i have a galaxy s3 and my screen is totally broken and i dosn't know if it worth changing it or no it still works perfectly but the screen is for $160 here so do i have to change it or it doesn't worth?
You should change it if you dont see anything at all on the screen.
i have a galaxy s3 and my screen is totally broken and i dosn't know if it worth changing it or no it still works perfectly but the screen is for $160 here so do i have to change it or it doesn't worth?
Perks for having an ex-flagship device - flagship prices. Either search further for a replacement display or sell the device at a lower price and find something like a xperia m - my dad has one and it's not very expensive and it's performs well.
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Just wondered if I could have some help deciding incase i have missed anything obvious.
I just bought a Samsung Galaxy 3 (Apollo i59801)...
I thought it would fit the bill and it nearly does I love the quality touch screen its so responsive and the size weight and battery life all fit the bill. But I hate the low resolution screen which makes my eyes ache when browsing the web late at night. Also the camera is pretty much useless.
So I am looking for a low cost set and battery, weight and screen resolution are the main things I am interested in (also for it to be a good phone in that I can hear what people are saying). So far it seems that the Samsung ACE is a high contender...
Are there any obvious handsets I am missing? I know that the HTC Wildfire seems to fit the bill in some ways but the low resolution screen puts me off and also batter life and they aren't actually that cheap..
ZTE Blade is a possibility but battery life and size put me off.. Also the call quality puts me off..
So any I am missing that would be perfect for me?
Many thanks,
Dom.
You bought Samsung galaxy 3? That's not a low cost device. Sony tablets seem to quite popular...though will cost you several hundred dollars.
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You bought Samsung galaxy 3? That's not a low cost device. Sony tablets seem to quite popular...though will cost you several hundred dollars.
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Samsung Galaxy 3 is very cheap its £80 new?
And its a phone I need not a tablet?
Motorola Defy
Looking into the Motorola Defy now as an alternative to the Samsung ACE ...
I like what I see.. Any ideas guys? Feedback? Good or bad experiences with this phone?
I want ot know if the battery life really is as good as it seems. This and the ACE are in the final showdown.
Ended up going for the Motorola Defy if anyone is in the same situation.
Will post about it when I receive it..
i bought LG C660 for almost 200 $
have a look at the Alcatel OT-990.. have been using it for 2 weeks now, completely satisfying my needs and excellent bugget.
Hello everyone,
As you already know from the title i broke my screen yesterday and I was searching on XDA and found out that I can buy a screen by myself on ebay for 100$ and I can change it by myself, but i couldn't find anything about the quality of those screens are they good, are the color, brightness etc. gonna be the same ?
And if someone know if i can get it cheaper than 100$ ?
Also does the screen comes with the bezel because that one broke too ?
Also did any of you tried to make the i777 completely white ?
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In my experience if the screen and digitizer both break its just about as cost effective to buy another used phone rather than replace the current one. If you do it wrong, you're screwed out of that money plus still don't have a phone. On the other hand , you have no guarantees of the condition of the used one you're buying either I suppose.
Hi All,
apologies if i have posted this in the wrong section, if so, please move.
I have been searching without any success of finding a Samsung S3 CLONE that would use a LCD Screen the Original Samsung S3 would recognise. I have not found images in the internals of these clones aswell
I wonder if anyone here or outside this forum has been successfull in finding a Clone S3 that uses the same LCD configuration compatible with the real S3.
I have seen many replacement LCD screens which claim to be compatible but are not AMOLED or have the exact resolution as the S3, so are these "replacement" screen LCDs really used in the Clone.
any one here able to shed some light on this possibility? :fingers-crossed:
Impossible as they are different technology
LCD and AMOLED
Even through you found right size,, right connected LCD screen and attached it into S3, still won't work due to driver problem or something like that
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Impossible as they are different technology
LCD and AMOLED
Even through you found right size,, right connected LCD screen and attached it into S3, still won't work due to driver problem or something like that
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but im wondering what abt these replacement LCDs that are lower in resolution etc and seems to work with the S3. where are these screens from and are these screens used in the clones?
as for drivers, im sure people in this forum can mod something to make it work?
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but im wondering what abt these replacement LCDs that are lower in resolution etc and seems to work with the S3. where are these screens from and are these screens used in the clones?
as for drivers, im sure people in this forum can mod something to make it work?
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Serious?
Those clones, just another model of phone which "accidentally" has very same outer appears as Galaxy S III, doesn't mean they are compatible.
