Has anyone successfully replaced the glass on this phone?
I found the digitizer on ebay here and am thinking about attempting it.
adoublearonn said:
Has anyone successfully replaced the glass on this phone?
I found the digitizer on ebay here and am thinking about attempting it.
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Get yourself a heat gun or good hair drier, they now glue the lcd to the digitizer. Pain in the ass!
How bad is the crack? Wanna sell the phone?
May seem biased noe but I wouldn't recommend trying a replacement. I personally haven't heard of too much success replacing since the s3.
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Dropped my phone today and the glass is cracked. Other than the fact that there are superficial cracks, the display and touch screen functionality seem to still be perfect. I have a few questions on how to proceed:
1) From what I can see, the crack is in the DIGITIZER and not the SCREEN although it was my first instinct to call it the "screen." Is this correct?
2) I see a bunch of people on eBay and other sites selling replacement kits that come with the digitizer, tools, and adhesive. There is no way for me to tell if the digitizer is a cheap aftermarket product, or a genuine OEM replacement. Should I care, or will it work just as good as the original either way?
3) I see the DIY thread on how to replace the SCREEN, but could not find one specifically for the digitizer. If I follow the screen DIY, will I get sufficient access to the digitizer, to the point where all I have left to do is unplug and replace, or is there anything else I need to do?
4) If I do this myself, is there a chance that the touch screen functionality will not be as good as it was originally?
I have extensive experience in fixing many different types of electronic and mechanical devices, but have never worked on phones before.
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If you don't have an Evo3d well you don't have an Evo3d
What I have heard on the evo4g is that the digitizer and lcd are glued together. It is enough of a pain in the ass to seperate them without damaging the lcd itself to be worth buying a lcd/digitizer that is already together and replacing the whole thing.
Now I said evo 4G. I would assume it is the exact same issue for the 3D.
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mcmikecruz1 said:
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If you don't have an Evo3d well you don't have an Evo3d
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I don't get it...
sand1303 said:
What I have heard on the evo4g is that the digitizer and lcd are glued together. It is enough of a pain in the ass to seperate them without damaging the lcd itself to be worth buying a lcd/digitizer that is already together and replacing the whole thing.
Now I said evo 4G. I would assume it is the exact same issue for the 3D.
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From what I've gathered, it is glued together and they sell the adhesive. I don't feel like separating them and possibly doing a bad job of putting them back together. I've done that before with taillights (which didn't go too well) and I can't imagine doing it on a phone. Thanks for the input...I could only find 2 complete screen/digitizer combo for sale on eBay. Anyone know of a better source?
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From what I've gathered, it is glued together and they sell the adhesive. I don't feel like separating them and possibly doing a bad job of putting them back together. I've done that before with taillights (which didn't go too well) and I can't imagine doing it on a phone. Thanks for the input...I could only find 2 complete screen/digitizer combo for sale on eBay. Anyone know of a better source?
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Don't even jack with it. My girl had some scratches on her screen and she bought the new plastic piece. Lets just say the 3D is now in the garbage.
jhuff83 said:
Don't even jack with it. My girl had some scratches on her screen and she bought the new plastic piece. Lets just say the 3D is now in the garbage.
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Yea I'd be really ****ty if that happened to me, especially considering the even the 3d still looks perfect behind the scratches...I guess I'm going to just buy the replacement screen+digitizer combo and do it myself...if I buy them already assembled it should be plug and play from what I have read.
Hey everyone. I dropped my phone today......my brand new phone :'(
Screen fractured on the top, but the phone still works, touch screen is in tact, all functions still work like normal.
Question:
What do I need to buy now to replace the damaged screen, because I don't LIKE it!
I see that people are selling the outer glass screen lens like this, for $20ish
http://www.ebay.com/itm/U-For-Samsu...ltDomain_0&hash=item4d0314f1ff#ht_3326wt_1159
and then people are selling complete LCD with Digitizer (whatever that is) for $225
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Brand-New-F...276?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item35be08ef4c
The phone is working fine...it's just the glass. Which one do I have to get?
Thanks so much!
Cupuffy said:
How do I do a factory reset? My phone is on loop and boots up only into CWM Recovery, should i re download stock firmware and odin it into my phone? thank you so much for helping out
I don't have much on my phone so i didnt back up =[ what a mistake
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melemed said:
Hey everyone. I dropped my phone today......my brand new phone :'(
Screen fractured on the top, but the phone still works, touch screen is in tact, all functions still work like normal.
Question:
What do I need to buy now to replace the damaged screen, because I don't LIKE it!
I see that people are selling the outer glass screen lens like this, for $20ish
http://www.ebay.com/itm/U-For-Samsu...ltDomain_0&hash=item4d0314f1ff#ht_3326wt_1159
and then people are selling complete LCD with Digitizer (whatever that is) for $225
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Brand-New-F...276?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item35be08ef4c
The phone is working fine...it's just the glass. Which one do I have to get?
Thanks so much!
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Bommer...
Don't buy the glass alone its glued to the digitizer. So u need to spent the 225$,on YouTube there is a great guide to assembly and reassembly galaxy s3
zodiaxe66 said:
Bommer...
Don't buy the glass alone its glued to the digitizer. So u need to spent the 225$,on YouTube there is a great guide to assembly and reassembly galaxy s3
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If the glass is glued to the digitizer, then why would so many people be selling the glass alone without the digitizer if there wasn't any use for it?
