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Aria Screen/ Digitizer

It's a new record for me... I had my new Aria/Liberty/Intruder all set up and inside of three days dropped and T-boned the screen
Anyone have ideas on where to find parts for a Aria? I understand HTC is notoriously slow about releasing aftermarket parts. The repair guy I took my phone to encouraged me to help him find the part.
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Preferido said:
It's a new record for me... I had my new Aria/Liberty/Intruder all set up and inside of three days dropped and T-boned the screen
Anyone have ideas on where to find parts for a Aria? I understand HTC is notoriously slow about releasing aftermarket parts. The repair guy I took my phone to encouraged me to help him find the part.
Many thanks-
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I used to order all my blackberry parts from here. Very good reveiws. There across the seas but shipping is usually quick and even faster if you bump it up.http://cnn.cn/shop/htc-aria-c-277_1068.html

Thanks Kudvu002! You saved the day!
I found one on ebay, but the shipping's not as quick.

Have you tried taking it apart yet? I'm trying to get a little insight on the disassembly. It seems like you can pop off the top yellow cover but I wasn't able to get it off and didn't want to force it.

anyone knows where to buy the digitizer for the Aria? cnn.cn shows the digitizer in stock,, but when you go to checkout it says it is not....

Ordered mine about a week ago but it says it was shipped, now I just gotta get it apart!
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digitizer replaced
So I followed the tutorial found on android forums, it was relatively easy, i forgot to take pictures of the steps but i can write a tutorial if anyone wants it, because the tutorial on A.F. is a little vague. But I have found a solution to the cracked screen problem, I went to Best Buy to see if they had the Zagg shield (which they do, it's for the Intruder/Aria/Liberty) but they also had a new case which looks a little more resilient against dropping. The case is made by Superior Communications (BB item number 35307BBR) and is pretty rugged looking, anyways let me know if you want a tutorial written up, i will try to get some pics to do it with.

so I'm about to replace mine.. any tutorial with pics available?

for those of you that have ordered and recieved their replacement digitizers, are they AT&T branded still?

msgnyc said:
for those of you that have ordered and recieved their replacement digitizers, are they AT&T branded still?
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Yes they are.. and they are not original part... there are some differences... and after the installation you will have the light that turns on the -home- menu-back-search buttons to filter into the screen. I finished up adding the insurance and getting a brand new for $50.00 and sold the old one for 200

eortizr said:
so I'm about to replace mine.. any tutorial with pics available?
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I can have a tutorial up by tomorrow, unfortunately with pics of the full install but close enough to get you there. The screen I bought was an HTC oem screen and ATT branded, there aren't any that aren't branded so far. Lemme get the tutorial together and ill post it tomorrow.
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eortizr said:
Yes they are.. and they are not original part... there are some differences... and after the installation you will have the light that turns on the -home- menu-back-search buttons to filter into the screen. I finished up adding the insurance and getting a brand new for $50.00 and sold the old one for 200
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I've seen this phone shown off a few times withut the AT&T branding and with just the HTC logo at the top/middle and would prefer that digitizer.
(and no I wasn't mistaking the HD Mini for the Aria lol) Wonder how long before those are available. Probably will have to wait until another carrier gets the phone IF anyone else decides to even pick it up.
The button light issue is quite a drag tho. Sucks. You could try to add some sort of tiny strip above the capacitive buttons area to shield the light from leaking into the viewable screen area.

here is a good video showing a Disassembly of the phone, it might help.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMI7sNY5YZg

doing this now...it is a HUGE pain in the ass

ok, to anyone who tries this BE CAREFUL WHEN YOU PULL THE RIBBON OUT
I pulled too hard and like an asshole I broke the "plug" piece off of the ribbon and it's stuck in the "socket"
looks like it's time to try and scam AT&T again

White Evo Conversion

I ordered a kit that has the back door, frame and faceplate, back door and frame are white. I paid 59.99 that included the tools (t5, t6, philips, removal tool, and suction cup)
I will post pics of progress and how to.
I purchased this on eBay btw.
Thanks to B0r0b here is a link to a tear down video http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/HTC-E...eardown/2979/1

Reserved...

FYI....all original white EVO's sku and ESN are in the system as white EVO. Be careful if you have to return your evo to sprint, they'll see that it's a black evo and could deny your claim.

I'm aware of that. And if I had to return it then I would want to keep my white housing for my next phone. Thanks for the heads up though.

