[Q] Where to buy parts - T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989

Hello everyone.
I messed up my external antenna port on my Galaxy S2. The device works 100 percent except there is no antenna. I am looking to buy a new mainboard for it. However, i cannot find a place that sells them for a REASONABLE price. People on ebay are asking 150+ for JUST the main board. Thats absurd. For 50 more bucks you could get a fully operational one from CL.
I did however find an entire phone with a cracked LCD for 80 bucks but was stupid and didnt "buy it now" but does anyone either have a broken one or know of where to get parts for it?
Thanks.

Keep checking eBay I found a used motherboard for 80 bucks worked perfect
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thakrew317 said:
Keep checking eBay I found a used motherboard for 80 bucks worked perfect
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Damn. I hate you. lol. I just bought an entire device with a cracked LCD but when i swapped the main boards out, and booted. The IMEI is "Unknown" and now im in the process of figuring out how to restore it or getting a full refund as there was no mention of bad IMEI or USB port..

elesbb said:
Damn. I hate you. lol. I just bought an entire device with a cracked LCD but when i swapped the main boards out, and booted. The IMEI is "Unknown" and now im in the process of figuring out how to restore it or getting a full refund as there was no mention of bad IMEI or USB port..
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Damn that sucks
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thakrew317 said:
Damn that sucks
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You're telling me? Lol. I think I can fix it. Just can't believe I got scammed.
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Yeah thats what sucks about getting used phones n what not
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I bought a phone off eBay for 90 bucks it was the black s2 and a battery had exploded in it and corroded the whole motherboard so I had buy a new one
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[Q] Broke my screen, anyone have a good place to reccomend for parts?

It's the T989, I just want to buy the whole front piece including the LCD, any help would be appreciated and yes I already looked on ebay
Thanks
I had to replace my s2 screen unfortunately it cost me nearly as much as my s2 :-( I chose ebay
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Any unlocking cell shop in Florida can carry the devices parts. Might have to wait a few days but by then it would be cheaper than getting a new phone
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fmartine said:
I had to replace my s2 screen unfortunately it cost me nearly as much as my s2 :-( I chose ebay
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It's about $170 on ebay, hopefully its OEM
datrapstar said:
Any unlocking cell shop in Florida can carry the devices parts. Might have to wait a few days but by then it would be cheaper than getting a new phone
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That's a good idea I'll check with my guy tomorrow thanks
Look around in Craigslist as well they have ads for that around that area
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My parts guy is getting the whole front end including bezel for $200, but my phone will look like a zebra because the front is black lol
How much would it cost u for replacement? Thats kinda high ,here on my end they charge about $100
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datrapstar said:
How much would it cost u for replacement? Thats kinda high ,here on my end they charge about $100
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I don't have insurance for t-mobile, I use simple, so I have to buy the part straight out I guess
Ahh that sucks. But my opinion, I rather buy another one just to have . Extra battery which is how I got mines. Paid 100$ and it came with a battery charger and 2 batteries included. Someone was hurting for money I guess. I didnt inspect it or nothing. Had water damage. Sent it in to tmo and the sent me another one for an extra 20$. Can't beat it for the price I paid
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Ahh that sucks. But my opinion, I rather buy another one just to have . Extra battery which is how I got mines. Paid 100$ and it came with a battery charger and 2 batteries included. Someone was hurting for money I guess. I didnt inspect it or nothing. Had water damage. Sent it in to tmo and the sent me another one for an extra 20$. Can't beat it for the price I paid
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true, I'm going to have to see if I can find a stronger case, if not, I might just go buy a commando for verizon, these phones are getting to expensive to repair these days

Great I just cracked my screen.. now what?