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no way, don't even think about trying it
yes you can
I've installed three different types, all low resolution and one was two small you would see a small black strip at the top because lcd was two short. But they all worked , if you own a repair shop I think its important to figure out who's making these lcd because when a new model comes out and the assembly is 250$ and Samsung designed the s4 to break at the lcd not the glass , so lots of ppl need lcd. So the price states high for a wile , meanwhile the iphone screens break at the glass so there's millions of good lcds floating around the price drops fast , the iphone 5s is already down to 80$ from its original 250 just two months ago . So the iphone parts drop in price fast but for galaxy parts we need to find who makes these clone lcds so our galaxy customers have a alternative repair option under 300$
We do the 5s for 150$ , the part is 80$
The s4 part is 209 so we have to charge 269 installed.
Insurance deductible is 150....
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I've installed three different types, all low resolution and one was two small you would see a small black strip at the top because lcd was two short. But they all worked , if you own a repair shop I think its important to figure out who's making these lcd because when a new model comes out and the assembly is 250$ and Samsung designed the s4 to break at the lcd not the glass , so lots of ppl need lcd. So the price states high for a wile , meanwhile the iphone screens break at the glass so there's millions of good lcds floating around the price drops fast , the iphone 5s is already down to 80$ from its original 250 just two months ago . So the iphone parts drop in price fast but for galaxy parts we need to find who makes these clone lcds so our galaxy customers have a alternative repair option under 300$
We do the 5s for 150$ , the part is 80$
The s4 part is 209 so we have to charge 269 installed.
Insurance deductible is 150....
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Thanks for this great info.
Anyway, Im sorry if i have to ask another question but it just related to this topic. i got a cloned version of Samsung GT-i9060 (MT6575chip). This was given to me by a friend but the problem is the LCD is broken... I dont know if the original LCD for samsung GT-i9060 will work on my cloned version. Hope you can shed some light into this as i have a hard time looking for the replacement LCD of the cloned version.
Thanks a lot...
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Thanks for this great info.
Anyway, Im sorry if i have to ask another question but it just related to this topic. i got a cloned version of Samsung GT-i9060 (MT6575chip). This was given to me by a friend but the problem is the LCD is broken... I dont know if the original LCD for samsung GT-i9060 will work on my cloned version. Hope you can shed some light into this as i have a hard time looking for the replacement LCD of the cloned version.
Thanks a lot...
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replacement LCD for CLONE samsung GT-i9060?
Hi there!
I'm from the Sony Xperia S section, but I have a question.
My friend's i9300 fell out of his pocket when he was just getting in his car. Somehow, he drove over it, stopped the car on the driveway and went to see what he drove over.
The screen -- all, glass, the AMOLED screen and the digitizer -- is completely shattered, not working at all. The phone, however, seems perfect inside (also boots up and connects to the PC correctly).
Not rooted, no bootloader unlock (or whatever that's called on these sides of XDA ), nothing. He's a noob user, only made calls, SMS and occasional pictures.
So he (having lots of cash) said if I can fix it, but if not, I can keep it. We saw that a new digitizer/screen/glass combo costs around 140$, used about 130$ (take into account that this is central europe, not USA, Canada, UK or Germany -- the delivery fees from anywhere but Slovenia are 50€ for each package).
In the end, I get to keep the phone. It's a nice piece of hardware and I'd like to see how it'd do as a daily driver and to see how development is going around here (seeing as you people already have PA 3+ and other goodies). But damn, that's just too expensive for a screen (note that a Xperia S screen+digitizer+glass costs ~30$, and this one has more ppi at only 4.3").
My question to you is, how long do I have to wait for working pieces of hardware to emerge that will cost around 60$? Note that a new Galaxy S2 screen costs around 60$ and last year's first Sony flagship screen costs 30$.
I'm thinking one more year, maybe?
Thanks a lot for any help at all (PLEASE, make this a discussion thread, I want to read your opinions and speculation ),
--someone755
P.S.
Also, if my 'one year' theory turns out to be true, it'll be just in time for a replacement phone. Would you guys recommend the S3 in 2014 (or even in 2013)?
You must be thinking that I'm going mad with using a 2012 phone in 2014-15.
P.P.S.
If anyone knows where the SMS messages are stored and can tell me how to get them (IF that's even possible) off the phone without the need for a screen, that'd be great... It just seems like I at least own the SMS messages to the guy...
P.P.P.S.
The notification light is blinking in blue... Does that mean something is wrong or is it just a notification...? I figure the latter, since I heard the sounds of it booting to Android...
Also, there's this weird water-y sound effect when I press the home button. Could that be the famous lockscreen?
Sorry for being a pain, I'm just visiting to see if it's all worth it (might sell the parts if the components never get any cheaper)...
Notification blue, is just that.
Sms, you could possibly get an hdmi cable if you are sure about fixing it in the long run and you will be able to use the phone through your tv...until you wait for a screen.
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Thanks for the reply.
Well I don't feel like buying a new cable adapter every time I have a phone to fix, plus there's no way to control the screen because the digitizer is also broken.
