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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?
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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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No case or any protection?
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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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got the white housing for the gnex and decide to buy the white matte screen protector
http://www.chinagadgetland.com/middle-cover-for-samsung-galaxy-nexus-i9250-white-p-10006362.html
housing from chinabudgetland.com cost $29.50. Everything was great and was easy to install. Only con is that it doesn't come with white button. But i manage to get a huge discount from the owner and ended up paying only $17.50 for the housing and shipping with tracking number. Came in every nice packing and lots of bubble wrap.
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Google-Samsu...s=63&clkid=1418648887061820089#ht_6624wt_1052
the Gnex color screen protector cost $8.88 with free shipping took only 8 day to ship from south korea. Seller sold 35 so i taught it was a trusted seller. Everything was great except the fact that it abit smaller that the screen. But it look pretty nice.
airkenada said:
got the white housing for the gnex and decide to buy the white matte screen protector
http://www.chinagadgetland.com/middle-cover-for-samsung-galaxy-nexus-i9250-white-p-10006362.html
housing from chinabudgetland.com cost $29.50. Everything was great and was easy to install. Only con is that it doesn't come with white button. But i manage to get a huge discount from the owner and ended up paying only $17.50 for the housing and shipping with tracking number. Came in every nice packing and lots of bubble wrap.
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Google-Samsu...s=63&clkid=1418648887061820089#ht_6624wt_1052
the Gnex color screen protector cost $8.88 with free shipping took only 8 day to ship from south korea. Seller sold 35 so i taught it was a trusted seller. Everything was great except the fact that it abit smaller that the screen. But it look pretty nice.
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how good is the screen protector and what about the LED notifications?
Screen protector is awesome..since jb4.1.1 doesn't have led notification, I just cover it up..You could just hole punch a hole if u want
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IS this for CDMA or GSM
The housing for gsm. Screen protector fit both CDMA and gsm
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airkenada said:
Screen protector is awesome..since jb4.1.1 doesn't have led notification, I just cover it up..You could just hole punch a hole if u want
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lolwut? of course Jelly Bean has LED notification, I'm using it.
If only there was a way of making sure that the LED shines through the screen protector I'd buy it.
Mine jb doesn't have notification light. I got the paid lightflow app and it doesn't turn on when there a notification. Just holepunch it
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airkenada said:
Mine jb doesn't have notification light. I got the paid lightflow app and it doesn't turn on when there a notification. Just holepunch it
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But that would defeat the purpose of a all white front face
Than the only way to get white is to buy a stock white
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airkenada said:
Than the only way to get white is to buy a stock white
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Still wouldn't have a white front
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U could get a white digitizer
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airkenada said:
U could get a white digitizer
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They sell them for the Nexus? Link ? I'm tempted at the thought of an all white phone.
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I won't even lie, I'm jelly. Sexy phone man! I would do it but I can't justify spending around 40 dollars to just change it to white.
mendezj666 said:
They sell them for the Nexus? Link ? I'm tempted at the thought of an all white phone.
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Idk havent really look for them
iHentai said:
I won't even lie, I'm jelly. Sexy phone man! I would do it but I can't justify spending around 40 dollars to just change it to white.
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Cost me less than 30
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U could get a white digitizer
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They don't have white digitizers
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There is a website deciding whether or not to make white digitizer.
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AshtonTS said:
They don't have white digitizers
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Yeah I figured he was just posting without knowing for sure. I dont think they will ever make a white digitizer as the next model is just around the corner and since its so difficult to replace just the digitizer without ruining the lcd.
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There is a website deciding whether or not to make white digitizer.
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Link? Im not sure i believe :/
mendezj666 said:
Yeah I figured he was just posting without knowing for sure. I dont think they will ever make a white digitizer as the next model is just around the corner and since its so difficult to replace just the digitizer without ruining the lcd.
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The amoled is fused to the glass so its impossible to replace the glass without also replacing the amoled, which is why there are no third party digitizers.
No I really wish they made a white digitizer. I would make a full white gnex if they did.
Also, a white digitizer for the dinc would be nice
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They r doing a survey if people are interested in paying 250+ for a white digitizer
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airkenada said:
They r doing a survey if people are interested in paying 250+ for a white digitizer
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Thanks for the pics but I dont think there ever will be a white digitizer. The market is so small for that plus it would have to come with a very expensive lcd screen that just isnt cost feasable. I cant find any surveys but a $250 digitizer is just crazy when a brand new phone costs 350+tax, with the costs surely to drop as time passes. Stickers are our only hope until Fantom decides to release a white glass screen protector which I dont think is very likely. Istyles and skinit are 2 other websites that sell custom vinyl stickers and attached a couple of pics that I found from other threads. A black front on top of an all white body isnt too bad though and have thought about ordering vinyl stickers but am sure I will just rip them off after a day or two of having it on.
I dropped my phone
Cracked it
Worst of all my window to get a warranty ended yesterday
Argh
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Is how I feel
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EDIT FROM THE ARCHANGEL: @op be careful on what you put as a title. i have eyes everywhere
gtuansdiamm said:
I dropped my phone
Cracked it
Worst of all my window to get a warranty ended yesterday
Argh
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Is how I feel
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That sucks. How bad did u crack it bro?
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Not that bad actually but the top left corner is cracked badly enough that it would cut my ear if I put it on it
Also the cracks go around my ff camera
Weird right
And its on top on my notification LEDs
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Getting it repaired should be around $200, so you're not completely screwed.