I bought a sexy back battery cover for my s3 and I took it out of the case to try to be flashy.. I got up while my phone was on my lap and bam right into the st bashing the corner just a lil scratches and one crack horizontally across the phone. I live in Miami hoping to get it fixed asap.. anybody know how much or where I could do this? Im so bummed now... any help is appreciated.
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Just got off the phone with Samsung and they will replace it for 177 dollars I guess it's not that bad but if anybody knows of better deals let me know
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Insurance? Wouldn't the deductible be cheaper?
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Deductible is 130 so you're not paying much more at 177
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I forgot to mention i have no insurance... ahh
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then go with the samsung deal. better than buying a new phone, and since they are doing the work it should have some sort of warranty
-FuRBz- said:
then go with the samsung deal. better than buying a new phone, and since they are doing the work it should have some sort of warranty
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Do u think once its fixed I should sell it and get another one ??
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pezlomd said:
Do u think once its fixed I should sell it and get another one ??
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why would you do that? because of the scratches?
You can still buy insurance
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Android_Monsters said:
You can still buy insurance
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Maybe 3rd party but you only have 14 days to add it with tmo
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pezlomd said:
Just got off the phone with Samsung and they will replace it for 177 dollars I guess it's not that bad but if anybody knows of better deals let me know
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Thanks. This is good to know in the future. Im past my 14 days already so I wasnt able to add Tmo insurance but $177 isnt bad at all. But I assume you have to send it in and I wonder how long that would take. That's the only drawback but still better non the less. Did you call samsung support or did you chat with them? Also Tmo will cover software issues for 1 year for free but you just have to pay $20 to get a replacement, and after you get a replacement they will ask if you want to add insurance. Once you have tmo insurance then its $5 for software issues and $130 for physical damage as that goes through Asurion and not Tmobile technically. So thats another route if you didnt get it within 14 days of your contract. I Know its too late now but once your phone is fixed you have that option still.
I'm thinking about going through Squaretrade insurance too but you also have to send them the phone for repair. Its avg about $5 a month with their 2 yr insurance plan. But I dont recall if there's a certain period that you have to apply. It might be 30 days within your contract. I have to double check.
Here's the one for squaretrade with $99 deductible
http://www.amazon.com/SquareTrade-S...8&qid=1346280977&sr=8-14&keywords=squaretrade
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Do u think once its fixed I should sell it and get another one ??
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when they replace the screen they replace the benzel too to probably your repaired phone won't show any signs of repair.
But do u think my phone will suffer performance wise. Thats what im worried about.
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pezlomd said:
Do u think once its fixed I should sell it and get another one ??
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Why? It'll work just fine.
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pezlomd said:
But do u think my phone will suffer performance wise. Thats what im worried about.
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A new screen won't slow your phone down.
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I was worriee maybe the fall would affect something.. but for the most part im happy i can fix it.. they say it will take out 2 weeks
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pezlomd said:
I was worriee maybe the fall would affect something.. but for the most part im happy i can fix it.. they say it will take out 2 weeks
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No you should be fine
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pezlomd said:
But do u think my phone will suffer performance wise. Thats what im worried about.
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Not at all if it is just screen damage which u say it is then they are literally going to unscrew the screws on back take the board out replace screen put motherboard back in and that's that. I'll tell u what let them do it. There is a little more involved to it then that won't get into detail but I did two friends screens and the one kid wanted the black face or the dark face(screen that's on pebble blue) on his white gs3 and it was a *****. Taking the board camera, connectors all that was easy....its the glue that holds the screen to the actual housing that is hard to get off. And u have to get it all off for screen to sit in there nicely anyways he liked the job I did it actually looked cool minus the white home button. Anyways good luck send it to Samsung now but after go with ensquared or squaretrade
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Hi,
What about buying the screen from ebay and trying to replace it yourself? It might be a little complicated and hard without having proper skills but you can try it out.
I have owned an iphone 3gs in a past and once when I cracked the screen I replaced it myself saving lots of money. It worked just fine. You can give it a try but I'm not really sure how hard it is on samsung.
And yeah, it was a digitized, and a display itself
dan_nny said:
Hi,
What about buying the screen from ebay and trying to replace it yourself? It might be a little complicated and hard without having proper skills but you can try it out.
I have owned an iphone 3gs in a past and once when I cracked the screen I replaced it myself saving lots of money. It worked just fine. You can give it a try but I'm not really sure how hard it is on samsung.
And yeah, it was a digitized, and a display itself
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Because that will probably cost more than Samsung will do it for.
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**Lookin for Gsm Nexus or sell Mine for parts**

