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OK, so I dropped my phone and the LCD went out, I hooked the phone up to the laptop and the phone still works fine, even the touch screen works. ( I used My MObiler to see phone screen on the pc).
I bought a new LCD screen off of Ebay and replace it, now, the LCD screen works, but for some reason, the touch screen stopped working.
When I took the LCD apart from the touch screen, there seem to be a layer of grease of some sort between the touch screen and the LCD. I wiped it off with a lens cloth, don't know if that caused any problem.
Also there is a dark film (tinted) glued to the touch screen when looking from the back, what is that for? I looked at replacement touch screen on Ebay but none of them have the tinted film layer. I've search all over the internet for instructions but can't find any.
So my question is, what are the correct procedures for replacing the LCD screen and the touch screen (digitizer) ? Also after I installed the new LCD screen, the screen is very reflective and the glare is really bad, how do I fix that problem?
Thank you experts!!
You should have replaced both the LCD screen and the Digitizer. There are complete kits on ebay as well as instructions/tools to complete the replacement. Did you purchase the digitizer also?
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You should have replaced both the LCD screen and the Digitizer. There are complete kits on ebay as well as instructions/tools to complete the replacement. Did you purchase the digitizer also?
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I went ahead and purchased the digitizer by itself after the original stopped working. Hopefully, it will get my phone back to normal. Thanks for your reply!
in the wiki theres disassebly instructions of the device that should help you (but you probably already know that since you've already switched out the LCD)
In my experience, i have never replaced either the digitizer, or the LCD by themselves, i've always bought LCD+Digitizer and replaced them as one. Seems like the Digitizer is usually glued onto the LCD and i never wanted to mess with that.
fone_fanatic said:
in the wiki theres disassebly instructions of the device that should help you (but you probably already know that since you've already switched out the LCD)
In my experience, i have never replaced either the digitizer, or the LCD by themselves, i've always bought LCD+Digitizer and replaced them as one. Seems like the Digitizer is usually glued onto the LCD and i never wanted to mess with that.
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I should have ordered the kit instead of just the LCD. What lead me to order just the LCD is when I hooked the phone to my pc and confirmedthe digitizer still worked. And since this is the first time ever I disassemble a phone, I assumed the two things were separated.
But my digitizer should come in tomorrow so I'll just have to wait and see. Thanks for the info.
where did you find a guide to take apart the TP2? I just had the unfortuante luck of smashing mine in the car door as I got in....it fell out of my pocket the exact moment i was closing the door....
My screen is shot, but other than that the device appears to work. I can power on, and try to dial after I press the hard key for the phone pad. The touch portion seems to work, but from your luck, I guess I am looking at having to replace both...
anyhow...any advice on guides and how to find the stuff on the ebay would be apperciated.
I still have 18 months of a 2 yr contract....sucks....and it sucks doubly becuase i just took the insurance off last month....grr..
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where did you find a guide to take apart the TP2? I just had the unfortuante luck of smashing my in the car door as I got in....it feel out of my pocket the exact moment i was closing the door....
My screen is shot, but other than that the device appears to work. I can power on, and try to dial after I press the hard key for the phone bad. The touch portion seems to work, but from your luck, I guess I am looking at having to replace both...
anyhow...any advice on guides and how to find the stuff on the ebay would be apperciated.
I still have 18 months of a 2 yr contract....sucks....and it sucks doubly becuase i just took the insurance off last month....grr..
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Here's a photo guide of the disassembly of a Rhodium (TP2), it might give you some insight. There's also been a number of threads in this section about hardware parts and the screen/digitizer in particular, listing places where people found/ordered replacement parts.
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where did you find a guide to take apart the TP2? I just had the unfortuante luck of smashing mine in the car door as I got in....it fell out of my pocket the exact moment i was closing the door....
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The disassembly instructions are here: http://translate.google.co.uk/trans...ka/htc_touch_pro2/&sl=ru&tl=en&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
I did not follow those instructions since I did not want to open the back of the phone.
What i did was I tilted up the phone and used a very small screwdriver and unscrewed the two screws from an angle (it worked).
Then I pried the back of the tilting part of the phone all around to reveal the inside. Be careful not to pull too hard on the flat cable since it's still attached to the back (body) of the phone.
The LCD and touch screen are glued together (I didn't know that before). At this point I would remove the tape that is attaching the flat cable to the back of the LCD, and also lift up the clear yellow tape and detach the three connections.
The widest ribbon is from the LCD, the medium one is for the 4 hard buttons in the front, and the little one is for the touch screen.
