I have a question about screen lcd/digitizer replacement . I have an AT&T GS3 with a cracked screen, can it be replaced by using a working lcd/digitizer from a Sprint GS3? Are they compatible (same part?) and has anyone done this before? Thanks for your input on this matter.
Check youtube for guides that take both the att and sprint galaxy s3 apart and compare it that way. Most of the youtube guides go pretty in depth.
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Did you ever find out the answer to this question? I'm wondering the same thing...
My brother-in-law cracked the screen of his Verizon S3 and was looking for another screen on ebay, but the cheapest ones were the Sprint versions. I proposed an experiment to see if my At&t digitizer would work on his. I took both phones apart and put my digitizer on his phone and everything worked flawlessly. That led me to believe that all the S3 digitizers were cross compatible.
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mellospace said:
I have a question about screen lcd/digitizer replacement . I have an AT&T GS3 with a cracked screen, can it be replaced by using a working lcd/digitizer from a Sprint GS3? Are they compatible (same part?) and has anyone done this before? Thanks for your input on this matter.
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I just broke my screen last night and I want to know this too, I can;t seem to find a digitizer for an at&t s3 but i can find a butload of sprint s3 digitizers. I guess I'll just have to guinea pig up and do it to find out and I'll let you guys know.
a little background on my s3 though. I bought it from at&t on the 1st of this month, it arrived on the 4th, and it broke last night when it fell approximately 3 inches onto the concrete while i was laying down talking on the phone. bing bang boom shatterded in like 5 places. FROM A 3 INCH DROP!!! gorilla glass my butt. I had my motorola atrix 4g for 2 years and dropped it ma ny times from much higher. I even threw it down once in a drunken fit and it was fine. upset!
I am curious about this as well....Was it successful?
Ted G
I know for a fact that the Sprint LCD digitizer does not work on a Verizon phone if you are using the frame with the digitizer. If you try it the back cover does not go on all the way and your home key will not function, microphone creates an echo, and camera front and back may not work. The housing on Sprint is smaller on which LCD digitizer is affix too.
check out the video i did on my screen replacement
http://youtu.be/pIljeb9ZY0A
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I know for a fact that the Sprint LCD digitizer does not work on a Verizon phone if you are using the frame with the digitizer. If you try it the back cover does not go on all the way and your home key will not function, microphone creates an echo, and camera front and back may not work. The housing on Sprint is smaller on which LCD digitizer is affix too.
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What about the LCD itself? The videos show the LCD and glass digitizer are glued together and a PITA to get apart, so maybe it's not worth it.
Ordered Sprint LCD
Hi guys i'll update you when the lcd arrives.
Compatibility
At&t, TMobile or GTI9300 board will not fit in Sprint housing.
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At&t, TMobile or GTI9300 board will not fit in Sprint housing.
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God damn it I wish you posted that 48 hours earlier.
Anyway! I bought a Sprint SIII digitizer/housing to repair my AT&T SIII with.
Results:
Yeah, it works. Sorta.
Problem 1:
So the clock battery on the AT&T board makes the whole thing stick out (and your power button not work) so I put a piece of rolled up tape up to the power button to push it down. So that works fine (except that it's ugly).
Problem 2:
No home button. I'm OK with that, I just turned on the on-screen keys on CM10.
Problem 3:
Bottom...housing. It just doesn't fit right. It's loose. I can live with it.
Conclusion:
It's fine if you want to use a slim case for the back of your SIII because it'll be a bit loose (unlike the Euro housing which just outright doesn't work).
Good luck and I should not have bought the Sprint housing but I'll live with it!
EDIT/Update:
In case anyone cares: I filed down the left side of the phone with sand paper... It works fine.
I gave up on the middle bottom (because it's just not the same damn size), I removed the piece of plastic that allows access to the random developer?? pins.
Overall, it works OK. If you happen to see a sprint housing on ebay for real cheap then go ahead I guess. I wouldnt especially recommend it. I'm just gonna get a case to hide the slight gap/lump/whatever from the processor not fitting right. My Nexus 4 comes tomorrow, so I'm giving it away anyway....blah.