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Buy one and fix it.
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Fix it. How? Its soldered onto the mainboard
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It only has six points of contact and would be fairly easy for someone skilled with a soldering iron. If it isn't your forte, you could probably find a local electronics shop that would do it for you for a reasonable fee.
Hey man..I read your post and I have my old nexus..it is missing the battery door and the back is scratched but screen is 10 out of 10.. I would post it to sell but I do not believe I am able to sell on here I would let it go for like 50 bucks or 40 even..
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savagehax said:
Hey man..I read your post and I have my old nexus..it is missing the battery door and the back is scratched but screen is 10 out of 10.. I would post it to sell but I do not believe I am able to sell on here I would let it go for like 50 bucks or 40 even..
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it does power on right and works functional right. I'm gonna pm you for more info
gregc2009 said:
It only has six points of contact and would be fairly easy for someone skilled with a soldering iron. If it isn't your forte, you could probably find a local electronics shop that would do it for you for a reasonable fee.
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Dude, trust me Its very hard even for experienced technicians
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It is relatively hard if you don't know what you are doing. Need an disassembly guide. A hot air gun and a soldering station.
Oh and some flux.
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mariosraptor said:
It is relatively hard if you don't know what you are doing. Need an disassembly guide. A hot air gun and a soldering station.
Oh and some flux.
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yeahh I sent it in for repair and they said they could not repair it....then on top of that my note2 got stolen Friday. I'm using a old windows phone 7....its killing me
I had mine apart last night to do the USB port repair (replace the whole ribbon) and looked at the sim slot while it was apart. I am no expert, but I have replaced surface mount chips before that are much more difficult then what this repair would be. A fine tip temp control iron, some desolder braid (along with solder and flux), and it is pretty straight forward. Wouldn't need to take it apart any further then just removing the back.
If you end up wanting to get rid of it for savagehax offer, I would be interested in yours, that being it would be missing a battery back and have a defective sim slot.
Speaking of which, are you sure the sim slot is the defective piece? It'd be worth it to put a meter on there and measure continuity between the pins and solder points.
Good luck with whatever you end up doing.
I had a sim adapter in it and when I pulled it out I guess it rip some pins.....cell phone repair pros told me they could repair it they put in a new sim reader and all...
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I had a sim adapter in it and when I pulled it out I guess it rip some pins.....cell phone repair pros told me they could repair it they put in a new sim reader and all...
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Ah... nice. How does the adapter work for ya? Can you switch on the fly or does it require a reboot?
.... I have a Micro Sim in my Galaxy Nexus.... I live life on the edge lol
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Iknoo....do not put the adapter in there without the sim inside the adapter....just a warning to ya
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Iknoo....do not put the adapter in there without the sim inside the adapter....just a warning to ya
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Interesting, never thought of that as an issue, but it makes perfect sense.. This goes into my treasure chest of things to remember lol
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Ya I just bout another one tho...i won't make that mistake twice tho
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Any body else has a galaxy nexus gem version with a screen 10 out of 10 condition I don't care what condition the body is?
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My nexus in immaculate condition. £239.99
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MattyOnXperiaX10 said:
My nexus in immaculate condition. £239.99
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Really kinda looking for one low priced between 50 and 70 I need the screen and stuff I got my original white housing
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I kno there is someone out there with av nexus 4 that still had there galaxy nexus that's beat up. That wanna seek it for little or no money lol
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AT&T Galaxy S3 LCD/Digitizer Combo (White)

