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Galaxy Note Digitizer

Looking for a Digitizer for my note! I just broke it LCD looks fine and touch screens works perfect. Just need the front glass. But I don't have paypal so I can't buy on ebay!

You can't replace the front glass only. You need to purchase a complete display assembly including the glass, digitizer, AMOLED display, Wacom digitizer, home button and the frame. It costs around 250 dollars.

jusutus said:
You can't replace the front glass only. You need to purchase a complete display assembly including the glass, digitizer, AMOLED display, Wacom digitizer, home button and the frame. It costs around 250 dollars.
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So all the ebay listing with just the front glass screen are no good? My display and tocuhscreen work perfect.

Yes. You need the complete assembly.

Unless your a pro at removing glue/glass whule being sure not to crack lcd grab just digitizer. And only if you have ultimate patience.
Save yourself a headache a byt complete assembly. Trust me from a guy wasted alot of money on digitizers.
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If u know what you are doing it actually isint very hard I would suggest buy the cheapest digitizer around and give it a shot if nothing works out get the whole kit.

I'm thining of buying the digitilizer and take to a mobile shop to have it installed!!
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Let me spell it out for you:
You can NOT replace the digitizer/glass only. You need to purchase the complete assembly.
Regards, service technician

jusutus said:
Let me spell it out for you:
You can NOT replace the digitizer/glass only. You need to purchase the complete assembly.
Regards, service technician
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I'm a mobile device service tech too (I actually own the business) and you are correct. You have to replace the entire assembly. It is not possible to separate the screen and digitizer without damage... those people on eBay know full well that you can't and shouldn't be selling them.
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daddymatt said:
I'm a mobile device service tech too (I actually own the business) and you are correct. You have to replace the entire assembly. It is not possible to separate the screen and digitizer without damage... those people on eBay know full well that you can't and shouldn't be selling them.
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Bummer I'm screwed then Thanks!!

robb13 said:
Bummer I'm screwed then Thanks!!
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Not really since you can buy a complete assembly and replace it.
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Agree with the guys before, you cant just buy the glass. Best to get complete assembly

daddymatt said:
I'm a mobile device service tech too (I actually own the business) and you are correct. You have to replace the entire assembly. It is not possible to separate the screen and digitizer without damage... those people on eBay know full well that you can't and shouldn't be selling them.
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You can if you have the right tools. I broke my digitizer awhile back and bought the digitizer only. Theres actually a thread around here. Only thing I didnt have was some good double sided tape that would have made everything alot easier.
The biggist issue on ebay with digitizer only are they dont come with preinstalled tape already attached. But a heat (blow dryer) and some good plastic(always only plastic) tools its not that difficult.
I had to purchase just the digitizer because when I cracked the screen, the full assembly wasnt available yet. Its not hard, just takes a little patience.
I eventually converted my note into a white version. Picture below is my old lcd with installed digitizer. I would still suggest to buy complete assembly. I have a guy on ebay that sells them pretty cheap and ships fast.
And daddymatt your missing out on some business.

intruda119 said:
You can if you have the right tools. I broke my digitizer awhile back and bought the digitizer only. Theres actually a thread around here. Only thing I didnt have was some good double sided tape that would have made everything alot easier.
The biggist issue on ebay with digitizer only are they dont come with preinstalled tape already attached. But a heat (blow dryer) and some good plastic(always only plastic) tools its not that difficult.
I had to purchase just the digitizer because when I cracked the screen, the full assembly wasnt available yet. Its not hard, just takes a little patience.
I eventually converted my note into a white version. Picture below is my old lcd with installed digitizer. I would still suggest to buy complete assembly. I have a guy on ebay that sells them pretty cheap and ships fast.
And daddymatt your missing out on some business.
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I've been looking for a complete assembly but, even though I have a US address, I don't have a confirmed us credit card on paypal I'm desperate I want my Note as beautiful as always Do you accept direct credit card payment?