Can you link to the seller for the kit?

nkawal said:
FYI....all original white EVO's sku and ESN are in the system as white EVO. Be careful if you have to return your evo to sprint, they'll see that it's a black evo and could deny your claim.
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While this is semi correct, the ESN plate is attached to the board, not the rear frame. It's considered an accessory and would be seen as such. Same as with a Blackberry, you can get a custom color front faceplate, that doesn't change the fact that it's a Inferno just because there's a chrome faceplate on it.
Also, to save you some potential work:
http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/HTC-Evo-4G-Teardown/2979/1
That link provides an entire teardown. Just reverse it with your new rear frame.

Bioxoxide said:
Can you link to the seller for the kit?
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Kr-net is the seller but I can't find the white kit for the life of me. Seems that auction ended yesterday. Maybe he will resell it. The item was called "OEM HTC EVO 4G WHITE HOUSING FACEPLATE + BATTERY COVER"

b0r0b said:
While this is semi correct, the ESN plate is attached to the board, not the rear frame. It's considered an accessory and would be seen as such. Same as with a Blackberry, you can get a custom color front faceplate, that doesn't change the fact that it's a Inferno just because there's a chrome faceplate on it.
Also, to save you some potential work:
http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/HTC-Evo-4G-Teardown/2979/1
That link provides an entire teardown. Just reverse it with your new rear frame.
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Thanks for the video link. That would save me from making instruction video on this thing.

Looks like it isn't too much trouble. We have a lot of users that have been asking to trade theirs in for the white one.

Interesting. Keep us posted.
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I ordered a new one off ebay that showed up for $40 free shipping. Comes with the battery door, new battery and frame. Seemed like good deal so I jumped. I already have the T5 and pry tools from my nextel modding days years ago. I will swap mine once I get it!

lembowski said:
I ordered a new one off ebay that showed up for $40 free shipping. Comes with the battery door, new battery and frame. Seemed like good deal so I jumped. I already have the T5 and pry tools from my nextel modding days years ago. I will swap mine once I get it!
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can you provide the link? i can't seem to find anything when I look?
EDIT: wait, is the white EVO only WHITE in the middle and back, still black in the front? cause if so then i found a bunch of these things being sold....but i have an extended battery so i couldn't use the white battery cover :-(
for anyone interested:
http://cgi.ebay.com/SPRINT-OEM-WHIT...488832?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item230c8e0300
http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-SPRINT-OEM-...852218?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item230c7509fa
or you can buy them separately, which i may end up doing...
EDIT2: anyone wanting to do this mod with an extended battery:
http://cgi.ebay.com/HTC-Evo-White-E...uetooth_Wireless_Products&hash=item483ddbe720

Oh snap I didn't know you guys needed something like this. I've converted my Evo to white about 4 times. if you need a hand let me know.

Max_Pain said:
can you provide the link? i can't seem to find anything when I look?
EDIT: wait, is the white EVO only WHITE in the middle and back, still black in the front? cause if so then i found a bunch of these things being sold....but i have an extended battery so i couldn't use the white battery cover :-(
for anyone interested:
http://cgi.ebay.com/SPRINT-OEM-WHIT...488832?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item230c8e0300
http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-SPRINT-OEM-...852218?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item230c7509fa
or you can buy them separately, which i may end up doing...
EDIT2: anyone wanting to do this mod with an extended battery:
http://cgi.ebay.com/HTC-Evo-White-E...uetooth_Wireless_Products&hash=item483ddbe720
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They make an extended white back and sell it at the Sprint store.

Max_Pain said:
can you provide the link? i can't seem to find anything when I look?
EDIT: wait, is the white EVO only WHITE in the middle and back, still black in the front? cause if so then i found a bunch of these things being sold....but i have an extended battery so i couldn't use the white battery cover :-(
for anyone interested:
http://cgi.ebay.com/SPRINT-OEM-WHIT...488832?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item230c8e0300
http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-SPRINT-OEM-...852218?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item230c7509fa
or you can buy them separately, which i may end up doing...
EDIT2: anyone wanting to do this mod with an extended battery:
http://cgi.ebay.com/HTC-Evo-White-E...uetooth_Wireless_Products&hash=item483ddbe720
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Looks like you found them, the one I bought was a one off by a seller that had nothing else for sale.
Yes the white is just the back half of the phone, the front is still black.

Just ordered an OEM white housing from ebay. Seller had 6 with only 1 availible. Got it for $30 shipped. I already have the extented white batt cover too. So frick'n sick.
White extended batt, rooted Evo running ava10 with Riptides theme? PRICELESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

just got my wife a white evo. so want that housing and door now...everyone is out now of the combo's

johnnychimpo said:
just got my wife a white evo. so want that housing and door now...everyone is out now of the combo's
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Keep searching bud it took me a while to find it
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Dang, it's ended. Would love to have that, keep Us posted....

