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Hey everyone,
Just yesterday, I managed to somehow do this : http://dl.dropbox.com/u/62874133/IMG_20120815_022135-1.jpg to my phone. However, the phone still registers the touch inputs even on the crack ( see : http://dl.dropbox.com/u/62874133/Screenshot_2012-08-15-12-21-48.png ). Does this mean I just need a new lens as found here : http://www.ebay.com/itm/Black-Front...ltDomain_0&hash=item53ee3cff34#ht_1596wt_1165 ? Or do I need a new digitizer as found here : http://www.ebay.com/itm/Frame-LCD-T...000?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cc82f3618 ?
Thanks so much.

ohhh that sucks!!
I got my screen broken too and like yours touchscreen was still working. I had to pay around $40 to the local repair shop to replace it.. i think new lens will be good enough for you.. but before you buy, go to a repair shop for checking i guess

shahadat said:
ohhh that sucks!!
I got my screen broken too and like yours touchscreen was still working. I had to pay around $40 to the local repair shop to replace it.. i think new lens will be good enough for you.. but before you buy, go to a repair shop for checking i guess
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I went to 5 repair shops and they said that they would need to change the entire thing so it would be around $190. Which shop did you go to? The touchscreen works fine, so does this mean that they are wrong?

If I'm not mistaken the "display" is glued to the digitizer, basically the glass is the digitizer. If you do plan to separate the screen from the glass I would be extremely cautious while doing so. As one mistake can scratch the display.

The Glass, digitizer and screen are glued together, afaik this is what the "super" means in AMOLED.
You might be able to separate them, but I don't know of anyone who had managed to.
Tbh your best bet is to replace the whole unit

Separating digitizer from glass would be plain hard,but your digitizer is still in one piece.you could try it,but it would be hard and you need to be very careful.if you suceed,buy just the glass,if you break the whole thing,pay for the total replacement,you end up with the same thing.
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Yes they are glued and you have to buy the set. When they get calibrated together its then set. Separating them gives the chance that you may not line up where you touch and that same point on the display.

Thanks so much for your replies!
Well, considering the fact that a new Galaxy Nexus is $300 at a local store, I'll pass on getting the new digitizer + lcd panel. Has anyone tried taking out the LCD and putting a new one? (Like this : http://www.ebay.com/itm/Black-Front...6256&pid=100011&prg=1005&rk=1&#ht_1290wt_1165 )? Does anyone know if it's still possible? I'd really like for this phone to be in perfect shape :/

i9300 dropped to the floor, screen dead but not cracked?

Title says most of it, the inevitable drop happened onto the tiles of my bathroom and the screen blacked out. There are still a few live pixels but most is black. The screen itself isnt cracked and im pretty sure it landed on one of the corners. I just wondered, is this something I can fix by replacing the screen, or is the phone ruined?
There aint any rattling either if I shake the phone around.

I am not very sure but i think Samsung could repair it but you'll have to pay quite a lot money. You could ask the support

Yes, you can probably replace it yourself. The reason for the screen being all black is that you have cracked the LCD and the black is the liquid. You may have damaged something else as well, but phones are normally fairly resilient to being dropped, apart from LCD and touch screen components.

SimonTS said:
Yes, you can probably replace it yourself. The reason for the screen being all black is that you have cracked the LCD and the black is the liquid. You may have damaged something else as well, but phones are normally fairly resilient to being dropped, apart from LCD and touch screen components.
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Got any price ideas?
Already ordered a nexus4 though. The s3 was abit to big, but would like to be able to sell it, and restore the data I had on it.

leiros said:
Got any price ideas?
Already ordered a nexus4 though. The s3 was abit to big, but would like to be able to sell it, and restore the data I had on it.
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Look on eBay, but don't buy the cheapest available as they tend to be a bit dodgy. If you had USB Debugging enabled then you should still be able to recover the data anyway.

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SimonTS said:
Look on eBay, but don't buy the cheapest available as they tend to be a bit dodgy. If you had USB Debugging enabled then you should still be able to recover the data anyway.
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Im actually not sure, because I think I disabled a few weeks ago after not having flashed for a while.. Looks like I got a day of work ahead of me.
I cant really log into the phone, but is it possible to dump the internal memory via adb?

You can try. Even tjough you can't see it, try booting to recovery, then adb shell in and get what you need.
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[Q] Broken screen

i recently dropped my phone and the screen broke so im looking to fix it, but im not sure what exactly is broken.
the screen is fully functional and responsive, but it did once glitch out and make a few phantom touches but i assume that because it was right over a crack.
so should i just look to replace the glass screen (this will cost about $10- $25 USD) or should i completly replace the whole screen and lcd that will cost about ($200 - $250 USD) ?

