No insurance (just warranty) on the TMo SIII I have. TMo does not repair or replace, and Samsung wants $173 + shipping them the phone (they would not ship me a replacement to use, while moine gets fixed, ot just for them to keep mine). I could not possibly function for more than a few hours without this one, and my old phone needs a lot of apps catching up to bring back some functions I now use on the SIII, sooo ... are there any shops specialized in replacing screens on SIIIs, in/around Chicago?!? Somewhere I could walk in, and have it fixed in a few hours at the most?
http://www.irevampelectronics.com/s...ss-touch-panel-screen-repair-replacement.html
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You should probably just order the parts and diy, though
Did you crack just the glass or the digitizer, too?
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http://www.irevampelectronics.com/s...ss-touch-panel-screen-repair-replacement.html
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You should probably just order the parts and diy, though
Did you crack just the glass or the digitizer, too?
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Thanks for the quick (and useful) reply!
It looks - indeed - like the Lake St folks are a viable (technically) option, but for that price ... I guess I'd be paying for experience in having done quite a few of those, and having nailed down the process, vs. me (to answer your other question) watching the renown video and waiting for my GF to let me use the hairdryer
As far as the screen only vs the digitizer question - from what I got the chance to read, so far, since I broke mine - it does not look like the screen is possible ro replace, as it is adhesive-sandwiched with the digitizer ... or am I wrong?!?
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OK noob call your carrier tell them your phone won't turn on play there game to do everything they can by the book. After everything they will tell you they'll send you a warrenty replacement over night by fed-ex with a return label for you to send back defective Device. But you don't put it defective device back in the box you leave it empty but sealed then put the empty box in a fed ex location box & that's its they won't charge you extra & you have your broken phone as spare parts. That's what I did & nothing happened.
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OK noob call your carrier tell them your phone won't turn on play there game to do everything they can by the book. After everything they will tell you they'll send you a warrenty replacement over night by fed-ex with a return label for you to send back defective Device. But you don't put it defective device back in the box you leave it empty but sealed then put the empty box in a fed ex location box & that's its they won't charge you extra & you have your broken phone as spare parts. That's what I did & nothing happened.
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That doesn't sound legit and it could possibly get you in trouble.
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make sure you make sure no lint gets inside when they replace it
I didn't say it for you to it. I said it cause that's what I did three times & nothing happened and that was a while ago but not because I crack a screen or something but only because I wanted a spare phone. You do what you want!!!
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So, Yeah, I've just broken my DZ/G2. Screen's all messed up, and I can't see ****. I have rooted my phone and I'm really ready to kiss Bell's ass tomorrow morning.
What would you do to cover your ass if my situation were to happen to you?
I'd go to universalrepair....wait, can we plug sites? Well, my screen crapped out and I bought a new screen from an online store for about 49 bucks and now my phone works.
I never send things in for repair unless they give me a replacement unit on the spot. For a phone, i would rather order the screen online and fix it myself. If it was for something bigger, say a tv, then sure, warranty it. But for something as simple as a broken screen, its usually faster to diy it than ship it away for warranty. Just my 2 cents.
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I was playing with my phone today, and all of a sudden the screen stopped working. I opened the keyboard and it lit up, and everything was good, but the screen was black. Rebooted, no good. I looked on the back of the phone, and right there was a disconnected ribbon. I have no idea how this ribbon got disconnected, but with my limited knowledge, I believe this ribbon is what connects the phone to the screen. I know the phone is working, I did a blind backup of my ROM, and when I booted normally for a few minutes, I felt a vibration from a text message. Is there anyway I can fix this? I already scheduled to go into the repair store tomorrow, but I kinda wanna do it now if anybody knows how I can fix it.
Also, I think it'd be smart to restore my phone back to stock, just in case they need to send it in for it to be replaced? I mean, I wouldn't want to find out they have to replace it, and then have to come home, restock it, and then go back on a different day just to wait 2-3 days for it to be replaced, or is it an in store job? (If so, can anybody direct me to a download link to a stock.tar? All of the links in the Thread with them all aren't working.)
Flashing to stock is always advisable when taking your phone in for repair - have you searched the forums for this problem already?
In my last repair issue...the screen was smashed and then four months later, the ribbon went bad, so they just junked my phone and gave me a new one since the screen was cracked. I actually hard bricked my phone instead of flashing to stock and wiped all data before that.
