. don't want a broken glass.
That looks like either stress around the speaker cutout or spontaneous shattering.
It's an uncommon but well enough known phenomenon in tempered glasses (of which gorilla glass is).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spontaneous_glass_breakage
I am Hoping Lg will Look at the phone and see that there is absolutly no physical damage exept the glass its very very obvious the phone was not dropped and has not a single mark on the bezel but i doubt they are gonna fix it without it costing me an arm and possibly 2 legs
i will be buying the otterbox case as soon as i hear back from lg about what there gonna do
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i will be buying the otterbox case as soon as i hear back from lg about what there gonna do
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Otterbox does not make a case for the AT&T LG Optimus G. The Otterbox Commuter just released for the Optimug G is Sprint only.
wow good call i thought it was for the att version i saw it was just released
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I am Hoping Lg will Look at the phone and see that there is absolutely no physical damage exept the glass its very very obvious the phone was not dropped and has not a single mark on the bezel but i doubt they are gonna fix it without it costing me an arm and possibly 2 legs
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It might not be your case but sometimes... when we have the phone in our pocket... and while walking or doing something your leg (thigh area) might have hit something..Like corner of a table or it can be anything. b'cos it happens unconsciously you will not notice till you actually pull it out later and :crying: ... It happened to me once, From then on.. I always keep my phone screen(front) facing inside (towards body). But as this phone as double glass we are out of luck.
I hated when Nexus 4 and this phone came up with this idea of having glass back... even after knowing its a bad idea. e.g. Iphone 4 or 4s... everyone knew someone(friend or friends friend) with Iphone broken their glass at-least once.
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It might not be your case but sometimes... when we have the phone in our pocket... and while walking or doing something your leg (thigh area) might have hit something..Like corner of a table or it can be anything. b'cos it happens unconsciously you will not notice till you actually pull it out later and :crying: ... It happened to me once, From then on.. I always keep my phone screen(front) facing inside (towards body). But as this phone as double glass we are out of luck.
I hated when Nexus 4 and this phone came up with this idea of having glass back... even after knowing its a bad idea. e.g. Iphone 4 or 4s... everyone knew someone(friend or friends friend) with Iphone broken their glass at-least once.
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that might very well be the case i might have run into something. But either way i dont mind paying to get it repaired as long as its reasonable ya know i just dont wanna be gouged or told that its not repairable kind of crap ya know im hoping it will all play out
Strange... Mine fell 6 feet onto our concrete kitchen floor inside its att body glove case and nothing happened to mine, seriously.
Any extreme temperature change or sudden jarring movements?
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Not really i took my wife to cracker barrel to eat got out of the truck checked in on facebook dropped the phone into my pocket front right jean pocket to be exact when in to eat came out pulled out my phone and bam it was broken and i had little shards of glass in my pocket
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So today at work I pulled my phone out of my back pocket and this is what I saw! Very heart breaking, especially for the first day in the new Ebay case! At least I have the warranty with Best Buy so they will ship it off and fix it! Dropping it off Saturday and should have it back in 5-7 days! Anyone got a loaner phone they wanna let me use in the mean time? Just kidding!
Backpocket? Did you sit on it.
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It was my back but I was standing and then squatted, then I remembered it in my pocket so I pulled it out! That's when I saw this. I'm thinking I must have bumped into something before I squatted, that looks like a direct hit crack.
Hopefully your butt didn't do that. Unless you have been watching buns of steel. Then I guess you would know it was working...
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You must had bumped into something, hard. The screen is pretty durable (at least in the iPhone 4S vs Samsung Galaxy S II Drop test).
Advice: Keep your phone in or left, or right, pocket at all times. Keep the screen facing inward (towards you).
Good thing you got that warranty with Best Buy! For me, I use not a case nor have a good "warranty". I just never break my products! (Went for a year with an unprotected iPhone 4 and it still looks like new - just a few scratches which you cannot see when the screen is on!)
At least you did not break the digitizer! Damn that must have been a nasty hit because Gorilla Glass is supposed to be damned near breakable like that, I would have thought if anything the digitizer would have broke before the gorilla glass. Even my Captivate when I broke the screen, the gorilla glass in that phone looks brand new just the digitizer spider cracked lol
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You must had bumped into something, hard. The screen is pretty durable (at least in the iPhone 4S vs Samsung Galaxy S II Drop test).