Alex0014 said:
i recently dropped my phone and the screen broke so im looking to fix it, but im not sure what exactly is broken.
the screen is fully functional and responsive, but it did once glitch out and make a few phantom touches but i assume that because it was right over a crack.
so should i just look to replace the glass screen (this will cost about $10- $25 USD) or should i completly replace the whole screen and lcd that will cost about ($200 - $250 USD) ?
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Replace the glass first. IT's MUCH cheaper and worth taking a chance.

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=291110967034&alt=web
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Skipjacks said:
Replace the glass first. IT's MUCH cheaper and worth taking a chance.
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ill give it a shot, but wouldnt i also need some sort of glue or something ?

Alex0014 said:
ill give it a shot, but wouldnt i also need some sort of glue or something ?
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If you get legit glass i think it comes with the adhesive. Its not a smear on glue. Its more like a sticker
Sent from your phone. You should be more careful where you leave that thing.

Skipjacks said:
If you get legit glass i think it comes with the adhesive. Its not a smear on glue. Its more like a sticker
Sent from your phone. You should be more careful where you leave that thing.
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alright thanks ill look out for it

Another Cracked Screen

Joined the club this morning unfortunately. My touch screen still works, so like many, I just have to replace the front part.
I've read this thread almost in its entirety, but nobody mentions having any success. Has anybody tried replacing the screen themselves? Does anybody know if you can use a blowdryer instead of a heat gun?
Also, where are most people buying replacements? I see the one from China, but I'm a little wary of those so considering this: forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2617614
I've replaced laptop and mobile screens in the past (back in the HTC 8525 days), but not sure if this is out of skill-set. Would really appreciate some input.

scopefield said:
Joined the club this morning unfortunately. My touch screen still works, so like many, I just have to replace the front part.
I've read this thread almost in its entirety, but nobody mentions having any success. Has anybody tried replacing the screen themselves? Does anybody know if you can use a blowdryer instead of a heat gun?
Also, where are most people buying replacements? I see the one from China, but I'm a little wary of those so considering this: forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2617614
I've replaced laptop and mobile screens in the past (back in the HTC 8525 days), but not sure if this is out of skill-set. Would really appreciate some input.
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There is a video guide on youtube on disassembling the tablet and replacing the front panel. Its by LE55ONS I think is the uploader .Check it out.

filchi756 said:
There is a video guide on youtube on disassembling the tablet and replacing the front panel. Its by LE55ONS I think is the uploader .Check it out.
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His seems to be for the regular 10.1, not 2014. Same process?
Edit: Realized I foolishly posted in the wrong board. Reported the post.

scopefield said:
His seems to be for the regular 10.1, not 2014. Same process?
Edit: Realized I foolishly posted in the wrong board. Reported the post.
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I recommend you should not try to do this yourself but instead send it to a prof.service. you could find them on Ebay. You should only do it yourself if you replace the whole screen assembly.

buhohitr said:
I recommend you should not try to do this yourself but instead send it to a prof.service. you could find them on Ebay. You should only do it yourself if you replace the whole screen assembly.
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How hard is it? I bought the screen for 40 on eBay (US) and am close to buying the materials (heat gun, replacement kits, pry, etc.) I've seen some tutorials on YouTube and just seems to take some patience and perseverance?

scopefield said:
How hard is it? I bought the screen for 40 on eBay (US) and am close to buying the materials (heat gun, replacement kits, pry, etc.) I've seen some tutorials on YouTube and just seems to take some patience and perseverance?
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Someone did replaced the digitizer and the screen didnt worked. So good luck.
I also did cracked mine screen, but I took it to service repair and costed me 285US.
Only positive, is the new replacement screen doesnt have backlight bleeding like mine old one had and was very annoying as hell.
This is first ever big LCD screen that doesnt have any backlight bleeding of all i owned.

dt33 said:
Someone did replaced the digitizer and the screen didnt worked. So good luck.
I also did cracked mine screen, but I took it to service repair and costed me 285US.
Only positive, is the new replacement screen doesnt have backlight bleeding like mine old one had and was very annoying as hell.
This is first ever big LCD screen that doesnt have any backlight bleeding of all i owned.
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That's way out of my range unfortunately. What are these repair people doing that we can't do?

Any other last thoughts? Should be getting my replacement screen this week.

scopefield said:
Any other last thoughts? Should be getting my replacement screen this week.
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If you don't know I tell you, the screen is glued to the digitizer with UV glue and you need a special glue machine to do that. Any other methods like tape, glue strings, glue kits ...what ever, will not work the same way, air and dirt will get in between and you will see mark and bubble all over the screen in the long run, plus the touch/Spen may not even work right any more...So good luck. It's may cost you more but, if you went through all the headache and at the end you still have to buy an assembly...mute point and even cost you more...

scopefield said:
That's way out of my range unfortunately. What are these repair people doing that we can't do?
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They dont change the digitizer only and whole LCD+digitizer frame. None of repair service would change just the digitizer, too much work and very difficult to do it.
Repair cost only 50US and lcd+digitizer frame cost 235US. Looking around the web, its cost around 210SUS LCD + digitizer frame.
After I read that someone failed to replace only the digitizer, since they are glued together and decided take it to repair service instead.