I was kind of disappointed only the back was white. But I've been wanting one forever and that was the only color in stock.

Parts for our phones?

I was wondering if we can buy parts for our phones i would love to do a panda themed phone. (Black bezel with white batt door and front plate)

I had two HTC Android phones, and was able to pick up body parts for them, but even though I had pretty popular models, some parts were hard to come by.
You might google "Epic 4G Touch chassis" or "body" or use the model number...
See what you come up with.
Phone might be both too new for manufacturers to be making replacement parts yet, or might be a too-low-volume model for them to care about. It's a Sprint-only body.

You can get parts off ebay. Either search for the specific part, or search for epic touch, then narrow down the search by clicking cell phones, then replacement parts. I just bought the white housing for $50.

shiftr182 said:
You can get parts off ebay. Either search for the specific part, or search for epic touch, then narrow down the search by clicking cell phones, then replacement parts. I just bought the white housing for $50.
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Do share links
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http://goo.gl/Ta0eb
Found this using the search parameters provided by shiftr182. Thanks!

keep checking ebay and you can find them for around $50, usually they pop up once a week or so.

shiftr182 said:
keep checking ebay and you can find them for around $50, usually they pop up once a week or so.
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on what days
ill buy right away
as soon as it comes out if its only fifty

Exchange black one for white?

Would sprint let me do this? I got the phone back in November, so way past 30 days. just wondering if anyone has tried this. The white one looks so sick!

Ind3lible said:
Would sprint let me do this? I got the phone back in November, so way past 30 days. just wondering if anyone has tried this. The white one looks so sick!
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i highly doubt it. You would be better trading on craigslist or something

^ yeah I thought of that. Even looked on ebay but white ones are selling for way higher then the black ones !

not a chance in the world they would do this...silly to even ask something like that..

Maybe for a warrenty exchange if they like you
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I don't think "broken color" comes under warranty exchange..

wase4711 said:
I don't think "broken color" comes under warranty exchange..
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If you have asurion you could "lose" your phone.
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wouldn't they just replace it with the exact same model?
BTW, I talked my wife into taking my black one over the weekend, and grabbed a white one with her upgrade....they are really sharp!!

I still don't understand all of the white hype. I think the black looks cleaner, sexier... The white one looks "toyish" to me. I wonder if its just because they are a newer model that people are more drawn to them?

the aluminum trim around the outside of the case gives it a really nice contrast; plus, I put a Wrapsol on the phone, and, the capactive lights on the bottom, and the notification light on the top, have a really nice erie "glow" to them now..
I had a white Evo as well; I guess I just like to have something a bit different..
to each his own!

wase4711 said:
...to each his own!
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Yeah, I guess your right... I'll have to admit, before I saw the light I used to have a white iphone, I liked it at the time. Maybe that is why I dislike the white now, maybe the white for me has some kind of subconscious apple/iphone association thing.

plus, in my house, my wife has the same phone, so it makes it easier if we have different colors to keep track of who's phone is where!
Frankly, if they had a blue or red one, I would probably like those too!

wase4711 said:
plus, in my house, my wife has the same phone, so it makes it easier if we have different colors to keep track of who's phone is where!
Frankly, if they had a blue or red one, I would probably like those too!
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Blue and Red... Now there's an idea

I was looking at the Galaxy note this weekend, and they have a blue one which looked really nice!

I had to bring my phone in for warranty reasons and asked since they have to give me a new one could it be the white one they said absolutely not has to be the same color. Got me mad too considering they are both the same damn thing same price and everything. So to answer your question, no they will not.

I just think it looks slicker but maybe its more of what I don't have. Just looks sick!! I don't have insurance tho oh well.
Sent from my beastly phone.

Ind3lible said:
I just think it looks slicker but maybe its more of what I don't have. Just looks sick!! I don't have insurance tho oh well.
Sent from my beastly phone.
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I think your right... I think it it is more of what you don't have. I bet if the white ones came out first, everyone would be wanted the black ones.

Cracked my screen, what are my options?

Hoping to hear from people who have dealt with this before. Cracked my screen pretty badly but luckily (relatively...) it still works as far as i know. I don't have insurance and while I'm gonna deal with it for now I'd eventually like to get it replaced, fixed, or upgrade to a new phone. What are ballpark figures for cost considering my contract isn't up for another year and a half and i don't have insurance? What would you do if you were in my situation?
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newalker91 said:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Samsung-Spr...722?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item33759177aa
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Looks promising, thanks for the link. I'm guessing this is my cheapest option? I'm sure replacing or upgrading the phone would be much more expensive
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Slightly off topic, but how'd you manage to do it? I know our screens are Gorilla Glass and that mine has been through some pretty crazy drops already...