I would suggest wearing some sort of anti-static wrist strap (I think I fried my touch screen along with the flat ribbon that is attached to the phone while trying to replace the LCD without anti-static wrist strap).
Once the whole tilting part is freed from the phone, I would carefully push the whole screen (digitizer + lcd) out from the frame, again, they are glued to the frame but can be removed fairly easy.
That's it, the install is reversed of removal and hopefully yours will work again.
Like I said, I think I fried my flat ribbon so after replacing the Digitizer (it came in today), the touch screen still doesn't work, so now I'm looking for that part, I'd appreciate a link to it if anybody knows where to get one.
Oh, and for the parts, just do a search on ebay for "touch pro 2 lcd" or touch pro 2 lcd + digitizer"
Gook luck with your phone!
What tape to use to stick digitizer back to inner bezel/chassis?
Hi - i got as far as trying to replace my Digitizer only to find that the LCD was stuck to it too. So as clever as i am (not) - i tried to remove the LCD off the digitizer - but that just ended up cracking it.
So i'm in the process of ordering a LCD with the digitizer - pre-stuck together (i hope!) - but my question is:
When i removed the digitizer off the front bezel, there was this spongy sort of double sided tape... i assume it was used for a reason and not just any ordinary double sided tape (presumably to allow a bit of leway between the digitizer and the bezel when pressure is applied to the touch screen)...
Any thoughts on what sort of tape this is? - here's some photos of my digitizer and the bezel:
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^some of that tape is left on the digitizer... it's the black spongy stuff...
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^i cleaned (removed residue of sticky tape) in the inner part of the bezel where the digitizer would stick...
Any specific tape to use that anyone knows of?
zedii said:
Hi - i got as far as trying to replace my Digitizer only to find that the LCD was stuck to it too. So as clever as i am (not) - i tried to remove the LCD off the digitizer - but that just ended up cracking it.
So i'm in the process of ordering a LCD with the digitizer - pre-stuck together (i hope!) - but my question is:
When i removed the digitizer off the front bezel, there was this spongy sort of double sided tape... i assume it was used for a reason and not just any ordinary double sided tape (presumably to allow a bit of leway between the digitizer and the bezel when pressure is applied to the touch screen)...
Any thoughts on what sort of tape this is? - here's some photos of my digitizer and the bezel:
Any specific tape to use that anyone knows of?
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I wish you had asked before you ordered the digitizer + LCD, since I ordered mine separately, and they seem to both working ok. The digitizer does not have to be glued to the LCD. But anyway, I just used plain old Gel superglue to glue the digitizer to the bezel. I used Gel superglue so it won't run into the electronics beneath. Things seems to work just fine now.
One thing to consider when you crack open the whole phone though. Be careful not to loose any part from within the phone, because apparently, I lost something, now my accelerometer doesn't work, and my screen doesn't rotate when you slide out the keyboard. Hope it works out for you!
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I wish you had asked before you ordered the digitizer + LCD, since I ordered mine separately, and they seem to both working ok. The digitizer does not have to be glued to the LCD. But anyway, I just used plain old Gel superglue to glue the digitizer to the bezel. I used Gel superglue so it won't run into the electronics beneath. Things seems to work just fine now.
One thing to consider when you crack open the whole phone though. Be careful not to loose any part from within the phone, because apparently, I lost something, now my accelerometer doesn't work, and my screen doesn't rotate when you slide out the keyboard. Hope it works out for you!
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Thanks for the advice adp9626! Well in summary I think I've just been messing about too much and being stupid really.
In the end, I managed to just remove the top part of the screen without actually having to break into the bottom section of the phone.
I was a bit concerned about the whole sticking of the LCD to the Digitizer part. I actually did purchase them separately, however I was not sure what kind of glue was used to stick them both together - as I recall it was a nightmare to try and remove the LCD off the old Digitizer.
So I returned both separate parts (got a full refund as I didn't use them) - and now I am looking to purchase both parts stuck together.
I'm waiting on the guy on eBay to confirm that they are both stuck together. I'm also thinking of using double sided sticky tape to stick the Digitizer back to the inner bezel...
So that's the final plan! I've been a bit silly in rushing with ordering parts etc. but I just want to be on the safe side now - well - at least with the LCD stuck to the Digitizer part.
I will take your advice on the gel superglue if the double sided sticky tape doesn't prove it's stickyness!
Thanks
Zayd.
Can anyone help me find the lcd screen and digitizer as a single unit for Sprint? Everyone I find states not for CDMA.
Thanks
Anyone ??? I spent an hour on google and still came up with no leads.
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Anyone ??? I spent an hour on google and still came up with no leads.