robb13 said:
I've been looking for a complete assembly but, even though I have a US address, I don't have a confirmed us credit card on paypal I'm desperate I want my Note as beautiful as always Do you accept direct credit card payment?
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Huh? I dont sell the assembly set or anything. I bought from a seller on ebay.
http://myworld.ebay.com/vantdbg2011?ssPageName=ADME:X:CEM:US:1181
Contact him, really cool guy. We actually did it just through paypal and not ebay.
I have my old 1 but its not perfect. Back button is wonky. If your interested contact me. I have no use for it anymore.

intruda119 said:
Contact him, really cool guy. We actually did it just through paypal and not ebay.
I have my old 1 but its not perfect. Back button is wonky. If your interested contact me. I have no use for it anymore.
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Thanks man, I sent you a DM.
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Out of curiosity, how did you break the digitizer? Did it just stop working?
Best of luck fixing your Note!

pboesboes said:
Out of curiosity, how did you break the digitizer? Did it just stop working?
Best of luck fixing your Note!
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I dropped it :/ I know... It was stupid of me!! Everthing works perfectly but the digitilizer is cracked half way!!
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I have a completely intact Galaxy Note. The only thing that doesn't work is the motherboard. So, you can put your motherboard in this phone, and you would be good to go! I think there are a few videos on youtube about it taking it out and such. It looks really simple to do. I'll sell it to you for $250, if you're interested PM me!

Take a look at http://www.cnn.cn I've bought parts from them before and are reliable.

Gorilla Glass

The new gorilla glass is really baby chimp glass. On my epic, narry a scratch or ding in the two years I hauled it around, always commando. But with my GS3, I dropped it from 18" and I have a huge spiderweb crack in the screen. Oh, the humanity!
I have the Sprint insurance. Am I covered for this? I heard there was a possibility of no coverage for physical damage....

Devtodi said:
The new gorilla glass is really baby chimp glass. On my epic, narry a scratch or ding in the two years I hauled it around, always commando. But with my GS3, I dropped it from 18" and I have a huge spiderweb crack in the screen. Oh, the humanity!
I have the Sprint insurance. Am I covered for this? I heard there was a possibility of no coverage for physical damage....
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Total Protection Plan is that, total protection...you should be covered. The deductible is $150 though :/
Go to the Asurion claim page and file, you should get a replacement next business day if there are units available. Other option is to send to Samsung for repair, that will cost $147 and covers round trip postage and repairs. You would be without a phone for about 1-2weeks though...

Apparently gorilla glass 2 is not as strong as gorilla glass 1
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gtuansdiamm said:
Apparently gorilla glass 2 is not as strong as gorilla glass 1
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Thank you Xander, that worked perfectly. I believe that although I am not rooted I can save all the internal data and internal sd card on my pc and copy it over once I get my new phone. What is the best way to restore my phone to present condition (besides root and nandroid which I do not want to do)

Devtodi said:
Thank you Xander, that worked perfectly. I believe that although I am not rooted I can save all the internal data and internal sd card on my pc and copy it over once I get my new phone. What is the best way to restore my phone to present condition (besides root and nandroid which I do not want to do)
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You can copy your personal stuff (music, pics, videos) from the internal sd to the external one and then copy it over to the replacement one. App backup applications floating in the Play Store as well as the backup/restore from Google will back up the app only without the data...
As for a complete image copy, only way that I know of is to root and make a nanroid of what you have. There is a method floating in the dev section that will not trip the flash count, can't recall which method it is... And a return to stock found here

You mean that when YOU dropped a piece of GLASS it broke? Oh em gee...

Think the main problem with the sgs3 glass is it's not flat

DizDroid said:
You mean that when YOU dropped a piece of GLASS it broke? Oh em gee...
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Please don't flame. I am merely comparing the new gorilla glass to the original gorilla glass that was on the Epic 4G which was much more sturdy which many people agree with. Our two Epics went through hell many times over and we never ever had a problem with either. I am on my second phone now and really, it's just not the same quality. I take full responsibility for dropping my phone.