Advice: Keep your phone in or left, or right, pocket at all times. Keep the screen facing inward (towards you).
Good thing you got that warranty with Best Buy! For me, I use not a case nor have a good "warranty". I just never break my products! (Went for a year with an unprotected iPhone 4 and it still looks like new - just a few scratches which you cannot see when the screen is on!)
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Same here.. except one day I dropped my iPhone 4 after having it for 1 year and 3 month.. screen shattered after that drop.. the phone was like new still >.<.. but one drop.. game over..
Warranty is just too expensive to buy.. for me at least.
Had phone since the Sunday it was released...screen has developed a crack at the bottom, just above the capac. buttons going completely across the screen.
Everything still works fine, but is obnoxious to look at.
Heres the thing... (and I know people will doubt this) but I haven't dropped the phone at all. Not even set it down roughly. This morning, everything was normal...went to go to work and put it in my bag by itself (correction - only other thing in there was a book and a wool hat). Got to work, took my phone out and BLAM, crack stretching from one side to the other. No marks around the bumpers or anything. I'm completely nonplussed at what could have happened. My thinking is flex *could* have done this, but that seems like it'd need a hell of a lot of pressure to do.
Well, ATT won't cover it, samsung won't cover it and the quoted repair cost is $200. Deductible for ATT phone insurance is...you guessed it...$200 (or $250 can't remember).
Anyone have any luck with these flybynight screen repair shops? I don't think they'd have the parts in stock for the phone since it is new and kind of a fringe product.
I'm seriously pissed...hung around with my iphone 3g for 3 years waiting for a good phone to upgrade to..finally blow my upgrade and a week later blam.
Rant!
You have a warranty just send it in to get fixed
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It should be obvious it wasn't dropped.
just take it back under warranty and get it replaced.
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Yes warranty would work as long as it doesn't look dropped down.
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Yes warranty would work as long as it doesn't look dropped down.
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I called Samsung on the phone and they told me it wouldn't be covered under warranty... I did explain to them that it hadn't been dropped or anything. Should I call and pester them again?
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I called Samsung on the phone and they told me it wouldn't be covered under warranty... I did explain to them that it hadn't been dropped or anything. Should I call and pester them again?
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I would take it to a different AT&T location and see if they'll replace it. Sounds like you got a rubbish device. I can't imagine they would replace it, as long as it's obvious it hasn't been dropped.
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I bet the book fid that. That happened to our recrptionist to her iphone. A book in the back pack. She is a college studemt.
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I would imagine the book definitely did that. Don't let them know that though ;-)
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A paperback book could do that? Thats actually very concerning to me as a consumer. I'm extremely cautious with my electronics (ask my wife, she will eyeroll ) and to have something like this occur without any strenuous contact being made with the phone is appalling.
First Samsung phone, and unfortunately will most likely be my last. It looks and operates flawlessly and was exactly what I wanted... but I can't for the life of me see spending that kind of money on something that can essentially break through such light use.
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Had phone since the Sunday it was released...screen has developed a crack at the bottom, just above the capac. buttons going completely across the screen.
Everything still works fine, but is obnoxious to look at.
Heres the thing... (and I know people will doubt this) but I haven't dropped the phone at all. Not even set it down roughly. This morning, everything was normal...went to go to work and put it in my bag by itself (correction - only other thing in there was a book and a wool hat). Got to work, took my phone out and BLAM, crack stretching from one side to the other. No marks around the bumpers or anything. I'm completely nonplussed at what could have happened. My thinking is flex *could* have done this, but that seems like it'd need a hell of a lot of pressure to do.
Well, ATT won't cover it, samsung won't cover it and the quoted repair cost is $200. Deductible for ATT phone insurance is...you guessed it...$200 (or $250 can't remember).
Anyone have any luck with these flybynight screen repair shops? I don't think they'd have the parts in stock for the phone since it is new and kind of a fringe product.