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I ordered one from this guy and it works great. it comes with the entire top half of the phone and the keyboard. There is only one left so you may want to hurry. Link: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&Item=270583335455&Category=20336&_trkparms=algo%3DLVI%26its%3DI%26otn%3D2
Edit: I wanted to add that they're are slightly used so there will be scratches. The one i received is a little more scratched than my original then again the scratches aren't noticeable when the back light is on and you're getting a working screen.
Just my experience, I had a faulty LCD, digitizer was OK. Bought a replacement LCD off ebay, delivered from China but only cost me £20 inc delivery. Arrived with tools as well (T5, T6, philiips, and pry tool). Followed a couple of disassembly instructions online, took me a while to get all apart but managed it. None of the instructions online go through actually taking the screen out, I thought I'd messed it up as I took the back half of the LCD off and left the front bit on, and I couldnt get it off at first. I ended up using a very sharp scalpel to slide between the LCD and digitizer and got them apart eventually, as I didnt realise that they were glued.
Anyway, I just placed the screen on, no glue as there is a ring of sticky tape around the back of the digitizer which holds the screen in. Connected everything back in the end and its working fine. Only prob is I think I damaged the power/standby button, so be careful when around this area.
Touch Screen not responding after replacement
Recently, I replaced a glass screen on a SGH-M919 Galaxy S4. Previously, during the process of cleaning the glue residues off the LCD screen; I rubbed it with rubbing alcohol and it removed a small streak of the adhesive glue off left side of LCD screen and bottom right corner. After installed the new glass screen, I noticed a few spots of the glass screen wasn't sticking onto the sticky layer. So it looked like it has big air bubble between the glass screen and LCD. And I could see the rubbed off streak on the LCD screen. Everything worked fine with the new glass screen, with the exception of seeing the streak and bottom right corner rubbed off.
A few days ago, I had a table clock fell on top of the phone and broke a piece of glass. Nothing happened to the LCD screen and still functional 100%. So I got a replacement glass screen - the same as the first time replacement. With noticing of the rubbed off streak and corner of the adhesive layer on the LCD screen - I decided to rub off all of the adhesive layer from the LCD. I sprayed some Goof Off liquid on the adhesive layer and left it over night. Next morning I continued scraping off the glue with a small plastic card. Cleaned off all glue residues and examined the LCD screen for any scratches or damage. There was none. Re-installed new glass screen - but now the touch screen does not respond to the touching on the icons. Only the Home, Menu & Back touch button work. I was baffled after this.
Could it be that because I left some the Goof Off liquid on top of the LCD screen over night and it might have leaked to the other side and shorted out something? I saw a few forums that suggested a Factory Reset. I did that - but still didn't work. Please advise on what I need to do to fix this problem.
Thank you in advance for the advise or suggestion.
So you know that these are the TP2 forums, and no one has used this thread in the last 3 years....right?
LCD digitizer replacement.. now black screen
I saw the for replacing the LCD-digitizer of my nexus 4 phone, and followed the steps carefully. After I placed the battery, I checked to see if the phone turns ON and the display is working before I complete the last step of putting the back coverplate. I successfully switched it ON, saw a perfectly working screen, and browsed through my apps. To complete the assembly, I put the back cover by gently pressing the frame along the edges, but suddenly I saw some yellow green lines in the middle of the screen. I switched it off and again switched in ON, but now the entire screen had light with no display.
To fix this, I tried again checking all connections but no luck. What could be the reason for the sudden loss of display when it worked perfectly fine moments ago? Is there a possibility that I damaged the LCD while putting the back cover on the phone?
I am also not sure about one of the ribbon connectors of the digitizer. There are 2 big ones which are prominent and has ports to connect. However, there is a little third one which also has to come through the gap but doesn’t connect anywhere. Has anyone also experienced this while replacing the screen? Any help will be appreciated.
Hi all,
I accidentally dropped my S3 last week and the damn AMOLED screen got cracked. I replaced it yesterday myself but found that the back button is not working on the new replacement. I checked screen and menu button before sticking that screen, but forget to test the back button. Is this a soft (firmware or such) issue? any input would be appreciated. For now, I'm using Button Savior from Google play and it's not that bad as a temporary solution.
Thanks in advance.
Im assuming you didnt actually crack the AMOLED, just the glass lens? Did the back button work before you changed the lens? Did you damage the ribbon cable removing the lens? Are you sure you got the ribbon aligned correctly under the new lens? To answer your question, no its not a software issue, either the ribbon is damaged and would need to be replaced or hopefully you just need to adjust the ribbon under the glass.