What I've noticed is that if the s3 has a face down impacted the screen survives. But if it lands on the bezel is will shatter like the back of an iPhone 4. I think this is 1. Because our screens have a slight curve and everyone knows curved glass is nice but its weak that way and 2. Because this phone is so thin there is very very little play between the screen and the inner components ,giving it nowhere to flex.
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u are cover but still have to pay $100 out of pocket.

gtuansdiamm said:
Apparently gorilla glass 2 is not as strong as gorilla glass 1
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it is stronger... but it's also glass. glass that is strong means hard to resist scratches; which means its brittle and susceptible to cracking

LOL @ baby chimp glass. Hopefully that won't happen to mine *knock on wood*
I guess now will be a good time to lookup youtube videos howto to replace the glass/digitizer

Shattered Screen - TEP or DIY?

Well, I got stuck in a hailstorm in GA yesterday. I ended up Sprinting (ha get it?) to my car and the phone fell out of my pocket. I actually didn't realize it until moments later. I found it in a river flowing through the parking lot. Fortunately, the glass was the only thing damaged. LCD still works perfectly. No water damage either! Not sure if it was the fall or a hailstone that did the damage to the glass. I have Sprint TEP (just signed up through open enrollment this month thankfully). However, I am confident that I can do the repair myself. My question is this...
Is the image quality noticeably diminished by replacing the screen with a non-OEM screen? I know it wont be Gorilla Glass 2 and it won't have the proper LOCA adhesive between the glass and the digitizer. I am happy to pay the $150 deductible if the image quality and gorilla glass are worth it. Has anyone replaced their own screen who can attest to the display quality before and after? Thoughts on whether I should replace it myself or file a claim with Asurion?

ctasich said:
Well, I got stuck in a hailstorm in GA yesterday. I ended up Sprinting (ha get it?) to my car and the phone fell out of my pocket. I actually didn't realize it until moments later. I found it in a river flowing through the parking lot. Not sure if it was the fall or a hailstone that did the damage. I have Sprint TEP (just signed up through open enrollment this month thankfully). However, I am confident that I can do the repair myself. My question is this...
Is the image quality noticeably diminished by replacing the screen with a non-OEM screen? I know it wont be Gorilla Glass 2 and it won't have the proper LOCA adhesive between the glass and the digitizer. I am happy to pay the $150 deductible if the image quality and gorilla glass are worth it. Has anyone replaced their own screen who can attest to the display quality before and after? Thoughts on whether I should replace it myself or file a claim with Asurion?
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If you found it in a river, I'd be a bit more concerned about water damage. It still turns on/runs fine and the screen is just cracked? Or is it not turning on?
I know that the screen used to run for about $100. For me, I'd probably prefer to have a refurbished phone than try to do the repair myself. For me, the $50 more is worth the saving of trouble/time/risk of screwing up the install.
But I know of some people on XDA who have installed it themselves and have loved it, so it might be worth it.

topherk said:
If you found it in a river, I'd be a bit more concerned about water damage. It still turns on/runs fine and the screen is just cracked? Or is it not turning on?
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It's fully functional. No damage to anything but the glass. I immediately pulled the battery when I got it back. Fortunately, it wasn't in the "river" too long!
topherk said:
I know that the screen used to run for about $100. For me, I'd probably prefer to have a refurbished phone than try to do the repair myself. For me, the $50 more is worth the saving of trouble/time/risk of screwing up the install.
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It looks like I can get all the equipment needed to do the replacement myself for around $50. I am confident I can do the replacement. I am just worried about the image quality since I wont be using an autoclave + LOCA. Also, the lack of Gorilla Glass 2 would be somewhat of a deterrent. Not sure if these are valid concerns and worth the $150 deductible though. Hoping others who have done the replacement will chime in as well.

http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-T-mob...id=1363724364&sr=8-1&keywords=galaxy+s3+glass
Go to Amazon, get the glass, read some instructions, watch some videos and take your time, its easy.

evoer said:
http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-T-mob...id=1363724364&sr=8-1&keywords=galaxy+s3+glass
Go to Amazon, get the glass, read some instructions, watch some videos and take your time, its easy.
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I have done all of this so far. Definitely think I can do the replacement myself, but I'm more concerned with image quality afterwards. The new screen isn't GG2 and it wont be bonded to the underlying digitizer. From what I understand, this diminishes image quality slightly. Anyone notice if that's true? If so, to what extent?
Also, does anyone know what this will do to my TEP? Would it invalidate any future repairs?

