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Hey guys. About 5 minutes ago I scratched up my Droid incredible screen with my Longboard griptape cause my mom called as I was loading my board in the car. I'm extremely pissed off as I've been working so hard to keep this phone in new condition and that tomorrow I was getting a case and a screen protector for Xmas. Is there any way to get these scratches out that people have tried to make my phone look new again? I'm sick over it.
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If they are very shallow scratches maybe try a little bit of alcohol on a microfiber cloth but if they are deep I see no possible way to restore them. I've never seen this question asked before though so I really don't know and you may want to confirm with someone else about using alcohol on the screen. Alcohol + Microfiber polishes out CD's though so I figure if they are shallow enough it just might work.
best of luck to you man.

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If they are very shallow scratches maybe try a little bit of alcohol on a microfiber cloth but if they are deep I see no possible way to restore them. I've never seen this question asked before though so I really don't know and you may want to confirm with someone else about using alcohol on the screen. Alcohol + Microfiber polishes out CD's though so I figure if they are shallow enough it just might work.
best of luck to you man.
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Tried it before. No dice. Thanks for the support though man.
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Maybe a screen protector and hope it looks decent? Mine usually cover up a few scratched
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What about that stuff that you see on TV for clearcoat scratches on cars? Again, if they're shallow enough....

You could buy a new screen online and replace it, then put a protector on it.

Digitizer replacement

Hi, has anyone replaced their digitizer on their desire z/g2? How did it go? It looks easy on the youtube vid.. have any problems? What way did you use to melt the glue? What digitizer did you use, where from?
Any info much appriciated as will be replaceing mine v soon due to 'invisible finger problem' that's driving me nuts..
Thanks..
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Never done it on a g2 but should be pretty straight forward especially with a video lol. Use a heat gun to melt the glue, pretty much the only tool you SHOULD use to do something like that.

I replaced the digitizer on my third G2 after getting a refurb replacement from T-Mobile that had a black spot inside the actual digitizer glass, not on the outside or inside.
The process is very easy with the video, however, trying to keep dust and fingerprints from getting on the inside of the phone while you're trying to get it back together is a serious pain in the rear! If it's the same video that I watched, just use a hair drier blowing hot air to heat the adhesive on the inside of the digitizer and then pop the digitizer off very very slowly, because you don't want to accidentally bend the metal bezel around the screen.
You also may want to leave the original leftover adhesive on the inside, because when I cleaned mine off, light now always leaks out around the bottom edge of the digitizer, below the menu, home, and search buttons, even though I used the double sided adhesive strips covering the entire length of the bottom, so light shouldn't technically be leaking out. No biggie, though... it works like brand new, now!

Thanks for the reply.. I have seen that video and that's what I was using as a guide.. I ordered the digi today, should be here tomorrow.. the only thing I was wondering was the glueing process, as I have not ordered the double sided glue/tape stuff, as I was just hopeing to still use the original glue as I think you are saying.. I hope that works! Have to be careful like u say with dust/fingerprints etc..
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Hmm, after reading your post again, maybee I should of bought the double sided tape afterall? Do you think the old leftover glue is enough for the new digi?
Many thanks..
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Run over to radio shack they must have some kind of glue you can use lol. google cell phone screen glue see what info you can find.

Ok, just incase anyone is interested, got my new digitizer, followed the video, used a heat gun cerfully to melt the glue, pulled the old digitizer out, and used the original glue whilst still warm to hold the new digi in, as all of glue stayed on the case rather than on the digi, which was pretty lucky.. put it all back together and everything perfect, touchscreen back to how it should be.. cost me 17 pounds.
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How was this accompilshed?
I replaced the touch screen as well and the problem persists. Plus I never ran into a part that required a heat gun did I use the wrong item?

