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Dropped my phone. Cracked my screen.

Today was real sad for me... when I was getting out of my car, I accidentally dropped my phone on the concrete.
The phone still functions fine. But because it dropped screen flat down, the bottom part of my screen is crack.
Also there's a crack going through about halfway from the left bottom corner to the mid-right part.
Is there anyway to fix this? With an iPhone, i have a friend who switches the glass on the front/back.
Is this possible for the galaxy nexus screen?? Please help.
here are photos... this is a real quick photo i took with my macbook because i do not have access to any other camera right now.
more pics coming soon
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You can find replacement housing on Ebay, not sure on screens.. also.. pic??

joshnichols189 said:
You can find replacement housing on Ebay, not sure on screens.. also.. pic??
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I'm outside right now and I am posting this straight from my phone. I will try to post pictures asap.
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Wouldn't your warranty cover this? would you be able to replace it yourself?

hasnol143 said:
Wouldn't your warranty cover this? would you be able to replace it yourself?
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Although this is a verizon galaxy nexus, i did not buy it from verizon so they wouldn't have me under warranty right?

bluemoon1221 said:
Although this is a verizon galaxy nexus, i did not buy it from verizon so they wouldn't have me under warranty right?
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only insurance would cover this, verizon would not cover it even if you bought it from them

tannor said:
only insurance would cover this, verizon would not cover it even if you bought it from them
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is there anywhere i can go and repair it for a cost?
or is the only way to fix it by buying a separate screen and replacing it myself?
I really plan on using this phone for a long time so i am willing to pay a lot to fix this screen.

I read on the web that its possible, but alot more difficult than othwr phones. Best of luck to you!

bluemoon1221 said:
is there anywhere i can go and repair it for a cost?
or is the only way to fix it by buying a separate screen and replacing it myself?
I really plan on using this phone for a long time so i am willing to pay a lot to fix this screen.
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I don't know but maybe try calling Samsung they might charge a fee and do it for you?
Worth a shot I guess.

No case or any protection?
Swyped from my Galaxy Nexus

Wow, how sensitive are these screens?? I can't remember seeing so many reports of damaged displays.
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lrs421 said:
Wow, how sensitive are these screens?? I can't remember seeing so many reports of damaged displays.
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Lol? I see way more on Iphone forums. About the same amount on other Android forums. You drop it face down on concrete the right way... What good screen will be able to take that?
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GchildT said:
No case or any protection?
Swyped from my Galaxy Nexus
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Nope. I personally don't like cases or screen protectors so I didn't buy them
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CDuke619 said:
Lol? I see way more on Iphone forums. About the same amount on other Android forums. You drop it face down on concrete the right way... What good screen will be able to take that?
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No, I get that, but I've been around xda and other forums for a while, can't remember seeing this many on a device, albeit I've never had a device this popular. Maybe its the sheer number of people who own the GN. Even when I was shopping around I saw multiple devices with hairline scratches on the screen. The screen on this device gets alot of attention, I remember the uproar when Samsung said the device didn't use guerrilla glass.
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Back in the day, when I broke my iphone screen, I was able to find a guy that would repair it for 60$ on Craigs list. Try and search for someone there.

I found a local cell phone shop that quoted me $220. Find one of those and call. But I couldn't fork out that kinda cash
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Wow, what was the height of the drop? I'm worried this could happen to me because I love having my phones naked.

It was about 2.5 feet?
Not so high but screen cracked...
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bluemoon1221 said:
Nope. I personally don't like cases or screen protectors so I didn't buy them
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I agree with you, cases and protection just take away from the device but sadly this is a risk. Did you by any chance buy it with a Visa card that may offer automatic protection from loss, damage or theft? My card covers me for the first 90 days.

Last I checked you could get the whole display assembly on eBay for ~$250
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Pro-Tip: Don't break your Sprint GNex right now.