If it got soaked in a puddle.....GET A NEW PHONE!!!

kayakaddict said:
If it got soaked in a puddle.....GET A NEW PHONE!!!
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Thanks for the concern, but I immediately pulled the battery and dried it off. There appears to be no water damage.

No case was on the phone I'm assuming?
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xbmoyx said:
No case was on the phone I'm assuming?
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I had a case with minimal coverage (since I had a Curved Crystal SGP SP on it). I used the Rock Quicksand:
http://www.amazon.com/Rock-Quicksand-Composite-Poly-carbonate-Samsung/dp/B0089E283G

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I had a case with minimal coverage (since I had a Curved Crystal SGP SP on it). I used the Rock Quicksand:
http://www.amazon.com/Rock-Quicksand-Composite-Poly-carbonate-Samsung/dp/B0089E283G
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Nice looking case. Sucks about your phone. I have an Otterbox defender with a Zagg shield I pray if this scenario happened go me it would protect it, I've got no insurance $150/deduct is robbery.
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Update: I spoke with a representative at a Sprint store that I used to visit when I had an Evo 4g. They put my name on a list to replace the screen (free of charge since I have TEP) when someone comes in with a working screen. This is unlike any other Sprint store I've called. I'm not sure it's typical service, but hopefully it pans out! It's a third party official service center, so I guess they aren't bound by the same rules Sprint stores go by?

Note 2 broken screen repair

Samsung charged $190 to fix the screen, the touch screen and everything were working fine but the screen broke.Did anyone get the screen fixed for less? I shopped around locally bu they quoted 350 $...lol..
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If brave enough they sell just the glass online for around $20. But you have to heat the phone up enough to melt the adhesive and separate the digitizer and glass. I'm not brave enough to try it myself though. There are videos on YouTube showing how but looks to hard for me to even attempt. Other than that I haven't found a cheaper alternative. Cracked mine about a month ago. $200 for a fix through insurance and $200 for a replacement online.

Wish i knew the glass was only 20 bucks i would have certainly went that rout. I brake mine on Saturday, and bought the glass with the digitizer for 229.00 i didnt have any insurance and i was getting the same 350 and up repair cost when i called around.
so mine screen with digitizer will be here to tomorrow, should be a simple fix.

Here is one for $13.99
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=251239077454

Yea on the next one i will def be heating up the phone and replacing the glass.
Pissed that i waisted 200 more dollars on the digitzier combo, my bad though i should have kept looking.
thanks for the link bruh.

the2rrell said:
Yea on the next one i will def be heating up the phone and replacing the glass.
Pissed that i waisted 200 more dollars on the digitzier combo, my bad though i should have kept looking.
thanks for the link bruh.
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I wouldn't be pissed they didn't mention the downside to doing this you will not have the oem glue so the display wont stick like oem there is a high chance you will have dust under the display also the phone will become randomly unresponsive this is my experience from the gs3 glass replacement as for many others
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Hey guys.. make sure if u replace yourself, to get the 3m transperrent "filler tape" if not, once glass is back on u will have gap beetween digitizer and glass.

twanskys204 said:
Hey guys.. make sure if u replace yourself, to get the 3m transperrent "filler tape" if not, once glass is back on u will have gap beetween digitizer and glass.
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I used b&q own brand double sided tape, with no issues. I was worried but it worked out good.