I'm seriously pissed...hung around with my iphone 3g for 3 years waiting for a good phone to upgrade to..finally blow my upgrade and a week later blam.
Rant!
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buy a replacement from ebay and fix it yourself. shouldnt be too difficult, I have replaced my iphones and my sensations screen and they pretty much were the same
I tried looking on ebay for a replacement, but perhaps I'm searching for the wrong thing...
can you share a link?
After calling just about every ATT store in town and explaining the problem, I found one willing to exchange it for a new one no questions asked.
I'm still worried about the durability of the phone since nothing major occurred that should cause this amount of damage. Hopefully I just had a defective screen or something and this one will last me a long, long time.
i carry my note in my pocket (I'm a big guy) it rides in the front pocket all day was case-less for the first week i mean i worked played and goofed off with it there can't even tell. i think u just got a bad glass display it is mass produced product and defects do happen.
I myself was very impressed with the build quality of the phone how sturdy it felt despite its lack of depth. So i'd just be aware and keep ur books away from it
should probably just start storing my books on the damn thing
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After calling just about every ATT store in town and explaining the problem, I found one willing to exchange it for a new one no questions asked.
I'm still worried about the durability of the phone since nothing major occurred that should cause this amount of damage. Hopefully I just had a defective screen or something and this one will last me a long, long time.
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Im guessing you just had a faulty screen. Gorilla glass can take some serious pressure, and is even pretty damn good at shock resistance. I've dropped my old captivate and infuse countless times without a case and never cracked a screen. Hell, last summer my captivate took a kick from a full grown horse when it was in my pocket, and the screen survived. The hoof hit the back of my captivate, bent the backplate and battery, but the screen was fine. It saved me from a huge bruise, that's for sure.
I think you will be fine with a new device, because it sounds like a faulty screen. Don't let one faulty Samsung ruin Samsung for you forever. They make great devices, and their screens are matched by none. Other manufacturers are just as likely do have a defective device, you just got really unlucky with your first note.
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I have already dropped my note face down on a corner (it was in a speck case and had a clear screen protector on) and knock on wood it was fine. It is very possible that its just a faulty screen. I would pesster the heck out of at&t and samsung til i got a new phone. They will budge you just have to be persistant.
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I am anal about my devices also, and the thought of just throwing it in a bag makes me cringe! Always front left pocket for me, no exceptions!
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A paperback book could do that? Thats actually very concerning to me as a consumer. I'm extremely cautious with my electronics (ask my wife, she will eyeroll ) and to have something like this occur without any strenuous contact being made with the phone is appalling.
First Samsung phone, and unfortunately will most likely be my last. It looks and operates flawlessly and was exactly what I wanted... but I can't for the life of me see spending that kind of money on something that can essentially break through such light use.
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No offense, but if you stuffed your Note in a bag with a book or anything else, you're not really that cautious with your electronics. There's a reason I have never damaged any of my phones or tablets. It's because I don't do things like that.
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No offense, but if you stuffed your Note in a bag with a book or anything else, you're not really that cautious with your electronics. There's a reason I have never damaged any of my phones or tablets. It's because I don't do things like that.
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I'm not sure where you got the idea that I "stuffed" it in a bag. The bag in question was a messenger style bag with separate internal pockets, phone was in one, book in the other. Book was a paperback (you can actually see it in my photos) about 200 pages thick.
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Second phone screen cracked. Top of screen near the front camera. Had it less than 24 hours - took it back and they exchanged it again with no issues.
Got it at around 4pm, took it home, put it in case (SGP) and put it to charge, went to the gym and then came home and did some programming for a few hours before bed. Phone stayed on charger the whole time. Next morning I put (note: did not "stuff") the phone into my right front pocket of my jeans (normal jeans, not skinny or anything). It was the only thing in the pocket, had a wallet in my back right pocket and some disposable eye contacts in my left front pocket. Walked about 3 blocks to a lecture checked email on the phone - no crack. sat with it in the pocket (front right) for about an hour and a half, then got up and walked home. Got home took the phone out...crack! About an inch long from the very edge of the glass towards the middle of the phone.
I can't make this stuff up. Took it to the store and they replaced it for me again. Manager said something about maybe they got tussled around during shipment or packing.