Sprint LCD with Frame doesn't fit
Like bastardinator I ordered a sprint LCD with the frame still attached to it and apparently it doesn't fit because the sprint s3 doesn't have a sim slot so the i747 motherboard with the sim slot wouldn't fit in the sprint frame/housing. I did however find out that any s3 lcd sold without the frame would work on any s3 such as this one:
http://www.amazon.com/Original-Digi...&qid=1354152704&sr=8-2&keywords=galaxy+s3+lcd
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At&t, TMobile or GTI9300 board will not fit in Sprint housing.
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Is the Sprint housing the only one that's different? And can you swap the LCD/glass in between models, as long as you don't swap the frame?
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Is the Sprint housing the only one that's different? And can you swap the LCD/glass in between models, as long as you don't swap the frame?
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The only manufacturers that share frames are:
ATT i747 & T Mobile T999
Verizon i535 & US Cellular R530
International i9300 unique to itself
Sprint L710 unique to itself
Now of course a bare Digitizer Amoled inlay without frame is universal.
Hope that helps and here are some high quality videos that show glass replacement from start to finish.
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I have a Verizon S3 and purchased a Sprint S3 digitizer w/ casing from ebay. I plugged it in and it worked great, but just like others it doesn't fit quite right. I then noticed that the casing for the Verizon and Sprint phones differed slightly because the motherboards are put together differently. So I took a dremmel to the casing of the Sprint digitizer to match the Verizon casing. I am nearly finished modding the casing and the motherboard sits almost perfectly inside the casing. One thing I have left to do is apply some rubber paint/cement to the areas I ground down because the casing is actually aluminum and I don't want the motherboard to short. I will try to post pics later of what I have finished so far.
help!
sdm5 said:
Hi guys i'll update you when the lcd arrives.
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what ever happen did the sprint lcd work with the at&t galaxy sIII?
wagner262 said:
what ever happen did the sprint lcd work with the at&t galaxy sIII?
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I'd like to know;
Are the GT i9300 universally compatible? I need to know which will work with the Verizon version. Also does anyone have an idea what type of paint should be used for the frame?
ryanstfl said:
I'd like to know;
Are the GT i9300 universally compatible? I need to know which will work with the Verizon version. Also does anyone have an idea what type of paint should be used for the frame?
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No the I9300 and Sprint L710 are not compatible with one another or any other variants. Verizon i535 and US Cellular R530 are the same and AT&T i747 and Tmobile T999 are the same... :beer:
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Ok so I have read through all of these post about using sprint parts to repair an ATT S3, but I can't help but ask again for more clarification. I know the ATT and Tmobile share the same frame, but like others have said there isn't much out there for cheap. So if i got a Sprint S3 digitzer frame with power button and volume rocker still, then put my logic board and the plastic piece that goes on it and then say I use an extended battery with a backshell that extends would that work? I read in one spot that the clock battery causes issues where exactly is the clock battery on the att phone seems like the biggest thing I have seen is the vibration motor. Sorry to beat this into the fround :-/ thank you again.
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Today, I dropped my S3 from about waist height bottom down, and the camera lens cracked. First of all, I'm extremely disappointed as it never fell from very high, AND it was momentarily suspended by my headphone cord before hitting the ground. Terrible. Anyways, I'm looking to buy a replacement part for the cracked lens, but am unsure of a few things.
What replacement part am I supposed to buy exactly? Looking through eBay, I saw a part that costs about $15 which replaces like the whole entire plastic back (underneath the battery case), including the camera lens. I also saw a replacement part for the entire camera itself which was about $45. Which one do I get (Please say the $15 one)? Also, does it matter if the part says it's built for the i9300 model? Or is it the same as our T999 one? Thanks a lot for your help.
Oh, if anyone knows anything about whether or not I can get the part warrantied by Mobilicity or Samsung, please let me know.
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Today, I dropped my S3 from about waist height bottom down, and the camera lens cracked. First of all, I'm extremely disappointed as it never fell from very high, AND it was momentarily suspended by my headphone cord before hitting the ground. Terrible. Anyways, I'm looking to buy a replacement part for the cracked lens, but am unsure of a few things.
