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Screen repair kits

Does anyone have some recommendations on a good screen repair kit for me?
My 1 year old just scratched the screen up real good when I left my phone on our coffee table.
Its still usable but annoying to have scratches in it.
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brick it and pay sprint $35 for a replacement

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brick it and pay sprint $35 for a replacement
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this makes the prices go up for all of us lol
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See if there is a Sprint repair center nearby. Stop in and see what they say, sometimes they can swap screens from other phones they're sending back, as long as they're not "Damaged beyond Repair".

Thanks for the info. I'll look into that option.
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Another option is simply ghost armor, just do the screen protector. They're by far the best protectors I've seen on many levels n do wonders to existing scratches. Try n find a store n at least let them show you n you can decide
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It's a $100 dollar deductible by the way.

newtype06 said:
It's a $100 dollar deductible by the way.
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Its a $100 deductible if you have the TEP plan. If ypu have a bricked device and no insurance, sprint will do a warranty exchange for $35. I know, i had a photon and had to do this twice. The second time, i got a et4g.
But please dont go bricking a device just to get a replacement screen.

whoa whoa whoa, i hope thats for a bricked phone with no tep only, because ive had 6 or so cracked screens over the last 2-3 they've absolutely REFUSED to fix without going thru asuiron

jus1haz2 said:
See if there is a Sprint repair center nearby. Stop in and see what they say, sometimes they can swap screens from other phones they're sending back, as long as they're not "Damaged beyond Repair".
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I work for a tech center and thats not even a option cuz we would lose our asses off if we advanced exchanged a device with a broken screen
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jeffreykime said:
Does anyone have some recommendations on a good screen repair kit for me?
My 1 year old just scratched the screen up real good when I left my phone on our coffee table.
Its still usable but annoying to have scratches in it.
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i 2nd this. need to get rid of these scratches on my phones screen. i thought gorilla glass was scratch proof? LIES!

bluejee said:
i 2nd this. need to get rid of these scratches on my phones screen. i thought gorilla glass was scratch proof? LIES!
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Corning never claimed it was scratch proof. If that were the case there would be many lawsuits.
As quoted from their site:
" Gorilla Glass features exceptional damage resistance to the scratches, drops, and bumps of everyday use"

fabs109 said:
I work for a tech center and thats not even a option cuz we would lose our asses off if we advanced exchanged a device with a broken screen
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whoa take it easy... it is an definitley an option just not one that all tech centers will do there are plenty of techs who root and play with there devices as we do on here and they all seem to be a lil more sympathetic to our problems then there are the older techs who believe they went to school a billion years to make a phone work as the manifacture intended lol.
ok now for a useful helpful tip... If you have an mechanical skills and some patience you can get a screen off the web for a decent price and swap it yourself there are 3 screws on the mother board and I believe 3-4 lil plugs that you need to unplug but BE Careful as these are thin and the life of our device other than that its butter and to make it even easier they are actual philips head instead of some torqe bit or allen.
Well hope that helps and if you decide to do it and want a step let me know Ill shoot you some pics

quickquest88 said:
Its a $100 deductible if you have the TEP plan. If ypu have a bricked device and no insurance, sprint will do a warranty exchange for $35. I know, i had a photon and had to do this twice. The second time, i got a et4g.
But please dont go bricking a device just to get a replacement screen.
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wait, then if i don't have an insurance i can just pay 35 bucks at the sprint to replace it when insured guy have to pay 100 bucks deductible??? i'm lost here.

skyedream said:
wait, then if i don't have an insurance i can just pay 35 bucks at the sprint to replace it when insured guy have to pay 100 bucks deductible??? i'm lost here.
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This is very common confusion so let me clear it up for you:
Sprint repairs phones which have issues caused by manufacturing defects. The same things that Samsung (or whatever OEM) would cover in their device warranty. (e.g. the headphone jack stopped working for no reason. Really any failure that can in no way be attributed to the owner doing something to cause it). You cannot convince a repair tech that your screen has scratches on it due to a manufacturing defect - just not a reasonable thing unless you bought it the same day and show them the scratches before you left the store they will have to assume you scratched it.
Cost: Free if you have TEP or $35 if you don't have TEP.
Assurion covers phone replacement for ANY reason. (E.g. you spilled coffee on it, you bricked it with a bad flash, you lost it in a bar)
Cost: $100 (deductible)

Galaxy S3 Screen Replacement

Hello guys
I recently dropped my Galaxy S3 and cracked the screen. The actual screen is looking fine and I can still touch the crack and it responds fine what would I need to replace the screen.

http://www.amazon.com/Original-Genu...=8-14&keywords=i9300+digitizer&tag=gs3root-20
this is what some people say you need, along with a anywhere from 15-35 min of time depending on how thorough you wanna be with the glue
where as there are items like this on ebay http://www.ebay.com/itm/blue-Digiti...768?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item27c9354010

