Here's to hoping someone still checks here and has a spare one to sale. I've dropped my phone a bit too many times and my back cover broke.
It's about $5-10 from ebay, wondering if I could get it slightly cheaper from someone on here. Or even at same price, at least I feel like I know you guys more than random ebay seller
I realize it's been a while since you posted, but you might try using an old soldering iron, and a bit of ABS plastic to weld the cracks up. You could also mix some acetone with ABS plastic bits into a jelly type consistency, then spread it over the cracks...
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I am looking for a newer bricked(totally completely useless) T-Mobile MDA like my avatar for cheap and in reasonable physical shape so I can fix my MDA. The housing is totally dinged and scratched on my phone and the screen has a nasty scratch on it that is rediculously visible.
If anyone has one of these, please let me know.
Thanks, Dan.
Housings have got a lot cheaper on eBay now, used to be about £40, now down to about £24-£30 shipped. These are original "as new" removed from returned phones, I've never seen a non-OEM housing. Touch screen about £10 shipped from HK. I doubt you'll be able to buy even a bricked Wizard for £34-£40 so it might be the way to go.
First thing I did was drop my Wizard so the chip has been staring me in the face every day since. I'll wait for a few more dings before I part with any cash. A screen protector from poundland was a great investment though!
Edit: Sorry, see you're in the States so double those numbers...
I bought a couple of housings recently. Things to be wary of:
1) The OEM case I bought came without an antenna glued to the top back piece, and was missing little pieces of plastic for holding the stylus in, etc. As a result it would have taken a HUGE amount of work to rebuild the case.
2) I bought an 'As New' housing from a reclaimed phone, and it was FAR from as new. It looked far worse than my current housing, so I sent it back.
I just cracked my screen and HTC wants to charge me $230 to fix it. I can do the repair myself but can't find the parts. Anyone have any idea where to get these parts?
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I just replaced a few 2 sets of these.
The digitizer can be purchased on the net but I received mine from ebay here
http://www.ebay.com/itm/220925620885?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649
If this is what you cracked be careful removing as to not damage the LCD (Heat gun helps tremendously)
The LCD is tougher to find but you can get them on ebay here as well.
I purchased mine here took about 1.5 weeks to receive since not in the US.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/260906551668?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649 $82.00
It is also available in the states through this place.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/PH-LCD-HT-2227-LCD-Display-Screen-HTC-Flyer-US-Seller-/170717545360?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item27bf8f0390 $119.99
I would borrow a good heat gun to separate the digitizer from the unit. You will not need to remove all parts on the rear of the unit. Back cover, battery, top main board, and unplug the digitizer and the LCD. The rest will be removed on the screen side. It is more difficult than standard units since they use a good adhesive to hold the screen. There are also some clear pieces than need to be saved as well. Both worked great but still you will have about a $150-170 invested. Since you can by a new unit on sale sometimes for around 230-240, I would weigh my options. If you are on Sprint, think will keep an account, they have it less than 200.00 with a contract. If it is only the digitizer, then by all means, fix it yourself. Things to think about.
WOW parts are almost as much as I paid for it....I'm just going to toss it and get the Transformer Prime
I would be interested in the unit if you want to sale it at a reasonableprice. Pm me. Thanks
Hello, looking for a broken/borked/dead HTC One to attempt a different disassembly method to try to help the One community.
It is my understanding that they are glued together, not screwed, and that the suction cup method does not work. I used to retrofit headlights that also used glues, some heat glues, some needed a solvent. I have a lot of technical skill, and i would like to try my hand at popping one apart WITHOUT destroying the case/screen. I dont care if its water damaged, cracked screen, whatever, as long as its intact.
Posted this in all HTC One sections, please PM me if you have one or know of one, i'll pay shipping to and fro (i will NOT attempt repairs, JUST non-destructive disassembly) and post the results and a video on youtube if successful, and ship the unit back disassembled if successful, and not damaged further if not successful.
Please PM if interested or if you have any heads up to exchange contact information.
Thank you,
Slade8525
Interesting, have you looked in eBay yet?
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Interesting, have you looked in eBay yet?
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not yet, i may later, but i want to see if its possible to decouple the hardware with simple acetate gas in a bag (pretty safe; its nail polish remover) and a low heat gun with a suction cup.
thats how i got the glass off my friends iphone digitizer when he cracked just the glass, then reglued it. glass screen cost $10 on amazon, screen/digitizer was only available through apple as a $200-something repair job.
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Ive taken one apart. Your not getting it apart without damaging the housing. No if's and's or but's. The amount of heat required to melt the glue holding the housing assembly together would damage the LCD (believe me, I know). In addition, any chemicals used will risk melting the delicate white plastic that is molded to the case. What I will tell you is that this will be a phone that requires a housing any time you service anything inside. Look on ebay. Complete housings are 50 bucks, that is what you will be looking at if you have to change a battery, lcd or internal board. I will say that 50 bucks isnt to bad for an aluminum housing. Plus, it freshens up the one to look like new. Let me know if you have any questions.
Hi, to start off sorry if this is not in the right location.
I thought I might get the ball rolling and possibly spark the idea if it's not already an option for use on more than just one phone.
I really hate my Xperia Z2 for one reason. The glass backplate of the phone can shatter easily.