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Im assuming you didnt actually crack the AMOLED, just the glass lens? Did the back button work before you changed the lens? Did you damage the ribbon cable removing the lens? Are you sure you got the ribbon aligned correctly under the new lens? To answer your question, no its not a software issue, either the ribbon is damaged and would need to be replaced or hopefully you just need to adjust the ribbon under the glass.
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-The AMOLED got broken unfortunately, so I had to replace both the screen and the protective Gorilla glass, they both come together in one replacement part.
- Did the back button work before you changed the lens? Yes, and again both the screen and the glass got replaced, not solely the lens.
- Are you sure you got the ribbon aligned correctly under the new lens? .. as I mentioned, both screen and lens come in one part; thus, aligned by the manufacturer.
- "hopefully you just need to adjust the ribbon under the glass" .. Is that possible without taking out the glass and replacing it?
I'm seeking a way to test the button circuitry, any idea?
Thanks.
Thats is unfortunate. Hope you get it figured out bro.
In the mean time you could always flash a rom with a navigation bar
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-The AMOLED got broken unfortunately, so I had to replace both the screen and the protective Gorilla glass, they both come together in one replacement part.
- Did the back button work before you changed the lens? Yes, and again both the screen and the glass got replaced, not solely the lens.
- Are you sure you got the ribbon aligned correctly under the new lens? .. as I mentioned, both screen and lens come in one part; thus, aligned by the manufacturer.
- "hopefully you just need to adjust the ribbon under the glass" .. Is that possible without taking out the glass and replacing it?
I'm seeking a way to test the button circuitry, any idea?
Thanks.
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Well the first question pretty much negates all the rest unfortunately. I replaced the glass lens on my phone but haven't taken it apart any farther than that so i'm not sure about where/how the soft key's attach to the mainboard. It could attach to a wire harness with the rest of the display electronics and plug in all in one connector, or could be an independent plug. In any case you either have some bad circuitry or a loose connection. The question would be is it the mainboard or the LED assembly you purchased.
Hi I have broken my xperia pro screen digitizer and I proceed to replace it but I didnt success the first time screen was not correct and I revent on old broken digitizer but it seems that the phone had a type of glue inside the screen and a plastic that separates the screen from the front plastic
how those items called so i can buy them for the next screen
And something else after the dissamble of the phone speaker do not work the phone was damaged alot but everything was working before i open it i am sure that i put everything as it was on repacking
Any info would be helpful Thanks
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Hi I have broken my xperia pro screen digitizer ...
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after some research i took my answer the touch screen has a type of sticker glue and its called adhesive tape for lcd screens, about my speaker somehow it seems that the speaker circuit is broken after my try to disassemble the phone
Hi guys I have a LG G Pad 7 v400.
My 2yo recently got my GPad wet I think I saved the CPU/motherboard From getting wet but the screen did get wet. I can see what appears to be water damage behind or between the screens. Was wondering if anyone knew if the digitizer and Lcd are fused together or separate.
Or if this is water inside the LCd.. I have ever never debt with water damage before so thanks for any help... Here is a picture.
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You'll most likely have to buy a new LCD panel and replace it. Depending on where you live, there are shops around that will do it. I know around here, we have 2 shops that do phone and tablet repair. They are very good.
That's what I was thinking. I was just hoping someone would have a quick fix. I do all my screen repairs myself i just hate to have to replace the screen on 10 do old tablet..
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That's what I was thinking. I was just hoping someone would have a quick fix. I do all my screen repairs myself i just hate to have to replace the screen on 10 do old tablet..
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Actually you can do it yourself to. Opening 7.0 model is so easy ( I try write today manual for this too). Right now it looks this way.
If you familiar with heat gun and detaching digitizers at lcd, then you just can detach digitizer, dry and clean digitizer and lcd, and you are done.
One little warning: You must start detaching at top side g pad to down side simultaneously with both sides (left and right), because digitizer connecting cable placed on bottom side, where the charging port located. You can have little preview here.
datas0ft said:
Actually you can do it yourself to. Opening 7.0 model is so easy ( I try write today manual for this too). Right now it looks this way.
If you familiar with heat gun and detaching digitizers at lcd, then you just can detach digitizer, dry and clean digitizer and lcd, and you are done.
One little warning: You must start detaching at top side g pad to down side simultaneously with both sides (left and right), because digitizer connecting cable placed on bottom side, where the charging port located. You can have little preview here.
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That is where I am at rite now. I disassembled my G Pad.. The last thing I want to know is. Is the LDC & digitizer fused together like a lot if the newer phones or is it just glued around the edges with double sided sticker tape.?
Thanks for you help...