I seen at radio shack they can fix crack screens idk how long I just seen they have a f lyer out side saying they fix them just go to your local radio shack see whats up if not they will charge u like 200"to fix it 4 u
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The only way I was able to fix mine was to buy an lcd,digitizer and screen in one. Theyre all bonded together,you cant replace just the glass. Cost me 89.00 on ebay for part only

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sc2dave said:
The only way I was able to fix mine was to buy an lcd,digitizer and screen in one. Theyre all bonded together,you cant replace just the glass. Cost me 89.00 on ebay for part only
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Yeah the two parts are fused together. I read some stuff about cheap/fake gorrila glass units on ebay so I sent mine straight to Samsung for repair. Cost 180$ including shipping to and from. Even the "oem" screen digitizers cost 200–300 on Amazon or cell repair sites.

www.ifixit.com/Guide/Samsung-Galaxy-S3-Disassembly-Assembly/9413/1

toukhang said:
Yeah the two parts are fused together. I read some stuff about cheap/fake gorrila glass units on ebay so I sent mine straight to Samsung for repair. Cost 180$ including shipping to and from. Even the "oem" screen digitizers cost 200–300 on Amazon or cell repair sites.
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If you are close by, i can repair it for you. It's pretty easy. Just gotta buy the 88.00 part.

toukhang said:
Yeah the two parts are fused together. I read some stuff about cheap/fake gorrila glass units on ebay so I sent mine straight to Samsung for repair. Cost 180$ including shipping to and from. Even the "oem" screen digitizers cost 200–300 on Amazon or cell repair sites.
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Did you get yours back yet? I sent my phone in a few days ago. I just wanted to see how they did on the replacement.
Thanks,

samwilki said:
Hello guys
I recently dropped my Galaxy S3 and cracked the screen. The actual screen is looking fine and I can still touch the crack and it responds fine what would I need to replace the screen.
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Sorry to hear that. You can get part and fix it yourself. Save some buck or take it to bestbuy or radioshack.

I am also sending mine in for fixing. What I would like to know is if they will replace the metal frame that goes around the phone mine has a big dent from the fall I think its called the bezel? Anyone know if this gets replaced when samsaung fixes the screen.
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sc2dave said:
If you are close by, i can repair it for you. It's pretty easy. Just gotta buy the 88.00 part.
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Which item is that exactly?? I've done iphone screens, mytouch screens is this one similar?

I send my in before and all they do is send u a refurnish
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samwilki said:
Hello guys
I recently dropped my Galaxy S3 and cracked the screen. The actual screen is looking fine and I can still touch the crack and it responds fine what would I need to replace the screen.
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Dont pay anymore than $25 for a digitizer.

eggnoodle said:
Did you get yours back yet? I sent my phone in a few days ago. I just wanted to see how they did on the replacement.
Thanks,
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Yeah it took a good week. It looks and feels like brand new. They even replaced the button at the bottom. And about the comment of just getting good a refurbished one in return... Check your serial afterward. I got my original phone back. And to folks who offer to fix these my main concern is genuine oem parts. Some ppl have said after they fix there's the phone simply doesn't feel like it's oem state.

Dose anyone know if I can replace only the digitizer?? All the tutorials I see online is replacement of LCD and Digitizer..
Digitizers are $25 on ebay Digitizer and LCDs are over $200...
After further investigation I found out why you can't replace just the glass..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=es8gezSdKv4&feature=youtu.be

Samsung Galaxy S3 Screen Repair
Acutally there are several tutorials on just replacing the screen. It is a bit tedious and will require patience but is very doable. From all I see, the outer metal/chrome/etc frame is part of the digitizer is and will not be part of the screen only replacement. Screen assemblies alone are around $30 on Ebay

This might help: How to replace JUST the glass on a Galaxy SIII

sc2dave said:
The only way I was able to fix mine was to buy an lcd,digitizer and screen in one. Theyre all bonded together,you cant replace just the glass. Cost me 89.00 on ebay for part only
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link? I need one now.

the price for the replace screen is so expensive

YOU CANNOT JUST REPLACE THE GLASS OR JUST REPLACE THE LCD! THEY ARE FUSED TOGETHER!
IN ORDER TO UNFUSE THEM YOU NEED AN OVEN DESIGNED JUST FOR THAT DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DO IT ON YOUR OWN!
Buying just the glass is a scam and will not work!!!!!!!! YOU MUST BUY THE GLASS WITH THE LCD FUSED TO IT ALREADY!

Help Glass cracked. thinking about changing it

Ive never dropped a cellphone but today was that day. I had bought an invisible shield to put it on today when i got home. Right when i got home i put the phone in my pocket but it had it had hole. BAM. it dropped down my leg and hit the concrete face down. It shattered the digitizer but the lcd is intact. My question was, would i be able to buy a digitizer and change it without having to pay 180 for a new digitizer/lcd ? any help would be appreciated.
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I'm fairly sure I've read that the digitizer is fused with the screen.

Yeah there's no way going around it. They're glued together as one piece.