A VERY confusing part is getting the midframe to hold to the hinge mounts. The side (black dots all down it) should overlap the stabilizer bar on the hinge. I fidgeted with it for hours until realizing it goes over, and inadvertently damaged the highly sensitive LCD screen, which resulted in me taking the whole thing apart again to replace the LCD and digitizer. UGH!
DO NOT get the cheapo digitizer on Amazon, look for one with gray spots where the menu, home, back and search keys are on the back side. The digitizers without them will not work when you swap over the white button caps on the back. I feel like this information is vital to anyone who is replacing their G2 digitizer, but most guides and videos make no mention of it.
I used a lamp to heat up the glass to remove it the first time. Took too long the second time so I used a hair dryer.

senser1080 said:
A VERY confusing part is getting the midframe to hold to the hinge mounts. The side (black dots all down it) should overlap the stabilizer bar on the hinge. I fidgeted with it for hours until realizing it goes over, and inadvertently damaged the highly sensitive LCD screen, which resulted in me taking the whole thing apart again to replace the LCD and digitizer. UGH!
DO NOT get the cheapo digitizer on Amazon, look for one with gray spots where the menu, home, back and search keys are on the back side. The digitizers without them will not work when you swap over the white button caps on the back. I feel like this information is vital to anyone who is replacing their G2 digitizer, but most guides and videos make no mention of it.
I used a lamp to heat up the glass to remove it the first time. Took too long the second time so I used a hair dryer.
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So which digitizer did you end up buying and which guide or video did you follow? I am about to tear mine apart and could use the info.

senser1080 said:
A VERY confusing part is getting the midframe to hold to the hinge mounts. The side (black dots all down it) should overlap the stabilizer bar on the hinge. I fidgeted with it for hours until realizing it goes over, and inadvertently damaged the highly sensitive LCD screen, which resulted in me taking the whole thing apart again to replace the LCD and digitizer. UGH!
DO NOT get the cheapo digitizer on Amazon, look for one with gray spots where the menu, home, back and search keys are on the back side. The digitizers without them will not work when you swap over the white button caps on the back. I feel like this information is vital to anyone who is replacing their G2 digitizer, but most guides and videos make no mention of it.
I used a lamp to heat up the glass to remove it the first time. Took too long the second time so I used a hair dryer.
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Hi, I did buy mine from amazon.co.uk, there were a few for sale,, the one I bought was supposed to be a genuine t-mobile g2 replacement (refurb I think, pressumably this just means that it was from a second hand g2 that had problems and the digi was taken out - and I'm pretty certain this is the case as mine has a thin film (which u leave on) over the back of the digi covering the tracks etc, which had a few very small air/dust bubbles under it (just noticeable when screen off), where I own a desire z, so now it sais t-mobile instead of htc, but I can live with that.
The small grey bits that you talk about were floating about or stuck on my digi when I pulled it off the main chassis. I had a look, and as far as I could work out, were possibly just for giving colour to the tiny led's that give you light to the home/search keys etc (I may be wrong on their use), but if you look closely, the tiny grey things have even smaller rectangles on them that relate to the positions of the led's on the circuit board. So I picked the remaining ones off the old digi, put them back in their correct holes and stuck the new digi in. I've had no problems (with a digi from amazon with no little grey things on it) so far, but maybee this is due to mine being a second hand original part..
Edit : Now after reading your post again, you're talking about bits that are actually on the digi itself, not the white caps that I'm talking about! Whoops. I didn't notice any grey spots on the digi itself, but I guess I must have them..
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ian577416 said:
I replaced the touch screen as well and the problem persists. Plus I never ran into a part that required a heat gun did I use the wrong item?
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I rekon u replaced the wrong thing! Maybe the lcd?
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i just replaced mine with this one:
http://www.ebay.de/itm/230685692541?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649
actually it says HTC on it and looks a lil bit differently than on the picture.
never the less, i replaced it really carefully and checked every connecting.
But somehow the Touchscreen doesn't work at all.
Can anyone help me ? what could be the problem ?
Wrong digitzer ?
is it okay, that the digitizer has direct contact to the frame where it is glued to ?

jmpcrx said:
... as will be replaceing mine v soon due to 'invisible finger problem' that's driving me nuts..
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Hi!
I have the same problem, I have asked it already here
So you had invisible finger press in the screen, and the screen was bad responsive?
...Just to make sure my problem is digitizer problem! The service wont change it in warranty unless the problem is there all the time! But its driving me crazy! why is it happening randomly, why isnt it all the time? How could i make the screen to do this problem when i'm at the service?