I need a new screen only.

The digitizer/LCD are still good. Where to buy OEM?

Scottay5150 said:
The digitizer/LCD are still good. Where to buy OEM?
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Probably a silly question but have you tried contacting Google support and asking them? They may sell OEM parts or provide you with vendors. There's nothing to lose by asking them.

richii0207 said:
Probably a silly question but have you tried contacting Google support and asking them? They may sell OEM parts or provide you with vendors. There's nothing to lose by asking them.
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I've thought about that. I also think there is a lot of collective brainpower at XDA.

Scottay5150 said:
I've thought about that. I also think there is a lot of collective brainpower at XDA.
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True but contacting the OEM directly regarding OEM parts is most reliable.

richii0207 said:
True but contacting the OEM directly regarding OEM parts is most reliable.
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I am still ISO of valuable information on my OP question.

So your post says you need a new screen only, but then you say the LCD digitizer is good. The screen is the digitizer and glass glued together. So it's not very clear what your implication is. But in either case if the glass is broken or the digitizer is messed up your only viable option is to purchase a digitizer with glass assembly and replace yourself. I have done this and you have to buy a special adhesive when you reinstall it.
Okay Google... What does iso mean. It means in search of. Thanks for making me Google your relatively uncommon acronym outside of Reddit to see what it meant.

dontbeweakvato said:
The screen is the digitizer and glass glued together.
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Actually, it's three layers: screen, digitizer, and glass, but I think you know that. In his case he apparently cracked the glass but the screen still registers touch events. That means the digitizer is still intact.
Getting a hold of Google is best here. Repair costs from them should still be more affordable than trying to do it himself, especially if he's never done it before or doesn't have the right equipment. I don't think Google is going to provide info on where to purchase screens and so on.
There is one guy on the forums who has a blacklisted device. Maybe he will be interested in unloading it, if the price is right.

You'll probably need the whole assembly this is posted on ifixit "
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Not that i could find. i ordered a glass replacement and took extra care in removing the lcd screen from the glass and couldn't even get an inch of it off without breaking the lcd. Bottom line you have to replace the glass/lcd screen. i found one online for around 250.00 somewhere." You're better off going to ubreakifix and they'll do it for you for around $200~.

I was hopeful the assembly was not all or nothing. I replaced by Note 2 screen a few millenia ago. It sounds like it's an entire front end is needed?
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Not that i could find. i ordered a glass replacement and took extra care in removing the lcd screen from the glass and couldn't even get an inch of it off without breaking the lcd. Bottom line you have to replace the glass/lcd screen. i found one online for around 250.00 somewhere." You're better off going to ubreakifix and they'll do it for you for around $200~.
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I never cracked anything. It's smudgy and it's driving me crazy.
Strephon Alkhalikoi said:
Actually, it's three layers: screen, digitizer, and glass, but I think you know that. In his case he apparently cracked the glass but the screen still registers touch events. That means the digitizer is still intact.
Getting a hold of Google is best here. Repair costs from them should still be more affordable than trying to do it himself, especially if he's never done it before or doesn't have the right equipment. I don't think Google is going to provide info on where to purchase screens and so on.
There is one guy on the forums who has a blacklisted device. Maybe he will be interested in unloading it, if the price is right.
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Scottay5150 said:
I was hopeful the assembly was not all or nothing. I replaced by Note 2 screen a few millenia ago. It sounds like it's an entire front end is needed?
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They have glass replacement only for like 40-50 on some websites. But it seems the major difficulty even the repair websites are facing is separating the display from the glass. I do see some glass replacement only options but I don't think they're OEM sadly.

Strephon Alkhalikoi said:
Actually, it's three layers: screen, digitizer, and glass, but I think you know that. In his case he apparently cracked the glass but the screen still registers touch events. That means the digitizer is still intact.
Getting a hold of Google is best here. Repair costs from them should still be more affordable than trying to do it himself, especially if he's never done it before or doesn't have the right equipment. I don't think Google is going to provide info on where to purchase screens and so on.
There is one guy on the forums who has a blacklisted device. Maybe he will be interested in unloading it, if the price is right.
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An oem digitizer+glass is about $150. That blacklisted phone he paid $300 for it, so he's screwed either way. The board isnt worth anything because of its status. And I wasn't going to get to technical with someone who has problems with basic sentence syntax. He doesn't need to worry about glass replacement of the digitizer because it's similar to a thin foil glued to the glass. You'd need a machine to replace that.