FFFFFFFUUUUUUUU dammit
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I spoke to some rep from samsung yesterday on my phone and they said it would be 179.99 to fix it. But my question is, do i have to include the lcd ? Because my lcd isnt broke and they sell the glass on ebay for 20 bucks. I would rather try and fix it myself and break it, THEN send it to samsung if i cant fix it instead of paying 180 bucks for just some glass since my lcd is not broken and have them rip me off because they will def reuse my lcd and win anyways.

kobe4rings said:
I spoke to some rep from samsung yesterday on my phone and they said it would be 179.99 to fix it. But my question is, do i have to include the lcd ? Because my lcd isnt broke and they sell the glass on ebay for 20 bucks. I would rather try and fix it myself and break it, THEN send it to samsung if i cant fix it instead of paying 180 bucks for just some glass since my lcd is not broken and have them rip me off because they will def reuse my lcd and win anyways.
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It's been answered.. if you want to do it yourself you're going to end up breaking your LCD and need to buy the part or send it to Samsung anyways. There is no way around it.

There is a video on YouTube with somebody changing only the glass. Check on YouTube so you will have an idea about how to do it and if you will be able.
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I dont believe they are "fused" together. from my history in repairing phones, there is just a small sliver of double sided tape holding the digitizer to the LCD screen. and all you need to do is use a plastic seperating tool to slowly seperate the two. Also, use a good hot hair dryer to help melt away the adhesive. good luck!

Go to a hardware store and pick up a heat gun. Take the phone completely apart, take out all the electronics. Heat the screen evenly and slowly start pulling the screen up little by little while hitting it with the heat gun.
Take your time and don't rush. It can be done but it's not easy and can damage the LCD.
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If you do this HEAT the **** out of the LCD and digitizer. It will be very hard to separate the two. Please take pictures and tell us you're approach to help other S3 users.
I had a long ass post written but now it's gone. boo.
anyways. Here's something to consider as to why you can't separate it. If you believe there's a way to get around it then good luck.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=es8gezSdKv4&feature=youtu.be

Cracked Screen.

Hello all,
A few hours back i cracked my note 2's screen as i fell from the stairs.
Can someone tell me the exact price in INR for its replacement? The touch works fine. Thanks :'(
I need to get it done tomorrow.

From what ive researched and I havent done alot... its about £130 for the glass + digitzer...
You cant just replace the glass as the digitzer is glued to the screen.
My advice... claim insurance if you have it covered
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well you absolutely can change the screen without the Digitizer. I watched a friend change his cracked screen following a YouTube video.. it costed him 9 $ from aliexpress.. a cheap chinese website
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DeepankarS said:
Hello all,
A few hours back i cracked my note 2's screen as i fell from the stairs.
Can someone tell me the exact price in INR for its replacement? The touch works fine. Thanks :'(
I need to get it done tomorrow.
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Go to the link in my signature, you'll see the price and the tutorials for replacing the glass piece only.
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I got mine replaced last week
DeepankarS said:
Hello all,
A few hours back i cracked my note 2's screen as i fell from the stairs.
Can someone tell me the exact price in INR for its replacement? The touch works fine. Thanks :'(
I need to get it done tomorrow.
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Well, I got mine replaced at a Samsung Service Center in Bangalore, India a fortnight ago. Samsung charged me 6,850 INR (around 115 USD) for it. One thing to remember is that they replace the glass and the digitizer as well.
Call up a service center nearest to you, and check with them if they have the digitizer+glass with them. I was lucky as the one they used on my phone was the last one in their inventory, and they fixed it in 2 hours. If they don't, it takes a day or two for them to get the screen (digitizer and the glass) from Samsung.
I had cracked my old HTC Incredible S's screen too. But Note II's screen seems a lot more fragile than the HTC's, and I never bothered about fixing it myself: it is a difficult thing to get these parts in India, and to get genuine parts in good condtion (the courier/shipping folks are very adept at breaking even an mp3 player's screen!) is almost next to impossible.
Good luck!

lesalloum said:
well you absolutely can change the screen without the Digitizer. I watched a friend change his cracked screen following a YouTube video.. it costed him 9 $ from aliexpress.. a cheap chinese website
Don't go for that.... ended up in trash at the end of the day.
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Got it changed. Costed me around Rs. 6900.
Yeah..changed the screen and the digitizer as well
Now the screen works better.
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DeepankarS said:
Got it changed. Costed me around Rs. 6900.
Yeah..changed the screen and the digitizer as well
Now the screen works better.
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Glad you did from Service center ,
It Cos-ted 6,400 for replacing the Glass and Digitizer where in the service center don't have the option to replace only glass they denied to change only glass as only glass was cracked but functionality was perfect so had to change both from BANGALORE SERVICE CENTER.

aukhan said:
Glad you did from Service center ,
It Cos-ted 6,400 for replacing the Glass and Digitizer where in the service center don't have the option to replace only glass they denied to change only glass as only glass was cracked but functionality was perfect so had to change both from BANGALORE SERVICE CENTER.
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The service center folks get the complete set (digitizer and the glass) from Samsung when they place an order for a screen. I guess it is Samsung's way of getting a little extra from its customers. And it was the same with HTC as well.

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

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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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