Both cracked were white devices. The phone I have now is a black one.
I'm trying to think of reasons why this could have occurred twice. First time could possibly have been from being in the bag, but I wasn't throwing the bag around or anything like that. Second time? Who knows... if walking with a phone in your pocket causes it to break...
I am super thankful that I found a store willing to do the exchanges, and I do love this phone...but what the heck!
Hey Guys,
I scratched my notes's screen a bit in the middle in 2-3 spots while going camping. Looking at the phone makes me want to flush it down the drain!
I called bell and told them i had all kind of issues and they told me that they do not do any exchanges, they send phones to Samsung and they decide if the phone gets repaired or exchanged.
So my question is , did any of you deal with samsung repair center and did they send you a refurbished phone, or your same phone with scratches all over the place?
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Hey Guys,
I scratched my notes's screen a bit in the middle in 2-3 spots while going camping. Looking at the phone makes me want to flush it down the drain!
I called bell and told them i had all kind of issues and they told me that they do not do any exchanges, they send phones to Samsung and they decide if the phone gets repaired or exchanged.
So my question is , did any of you deal with samsung repair center and did they send you a refurbished phone, or your same phone with scratches all over the place?
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So your trying to exchange only cuz you got the screen scratches?
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So your trying to exchange only cuz you got the screen scratches?
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ITs the main reason. In the 6 months ive owned it, it also gave me about 10 pink screens then rebot
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ITs the main reason. In the 6 months ive owned it, it also gave me about 10 pink screens then rebot
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Well u cannot lie and say that u have all these issues especially when u clearly don't and only want a new one cuz of your screen. Its called a screen protector and a otter box. That's your own fault and if u lied to them about issues they will try to duplicate the issues and will only attempt to fix anything they may see. Quite pathetic to lie to get a new one cuz u weren't prepared for your adventure .
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you can put a protector on the screen now and hide most of the scratches.. i bought a phone and the seller did this.. very very hard to tell, but with the protector off substantial scratch..
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you can put a protector on the screen now and hide most of the scratches.. i bought a phone and the seller did this.. very very hard to tell, but with the protector off substantial scratch..
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Ditto that. A Zagg screen should fill in the scratches and make them almost invisible and prevent further scratches. Also, comes with a lifetime warranty.
I've dealt with Samsung warranty over charging port/cable issues and they sent me a new device rather than a refurb. I retained my own S-Pen, Battery, and sim card. You can send them your phone for whatever reason you want, but once they get it and realize that you just wanted a new device cause you scratched your screen they will most likely charge you for the device.
I agree that you've really got to look at yourself as the cause of the problem. You could have gotten a quality screen protector for minimal cash, and if you can afford the phone and service you can afford to protect it.
Why even take your phone camping? You should never take a phone like the Note camping with you. Keep a backup flip phone and slide your sim in while your camping. People camp to get away from the world not to bring it with them. Also if your gonna cheat Samsung cause you made a mistake and messed your screen up, you will probably never learn your lesson. Buy another Note or deal with your mistake after all Samsung did nothing wrong. Its your fault not theirs. Not only is it lame and dishonest its a crime to scam for free property. Scratched phones are not covered with warranty, but real malfuntions are so I guess your outta luck.
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wow, this thread has gone out of proportion! Lets put some facts clear :
1. I did not post a complete post as i was really tired and sleepy ( sorry about that )
2. I am having LTE connectivity issues and 50% drop calls on LTE. we changed SIM cards already and Bell told me to get my phone repaired
3. I got Some pink screens about 10 times in total which worried me. Got them on stock GB, on Perfection ICS Leaks, and on Stock ICS
4. I always had a screen protector, but had few issues with it. It got dirty on the top part next to the front camera, and it had all kind of lines because of the s-pen ( I guess they sold me the wrong type of screen protector as this one sucks! )
I endured it for 6 months but got fed up and ordered a Spigen Glas.t from eBay. I got fed-up of the screen protector meanwhile and i took it off last weekend. Since then ive been scratching my phone all the time, in my pockets, with quarters or keys, or plastic cards!!!This gorilla screen is not really good on the Note.