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That is where I am at rite now. I disassembled my G Pad.. The last thing I want to know is. Is the LDC & digitizer fused together like a lot if the newer phones or is it just glued around the edges with double sided sticker tape.?
Thanks for you help...
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This is quote from thread, what i found, when i wrote howto for g pad 7.0 teardown:
Tip and Warning! For all these who start change only digitizer.
Investigated how digitizer/front glass is attached to LCD plastic bezel I found that digitizer can be detached from LCD plastic bezel with heatgun and metallic pry tool (or some other thin tool).
You MUST start detaching at top and moving with both sides to bottom.
Be careful, the digitizer cable located on bottom side near connector where goes mainboard flex cable. You can see it on 08.jpg (not best photo, but you can get aim).
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Hope, this help you!
I've seen the videos on replacing the screen including the digitizer but has anyone changed just the glass?
My phone did a face plant but the digitizer still works.. fingerprint scanner and touches all over phone are still responding.
The glass alone is about $20 but the full screen is about $120.
Screen only replacement is very difficult since u mist get the glue to release the glass from the digitizer without damaging it
I've delaminated Droid Maxx to replace the glass. Lots of careful work with a heat gun and spudger. The new glass had to be bonded back. If you don't, the reflections make the screen pretty unusable and the glass fragile to breaking again. To much heat and you fry the LCD.
surge919 said:
I've seen the videos on replacing the screen including the digitizer but has anyone changed just the glass?
My phone did a face plant but the digitizer still works.. fingerprint scanner and touches all over phone are still responding.
The glass alone is about $20 but the full screen is about $120.
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was the video for the moto z play? where did you find it? I bought the kit, and want to see if the phone requires a removal of the entire digitizer, or if the glass can be done in place.
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vega509 said:
was the video for the moto z play? where did you find it? I bought the kit, and want to see if the phone requires a removal of the entire digitizer, or if the glass can be done in place.
thanks
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Good luck on seperation the digitizer from the glass without breaking the digitizer, it's super thin and unless you have the correct tools and glue forget it.
Trust me I have replaced my screen twice now which in itself was extremely hard.
Do not use double sided tape but the correct adhesive is need something like B7000.
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Good luck on seperation the digitizer from the glass without breaking the digitizer, it's super thin and unless you have the correct tools and glue forget it.
Trust me I have replaced my screen twice now which in itself was extremely hard.
Do not use double sided tape but the correct adhesive is need something like B7000.
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thanks for the reply,
did the phone need to be tore down? or was the glass removable in place?
was there a video or tutorial you followed?
thanks
vega509 said:
thanks for the reply,
did the phone need to be tore down? or was the glass removable in place?
was there a video or tutorial you followed?
thanks
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I need to heat the glass with a heat gun in order to separate the glass from the phone, moto has pack in loads of adhesive so you need to heat and seperate the glass slowly, the finger print scanner is taped to the under side of the digitizer, so be carefully.
You can not use double sided tape to remount the glass screen nor can you use the existing adhesive, buy new adhesive. You'll find it on eBay or Amazon.
I broke my first screen and replaced it my second one wasn't mounted correctly and the digitizer broke not the glass, so that tells you how thin the display is
I've been at it for over 2-1/2 hours. got the glass off in 2 pieces without doing any damage to the lcd, or so I thought, before permanently adhering the new glass I reconnected the panel and found about 1/3 of the bottom is dead. I cannot see any damage but it has to be something that happened while removing the glass.
oh well.
as an aside, I did not pay attention when I removed the 2 ribbon cables as to how far into the socket they go. there is a stripe on each, but neither go in quite that far, maybe within a 1/16", is this correct?
I also noticed on the lcd top, opposite to the video cable there is another connector about the same size as the one for the button, any idea what that is for?
thanks again
vega509 said:
I've been at it for over 2-1/2 hours. got the glass off in 2 pieces without doing any damage to the lcd, or so I thought, before permanently adhering the new glass I reconnected the panel and found about 1/3 of the bottom is dead. I cannot see any damage but it has to be something that happened while removing the glass.
oh well.
as an aside, I did not pay attention when I removed the 2 ribbon cables as to how far into the socket they go. there is a stripe on each, but neither go in quite that far, maybe within a 1/16", is this correct?
I also noticed on the lcd top, opposite to the video cable there is another connector about the same size as the one for the button, any idea what that is for?
thanks again
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There's the top ribbon only and the slides in if you slide the plastic retainer back on the ribbon connector. Its on the far left side
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There's the top ribbon only and the slides in if you slide the plastic retainer back on the ribbon connector. Its on the far left side
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There's also the front flash light on the far left , be very careful cause it breaks really easy, mine did and said F##k it I don't take selfies anyways.