So a little more than two weeks after I bought my Galaxy Nexus (Sprint), it had a rather unpleasant meeting with concrete. The screen is so cracked, Charlie Sheen is impressed.
Right now they're on back-order with Asurion, so it could be up to two weeks before they ship my replacement. Not sure about the VZW Gnex.
Just wanted to share in case anyone else is as unlucky as I am.
Peace!

Or don't order from sprint...
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Or treat your phone like a baby...and if you can't manage to keep it safe, buy a case.

Don't break your phone ever!
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I was going to break mine tomorrow. Thanks for the heads up!

Lol I spent 2 months with a cracked GSM at least you have asurion

Smokeey said:
Or treat your phone like a baby...and if you can't manage to keep it safe, buy a case.
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Yeah, I usually do... but sh** happens.
If I'd have had a nice case, I probably would have been fine. Of course I didn't buy one because "I never drop my phones" -- famous last words.

ragnarokx said:
I was going to break mine tomorrow. Thanks for the heads up!
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Hey, I'm happy to help!

Ryjabo said:
Yeah, I usually do... but sh** happens.
If I'd have had a nice case, I probably would have been fine. Of course I didn't buy one because "I never drop my phones" -- famous last words.
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Those and tep is a rip off / for suckers
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ckoadiyn said:
Those and tep is a rip off / for suckers
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How is it a rip-off? For $100 they're sending me a replacement. It would have easily cost a lot more than that to get the screen replaced, and the retail price of the phone is $550.

Ryjabo said:
How is it a rip-off? For $100 they're sending me a replacement. It would have easily cost a lot more than that to get the screen replaced, and the retail price of the phone is $550.
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I agree that's just what I have seen some say about it lol
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Ryjabo said:
How is it a rip-off? For $100 they're sending me a replacement. It would have easily cost a lot more than that to get the screen replaced, and the retail price of the phone is $550.
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Is that the what you paid in addition to the insurance, or just the insurance?
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theking_13 said:
Is that the what you paid in addition to the insurance, or just the insurance?
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That's the deductible otherwise its 10 a month and you don't get charged for repairs like broke screen etc
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ckoadiyn said:
That's the deductible otherwise its 10 a month and you don't get charged for repairs like broke screen etc
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Not too shabby, only better insurance I know of is carrier sometimes, don't remember how much their deductible is. Might get insurance, hate that the AMOLED+Digitalizer are stuck together. Broke the damn screen on my Vibrant twice.
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When was it ever a good idea to break your phone? Your thread title does say, right now.
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Ryjabo said:
So a little more than two weeks after I bought my Galaxy Nexus (Sprint), it had a rather unpleasant meeting with concrete. The screen is so cracked, Charlie Sheen is impressed.
Right now they're on back-order with Asurion, so it could be up to two weeks before they ship my replacement. Not sure about the VZW Gnex.
Just wanted to share in case anyone else is as unlucky as I am.
Peace!
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Actually, that's rather fortuitous for you. Asurion typically does not keep new phones on hand and stocks up on refurbs. What your current situation means is that you'll likely receive a new replacement. "up to two weeks" is their standard disclaimer, but you'll probably be without for just a few days while they acquire a new handset from Sprint and then shop it to you after they receive it. Same thing happened to me in January with the VZW GN.
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najaboy said:
Actually, that's rather fortuitous for you. Asurion typically does not keep new phones on hand and stocks up on refurbs. What your current situation means is that you'll likely receive a new replacement. "up to two weeks" is their standard disclaimer, but you'll probably be without for just a few days while they acquire a new handset from Sprint and then shop it to you after they receive it. Same thing happened to me in January with the VZW GN.
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I don't know about fortuitous... it has been a week and I haven't heard jack **** from them (not even emails) and all I get over the phone is "its on back order"

Issues with T-Mobile galaxy s3 quality control.