What replacement part am I supposed to buy exactly? Looking through eBay, I saw a part that costs about $15 which replaces like the whole entire plastic back (underneath the battery case), including the camera lens. I also saw a replacement part for the entire camera itself which was about $45. Which one do I get (Please say the $15 one)? Also, does it matter if the part says it's built for the i9300 model? Or is it the same as our T999 one? Thanks a lot for your help.
Oh, if anyone knows anything about whether or not I can get the part warrantied by Mobilicity or Samsung, please let me know.
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The device should still be under warranty and they will charge for it.
The back part for $15 would be your best get if it's only the glass that is cracked. I wouldn't buy the whole camera piece since it's built for a different chipset.
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Original-CAMERA-LENS-Cover-Bezel-CHASSIS-Samsung-Galaxy-S3-i9300-black-/280969953710?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item416b1d41ae
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Replacement-Back-Camera-Lens-Flex-Cable-Tool-Samsung-i9300-Galaxy-S3-ZVFC497-/380464898667?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item589579a26b
Thanks for the reply. Do you think it's under Samsung or carrier warranty?
If you bought insurance, it would be. Samsung would probably ask you to send it to their svc center to get an estimate but that means time without the phone.
p.s. no case on the phone?
****e, didn't do anything like that. :/ Looks like I'm stuck with self repair. I didn't have a case because I wasn't expecting it to break that easily.. I remember having the HTC Incredible S and dropping it on purpose to show people how durable it was.
Just to clarify, that $15 plastic part will have a new camera glass?
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****e, didn't do anything like that. :/ Looks like I'm stuck with self repair. I didn't have a case because I wasn't expecting it to break that easily.. I remember having the HTC Incredible S and dropping it on purpose to show people how durable it was.
Just to clarify, that $15 plastic part will have a new camera glass?
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Sorry to hi-jack your thread, but i'm curious about the same replacement piece..
can anyone confirm the entire piece from the i9300 will fit the t999 with no issue? they look pretty much identical
I just messaged the eBay seller of the chassis replacement part. I can confirm that it comes with a lens cover to replace the cracked one. When I was watching the teardown video for the GS3, I saw that the part I want to replace has 3G/Network connectors on it. If the international part is used as a replacement part, our phone's might not work since the two variants use different network frequencies and all.
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I just messaged the eBay seller of the chassis replacement part. I can confirm that it comes with a lens cover to replace the cracked one. When I was watching the teardown video for the GS3, I saw that the part I want to replace has 3G/Network connectors on it. If the international part is used as a replacement part, our phone's might not work since the two variants use different network frequencies and all.
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I also have a Galaxy S3 that I dropped today, cracking the back-side lens cover. My phone is an AT & T version, 4G. I'm not sure what "connectors" have to do wiith taking pictures, but does it look like the part described WON'T work for my 4G phone? Please advise.
CalifWoman said:
I also have a Galaxy S3 that I dropped today, cracking the back-side lens cover. My phone is an AT & T version, 4G. I'm not sure what "connectors" have to do wiith taking pictures, but does it look like the part described WON'T work for my 4G phone? Please advise.
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The connectors have nothing to do with taking pictures, as the replacement part replaces just the camera glass. I'm just afraid that data will stop working properly or something like that if the connectors aren't right.
I was not a happy camper when I dropped my phone at work this morning and shattered the glass around the front speaker on my vzw gnex. Digitizer and led display are fine, so I'm looking to buy a new glass panel for it. Unfortunately, all the panels I see on ebay except for two are for the gsm one, not the cdma one. I know the battery door won't fit between the two, but the glass should, right? In the pictures everything looks to be in exactly the same spot. The two for the i515 are considerably more expensive than the i9250,which is why I ask.
For the record, I did pretty good; I got my first gameboy color at 6 or 7,and being just a few months away from 21 now, this is the first mobile handheld device that I've ever broken a screen on.
I remember reading on here somewhere that a person tried this and ran into all sorts of problems getting it to fit correctly. I tried searching but couldn't find the post. I would personally just recommend paying more for the i515 glass and knowing that everything will fit alright, rather than taking a chance on throwing your money away.
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I remember reading on here somewhere that a person tried this and ran into all sorts of problems getting it to fit correctly. I tried searching but couldn't find the post. I would personally just recommend paying more for the i515 glass and knowing that everything will fit alright, rather than taking a chance on throwing your money away.