Anyways sorry for the confusion, hope i cleared out everything.
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wow, this thread has gone out of proportion! Lets put some facts clear :
1. I did not post a complete post as i was really tired and sleepy ( sorry about that )
2. I am having LTE connectivity issues and 50% drop calls on LTE. we changed SIM cards already and Bell told me to get my phone repaired
3. I got Some pink screens about 10 times in total which worried me. Got them on stock GB, on Perfection ICS Leaks, and on Stock ICS
4. I always had a screen protector, but had few issues with it. It got dirty on the top part next to the front camera, and it had all kind of lines because of the s-pen ( I guess they sold me the wrong type of screen protector as this one sucks! )
I endured it for 6 months but got fed up and ordered a Spigen Glas.t from eBay. I got fed-up of the screen protector meanwhile and i took it off last weekend. Since then ive been scratching my phone all the time, in my pockets, with quarters or keys, or plastic cards!!!This gorilla screen is not really good on the Note.
Anyways sorry for the confusion, hope i cleared out everything.
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Just because it's gorilla glass doesn't change the fact that you're careless. I don't use a screen protector either, but then again my note always has a dedicated pocket. Gorilla glass isn't diamond, if something has a higher hardness rating, it will scratch the screen. Plain and simple. Pay for the repair or get a screen protector to fill the scratches in. It's your fault. Samsung will replace phones for manufacturers defects, but the screen scratches will take precedence over the other issues, as those aren't manufacturers defects. Take it as a lesson learned, you pay for expensive ****, so take care of it like it's expensive ****.
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Gorilla glass is very weak. The only screens I have scratched or broke were gorilla glass.
For $200 Samsung will replace your front glass, LCD, and digitizer. It is one unit. They will fix your other issues for free by flashing a basic stock rom and recovery, then see if you have bad hardware. It will take ten days. Call them.
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i just dropped from my bed my Galaxy and the ultra mighty gorila glass cracked but the touch and the screen are fine, no leaks or whatever, i just need to know what i have to buy to fix this mess
i found the digitizer LCD Display and Touch Screen not included that cost $18 dollars
or the full lcd touch combo that cost $239 dollars
as i said the touch is 100% working and the lcd doesnt have any leaks
i have searched similar topics but the other cases have broke lcd
thanx in advance :good:
Just found this video, i think im going to buy only the glass, the other solution is to expensive with 239 dollars i can get a new s3 with my mobile plan
So sorry for your phone man. I guess since the touch still works you will only need the front glass. To be honest i'm looking forward to see the answer of your question, since i never understood properly how the digitizer and the front glass work. Always thought they were the same.
Seeing images like of your phone is the reason why i bought my UAG case.
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What is it with Galaxy S3`s and so meny people dropping them and smashing there screens.
I have had my GS3 for quite a wile now and not a single drop or scratch.... are they really that slippery lol
You will need to buy them both. I have completed this repair numerous times for friends and family, and the digitizer will break close to 99% of the time.
I do consider myself very tedious and patient, but it is glued to the screen and there's a pretty slim chance of it coming off in one piece.
You can heat it up and try to get it as soft as possible, but it's super sticky.
Do yourself a favour and buy them both or else you're going to be waiting for a digitizer to come once you've started the repair process.
Hope this helps.
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You will need to buy them both. I have completed this repair numerous times for friends and family, and the digitizer will break close to 99% of the time.
I do consider myself very tedious and patient, but it is glued to the screen and there's a pretty slim chance of it coming off in one piece.
You can heat it up and try to get it as soft as possible, but it's super sticky.
Do yourself a favour and buy them both or else you're going to be waiting for a digitizer to come once you've started the repair process.
Hope this helps.
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really? the fact is for the price of the lcd and touchscreen combo i can get a new s3 on my phone plan but got to sign a 1 year contract, in fact i was waiting to buy an iphone 5 with my phone contract on december when they start to sell it here in colombia
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So sorry for your phone man. I guess since the touch still works you will only need the front glass. To be honest i'm looking forward to see the answer of your question, since i never understood properly how the digitizer and the front glass work. Always thought they were the same.