I don't really care all that much for fixing the phone, I'd just like to hear your opinions on how long until prices go down to see if fixing is even worth it...
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Thanks for the reply.
Well I don't feel like buying a new cable adapter every time I have a phone to fix, plus there's no way to control the screen because the digitizer is also broken.
I don't really care all that much for fixing the phone, I'd just like to hear your opinions on how long until prices go down to see if fixing is even worth it...
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You can plug a mouse in too
The price sounds about right. I struggle with an Xperia screen being $30 though. What? The Screen is always the most expensive component. Digitisers / Glass is always cheap £15, £20 for most phones but screens (LCD, AMOLED etc) are always expensive.
I don't see these components coming down. There will be a need for them for years as some people will run their Galaxy for 3+ years.
In 5 years, the prices could even go up due to rarity
But if the USB port is already connected to a screen, there isn't any more place for a mouse...
For the Xperia S screen, I found you a link: http://www.etradesupply.com/oem-sony-xperia-s-lt26i-lcd-screen-and-digitizer-assembly.html So I missed it by $10...
Well I also thought about the price increase, but I'm seeing the S2 as an example... It started out at about $100 but nowadays you get one for $60...
I guess the best thing is to wait, no?
Wait only if you don't mind no supply or a price increase .
Trade that off versus your thought that its overpriced at present .
jje
Well if prices for the screen increase, thee prices for the other components should also increase, right? In that case, if prices don't fall, I can sell what's left of the phone... Right...?
Since everything is working perfectly, I don't see why not...
someone755;42934541I found you a link: [url said:
http://www.etradesupply.com/oem-sony-xperia-s-lt26i-lcd-screen-and-digitizer-assembly.html[/url] So I missed it by $10...
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Ah ok. It's an LCD screen though, not AMOLED. ...and much smaller. so it's not a fair comparison
Oh, I completely forgot about the Amoled screen...
Though isn't it more expensive to make a screen with more ppi, albeit smaller? Would be more logical (as it's harder and more complex). But then again, the way Amoled pixels are arranged is also the most complex thing ever...
Quoting GSMarena
For the S2; Super AMOLED Plus capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors | 480 x 800 pixels, 4.3 inches (~217 ppi pixel density)
And for the S3; Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors | 720 x 1280 pixels, 4.8 inches (~306 ppi pixel density)
I've also read a lot that the S2's screen wasn't as breakable as the S3's. Could that be one of the causes that the S2's screens started off way cheaper?
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Well if prices for the screen increase, thee prices for the other components should also increase, right?
I doubt it .
jje
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Well why not?
If the screens become rare, shouldn't that also mean that, say, vibrators would also become rare?
I've been thinking about connecting the thing to a screen and using it as a poor pc for media (movies, pics, etc.) or a small personal file server. In theory, that could work, since this still is a pretty powerful device...
Also, I've seen some Chinese sites selling fake screens and digitizers. I have yet to find a version that is compatible with the i9300... Again, would be grateful for any links
Screens are the most common things to need replacing due to accidental breakage
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Hi Folks,
My S3's display stopped working after in contact with water. So I had gone for the display replacement.
I have asked the service center guy to install the Original Samsung display. He has installed a display and said its Original.
Could not find any flaw in the clarity and touch response, they are as good as original. But I noticed the display size is bit smaller than the stock S3 display (it was a bit less than the 4.8 inches).
And if you noticed the display while it is ON, we could see a small black border line on the four sides of the screen. That black border line is a bit thicker in this new display which makes the display a few pixels smaller than the stock. I tested the phone hardware info through two apps and the displayed results said that the Screen Density is 320 dpi. (S3 has 306 ppi, not sure if ppi and dpi are same)
I am so much confused whether this new one is original Samsung display or a replica. Is there any way to find the manufacturer of the display through an app?. My phone is rooted and running CM11 M12 ROM.
Please help me in finding the display genuineness.
Looks like a chinese replica €65 aprox. Authentic goes around €120
ETradeSupply sells both kinds of screens and puts “OEM” in the name of the better ones while the knock-offs are a bit cheaper and say something like “replacement”. The “OEM” cost me $142 and is just as tough as the original; a $115 knock-off I had bought at eBay didn't survive a knee-high fall.
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ETradeSupply sells both kinds of screens and puts “OEM” in the name of the better ones while the knock-offs are a bit cheaper and say something like “replacement”. The “OEM” cost me $142 and is just as tough as the original; a $115 knock-off I had bought at eBay didn't survive a knee-high fall.
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Is there any way to find the manufacturer of the display?
Not that I know of. Most likely they sell directly to Samsung, and the screen I got is slightly uneven in brightness (only visible with a fully black screen), so it may be a rejected part.