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I remember seeing that thread as well, I tried to find it, but could not.
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I was not a happy camper when I dropped my phone at work this morning and shattered the glass around the front speaker on my vzw gnex. Digitizer and led display are fine, so I'm looking to buy a new glass panel for it. Unfortunately, all the panels I see on ebay except for two are for the gsm one, not the cdma one. I know the battery door won't fit between the two, but the glass should, right? In the pictures everything looks to be in exactly the same spot. The two for the i515 are considerably more expensive than the i9250,which is why I ask.
For the record, I did pretty good; I got my first gameboy color at 6 or 7,and being just a few months away from 21 now, this is the first mobile handheld device that I've ever broken a screen on.
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A user was able to replace the i9250 screen with the i515 screen, but from the post, it said he ran into a whole bunch of problems and that if you don't know what you're doing, you shouldn't waste your time.
I would just play it safe and buy the screen that goes with the phone, unless you really want to save money and try it out, but you might waste money if you damage the screen during the process.
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I remember seeing that thread as well, I tried to find it, but could not.
A user was able to replace the i9250 screen with the i515 screen, but from the post, it said he ran into a whole bunch of problems and that if you don't know what you're doing, you shouldn't waste your time.
I would just play it safe and buy the screen that goes with the phone, unless you really want to save money and try it out, but you might waste money if you damage the screen during the process.
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Are we talking about the glass or the whole display? It makes a big difference. Assuming all 3 displays are the same (i9250, L700, I515), the problem is separating the display from the frame plate. Its very difficult and you can crack it very, very easily if you try to remove it. The cheaper GN LCD's on eBay are from working units and those already have the frame plate attached to it. The only way to remove it is to use a heat gun and apply it on the top and bottom front areas (as well as the sides). The apply heat to the back frame plate to loosen up the adhesive in the mid section of the screen. Then, slowly and I mean very, very slowly try to pry it open using a thin blade. Start from the top and work your way down. You should stop if you meet too much resistance and reapply heat. Like I said its a pain in the ass and not for the timid. I got to successfully remove an LCD from a frame for a Galaxy S (i500) not too long ago, its a similar in process as the GNex
I also tried to remove a L700 LCD (cracked glass) from a frame a while back and cracked it even more. I know what I did wrong and I think I wont make that mistake again. My mistake was that I did not know the exact location of the adhesive and applied too much heat in the front. Another mistake was that I thought I could remove the front glass from the digitizer. Now I know this is almost impossible and I don't know how people can buy front lenses without using some type of special tools (a true hot air bga station for instance) or a technique that I'm not aware of.
So, that's my long rant right there. I would really appreciate if any of you can confirm that any all 3 displays are the same (i9250, l700, i515). If it is then I would dare to try it out and take some pictures in the process if all goes well.
What about the oven?
I used to be into cars, and it was popular to smoke the headlamps on Nissans. They also have a lot of glue in them, and it was recommended to put em in an oven lol.
I'm sure it would get hot enough to loosen the screen, but 400 degrees may break something else in the process...
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Did anyone ever find the answer to this question? I am wondering the same thing.
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Did anyone ever find the answer to this question? I am wondering the same thing.
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You can't use the i9250 screen on the i515. The battery metal thingies and the vibration thing are in different places.
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Did anyone ever find the answer to this question? I am wondering the same thing.
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I have asked a bunch of eBay sellers for the last few days and have gotten mixed responses... I don't think that most of them get that I am talking about separating the display from the front case/plate. One guy told me that the digitizer/LCD combo is interchangeable from the i515 and i9250, but it won't work on the L700. One guy told me that he thought that the entire assembly including the front plate were the same between the L700 and i515. Several have said that they are model specific, but I don't think that most of them realized that I am not expecting to use the front plate from an L700 if i9250 on the i515...
It doesn't seem like Samsung would have a different display for each model. I can see the plates and cases being different because some of the other parts are different, but it seems like the LCD panel and the glass should be the same for each model. To me all of the screen connectors look the same from the pics I've seen...