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I recently got my ribbon cable issue fixed, it ripped because of a card sliding between the screen and keyboard. Originally they only replaced the top half of the phone for 35$ but the part they put on didn't work correctly. The speaker didn't work at all, so they ordered me a refurb it took a day and I didn't have to pay again. I hope they can fix your phone thoug.
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Here's what happened. I took it into the store, and they told me that it was a hardware malfunction, and that they could not fix it. They told me had I purchased insurance, they would've fixed it, but it's not covered by my manufacturer's warranty. So now I'm stuck with no phone. I'm taking it into a 3rd party repair store to see if they can fix it, but until then, I'll probably have to order a new screen -__-.
EDIT: If I but a new Main Flex Cable, would I be able to replace it myself? Or would I need to replace the entire screen?
ALSO: If I take the phone apart and try to tighten the Main Flex Cable with some tape or something onto it, would that be possible?
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I can't quote you lol I think because of your name having "<3"
But I think you should take it to another store they charged me $35 to fix it I have no insurance
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I can't quote you lol I think because of your name having "<3"
But I think you should take it to another store they charged me $35 to fix it I have no insurance
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Check your PMs.
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Ok so the one time i didn't put my phone in it's case typical lmao....
but there's what happened,
phone is fully functional, i'm guessing this is just the outer screen?
What do i do?
And how much should a phone repair shop be charging me?
It got closed on a car door, in mid-air
ouch that's awful!!!
the digitizer is busted.. but to make sure can you still turn your phone on? if yes, check the display if there are discolorations or break in image, and if none, then you're lucky the only thing busted is the digitizer..
OEM digitizer costs roughly above a 100 USD thru authorized SE service centers, in my experience, that is, when my digitizer suddenly cannot interpret touch input overnight..
PS, my Play's warranty was in HK, and I live in the philippines, so I had no choice but to pay for the replacement parts and labor..
oh yes it still turns on the touchscreen works 100% , everything works 100% , buttons, touch screen, volume , camera, sd card, sim services, internet, bluetooth lol and gamepad, also the phones not even a year old yet, if i brought it to 02 could they fix it for free lmao? I have no idea about this stuff, never broke a phone before
that'll depend on your warranty agreement from where you bought it.. and from the look of it, since it's less than a year old, i think you can take advantage of the warranty and pay for nothing..
as for me, my phone was still under warranty when its slider flex broke, but like i said i had no choice since i bought it in HK and I live in the PH..
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oh yes it still turns on the touchscreen works 100% , everything works 100% , buttons, touch screen, volume , camera, sd card, sim services, internet, bluetooth lol and gamepad, also the phones not even a year old yet, if i brought it to 02 could they fix it for free lmao? I have no idea about this stuff, never broke a phone before
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You say everything works 100% now just wait, in a couple of months your screen will respond erratically and then not at all. I am going through the same thing. Also good luck getting a busted screen replaced through warranty, if you bought insurance then yeah your fine but phone warranty only covers defects not accidents, i.e. they won't replace your phone because you dropped it and the screen busted.
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you can get one of eybay for £40 pounds and put it in yourself easy iv done it myself
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you can get one of eybay for £40 pounds and put it in yourself easy iv done it myself
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That's what I'm going to do only I have the black r800x and I'm going to re-house it in white
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Take out insurance for it, then after about a month put in a claim. Protect your bubble or something.
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Take out insurance for it, then after about a month put in a claim. Protect your bubble or something.
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Did you ever see that advert...
Joe had an accident but when he exaggerated his injuries to get more compensation he put his hand in your pocket and took your money.
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Well, that's you that is
(I didn't even have to change the name to better suit the situation ^^ )
OP, if everything is working correctly just buy a new screen off Ebay as suggested. It should be straight forward enough to change.
Your warranty won't cover damage from misuse, accidental or otherwise.
After having the phone and dropping it several times, usually only when getting out of the car, it has finally cracked tonight. Before it usually had no damage done.
So after reading, even though I have full warranty on it, they do not repair cracked phones. I did have it replaced before for free when I bricked it though.
So, if I purposely bricked the phone, would it be possible to get the free warranty replacement to get a new phone without a cracked screen?
Maybe if your lucky but no they wouldn't even change my headphone port at the store in my city because my screen is cracked
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Maybe if your lucky but no they wouldn't even change my headphone port at the store in my city because my screen is cracked
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Damnit. I can't stand cracked screens (first world problems) but hey, I guess i'm leaving in January for Air Force anyways. But i'll give them a call anyways tomorrow.