Seeing images like of your phone is the reason why i bought my UAG case.
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i thought the same, but then i saw the youtube videos replacing only the glass is 24 vs 239 dollars, i think i order 2 glasses just in case, and be ultra patient with the procedure
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What is it with Galaxy S3`s and so meny people dropping them and smashing there screens.
I have had my GS3 for quite a wile now and not a single drop or scratch.... are they really that slippery lol
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i don't know, i think is the plastic, im extra careful with phones the last phone that i cracked the screen was a sony ericcson p800, it was on mi pocket and hit it with the corner of a table
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What is it with Galaxy S3`s and so meny people dropping them and smashing there screens.
I have had my GS3 for quite a wile now and not a single drop or scratch.... are they really that slippery lol
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They are big, too big for a phone I've decided and they like to slip out of pockets and what not. I've decided I'm going smaller next time.
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i don't know, i think is the plastic, im extra careful with phones the last phone that i cracked the screen was a sony ericcson p800, it was on mi pocket and hit it with the corner of a table
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u walk like superman dude
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u walk like superman dude
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nah, P800 was an old phone, at that time the glass was more delicate, at that time i was working on backstage production, and you got to run sometimes, but you know i use to own a samsung vibrant and i did drop that phone a lot also handle a lot of stress, the glass never broke, i loved that phone
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i don't know, i think is the plastic, im extra careful with phones the last phone that i cracked the screen was a sony ericcson p800, it was on mi pocket and hit it with the corner of a table
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The newer supposed "thinner and stronger" Gorilla Glass thst is on S3 is nowhere near as scratch and crack resistant as the thicker original on phones like the OG Epic. This one can get those hairline scratches much easier thsn the original. Dont try the key scratch test on the S3. I will say this though, i have 2 i9300s. One new in box and the one i use has the back cover with the white flap that covers the screen. I dropped it 2x from 4 feet on concrete and only a slight scuff on the silver side bezel
kitch9 said:
They are big, too big for a phone I've decided and they like to slip out of pockets and what not. I've decided I'm going smaller next time.
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farik said:
really? the fact is for the price of the lcd and touchscreen combo i can get a new s3 on my phone plan but got to sign a 1 year contract, in fact i was waiting to buy an iphone 5 with my phone contract on december when they start to sell it here in colombia
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Yeah I know what you mean. If that's the case and you can hold off for another few weeks, let's see what Google releases. Could be worth the wait as it might be an upgrade compared to the GS3.
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ViRuS3k said:
What is it with Galaxy S3`s and so meny people dropping them and smashing there screens.
I have had my GS3 for quite a wile now and not a single drop or scratch.... are they really that slippery lol
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It's the design of the gs3! The glass not only stands above the frame it's curved at the edges
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Guys, for real, why does everyone think that gorilla glass is crack resistant? I mean, than bigger a screen gets than easier it can break, this is physics...
Gorilla glass more about to be scratch-resistant.
and in the case of OP I would buy a new screen and then be more careful with my phone. I just got a cheap silicon case and it protects my phone from everything without needing a screen protector.
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You will need to buy them both. I have completed this repair numerous times for friends and family, and the digitizer will break close to 99% of the time.
I do consider myself very tedious and patient, but it is glued to the screen and there's a pretty slim chance of it coming off in one piece.
You can heat it up and try to get it as soft as possible, but it's super sticky.
Do yourself a favour and buy them both or else you're going to be waiting for a digitizer to come once you've started the repair process.
Hope this helps.
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I'd buy the digitizer for $18, worst case LCD breaks whilst separating and you'll need to buy the complete unit. Best case you fix it and save yourself $225 on complete unit.
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From my personal experience, i'd say you'd better buy the complete unit with the glass, the digitalizer and lcd pre-assembled on the frame. I've bougth a 2 week old GT-i9300 from a friend who had dropped it and had also the problem with the sim card blocked inside and just broke the sim card reader to take it out... As i said, i've managed to have it at a really good price and bought the lcd unit (samsung original on e-bay) and believe me, you will save yourself a lot of work as the gorilla glas is glued to the digitalizer witch is also part of the oled screen, witch makes it almost impossible to take the gorilla glass without breaking the rest, or, even if you manage to get it out, you'll never glue it again without any air trapped between the two... just look on ebay, i found mine for 163€.