Bubbles under digitizer? No screen protector

Hi all. Quick searching leads me nowhere as there are thousands of problems concerning issues I'm NOT having. Sorry for the crappy 3ds camera pic, it's the only thing I have at my disposal right now besides the phone. As I said in the title, I'm not using a screen protector - this is a stock phone right out of the factory with no accessories, albeit aged a bit.
If you'll take a look, you'll see two screen bubbles. The huge funky-looking one at the top started out looking like the one at the bottom, and grew over a period of a few weeks. The bottom one started out really small and doubled in size to what it is now, but has since stopped.
It's really annoying and starting to bother me, but I was wondering if anyone had experienced similar issues, or has any input whether or not I can maybe fix this thing without having to get a whole new screen/digitizer/whatever. No replacement plans on this phone so gotta figure something else out. Any idea what's going on?

D-Lew said:
Hi all. Quick searching leads me nowhere as there are thousands of problems concerning issues I'm NOT having. Sorry for the crappy 3ds camera pic, it's the only thing I have at my disposal right now besides the phone. As I said in the title, I'm not using a screen protector - this is a stock phone right out of the factory with no accessories, albeit aged a bit.
If you'll take a look, you'll see two screen bubbles. The huge funky-looking one at the top started out looking like the one at the bottom, and grew over a period of a few weeks. The bottom one started out really small and doubled in size to what it is now, but has since stopped.
It's really annoying and starting to bother me, but I was wondering if anyone had experienced similar issues, or has any input whether or not I can maybe fix this thing without having to get a whole new screen/digitizer/whatever. No replacement plans on this phone so gotta figure something else out. Any idea what's going on?
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Is the plastic actually raised up? Can you see it when the screen is off? To me it looks like the digatizer may be going out, but its hard to tell from a pic.

It appears to be sealed and working fine... just has bubbles. I don't really know much about the insides of this phone, but it almost looks as if whatever is behind the digitizer is slightly warped and might be causing some contact with the glass or something like that. Reflections (off what is behind the screen - lcd? Not the reflections off the glass) tend to bend near the bubbles, whereas everywhere else behind the glass is pretty straight.
Essentially it just looks like water droplets or air bubbles forming on the inside surface of the glass, but it's never seen water before. I don't think the digitizer is failing.

Same problem, can I fix this myself?
Hi guys, I have the exact same problem on my HTC Desire. Touch is working fine, the pixels underneath are ok... yet this thing is expanding. What used to be 3 little bubbles near the very corner moved and turned into this amoeba looking thing after a few months.
Here are a few other shots.
Hope someone can let me know the possible verdict? Is it gone? Can it only be repaired by a professional or can I expect to be able to "clean up" the inside of the screen if I dismantle my phone as it is done here?:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1566313

Maybe the liquids from the lcd are boiling from the heat? Sounds dumb but is a possibility
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Yikes. Mine is still having the same issues. I'm thinking about just tearing it down soon and figuring it out myself. A little nervous working on something with such small components. Any tips for a first teardown? I need to get a T6 torx and I've already looked at a couple disassembly guides, was a while ago though.
As far as I can tell, I will have to replace either the digitizer/glass or the LCD. If it's the latter I'll probably just upgrade the phone cause they seem pretty pricey.

Ok, I did what I said and investigated myself. Unfortunately, I broke my phone doing it.
The problem is the front glass/digitizer. I couldn't get the LCD off, but I pried it back enough to see bubbles through the glass looking from the inside.
I broke my LCD prying on it, now I have an ugly black spot. Guess I'll be buying an LCD and a digitizer now. Anybody have some spare ones, or know the cheapest place to get them?