I'm in need of an AT&T S3 LCD/Digitizer combo (White) but these things are so dang expensive!... like $300!
Does anyone have any or know of a place to get this part for cheap?
And yes, I'm looking for OEM replacements.
Thanks guys.
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EBay
And as far as I know the digitizer is the same on all us variants
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EBay
And as far as I know the digitizer is the same on all us variants
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I was thinking that same thing... but it sucks that I can't find this part for less than $240. Highway robbery. =/
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I went and got insurance since my phone was less than a month old when I cracked the screen
The total including the enrollment fee and the deductible was around$140
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I went and got insurance since my phone was less than a month old when I cracked the screen
The total including the enrollment fee and the deductible was around$140
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Thanks. May just have to do it that way.
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RBarnett09 said:
Thanks. May just have to do it that way.
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I just got mine replaced by Samsung Canada for 240 without insurance.
Here http://www.tmart.com/search.html?typeid=3204:3215&q=galaxy+s3
If you're lucky, the item might be shipped from their US warehouse
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Xcor3 said:
Here http://www.tmart.com/search.html?typeid=3204:3215&q=galaxy+s3
If you're lucky, the item might be shipped from their US warehouse
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Be careful about buying a cheaper display from some 3rd party store that ships out of Hong Kong. It might end up being a low end LCD instead of the replacement AMOLED. I bought mine off ebay for 220 shipped. I'd rather pay a little more than end up with a crappy display. At that point minas well just throw it away.
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RBarnett09 said:
I was thinking that same thing... but it sucks that I can't find this part for less than $240. Highway robbery. =/
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The phone retails for $600 (for the 16gb version). The display is 50% of the phone. $240 is not highway robbery if you break it down. I'll admit, as I've had to replace mine, that if FEELS like highway robbery but your buying one of the more essential parts of the Phone. You can do without the wifi, the bluetooth, headphone jack, speaker phone, maybe a button or 2. But you HAVE to have the high end display.
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Be careful about buying a cheaper display from some 3rd party store that ships out of Hong Kong. It might end up being a low end LCD instead of the replacement AMOLED. I bought mine off ebay for 220 shipped. I'd rather pay a little more than end up with a crappy display. At that point minas well just throw it away.
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The phone retails for $600 (for the 16gb version). The display is 50% of the phone. $240 is not highway robbery if you break it down. I'll admit, as I've had to replace mine, that if FEELS like highway robbery but your buying one of the more essential parts of the Phone. You can do without the wifi, the bluetooth, headphone jack, speaker phone, maybe a button or 2. But you HAVE to have the high end display.
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Sir, what do you mean low end lcd instead of the replacement AMOLED?
What If I told you that most of the parts they sell on ebay comes from hong kong?
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Xcor3 said:
Sir, what do you mean low end lcd instead of the replacement AMOLED?
What If I told you that most of the parts they sell on ebay comes from hong kong?
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Yes I understand that most parts are made in China. I simply mean that parts from China can also be the other end of the spectrum, low end. You have to be careful who you buy from. Make sure it's a reputable company selling genuin parts. Buying through Ebay give's buyers protection from fake products. Buying from Tmart does not.
And, yes, there are low end crap replacement screens out there. When my son decided to "test" his 3GS otterbox with his other friend and the display quit working once the phone hit the ground I opted for a cheap replacement. He really didn't care as long as it still worked, plus he's lucky I fixed it at all and didn't give him my 7 year old moto flip as punishment. That display came from a Hong-Kong retailer, but I knew what I was buying from them.
is the lcd the same for i747 i535 i9300?
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And as far as I know the digitizer is the same on all us variants
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is the lcd digitizer the same for all models? i feel like it must be different, why else would they be labeled by model?
like this one, the seller says not to use with anything but the 9300: ( i cant post links)]
search ebay for: Samsung Galaxy S3 LCD+Digitizer RED Original
but if thats the case the verizon ones are the most expensive... why????
i'll call samsung tonight...
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i asked a samsung live chat guy, he said that the lcd and digitizer are the same throughout all models, the difference is in the frame. i found other posts here backing that up **
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just called samsung, only cost 135.31 after shipping!!! thats a total of only 135.31!!! whats the point of accidental warranty???
Ivie said:
is the lcd digitizer the same for all models? i feel like it must be different, why else would they be labeled by model?
like this one, the seller says not to use with anything but the 9300: ( i cant post links)]
search ebay for: Samsung Galaxy S3 LCD+Digitizer RED Original
but if thats the case the verizon ones are the most expensive... why????
i'll call samsung tonight...
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i asked a samsung live chat guy, he said that the lcd and digitizer are the same throughout all models, the difference is in the frame. i found other posts here backing that up **
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just called samsung, only cost 135.31 after shipping!!! thats a total of only 135.31!!! whats the point of accidental warranty???
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Does Samsung sell it to you for $135.31? Can you share more info like the phone number. I need one replacement.
Thanks.
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Cracked Screen