I have the same problem as the OP. Dropped my SGS III couple of days ago and screen cracked though I still have 100% touch screen functionality. I am planning to get it fixed though have to say that incident has made me lose confidence in the sgs3. My sgs2 was such a solid piece of abuse taker. Over one year of use and dropping on concrete and worse on a number of occasion all without a scratch. Right now I am considering the HTC One X maybe it's using the old guerilla glass which seems more durable.
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Op, were you with a case or was the phone naked when you dropped it?
Badelhas said:
Op, were you with a case or was the phone naked when you dropped it?
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Case though not as ot of the Armor variations.. Might want to also add that the galaxy s2 used naked for all of a year. The latter device puts guerilla in guerrilla glass
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Ok i have attacked 2 photots to this post of the 1st and 2nd i have cracked my G2's screen the 1st time was in october and the second time today/ :crying: the 1st time my g2 was naked with no case and the second time it had a Beyond Cell Tri-shield case on it. why i think it may be cured is how it cracked in the same corner as last time. LOL
i love my G2 but must just have bad luck
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Ok i have attacked 2 photots to this post of the 1st and 2nd i have cracked my G2's screen the 1st time was in october and the second time today/ :crying: the 1st time my g2 was naked with no case and the second time it had a Beyond Cell Tri-shield case on it. why i think it may be cured is how it cracked in the same corner as last time. LOL
i love my G2 but must just have bad luck
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Yep it's gotta be a curse... the curse of butter fingers
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clapper66 said:
Ok i have attacked 2 photots to this post of the 1st and 2nd i have cracked my G2's screen the 1st time was in october and the second time today/ :crying: the 1st time my g2 was naked with no case and the second time it had a Beyond Cell Tri-shield case on it. why i think it may be cured is how it cracked in the same corner as last time. LOL
i love my G2 but must just have bad luck
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Don't worry broke my black G2 screen too, bottom left corner, fell in bathroom. Lol phone actually said detected damaged screen and showed menu for alternate controls . Eventually repair was free because Gophermods which sucks (replaced screen 4 times over one month), didn't do it properly and got intermittent grey lines. Eventually got a white one with refund money. Ironically original now works fine after screen lifted off from housing relieving pressure on ribbon cable inside.
What happened in your case, how did you drop and get repaired?
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Don't worry broke my Black G2 screen too, bottom left corner, fell in bathroom. Lol phone actually said detected damaged screen and showed menu for alternate controls . Eventually repair was free because Gophermods which sucks (replaced screen 4 times over one month), didn't do it properly and got intermittent grey lines. Eventually got a white one with refund money. Ironically original now works fine after screen lifted off from housing relieving pressure on ribbon cable inside.
What happened in your case, how did you drop and get repaired?
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my case is fine, i woke up because my phone when off at 9am i went to put it down and it slid off my nightstand and i picked it up not even thinking about it, then when i got up went to go use it and it would not unlock so i restarted thinking it froze or something then turn it back on a resized it was cracked when it did not respond, and it was hard to see the crack with screen protector on. organically i took it to CPR: cell phone repair cost me $200 call them back to day and asked what they could do for me, guy said it would be $200 so i screen F**K you and hung up i, im going to just change it my self. i was hesitant back in october because there we no guides on line but now there are.
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Yep it's gotta be a curse... the curse of butter fingers
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nope its actually the cure of putting i down when i was half a wake and having it slide off my nightstand. :crying:
clapper66 said:
nope its actually the cure of putting i down when i was half a wake and having it slide off my nightstand. :crying:
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Lol. I don't get how it broke with a case. Just unlucky I guess. I have a thin diztronic case on and its been safe so far. Also if you look around for a cell phone shop they'll repair it for around 65-100 dollars depending on if they have the piece or not. I work part time at one and they charge 65 for iPhone repairs because they have plenty off screens fir it but they charge 100 for phones they need to order a screen for.