D-Lew said:
Ok, I did what I said and investigated myself. Unfortunately, I broke my phone doing it.
The problem is the front glass/digitizer. I couldn't get the LCD off, but I pried it back enough to see bubbles through the glass looking from the inside.
I broke my LCD prying on it, now I have an ugly black spot. Guess I'll be buying an LCD and a digitizer now. Anybody have some spare ones, or know the cheapest place to get them?
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There are some digitizers on ebay for about $20 USD. i dont know about LCDs cause i never needed to replace mine but i would assume that they would be a little more expensive. Also, make sure you get the digitizer WITH the bezel because it will make your life a ton easier.

I'd better not touch it then
Sorry to hear about your LCD, D-Lew
Guess I wont be touching mine on my own. I'll definitely break it trying to do the same thing as you. I wonder if it's gonna break my phone if I just leave it as is. I mean, apart from the fact that it is there, it is not affecting the performance at all.

The bubble might get bigger. That's all you have to worry about.
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previosly cracked screen, dropped again, now screen is black - what broke?

i think i'm screwed. so i previosly dropped it and it got a few cracks in the top right corner only one of which dipped down onto my viewing area. functionality was not affected. really as good as you can hope for as far as cracked screens go.
dropped it again and didnt hurt the glass any more, but the screen is now black. phone is on, buttons light up, i can even USE THE SCREEN, i just cant SEE anything. i can answer calls by knowing where to swype my finger and end them by pressing where the end button is. for a brief moment the very very bottom edge had a thin stip of green-pixely-ur-fcked-dude at the bottom.
So my question is what broke??? I dont really think the previous cracks are relevant but just in case...
Things i have done: restarted the phone by holding power button. removed/reinstalled battery, unplugged/replugged screen inside phone, whapped phone a few times, squeezed phone gently in various areas, searched forums until bleary eyed, browsed internet for phone cases, browsed internet for pictures of cats, posted this thread.
the extent of my knowledge is that the screen is composed of glass on top of the digitizer on top of the AMOLED (aka the LCD?). and before i realized i could still use the screen i was praying i was super lucky and maybe the screen came unplugged. but not so.
any advice? i previously saw that replacement glass is cheap but read that the whole setup is expensive. i do not have insurance on the phone. i do intend to fix it myself.

Most likely the screen needs to be replaced now. Theres a how to on this. Ebay sells replacements.
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You need a flip phone.

Definitely your LCD broke. You can buy both LCD and digitizer on eBay for about a hundred bucks I think. Its not hard to do it yourself.
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For future reference did you at least have a case on it when it dropped?
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No I didn't have a case on it. probly wouldnt have saved my glass given the way it landed on gravel (8 inches off the ground btw). Mighta reduced the shock that caused this problem tho.
Well I woulndnt have guessed that LCDs usually break this way. I woulda figured if I cracked the LCD or something (under the glass) that I
would just end up with a mess of colors or something. I wonder what went wrong...
So my new digitizer and LCD will come together? will I have to buy new glass seperate?
Is it possible to pilfer to digitizer/LCD from a used phone with cracked glass? Probly not huh, cuz the videos seem to show them getting destroyed upon removal.
Thanks for the info guys.

Is there any physical damage to the phone you can see? If not, pm me as I may have an idea.

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If not, pm me as I may have an idea.
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[Q] Peeling HTC One "Logo"

So, I've looked around at some forums to see if anyone else has this problem, and it seems like a fairly "large" majority do. However, most of them don't really talk about a solution.
I've had my VZW One since release day and recently the metal "C" has peeled off from the phone. The adhesive that they used seems to be EXTREMELY weak. I'm unsure if its because it was meant to be a stick-once and forget kinda deal, or they just used a really crappy adhesive.
I'm unsure on what I should use to glue it back. I've heard that superglue is really bad. So, if anyone has any ideas, it would help.

Maybe some spray adhesive
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The last HTC phone I had, the C fell off too, and I just pulled off the H and T so then it was just the indents of the letters and I actually was fine with the way it looked.