I bought a screen replacement for my crack screen off ebay for a great deal:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/360478218769?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649
Yes, it came from china and I hope this screen will work when I replace my crack LCD screen on my phone. How did the screen cracked? Well, I have a desk chair with a roller on the bottom. I kind of roll over it :/ I feel so ashamed hurting my precious phone lol.
Did you get it yet? I've been monitoring this post, since I also have a cracked screen and don't want to spend $200+ dollars on replacing or insurance. Please keep me updated on this. Thanx in advance.
justinmcnairy said:
I bought a screen replacement for my crack screen off ebay for a great deal:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/360478218769?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649
Yes, it came from china and I hope this screen will work when I replace my crack LCD screen on my phone. How did the screen cracked? Well, I have a desk chair with a roller on the bottom. I kind of roll over it :/ I feel so ashamed hurting my precious phone lol.
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don't want to burst your bubble, but that is the digitizer only. i think its really really hard to separate the two from each other. that is why they are so expensive to buy. but hey, might as well try if it is already broke. i understand the lcd is fine btw. i replace screens pretty often and with Samsung, you usually have to buy them fused already. guess it couldn't hurt to try though. good luck to ya, you may need a heat gun and thin wire. keep us updated when it comes in. I'm sure we all would like to know how it goes. good luck
i looked at the listing again, and i don't see any digitizer ribbon. so it looks like no digitizer is even on it. just the lens, but maybe you knew that and this is what you're looking for?
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I bought 1 but giving up, don't know how to replace so i sold my cracked screen Note and bought another one
Yayodroid said:
don't want to burst your bubble, but that is the digitizer only. i think its really really hard to separate the two from each other. that is why they are so expensive to buy. but hey, might as well try if it is already broke. i understand the lcd is fine btw. i replace screens pretty often and with Samsung, you usually have to buy them fused already. guess it couldn't hurt to try though. good luck to ya, you may need a heat gun and thin wire. keep us updated when it comes in. I'm sure we all would like to know how it goes. good luck
i looked at the listing again, and i don't see any digitizer ribbon. so it looks like no digitizer is even on it. just the lens, but maybe you knew that and this is what you're looking for?
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Yes only for the screen len, not digitizer. I figure I bought it then trying to find the link to replace the screen without digitizer. All of them mention it hard to accomplish. I should had bought the screen with digitizer, but hey I will see how it goes...
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just my opinion is to find complete digitizer and lcd fused together, or else you are going to have a bad time. they are very expensive, but it shouldnt be too hard to do as long as you take your time. if you found a digitizer+lens, with out the lcd, it will be really difficult. heat gunning then getting something super thin to slide down to cut between your good lcd and cracked digitizer without scratching the lcd. ive done it on an iphone 4 and the lcd was scratched from it, but it did still work and i didnt break the lcd. if you do lens only, im not sure if you will be able to get the actual digitizer off of the original lens without tearing it an then placing it on the new lens with out bubbling up or anything. i would hate for you to be out a phone for a while. good luck to you sir
As you can see, my screen is not functioning properly. I kinda closed the car door on the phone and it dropped on the floor. The outside screen is not cracked. However, the inside seems like it is.
I will try to fix it but not sure what I need to buy. I think I only need to buy a new LCD but I could be wrong. Can someone help with this?
gmui830 said:
As you can see, my screen is not functioning properly. I kinda closed the car door on the phone and it dropped on the floor. The outside screen is not cracked. However, the inside seems like it is.
I will try to fix it but not sure what I need to buy. I think I only need to buy a new LCD but I could be wrong. Can someone help with this?
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As far as i know the lcd and digitizer glass are sandwiched together on our phones..i just looked on Amazon the first assembly i seen was 70+ not the cheapest repair!!
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dag I can't just buy the lcd? it's really one whole piece with the digitizer?
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Hey all,
Unfortunately my phone dropped, it had a case (not a full one) and the glass shattered.
Screen and digitizer are working fine.
Does someone was able to only replace the glass+digitizer on this phone?
i have looked for a video/procedure but couldn't find one for the DNA. (Video anyone?)
I'm about to order the part but I am not sure if I should go for the digitizer only (50$) or for the LCD + digitizer (160$).
I have all the hand tools and the "hands" I'm just not sure if it is possible.
Disassembly
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=z8BJVchUlTs
Assembly
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7St2hw_mqVQ
Thx but I already saw it. it doesn'y show how to take only the glass apart.
vemplord said:
Hey all,
Unfortunately my phone dropped, it had a case (not a full one) and the glass shattered.
Screen and digitizer are working fine.
Does someone was able to only replace the glass+digitizer on this phone?
i have looked for a video/procedure but couldn't find one for the DNA. (Video anyone?)
I'm about to order the part but I am not sure if I should go for the digitizer only (50$) or for the LCD + digitizer (160$).
I have all the hand tools and the "hands" I'm just not sure if it is possible.
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Why not just have htc replace? They do a good job....
In my experience, No. It is VERY VERY hard to separate the LCD and the digitizer. I was not successful on my first attempt and it ended up costing me double because I had to buy an entire front section, which is pricy. If you want to take a shot at it, I still have an HTC oem digitizer thats sitting here collecting dust. PM me.
tucstwo said:
In my experience, No. It is VERY VERY hard to separate the LCD and the digitizer. I was not successful on my first attempt and it ended up costing me double because I had to buy an entire front section, which is pricy. If you want to take a shot at it, I still have an HTC oem digitizer thats sitting here collecting dust. PM me.
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Thanks for the offer.
I decided to take it to a repair shop in Cambridge, MA,
They said they can replace the glass only for 120$.
Where did you repair it eventually? How much did you pay for entire front section?