I apologize if this is in the wrong section, I didn't know whether or not it belonged in the Q&A section since it's not a problem with the actual phone.
Anyways, I have dropped my old electronics countless times and never suffered the consequence of having a cracked screen due to either having a case on or just complete luck. I dropped my GS4 yesterday (on my birthday too ) and of course...the screen ended up cracking. I had been waiting for my case to arrive and of course, it arrived when I got home later that day. The reason I'm posting this is because I would like to ask for help such as your opinions on what to do or how I could fix it in the cheapest way possible. I am a student in high school without a job so coming up with around $200-300 is something that would take months to do. Can any of you guys help or give me advice on what to do because I've never dealt with repairing or dealing with a cracked screen before. Thanks in advance!
Do you have insurance on the phone through T-Mo, or Sq. Trade?
Is the amoled cracked or just the outer glass
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W.Feather said:
Do you have insurance on the phone through T-Mo, or Sq. Trade?
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I pay insurance every month with T-Mobile
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Is the amoled cracked or just the outer glass
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How would I know? Im guessing the amoled being cracked would mean the display would start to malfunction but it hasn't so I think that its only the outer glass that is cracked
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Probably, just the outer glass. There are some good deals on ebay.
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How would I know? Im guessing the amoled being cracked would mean the display would start to malfunction but it hasn't so I think that its only the outer glass that is cracked
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Right on the money. Outer glass
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I was under the impression that the digitizer, display, and outer glass were glued together on this phone? Not 100% sure
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Probably, just the outer glass. There are some good deals on ebay.
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If I were to buy the outer glass, would I just replace it myself? Sorry if that was a dumb question, I just want to be sure of everything.
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Right on the money. Outer glass
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I was under the impression that the digitizer, display, and outer glass were glued together on this phone? Not 100% sure
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I thought that as well which is why I didn't even think of looking on eBay because I expected all three parts to be very costly
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Exactly. So you either pay a lot or have to deal with using a hairdryer to loosen glue and stuff...
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Exactly. So you either pay a lot or have to deal with using a hairdryer to loosen glue and stuff...
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Thanks for the help!
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Just do a claim in which case, pay the $100 deductible, get it fixed right while maintaining warranty coverage, no sense trying to fix it yourself, messing it up and loosing any coverage you currently have just to save ~50 bucks on a $650 phone ....
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Just do a claim in which case, pay the $100 deductible, get it fixed right while maintaining warranty coverage, no sense trying to fix it yourself, messing it up and loosing any coverage you currently have just to save ~50 bucks on a $650 phone ....
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I went to TMobile yesterday and they directed me towards Asurion and I filed a claim which they should reply to by today. However, I did some poking around on the Asurion website and saw that the deductible was $175 for the GS4 which is pretty steep for me.
not bad considering the first google search I found for a screen (granted its for the international version) is ~270, http://www.etradesupply.com/oem-sam...nd-digitizer-assembly-with-front-housing.html
and $350 at iFixandrepair
http://www.ifixandrepair.com/sam-galaxy-s4-lcdscreen
Sorry but your cheapest route is to take the deductible hit. Yes you can possibly "defuse" the digitizer/glass/screen, but chances are it will break....take it to a local store and get a quote for the fixing, and take the best option. I would say save slightly and get it fixed via insurance, as it will likely be the cheapest, and best for the end result (IE you dont break warranty / insurance coverage by getting the repair done yourself). Just my 2 cents.
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Idkwts said:
I went to TMobile yesterday and they directed me towards Asurion and I filed a claim which they should reply to by today. However, I did some poking around on the Asurion website and saw that the deductible was $175 for the GS4 which is pretty steep for me.
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