I don't think they will do anything. The sprint stores will look for anything to push it to an insurance claim. My daughters LG 's battery is not holding a charge as it use to. We went to the store to get another one under warranty. The battery's moisture sticker showed exposure, but the phone one did not. Since battery showed red they too me to use insurance to replace it.
Just by living in FL, your phone gets exposed to humid conditions all the time.
Agreed.. they're probably going to kick you over to TEP or Asurion if you have it. (Not sure how it works for Sprint, wish I even had an option...)
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Agreed.. they're probably going to kick you over to TEP or Asurion if you have it. (Not sure how it works for Sprint, wish I even had an option...)
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That's what they did. Guess I have to deal with a broken screen. I was going to keep this phone until the S4 anyways.
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Ok, what happened here is my phone went to swim with me crying.
I tried to dry up the phone, but I still can't turn it on. Then, I send my phone via my carrier (Rogers Canada in my case) for repair. Of course, I am pretending to be innocent saying I don't know what happened to my phone, and I just can't turn it on. Then HTC (I suppose it is some outsourced place, but should be licensed under HTC) told me that there are COLLISION on the mother board and somewhere else, which is ridiculous. There is one much more ridiculous thing: the repair is going to cost
$1000
Of course, I am not asking them to repair for me. I just want to share how ridiculous it is, and if you guys can gimme some hints on how I can have it repaired, that will be great.
your phone CANT be repaired. It got wet. end of story.
what you need is a new phone.
I bet he meant corrosion on the main board. Also i personally dont like to read posts where people know they got the phone wet then try to play dumb and pull one over on someone or a company. That shows very little integrity on your part. But i dont want to turn this into a personal attack as the mods dont like it. SO lets hope a mod reads this thread and shuts it down.
If you're lucky the phone might magically just turn on, on any given day. I've seen that happen
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your phone CANT be repaired. It got wet. end of story.
what you need is a new phone.
I bet he meant corrosion on the main board. Also i personally dont like to read posts where people know they got the phone wet then try to play dumb and pull one over on someone or a company. That shows very little integrity on your part. But i dont want to turn this into a personal attack as the mods dont like it. SO lets hope a mod reads this thread and shuts it down.
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I accept your comment, but what I wanna say is $1000 is ridiculous...
I will agree with you there, 1000 bucks to fix a phone is way overboard. Unless theres some conversion were missing. like 400 USD = 1000 what ever lol
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I will agree with you there, 1000 bucks to fix a phone is way overboard. Unless theres some conversion were missing. like 400 USD = 1000 what ever lol
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It's 1000 CAD, which equals around 930 USD.
This doesn't even sound right. How can the repair cost more than the actual cost of the device. I'd look for another repair option.
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This doesn't even sound right. How can the repair cost more than the actual cost of the device. I'd look for another repair option.
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Diagnostics, manual assembly, etc. Very little can be reliably salvaged from a water damaged phone. Assume everything but the case needs replacing. It's what's known as a write-off.
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Diagnostics, manual assembly, etc. Very little can be reliably salvaged from a water damaged phone. Assume everything but the case needs replacing. It's what's known as a write-off.
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I've washed them full cycle several times. Each time when I found my phone i soaked them in alcohol and agitated them for about 20 minutes fully submerged. Then I use a toaster oven and dried them out with gentle heat and by sucking air into the phone about 20 times. All of them worked again. Even an iPhone once. Yes, I said full cycle. I found my phone in the when I was loading the dryer. Have I been lucky? I dunno. Many find this hard to believe, but it's true. I put a charging port in my girlfriends note 2. It came from a water damaged Note 2. It was sitting in parts for 2 months. I figured it was dry because it was sitting in open air. Well I put it in and it worked. A week later she lost data and voice. Long story short, that chargign port wrecked everything in the Note 2. When they opened it up, it has white fungus looking corrosion working halfway up the phone in three spots. It absolutely ruined the Note 2 and an insurance claim had to be made. It can go ether way, saved or junked. Just depends on the conditions.
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Wow, I guess you don't learn fast.
Water damaged vs got wet.
If you're quick enough and use the correct method and lucky, you may get the thing working again, but I'd hardly say reliably. HTC or any repair centre are hardly going to want to provide a 3 month warranty on a repair of a phone that's got wet without replacing everything that can be damaged by water.
The sum of the parts is greater then the price of the item.
Thats why we have chop shops. Some cars are worth more when parted out and the pieces are sold individually.
So if each component was being sold to him at retail pricing, add labor and whola, higher price.