Hello, I have galaxy s3 with cracked front screen (amoled screen is not cracked) and I want to change it. I have viewed some videos about changing it and have a question about a digitizer and front glass. Example in this video http://youtu.be/6gLzEbAIGos?t=3m32s a man removes front screen (i dont know how to call it, digitizer or front glass) at 3:30 and then at 4:30 he puts a new front screen but there are no connectors on it, so how does the touch screen even works without any connectors? This man said that he bought this screen http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00932V17C/ref=oh_details_o06_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 and there's written that it is a front glass and "The LCD display and touch screen are not included". So where is the digitizer (touch screen) ??? At that video when he removed front screen there was only amoled screen left, then he put on that front screen without digitizer and touch screen worked. I am soo confused. Please explain it to me.
As I understand it the front part is simply a glass screen over the digitiser/touchscreen hence the lack of connectors, the tricky part is removing the glass from the touchscreen without damaging it, then rebonding the new glass.
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ghostofcain said:
As I understand it the front part is simply a glass screen over the digitiser/touchscreen hence the lack of connectors, the tricky part is removing the glass from the touchscreen without damaging it, then rebonding the new glass.
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But in the video when he removed that front glass without connectors there seems no digitizer left over the lcd.
The digitiser and oled screen are bonded together, the front glass is just a cover.
Don't bother with the cheap 'glass', it's usually soft plastic and useless. If you read the reviews it's clear you are buying a con.
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Hi, Im all new to the forum but ive had my xda for about a year, I got it on ebay for £160 but after a year of use I've noticed the screen has become dusty. So I was wondering is it safe and easy to take it apart I think I can get the screw driver needed as I work at a computer shop.
If there is dust between the layers of the screen then NO... It's a sealed LCD unit.
I think is in between the plastic protector.
You mean the Screen Protector you installed? The XDA II doesn't come with a screen protector.
I have the XDA 1
oh... sorry
the xda1 dont have a plastic protector
but many people confuse the touchpanel on top of the lcd
with a protector both on xda1 and 2
a plastic protector you'll have to install yourself
That's what I thouht he meant firstl; but wasn't sure whether the XDA 1 was different...
There is a repair shop that you can send your LCD to and they will clean it and ship it back; otherwise, no you cannot clean it yourself.
Oh well I wont bother seeing as I will be getting the XDA 2 soon.
Hi,
The LCD comes in 2 parts. The touch screen part and the LCD part. The touch screen can be seperated (not entirely however due to ribbon cable) from the LCD as it is only clipped on. Using a very fine blade you can release the clips (2 either side of the longest side of the LCD). I would only blow out the dust with an ionizing blower as static will hold some of the dust there.
Hello people yesterday my screen got i little crack in it. The amoled screen is ok it is working prefectly no damage at all. Its the outer front glass screen that is damaged. I can buy this Outer glass screen on ebay for like 5 dollars, but my question is can i replace this and how ? I couldnt fine anything on google or youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65pvAINg2ME
There is one more thing i dont understand how can the front size glass stick to the phone. If i shake it wont it fall of again because it was taped against the frame.or is it clicking in ?
It is taped.
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I have a S3 that had a cracked screen. I bought a replacement lens and during the removal the digitizer also cracked. I was a little over eager during the repair and didn't fully appreciate how well the lens and digitizer were fused. So now I have a perfectly fine screen, just a broken digitizer.
I looked around and it looks like the only options are to get the lens only or the entire assembly. Anyone know if there is a middle ground where I can replace the lens and digitizer but not the screen?
Thanks.
How would you do to replace only the digitizer ? You must remove the glass to do it, and probably break it during process.
That's why even if it's more expensive I bought the whole front piece: glass + digitizer + frame.
You can buy three things:
- front glass only: cheap but very tricky to remove it only without breaking digitizer.
- front glass + digitizer: you have to remove them from your phone, first glass, then digitizer, unglue them and so on.
- front glass + digitizer + frame: you have to move power and sound level buttons, antenna, motherboard, front camera lens, speaker and so on.
Btw what are you calling 'lens' ?
Striatum_bdr said:
How would you do to replace only the digitizer ? You must remove the glass to do it, and probably break it during process.
That's why even if it's more expensive I bought the whole front piece: glass + digitizer + frame.
You can buy three things:
- front glass only: cheap but very tricky to remove it only without breaking digitizer.
- front glass + digitizer: you have to remove them from your phone, first glass, then digitizer, unglue them and so on.
- front glass + digitizer + frame: you have to move power and sound level buttons, antenna, motherboard, front camera lens, speaker and so on.