Although it does sound like some tape would definitely fix that up.
And people wonder why I got a the semi bulky trident kraken....
Got insurance?
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I'd be sweating and freaking out by now.
I'm surprisingly calm and now playing with my instinct
It has a huge layer of dust I cat get rid of
And the power button is bonkers
I'd take a pic but my s3 has less than a percent of charge
Can I still get a square trade warranty?
Its been 31days
I was thinking of borrowing my friends tmo s3 putting my backplate and getting a sprint warranty and come in the next week with my broken phone but I decided not to
Damn you morals
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gtuansdiamm said:
I'm surprisingly calm and now playing with my instinct
It has a huge layer of dust I cat get rid of
And the power button is bonkers
I'd take a pic but my s3 has less than a percent of charge
Can I still get a square trade warranty?
Its been 31days
I was thinking of borrowing my friends tmo s3 putting my backplate and getting a sprint warranty and come in the next week with my broken phone but I decided not to
Damn you morals
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I think you can buy the glass alone for like $30 from ebay or google or something. Then you just have to be carefull getting the glass off with some heat or something but seems doable if you really needed to.
gtuansdiamm said:
I'm surprisingly calm and now playing with my instinct
It has a huge layer of dust I cat get rid of
And the power button is bonkers
I'd take a pic but my s3 has less than a percent of charge
Can I still get a square trade warranty?
Its been 31days
I was thinking of borrowing my friends tmo s3 putting my backplate and getting a sprint warranty and come in the next week with my broken phone but I decided not to
Damn you morals
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Squaretrade gives you 60 days maybe 90 so you are still in the green for it.
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vtphilk said:
I think you can buy the glass alone for like $30 from ebay or google or something. Then you just have to be carefull getting the glass off with some heat or something but seems doable if you really needed to.
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i don't trust myself enough to work on my own stuff
I did help a friend repair 2 iPhone 4 but they came out bad
Not to say the phones didn't come bad out of the box
Khilbron said:
Squaretrade gives you 60 days maybe 90 so you are still in the green for it.
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Thanks sweet
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yousefak said:
Getting it repaired should be around $200, so you're not completely screwed.
Although it does sound like some tape would definitely fix that up.
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I think tape would screw with the sensor that turns the screen off during calls when your face is close
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Sounds like you need a hug，good luck，guys.
Are you offering one?
The broken instinct of mine fills me with nostalgia especially the amazing lag
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Dude, WAY to many pics in one post.
Your post keeps fc my phone app.
So I can't even look at your pics, and I don't care enough to use my PC.
But I still have an instinct, matter of fact its one of the active but unused lines on my plan.
If you are looking for a part, pm me with details.
And if you send pics,try breaking them up a bit so there are only a few at a time.
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I don't really care for my instinct much anymore and sorry about all the pics I just wanted to see the limits of the app
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http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00932V17C/ref=mp_s_a_57?pi=SL75&qid=1347602437&sr=8-57
$24? Not too bad...
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http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00932V17C/ref=mp_s_a_57?pi=SL75&qid=1347602437&sr=8-57
$24? Not too bad...
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Does not include lcd screen or touch display.
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http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00932V17C/ref=mp_s_a_57?pi=SL75&qid=1347602437&sr=8-57
$24? Not too bad...
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Still I'm not confident in disassembling and assembling my phone
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By another phone... Insure it... Problem solved...
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You can call or email Samsung and ask for a quote on RMA, read some where on the forum that it was 178.50 to get iy repaired with them and that includes the S&H fees. Or you can check if there are 3rd party repair shops around your area that works with the SG3... there's also a 3rd party repair service that does it for a reasonable price, but I can't find the link that someone posted on XDA. I'll keep looking and post it.
I'm trying to be extra careful on how I handle the phone, since I too missed to added TEP and my window ended about 5days ago
Do you guys its a good deal to change my broken s3 for a s2 in good condition? I my s3 works perfectly even with the broken screen, I don't notice it when it's turn on ,but i think will be hard to sell it broken here in mexico because i havent seen the glass only for sale. Here people sell the glass and lcd together and its almost 300dls, so what do you think guys?
Also another guys offered me a white motorola razr brand new
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renehd2 said:
Do you guys its a good deal to change my broken s3 for a s2 in good condition? I my s3 works perfectly even with the broken screen, I don't notice it when it's turn on ,but i think will be hard to sell it broken here in mexico because i havent seen the glass only for sale. Here people sell the glass and lcd together and its almost 300dls, so what do you think guys?
Also another guys offered me a white motorola razr brand new
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You can replace only the glass of you are confident and willing to take the responsibility for potential screen damage.
I cracked my screen, that's the route I'll be taking, it's the cheapest. There's a really good thread in the general section for hire to do it. Also YouTube videos.
Mind you, this is just replacing the glass atop the screen.
Good luck!
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So im buying a machine that seperates the glass from the lcd and i need to disassemble everything down to just the lcd and the glass i will put up a picture of how i want it to look i hope some one can help THANKS! in the picture i attached its of an iphone but like i want it disassembled the same way
Youtube?
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I have tried YouTube but couldn't find any video of what I'm asking here
Anyone? Anyone have an idea?
Search "Galaxy S3 disassembly and reassembly" you'll get a few videos that go through step by step on how to take apart the device completely.
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