Sure, you can buy a replacement but the quality is garbage in comparison to oem and I've heard Sony will replace it for 200$ USD? forget that.
I've replaced the cover buying from ebay and amazon and after getting my fourth replacement, it cracked just applying it to my phone...
So my question is, how do I get my hands on an aluminum replacement or some sort of metal that will at least stand the test of time?
I'm also thinking of getting in touch with a sheet metal fabricator, as I see no other options out there or just keep using the phone without a backplate and a bulky case. The Z2 is still kicking ass otherwise so I really think it's crazy to replace my phone that's only a few years old and
let it sit there collecting dust cause of a cosmetic issue.
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Hi, to start off sorry if this is not in the right location.
I thought I might get the ball rolling and possibly spark the idea if it's not already an option for use on more than just one phone.
I really hate my Xperia Z2 for one reason. The glass backplate of the phone can shatter easily.
Sure, you can buy a replacement but the quality is garbage in comparison to oem and I've heard Sony will replace it for 200$ USD? forget that.
I've replaced the cover buying from ebay and amazon and after getting my fourth replacement, it cracked just applying it to my phone...
So my question is, how do I get my hands on an aluminum replacement or some sort of metal that will at least stand the test of time?
I'm also thinking of getting in touch with a sheet metal fabricator, as I see no other options out there or just keep using the phone without a backplate and a bulky case. The Z2 is still kicking ass otherwise so I really think it's crazy to replace my phone that's only a few years old and
let it sit there collecting dust cause of a cosmetic issue.
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Metal is a bad idea because it'll block the radio signals. Yes, there's plenty of metal-framed phones, but they all have plastic strips or some other means of not blocking signals. If the phone's not deliberately designed that way, it won't work well. For example, when I briefly had a Note 3, I got one of those aluminum/carbon fibre cases, and even though the back was only a skeletonized aluminum, it still dropped my signal by 1 or 2 bars.
Carbon fibre, however, would be a pretty cool choice. I have no idea the thickness of the back glass on the Z2, but you can probably find sheets of the appropriate thickness, even if it's a flexible sheet. It won't exactly be cheap (probably ~$20 for a 6x6" sheet of whatever), but it'd look really cool and definitely stand the test of time.
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Metal is a bad idea because it'll block the radio signals. Yes, there's plenty of metal-framed phones, but they all have plastic strips or some other means of not blocking signals. If the phone's not deliberately designed that way, it won't work well. For example, when I briefly had a Note 3, I got one of those aluminum/carbon fibre cases, and even though the back was only a skeletonized aluminum, it still dropped my signal by 1 or 2 bars.
Carbon fibre, however, would be a pretty cool choice. I have no idea the thickness of the back glass on the Z2, but you can probably find sheets of the appropriate thickness, even if it's a flexible sheet. It won't exactly be cheap (probably ~$20 for a 6x6" sheet of whatever), but it'd look really cool and definitely stand the test of time.
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Nice, I didn't think about signal blocking. Carbon fiber sounds cool.
I dropped my Padfone X on concrete, and it broke the front glass! I've never broken a screen/glass on any phone before, and this was my first. With that being said, is there any way to cheaply repair it? Since it's just collecting dust, I can give it a try with one of the kits online. Does anyone suggest a kit? It seems like most solutions would cost just as much as a new one. Any help would be much appreciated!
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I dropped my Padfone X on concrete, and it broke the front glass! I've never broken a screen/glass on any phone before, and this was my first. With that being said, is there any way to cheaply repair it? Since it's just collecting dust, I can give it a try with one of the kits online. Does anyone suggest a kit? It seems like most solutions would cost just as much as a new one. Any help would be much appreciated!
Tahleel
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Easiest method would be to buy something like this: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Full-Touch-...764621?hash=item3aafc100cd:g:wPYAAOSwT6pVzb3a
Otherwise you could use this method as used on the Nexus 6, I doubt you have to disassemble as far.
But you would need the following:
Optically clear glue with UV light Kit $14.95 US
To apply new screen and set the glue
Molybdenum wire $7.99 US
To safely remove old glass with damaging the LCD underneath
Phone pry tool $5.00 US
To pry edge up to get molybdenum wire underneath
A replacement glass/digitizer if you can find one.
Some kind of heat source to heat up the glue to make easily removed without damaging LCD. A special hotplate is recommended, but a heatgun with finess and not getting LCD too hot will work or popping in oven at around 90 C or around 200 F for no more than 5 minutes until you can still touch it, just too hot to hold your finger on it.
Ultimately the first method would be cheaper after buying all the special tools for the tools and much easier. You could also buy a bricked Padfone X/S and swap motherboards
I dropped mine on concrete just because it slipped out of the dock (for which I *now* put a piece of velcro on the back in the case to keep it still). I opened up the device and took it apart but since I'm not as savvy as many with taking the digitizer apart, I just bought a new one on eBay for about $50 without the dock. You *could* get a new digitizer and equipment to install it (or even just buy a new face with the LCD and glass already around it, but for an extra $20 or so, you could just have a used phone which would work without the hassle. But IF it' in the dock, just keep it in the dock.
I have a screen protector on mine and the real screen is cracked but not having any issues. Try adding a screen protector