If u have the tools it's easy to do yourself. Just watch a YouTube video and follow along step by step. It's actually what we do at the store with phones we haven't done before
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abdel12345 said:
Lol. I don't get how it broke with a case. Just unlucky I guess. I have a thin diztronic case on and its been safe so far. Also if you look around for a cell phone shop they'll repair it for around 65-100 dollars depending on if they have the piece or not. I work part time at one and they charge 65 for iPhone repairs because they have plenty off screens fir it but they charge 100 for phones they need to order a screen for.
If u have the tools it's easy to do yourself. Just watch a YouTube video and follow along step by step. It's actually what we do at the store with phones we haven't done before
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could it have to do with the way they re glued the screen down? thats all i can think of.
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my case is fine, i woke up because my phone when off at 9am i went to put it down and it slid off my nightstand and i picked it up not even thinking about it, then when i got up went to go use it and it would not unlock so i restarted thinking it froze or something then turn it back on a resized it was cracked when it did not respond, and it was hard to see the crack with screen protector on. organically i took it to CPR: cell phone repair cost me $200 call them back to day and asked what they could do for me, guy said it would be $200 so i screen F**K you and hung up i, im going to just change it my self. i was hesitant back in october because there we no guides on line but now there are.
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I hear LG will do it for about $140 according to another xda member, when I called LG they refused to give me a quote unless I mailed them my phone. Looking back I should have gotten it repaired by LG. Gophermods was $239.xx after taxes used that refund plus $80 more for a new one White this time on eBay.
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abdel12345 said:
If u have the tools it's easy to do yourself. Just watch a YouTube video and follow along step by step. It's actually what we do at the store with phones we haven't done before
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I'm sure that's how the Gopermods guy repaired mine. I warned him to be careful about the ribbon cable the third time he replaced my screen, it's very sensitive. He repaired it a fourth time again got grey lines/imprint of previous activities. He didn't glue the screen properly each time. It eventually peeled off the housing after he offered refund and since pressure disappeared it works fine as long as it's not completely in the housing. They really screwed it up big time. I knew more about repairing it than he did. I mean he was nice and took my advice but was just incompetent. The day I got my refund a lady with a "repaired" iPad screen came back a second time because it didn't respond in some corners.... shows you how bad the company is. They are learning/schooling on our stuff lol.
abhinav.tella said:
I hear LG will do it for about $140 according to another xda member, when I called LG they refused to give me a quote unless I mailed them my phone. Looking back I should have gotten it repaired by LG. Gophermods was $239.xx after taxes used that refund plus $80 more for a new one White this time on eBay.
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I'm sure that's how the Gopermods guy repaired mine. I warned him to be careful about the ribbon cable the third time he replaced my screen, it's very sensitive. He repaired it a fourth time again got grey lines/imprint of previous activities. He didn't glue the screen properly each time. It eventually peeled off the housing after he offered refund and since pressure disappeared it works fine as long as it's not completely in the housing. They really screwed it up big time. I knew more about repairing it than he did. I mean he was nice and took my advice but was just incompetent. The day I got my refund a lady with a "repaired" iPad screen came back a second time because it didn't respond in some corners.... shows you how bad the company is. They are learning/schooling on our stuff lol.
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well i think in the future im just going to put a Verizon insurance coverage on my phone. look at it this way the insurance is $10 a mouth and with a two year contract im going to be spending $240, and could break the phone over and over and just get it replaced.
Yeah that's probably best.
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Well, it's just probably bad luck. With these devices, you just gotta be careful and not drop them. More likely than not, they will break when dropped. Also, I can't help but notice the amount if fingerprints on the screen (and probably the back). I suggest you wipe them more often to prevent the accumulation of fingerprints (and oils).
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Well, it's just probably bad luck. With these devices, you just gotta be careful and not drop them. More likely than not, they will break when dropped. Also, I can't help but notice the amount if fingerprints on the screen (and probably the back). I suggest you wipe them more often to prevent the accumulation of fingerprints (and oils).
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That's why I got a white one second time, harder to see fingerprints and smudges.
judging by the smudges you probably shouldn be handling anything of value when busy with lube
Or better buy a casing that is easy to handle. Not easily drop when sweaty or oily. A casing that worth a price.