Edit- I just found this online store that indicates they are the same screens http://www.globaldirectparts.com/OEM-Galaxy-Nexus-L700-LCD-Digitizer-Assembly-p/smsng6115350-qs.htm
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I remember reading on here somewhere that a person tried this and ran into all sorts of problems getting it to fit correctly. I tried searching but couldn't find the post.
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Finally found the post that you are referring to (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1780491). Sounds like he ran into problems because he tried to use the i515's front housing on the i9250. I think if he had removed the screen from the frame and re-used the frame that was original to his phone he would have been fine. It looks like it takes some heat and care to do that, but it looks do able.
I am ordering a L700 screen today and will report back on how it goes installing on my i515.
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I am ordering a L700 screen today and will report back on how it goes installing on my i515.
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L700 screen (not including frame) worked on my i515. Details here.
Hi,
I have GT-I9250 phone and only that glass is broken. Touch and screen is fine. So if I bought this kit: http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Outer-F...AU_MobilePhoneAccessories&hash=item5d371a5630
It's possible to change that glass or should i bought hole set? Digitizer+front cover + glass?
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Hi,
I have GT-I9250 phone and only that glass is broken. Touch and screen is fine. So if I bought this kit: http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Outer-F...AU_MobilePhoneAccessories&hash=item5d371a5630
It's possible to change that glass or should i bought hole set? Digitizer+front cover + glass?
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I had a good LCD with broken glass that I was hoping to only replace the glass on and I ended up getting impatient and breaking the LCD. The glass is very difficult to get off. I tried heating it up and using fishing lines to separate the glass from the LCD, but I could not get very far. The glue seems to be spread over the entire surface and it does not take much prying to break the LCD.
Incidentally if the glass is shattered pretty badly you might have better luck than I did. I was able to get the broken "shards" off by heating up the screen and gently prying them off. Where I had trouble was the large section of unbroken glass. I tried to crack that glass to be able to continue to remove the shards, but I ended up breaking the LCD as well.
If you can't use the screen with the broken glass you might give it a go as you aren't really losing anything if you break it.
Good luck!
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I had a good LCD with broken glass that I was hoping to only replace the glass on and I ended up getting impatient and breaking the LCD. The glass is very difficult to get off. I tried heating it up and using fishing lines to separate the glass from the LCD, but I could not get very far. The glue seems to be spread over the entire surface and it does not take much prying to break the LCD.
Incidentally if the glass is shattered pretty badly you might have better luck than I did. I was able to get the broken "shards" off by heating up the screen and gently prying them off. Where I had trouble was the large section of unbroken glass. I tried to crack that glass to be able to continue to remove the shards, but I ended up breaking the LCD as well.
If you can't use the screen with the broken glass you might give it a go as you aren't really losing anything if you break it.
Good luck!
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I have found few videos where that glass is possible to remove.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlfO6TUj1DQ
But I think that I would buy that whole set and change that. But what is the best place to buy that? So I can real deal.
Ok guys, just wanted to confirm that front glass for the L700 and GT-i9250 the same. And I assume that i515 as well.
I got for repair Nexus Sprint (L700) with cracked front glass but then was surprised that glass for L700 on ebay about $15 and the same glass for i9250 less then $10. Not big deal but anyway.. So I bought the glass for i9250 and it fits great as original.
Good luck!)
When the purchase of parts and mobile phones are not matched, the proposed replacement.
I stay in India and use the SPH l710 over here. The phone was working fine untill i dropped it and the glass took a crack. Now what i want to know is will the GSM verison of this phone (I9300) fit the display of the Sprint version of this phone? The touch works fine. It is just the glass that has broken.
Will the display of the GSM Version I9300 fit SPH L710 version. Cause I can get the screen only for the I9300 over here. Any help appreciated. Thanks
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I stay in India and use the SPH l710 over here. The phone was working fine untill i dropped it and the glass took a crack. Now what i want to know is will the GSM verison of this phone (I9300) fit the display of the Sprint version of this phone? The touch works fine. It is just the glass that has broken.