So... I bought my galaxy s3 from tmobile customer service. With a full upgrade I've only paid $ 179 of 16gb.
I've wanted the white one but they were sold out in 16. So I've went ahead and placed a exchange of the 32gb.
The first (white 32gb) had many dust stuck under the sceen... and interfere with the camera as well... so I've called to get me a same but different one that isn't defective this time. (New in box course) now the new one has huge gap on the metal bezel area... I could fit like 5 business card.
So I called again and placed another one...
This time I've told them to put a notation on my account so that the manufacture date is most recent... (both of my defective white phones were made in 7/4/12)
Where as my blue one is perfect...besides the dark pixels.
I really think Samsung's quality control isn't as what they claim to advertise as... I understand that no phones are perfect... but at least do a better job at hiding... lol
So in my opinion I could be getting a bad batch or just unlucky... I will keep you guys updated with my next replacement in white.
Please tell us your experience with similar problems.
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You are just being picky.

IRIE4IPIER said:
You are just being picky.
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No he's not, he's paying for a new product so it shouldn't have any defects or problems. What's the point of a 720p screen if it has dust underneath. My 2 yr old g2 doesn't have any dust whatsoever so why should this.
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IRIE4IPIER said:
You are just being picky.
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No ****. How close do you have to have the phone to your face to notice "Dark pixels?"

I wasn't aware that these screen panels could have dust considering the digitizer and screen are fused together. Hmm... :sly:
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Mine already has cracks in the bezel, only issue so far. Much better than the Galaxy Nexus screen issues or the first batch of One X ones.
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My first one had really weird screen issues (looked like there were fingerprints underneath the screen) but I haven't noticed anything out of the ordinary on my second. 32 GB white.

I got wobbly power button and volume buttons...
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Cerv3r said:
I got wobbly power button and volume buttons...
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They're supposed to wobble...
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I bought a white 16gb 2 days before launch and everytime it vibrated it sounded like something loose was in the phone.. I returned it, got another white one. no problems with it.
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So lets see here. Samsung has probably manufactured what 10 million Galaxy S3's? I would expect some to have issues. Mine has none of these flaws.

I got a perfect phone! Trolololololololo lo lo lo lo jk I got a bad screen same issue as the tom skyrocket. Blobs and stuff you know
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woostar88 said:
So... I bought my galaxy s3 from tmobile customer service. With a full upgrade I've only paid $ 179 of 16gb.
I've wanted the white one but they were sold out in 16. So I've went ahead and placed a exchange of the 32gb.
The first (white 32gb) had many dust stuck under the sceen... and interfere with the camera as well... so I've called to get me a same but different one that isn't defective this time. (New in box course) now the new one has huge gap on the metal bezel area... I could fit like 5 business card.
So I called again and placed another one...
This time I've told them to put a notation on my account so that the manufacture date is most recent... (both of my defective white phones were made in 7/4/12)
Where as my blue one is perfect...besides the dark pixels.
I really think Samsung's quality control isn't as what they claim to advertise as... I understand that no phones are perfect... but at least do a better job at hiding... lol
So in my opinion I could be getting a bad batch or just unlucky... I will keep you guys updated with my next replacement in white.
Please tell us your experience with similar problems.
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You must be single and/or your colleagues and spouse, love when you're away lol. I'd hate to get you in the phone at work
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theking_13 said:
They're supposed to wobble...
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No they aren't. Mine used to firm.. my friend's are still firm though
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bipoler said:
You must be single and/or your colleagues and spouse, love when you're away lol. I'd hate to get you in the phone at work
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Looks like someone forgot their meds tonight! 5 posts in about 10 mins? All useless.
Next time please go try to pick your fights in the physical world where it means something!
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DocHoliday77 said:
Looks like someone forgot their meds tonight! 5 posts in about 10 mins? All useless.
Next time please go try to pick your fights in the physical world where it means something!
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dc bay....scary....please don't fool low my post count that is DEEP
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The guy shouldn't ***** about it, just exchange the phone. You make millions of phones bound of them a few are going to have flaws... Mass production.. and if you ever worked in quality control you know not EVERY SINGLE product gets checked just a few random ones...