Are you the guy who called me this morning about the Galaxy S2 Screen? or is this just a coincidence in my world?

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Slightly off topic, but how'd you manage to do it? I know our screens are Gorilla Glass and that mine has been through some pretty crazy drops already...
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Ultimately i can't blame anything but my own carelessness. Long story short i accidentally crushed it between some heavy metal hinges on a forklift...the gorilla glass didn't stand a chance.
ReFiLL said:
Are you the guy who called me this morning about the Galaxy S2 Screen? or is this just a coincidence in my world?
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Coincidence. But i feel his melancholy and angst.
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my advice: get it fixed

newalker91 said:
Sprint will not repair the screen, so that's not an option. Replacing the phone would be around $250 cheapest for a used device, $550 for a retail price device. Sending it in to a 3rd party repair company would cost you the $150 for the screen plus hourly labor, making it closer to $200. Factor in shipping cost and you may as well buy a phone.
Replacing the screen is easy. Undo the 6 philips head screws in the back housing, work a thin plastic wedge around the rim and pop the housing off. Undo the two screws on the board, unclip the ribbon cables, reverse the process onto the new screen. Takes about 15 minutes if you haven't done it before.
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But where do you just buy the gorilla glass for this phone?

newalker91 said:
You don't. You buy the entire fused assembly I linked. Digi + display
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If you do find just the glass they don't seal right then they look worse than a cracked screen.

Why not just add insurance and get it fixed that way
From the 2nd galaxy

I have a brand new white LCD for epic touch if you want it, I don't need it . Same thing as what thy linked on eBay. Pretty simple to assemble too. I'd sell it to ya way cheaper.
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gronimo21 said:
Why not just add insurance and get it fixed that way
From the 2nd galaxy
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Sprint won't allow that. If that were the case everybody would be doing that.
If I were you I would buy dude's screen who is posted above this post and after that I would go on YouTube to see if I could find a video on how to assemble or replace the Epic touch's screen. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain.
If I helped you out in any way please thank me. Thanks.

If the Insurance was added the best you could do is process and insurance claim and get a refurbished phone for $100.
Changing out the screen is pretty simple. Just make sure you watch the camera connection at the top and the one at the bottom of the board. Every DIYer seems to miss those two.

It's very unfortunate that our assemblies cost so much, when the iphone assembly is like 40 bucks and to get it installed will run about 90 if you don't do it yourself. Our phone seriously needs cheaper replacement parts.

afive720 said:
I have a brand new white LCD for epic touch if you want it, I don't need it . Same thing as what thy linked on eBay. Pretty simple to assemble too. I'd sell it to ya way cheaper.
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That would be awesome! Just PM'ed you

You can search on Craigslist and eBay for phones with bad esn. And simply make one working out of two.
You can ask on forums for people who bricked their phones beyond returning point and sprint refuses to help them.
But of the guy above gives you a good deal. Take it.
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Have you actually had Sprint tell you no? Have you actually gone into a corporate store and asked?
I ask because they replaced my cracked screen on my HTC EVO 4G a few months back, no questions asked, totally free.

kdoggy said:
Have you actually had Sprint tell you no? Have you actually gone into a corporate store and asked?
I ask because they replaced my cracked screen on my HTC EVO 4G a few months back, no questions asked, totally free.
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Yes, I went in the day it happened and asked if they could replace it or what my options were. Other than buying a new phone for retail price, they said they couldn't do anything and didn't even do the repairs themselves. They just referred me to World of Wireless (I called them and they were charging $250 for the 'custom order' repair they'd have to do).

Buy a new one off Amazon for $8.00 and install it yourself. It take about a half hour and save a bunch of money
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These are from my eBay Watch List :
$19.99 (Glass Only,without LCD)
Code:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Front-Glass-Outer-Lens-Touch-Screen-Cover-for-Samsung-Galaxy-S-II-Epric-4G-D710-/110890421087?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19d1958b5f#ht_2808wt_1269
$79.99
Code:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Samsung-Epic-4G-Touch-D710-LCD-Screen-Assembly-Digitizer-Sprint-Galaxy-S-2-II-/320922823964?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4ab87dad1c#ht_500wt_1156
How to
Code:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3f9pJTltvZ0
Good Luck!

I just replaced the glass and lcd's in two of my evo 4gs. Cost me $50 each. Pretty simple to do. Find a YouTube video like he said, it'll make all the difference.
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