Will the display of the GSM Version I9300 fit SPH L710 version. Cause I can get the screen only for the I9300 over here. Any help appreciated. Thanks
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The screen I believe is the same hardware number or piece. Only different is the processor and ram and a SIM card slot. But honestly, you should just try to get a new phone.. I've seen the screens as like $300. But that was the first couple months
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I wont be able to spare up for another phone really. I can afford upto 120$ max for replacing it. And the I9300 costs pretty much the same here. Just the screen. So it should work?
Yeah, the screens should be the same.
Gonna try out changing tomorrow!
Screens are swappable between all s3 variants. Whatever one you can find cheapest will work. The only differences between the devices are the logic board and antennas (logoc board contains SoC and sim slot etc) when you replace the screen make sure to *CAREFULLY* remove your antennas from your old screen and replace them on the new screen or you'll be taking it back apart again when you realize they're not there.
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Well I am going to give it to a person over here who works for Samsung. The board and the display are 2 different boards right?I hope they are not inter connected? Cause the people here dont know much about CDMA.
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Well I am going to give it to a person over here who works for Samsung. The board and the display are 2 different boards right?I hope they are not inter connected? Cause the people here dont know much about CDMA.
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While I imagine it should work, one thing I've noticed over my years of working on phones, with CDMA and GSM variants of the same phone, is the connector that connects the LCD to the motherboard could sometimes be different. That could be the only thing different between the L710 and the i9300. As I have not been in either phone, I couldn't be sure, personally.
Good luck with getting it repaired.
Ummm all right! Will have a look
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While I imagine it should work, one thing I've noticed over my years of working on phones, with CDMA and GSM variants of the same phone, is the connector that connects the LCD to the motherboard could sometimes be different. That could be the only thing different between the L710 and the i9300. As I have not been in either phone, I couldn't be sure, personally.
Good luck with getting it repaired.
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Everything on the s3 display is identical this time. The ribbon cables and even the radio mountpoints you just have to swap the radios as one is embedded along the edge of the display in the front assembly. The logic board will come up from the lcd housing, after up clipping the ribbon cables. Then ypu remove the antennas and reconnect them to the new display housing, line up and reconnect the logic board and then reassemble the rear housing. Shouldn't take more than 20 mins from removing battery cover to powered on
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The guys over here at my town deneid to change it. The GSM one has a sim tray and blah blah blah. A person at another state had the same issue So gonna ship it to him as he has replaced it successfully with a GSM version screen.
ankurcshah said:
The guys over here at my town deneid to change it. The GSM one has a sim tray and blah blah blah. A person at another state had the same issue So gonna ship it to him as he has replaced it successfully with a GSM version screen.
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Lol, you should have told them the sim isn't attached to the lcd assembly its part of the logic board. Buncha idiots, sim slot has nothing to do with the screen. sorry you had to deal with morons. You could replace it yourself ita only a few screws and a couple of clips.
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Bloody morons!! Naa too scared to do it bro.
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Bloody morons!! Naa too scared to do it bro.
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I definitely don't blame you. If I dive into a repair, I usually study iFixit & You Tube videos before and during the process. I don't even bother with iPhone 4/4S because of the trouble it takes to replace the LCD/Digitizer.
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I definitely don't blame you. If I dive into a repair, I usually study iFixit & You Tube videos before and during the process. I don't even bother with iPhone 4/4S because of the trouble it takes to replace the LCD/Digitizer.
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The s3 is easy lol its like 6 or 7 screws a handful of clips and the ribbon cable. The lcd/digitizer and glass are fused into the midframe with the power\vol keys so basically you just swap logic boards and rear frame out.
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I put a sprint screen with the housing on a att phone and it was hell the logic board was not a perfect fit I had to grind down some of the black part on the housing "in between the screen and the logic board" just to get the board to set right.
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The s3 is easy lol its like 6 or 7 screws a handful of clips and the ribbon cable. The lcd/digitizer and glass are fused into the midframe with the power\vol keys so basically you just swap logic boards and rear frame out.
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That, I can believe. I took apart an E4GT and it was pretty easy. However, because screens/LCD's are still expensive on the GS3, I won't bother with repairs on those. I considered doing a Verizon Galaxy Nexus, but the screen still costs as much as the phone is worth.
Vanakatherock said:
That, I can believe. I took apart an E4GT and it was pretty easy. However, because screens/LCD's are still expensive on the GS3, I won't bother with repairs on those. I considered doing a Verizon Galaxy Nexus, but the screen still costs as much as the phone is worth.