SebasC said:
The guy shouldn't ***** about it, just exchange the phone. You make millions of phones bound of them a few are going to have flaws... Mass production.. and if you ever worked in quality control you know not EVERY SINGLE product gets checked just a few random ones...
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Correct. Look at the Asus Transformer Prime forums for manufacturing defects Haha. Just exchange the dud and move on buddy. Them enjoy your perfect one because this phone ROCKS!
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Oddly enough I had to exchange my gs3 because it couldn't get a 4g signal. Really weird. But now I have one that works perfectly.
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Ok it seems like some people are being rude
I said the first one (blue) has dark spots but I dont care for it ... oh but the device itself is perfect. No other flaws.
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AT&T Refubished S3, $49.99!

Posted this in the deals forum, but since it's today only I figured I'd x-post it here as well.
http://www.att.com/shop/wireless/devices/samsung/galaxy-s-iii-pebble-blue-refurb.html
* Edit: Apparently it's still available!

Awesome find.
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That looks like a good deal, but I always wonder about the warranty (90 days vs. 1 year). I've had to send in 2 of my last 3 smartphones on warranty claims so I worry about this being a good deal.

Typically the good thing about refurbs are whatever the problem was it is now fixed. Puts my mind at ease when I think of it like that lol.
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MWilkenson said:
Typically the good thing about refurbs are whatever the problem was it is now fixed. Puts my mind at ease when I think of it like that lol.
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Receiving 3 crappy refurbished htc one x's in a week I will never buy a refurb.
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Just got mine in today. Ordered a white model, its in perfect shape. Not a blemish on it. Screen is flawless. Even had all the accessories -- only thing missing is the box.

Same here. My white refurb arrived yesterday in perfect condition. Running CM10 now and loving it.

magn2o said:
Just got mine in today. Ordered a white model, its in perfect shape. Not a blemish on it. Screen is flawless. Even had all the accessories -- only thing missing is the box.
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How'd you get it w/O a box ?
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Now it's $150.

Smashed Screen.... Has anyone had theirs replaced

Hi Guys,
Dropped my Note Friday and shattered the screen....
What i want to know is if anyone has replaced the screen before? i'm trying to work out whether or not the digitaliser still responds to the pen i have had issues with replacing screens on other units, (i9000 and HTC HD2)
Any feed back would be great
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84DGR said:
Hi Guys,
Dropped my Note Friday and shattered the screen....
What i want to know is if anyone has replaced the screen before? i'm trying to work out whether or not the digitaliser still responds to the pen i have had issues with replacing screens on other units, (i9000 and HTC HD2)
Any feed back would be great
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I had mine replaced. It was great for the 20 mins I got to use it. And then SDS hit it lol. If you get an official one it fits nicely.
We have a phone tech at work who did it for me and he said it was easy to do.

You think if I paid to have samsung replace it that would be best?
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84DGR said:
You think if I paid to have samsung replace it that would be best?
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Well, you'd still have an intact warranty, at least.

My mrs had a note 1 and last December smashed the screen, it was approx £200 to get it replaced, which was almost the value of the device at the time. So I bought her a note 2 for xmas. She's either very clumsy or very cleaver

baileyjr said:
She's either very clumsy or very cleaver
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If my wife had a cleaver, I'd buy her a Note 2, too!

See in Australia I bought it for $768... in my haste I went out and bought another one... ill send the other away and get it repaired so I can either develop on it or have a back up hahaha... idiot I still cant believe I dropped it the day I bought it
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84DGR said:
See in Australia I bought it for $768... mad:
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I smashed my Australian GN2 - but a couple of months after buying. I don't think the glass is as Gorilla as they claim. The official ways to get it fixed all seem fairly expensive but there are some diy videos on youtube and there seems to be a difference between replacing just the glass and replacing the whole screen.

I sent mine in to SquareTrade a few weeks ago. They charged me $99 (deductible) but replaced the screen and the chrome edges. Phone looks like brand new.

drdoombot said:
They charged me $99 (deductible) but replaced the screen and the chrome edges.
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Thanks - I'll look into that!