You gents are getting good at this ....
Could someone provide a contact link to the Samsung repair folks ??
I've got a 2nd device that needs a screen ...that I scored for free ...and I'm not gonna risk it myself ..
I figured the repair still falls below value ...then I'll sell the device and make a buck or two for my trouble ...
Thanks in advance ...g
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gregsarg said:
You gents are getting good at this ....
Could someone provide a contact link to the Samsung repair folks ??
I've got a 2nd device that needs a screen ...that I scored for free ...and I'm not gonna risk it myself ..
I figured the repair still falls below value ...then I'll sell the device and make a buck or two for my trouble ...
Thanks in advance ...g
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for everyone on this page, the reason the repair price is that way it is is because since the phone is oow by condition you have to cover the shipping, parts and labor.
since samsung is a "all or nothing repair center" even though both screen were not broken, they are going to replace both screens and any other internal parts that have been damaged to prevent shipping back a device that is defective.
after the repair the device will be placed back into full warranty or if it was out of warranty by date when sent in it will be put into a 90 day extended warranty from the time you recieved the device back from repair.
also if you attempt a repair at home and manage to damage the device and after evaluation the device is labeled BER or beyond repair your devices imei will be added to a list and no repair will be able to be made to it.
as for the number to contact for repairs, call 1-888-987-4357 and theyll be happy to help you with a price quote and possible repair.
hope this helps clear some stuff up, have a great day guys!

repairing the note 2 screen
i generally do it for about 80-125. the 80 is only the glass but the loca glue needs to be replaced with the glass in order to get the touch functionality to work properly. i aso have a video how to repair the note 2 and note 3 glass on youtube. i do the glass and glue for 125 on note and 150 for note 3. hope this helps. youtube "samsung galaxy note 3 glass only replacement & LOCA bonding " to see the video how to repair the glass

parts for galaxy s3 L710 and how to replace them

as many of you may know the glass on the galaxy s3 l710 not sure about the other models is not drop proof I think its just a scratch resistance glass not drop resistance glass I've seen many of post and youtube videos where folks have dropped there phone including me. and get crazy quotes to replace it. so I went digging for other options. first a little over view on the hardware of the phone there is the glass, touch screen digitizer,middle chassis, components that sit on the back of the middle chassis including mother board etc. and then the back cover.
the below youtube video shows how to take phone apart, its not hard just make sure u have the right tools. (very fine phillips head screw drivers etc)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHELvmoX0NY
this video explains why its wiser to go with the replacement touch screen digitizer assembly replacement vs glass replacement if done wrong you can brake the digitizer so best bet go with the digitizer assembly replacement.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkQZHU-SRC8
now here is what I call the exciting part, I have been hearing crazy prices for the touch screen digitizer between 300 and 500 dollars which is funny to me because the phone does not cost that much so the link below is to a website that sells parts for the phone at a very low prices.
http://www.aliexpress.com/wholesale/...30&groupsort=1
I see as low as 112 bucks. I ordered from the alieexpress before some of them ship the tools you need to disassemble the phone. I well be ordering my touch screen digitizer screen for the l710 in a week or two I'll keep you posted on the switch out. I cant wait to get it done I know a couple of phone part venders in the mall who swear you need to go the route with the heat gone etc and they can do it for me for 300 dollars yea right lol

Do you know of a place to get parts for the E4GT? I have a perfectly functional E4GT but it has a broken digitizer. The outer glass itself doesn't even have a scratch

CNexus said:
Do you know of a place to get parts for the E4GT? I have a perfectly functional E4GT but it has a broken digitizer. The outer glass itself doesn't even have a scratch
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They actually have all parts check them out

arcolino1 said:
They actually have all parts check them out
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Awesome, thanks
EDIT: Also just a heads up, you linked the website wrong, it leads to a 404 on their site

Try repairsuniverse.com/
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Try repairsuniverse.com/
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aliexpress.com
has way better prices, lowest I saw on the repairsuniverse.com for the s3 touch screen digitizer was 169.00
but your post made me do a random google search for samsung galaxy s3 touch screen digitizer and I
am seeing even lower prices on other websites. and the sellers have good ratings. Interesting.

That site is also from Hong Kong and it goes by alibaba.com I've order from here before everything came as is yes it's a bit higher but it's oem
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