Btw what are you calling 'lens' ?
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I was calling the front glass the lens. It seemed pretty easy to find just the front glass. I wasn't able to find the front glass + digitizer - there were plenty of places that said this is what you get, but looking at the pictures it only resembled the front glass. I removed both from the phone (and broke the digitizer cable in process). I ended up calling Samsung and they said they would do the whole assembly for $178. My understanding is that the whole assembly also includes the LCD, correct? Oddly enough, it appears to be more on ebay and local repair shops, so I went with sending it in.
The full assembly includes the samoled screen.
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Hello. I have had a galaxy s3 with cracked glass and tried to replace it. I have seen many videos on youtube how to replace it. Basically people on these videos heat the screen and then remove the front glass easily, because the digitizer is glued to the lcd. But when I tried to remove it it came off quite easily, but only then I noticed that the digitizer was glued not to the lcd but to the front glass, so when i tried to remove front glass I accidentally broke the digitiser connector and somehow damaged the lcd. You can see photos here:
http://i.ebayimg.com/t/Samsung-galaxy-S-III-/00/s/MTYwMFg5MDE=/z/N0AAAOxylpNTUq5H/$_58.JPG
http://i.ebayimg.com/t/Samsung-galaxy-S-III-/00/s/MTYwMFg5MDE=/z/QREAAMXQ74JTUq67/$_58.JPG (in this photo you can see that the digitizer was glued to the front glass very strongly)
I would like to ask, do you know why the digitizer could have been glued to the front glass but not to the lcd? And why the lcd could have been damaged while removing front glass??
I would really wanna know the answer myself, as I ordered one that should have reached yesterday, but as they do not work on weekends, it will be here tommorow, and I don't wanna brake my display forever, especially because mine is not that damaged.
Any ideas?
my advice don't bother with a glass replacement. I HAVE TRIED TWICE and as the op said the digitizer is glued to the front glass. this has been the case with both the original screen and two replacement lcd/digitizer/glass assemblies that i personally took apart. each time the glass was fused to the digitizer . i used a heat gun and a laser thermometer and still i failed. I was successful replacing the whole screen assembly twice . but those cost about $130 from amazon,com. These replacements may seem at first like oem but the ones i got cracked very easily. they dont use the gorilla glass and the quality is not as good. one replacement was really bad in sunlight. could not see anything. after my screen cracked a third time i got a galaxy s 5 . and started using a case and screen protector.
Hi Guys,
Any one has idea about where can I buy Front AND Back Tempered Glass Protector
I am egarly waiting for it.
Thanks & Regards.:good:
i bought it from an accessories store in my country. you can buy one from amazon, ebay, etc
if it's not high quality i don't recommend it as it will cause some weird feedback from the touch panel because of the dirt, fingerprints, fluids .. etc "result from my experience with my current bad screen protector"
so i do recommend getting a high quality Tempered glass screen protector with oleophobic coating
You don't need for back only buy for front side
You can get them for like 8 to 10$
Or on aliexpress.com for 2 to 5 $
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I ordered this from aliexpress
http://m.aliexpress.com/item/32215456456.html
Has anyone experience with broken tempered glass instead of the screen? I broke my screen 2 weeks after i got my z2. (It fell from about 30cm to a carpet xD) Touch didn't work anymore, cause of a little crack.
Now i am using tempered glass, and i hope it would prevent the screen from a damage
I have tried 2 different brands of glass screen protectors. Both of them interfered with my proximity sensor. So now I don't use one at all.
Mikey94 said:
Has anyone experience with broken tempered glass instead of the screen? I broke my screen 2 weeks after i got my z2. (It fell from about 30cm to a carpet xD) Touch didn't work anymore, cause of a little crack.
Now i am using tempered glass, and i hope it would prevent the screen from a damage
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I had tempered glass on both back and front cause I never use any cases. I dropped my phone from about 9 Feet (From the first floor), the top right edge hit the ground and the then the it spun and landed face down. To my surprise only the tempered glass broke, So glad I invested in one.
The only damage is that the top right corner is scratched like crazy and because of the sheer force of impact the metal frame has deformed a little near the micro SD card.
Is there any such thing as a tempered screen with oleophobic coating and also covering the camera? My camera's outer glass is so damaged (there are bubbly deformations on it) that it can not focus properly sometimes.
Google Rhinoshield by evolution labs. They have tempered glass protectors for both front and back.
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You don't need for back only buy for front side
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I need for the back cause it scratches easily because when I put down my phone then I put it on the back side of the phone. Now I use a screen protector just on the back side