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Hit up tuscani1821 here on xda he has parts cheap and fast shipping. Gs3 screens like 130 shipped
I like to break stuff!
Vanakatherock said:
While I imagine it should work, one thing I've noticed over my years of working on phones, with CDMA and GSM variants of the same phone, is the connector that connects the LCD to the motherboard could sometimes be different. That could be the only thing different between the L710 and the i9300. As I have not been in either phone, I couldn't be sure, personally.
Good luck with getting it repaired.
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Hello, I succesfully implanted an I9300 board on a L710 lcd/frame. Turns on and everything seems fine. It requires a little bit of either sanding or cutting small bits of the l710 back of the lcd in order to get a smooth fit of the mobo,
yigael1138 said:
Hello, I succesfully implanted an I9300 board on a L710 lcd/frame. Turns on and everything seems fine. It requires a little bit of either sanding or cutting small bits of the l710 back of the lcd in order to get a smooth fit of the mobo,
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Do you maybe have some instructions or more details of sanding and cutting? Which parts of L710 back did you exactly cutted and sended?
I recently bought a Sprint Galaxy S3 for parts. I replaced my Att Galaxy s3's camera and protective lense after they cracked using the sprint GS3 camera and lense. Everything works fine on it.
My question is:
Would it be possible to take the glass screen off of the Sprint GS3 and use it to replace my Att Galaxy S3? (it is spider webbed on the top half corner).
Thanks :cyclops:
Is better to get a new digitizer glass. I don't think you can remove the glass without damaging it.
BallerOnABudget said:
I recently bought a Sprint Galaxy S3 for parts. I replaced my Att Galaxy s3's camera and protective lense after they cracked using the sprint GS3 camera and lense. Everything works fine on it.
My question is:
Would it be possible to take the glass screen off of the Sprint GS3 and use it to replace my Att Galaxy S3? (it is spider webbed on the top half corner).
Thanks :cyclops:
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Yes, if you take the whole AMOLED digitizer and replace it without messing up
There are also a few ''How to'' videos on YouTube that was a big help for me.
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BallerOnABudget said:
I recently bought a Sprint Galaxy S3 for parts. I replaced my Att Galaxy s3's camera and protective lense after they cracked using the sprint GS3 camera and lense. Everything works fine on it.
My question is:
Would it be possible to take the glass screen off of the Sprint GS3 and use it to replace my Att Galaxy S3? (it is spider webbed on the top half corner).
Thanks :cyclops:
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Possible? Yes. Easy? No.
Samsung adheres the glass screen to the AMOLED display. Without proper tools you can very well risk not only damaging the digitizer, but also cracking the very glass you wish to remove from the sprint phone and give to your other phone.
If you absolutely insist and don't mind a possible 200.00 mistake, you'll need a heat gun (a blow dryer may work, as some users have reported, but I didn't have much luck with my wife's. I purchased one from my local home improvement store for 25.00), a very thin knife (like a razor blade), a guitar pick and 3M Adhesive Tape.
There is a video on how to do it in the General section of the ATT S3 XDA Forums.
Good luck to you!
Sent from my SGH-I747 using xda app-developers app
I know SCH-R530x and R530 and I think SCH-I535 are all compatible. The sprint version (SPH-L710) is not, doesn't line up. I fixed a 530 this way by using bad ESN 530x donors with good LCDs. No glue, no mess.
On the GSM side I tried to do the same. I have a T999L where the digitizer appears cracked but the LCD doesn't show any signs of life either. I tried to install the motherboard but while the screen worked, the metal body didn't line up.
I was able to mill out whatever didn't fit but unfortunately the T999L motherboard refuses to charge in the R530x body. In the original body it charges OK so I know its not the charging port or battery terminals. Its either shorting, misaligned or something else???
So what will work here... I got the phone for $12 and I need a screen. Replacements are $40 from China and require all kinds of painful disassembly.
Will the T999 work as a donor? How about the AT&T SGH-i747? Seeing some pictures online it appears both phones have the correct spacing near the power button. Has anyone done it?
Would any international S3's work?