Hey guys, so rather then explain this all in detail, ill try my best to explain this in shorter words.
My metal frame going around the phone is cracked and I also have a crack on the screen. I can change the glass no problem, but here is the stipulation.
All the times I have seen the screen being seperated from the frame itself (not the glass), the digitizer has been mangled off in pieces. Along with that, I have a white GS3, but if I was going to exchange the middle plate and glass, I wanted to make it black. So here is my questions that are most likely simple but I wanted to ask.
- Can you separate the screen/ digitizer withOUT damaging the digitizer? The screen/digitizer is still perfect and would like to reuse it in another housing.
- For what im trying to do, would this work?
Code:
www . sw-box . com/Middle-Frame-Bezel-Middle-Plate-And-Back-Cover-For-Samsung-Galaxy-S3-i9300-Black.html
(im not trying to spam or advertise, sorry about this code/link)
My end goal is to use my current screen in a new housing to make my white GS3 a Black GS3 using the materials in the link.
Any point in the right direction would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks guys!
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Hey People,
I had recently brought htc touch hd and simply loved it but i had been putting the same in my pocket without the cover leading to many scratches on the top touch screen. I am looking for a replacement but i really dont know, do i need to change the housing or is it the digitizer or the face plate..i am confused..
With my limited searching skills, if i look for housing, it shows the external body but not sure if its includes the top glass that is scratched. If i look for digitizer, it is the complete touch screen mechanism..does this need to be changed or their is the top glass/film which comes on top of this.. or is it called faceplate.. it would be real helpful if some can give me the link to this top glass/cover or film whatever it is called..
P.S :- My touch screen works absolutely fine and so is the display.
Nishant said:
Hey People,
I had recently brought htc touch hd and simply loved it but i had been putting the same in my pocket without the cover leading to many scratches on the top touch screen. I am looking for a replacement but i really dont know, do i need to change the housing or is it the digitizer or the face plate..i am confused..
With my limited searching skills, if i look for housing, it shows the external body but not sure if its includes the top glass that is scratched. If i look for digitizer, it is the complete touch screen mechanism..does this need to be changed or their is the top glass/film which comes on top of this.. or is it called faceplate.. it would be real helpful if some can give me the link to this top glass/cover or film whatever it is called..
P.S :- My touch screen works absolutely fine and so is the display.
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Have you searched on ebay, i always get all my PDA parts there...
As above
i know where to get them but i don't which part is it? Digitizer or Faceplate or Housing?
Hi,
I broke my screen glass and the touch-screen (digitizer?) works just fine, as well as the LCD panel.
I would like to (try to) replace the glass, but I am in a kind of the same dilema as you.
I think the digitizer is touch-receiver + GLASS (not just the thin film).
Can you (or anyone else) confirm this?
Thanks,
cheers,
Nenad
Nishant said:
i know where to get them but i don't which part is it? Digitizer or Faceplate or Housing?
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The part you want is the digitizer, that the part you touch with your stylus, the lcd screen sits underneath this, they are glued together and are hard to seperate, buying just the digitizer can lead to many problems, its better to buy an lcd screen and digitizer allready together then just replace the whole thing
Hi all
my elfin fell from quite a high place, and the four casings into which the small screws visible when you take off the back cover are broken...meaning the front casing is loose too.
do you know where I can find a front cover (I don't really need the back but I'm okay with buying both)... but before that I was thinking maybe someone could have bricked their elf or had an unusable device but with a front cover that's ok...
thanks in advance for your help !
Plenty of covers in a selection of colors on eBay, I suggest you try to find one there. Not that expensive and you can buy a digitizer to match the color.
hi
thnx for your answer . what's a digitizer?
ptitrusse said:
hi
thnx for your answer . what's a digitizer?
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Digitizer is the outer screen cover attached to the faceplate that is responsible for touch function, the one you use your finger or stylus on. It's sold separately and is fairly easy to replace in cases when the touch function is lost or the digitizer is broken. You can get one to match the color of the housing for a complete look. Just look on eBay and you'll see what I mean.
oh... does that mean that the part responsible for touch function is actually stuck to the front casing and not to the screen itself? I hadn't thought about that... meaning I cannot jut change the front cover, I would have to replace this as well...
[edit] is it possible to use the one from my phone? cause it's working fine after all... I'm looking at it and I don't really know how to take it off...
ptitrusse said:
oh... does that mean that the part responsible for touch function is actually stuck to the front casing and not to the screen itself? I hadn't thought about that... meaning I cannot jut change the front cover, I would have to replace this as well...
[edit] is it possible to use the one from my phone? cause it's working fine after all... I'm looking at it and I don't really know how to take it off...
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The digitizer is attached to the housing and in your case needs to be pried off before being used again and re-attached to the new housing. The digitizers are fairly cheap (the reason I don't bother with screen protector), so you will get unscratched and new one that you will have to attach to the new housing. My recommendation would be to buy a new housing and a matching digitizer.
Hi
thnx again for your help. I have one more question. Is the digitizer stuck to the screen or is it the actual hard plastic screen?
I find it's actually fairly expensive. When you add up the housing + the digitizer + the shipping costs it adds up to quite a lot..
[edit] Ok I think I finally got it now.
what do you think of this product ?
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I recently replaced my back housing and when I was trying to pry the housing out, I pryed the digitizer instead and pushed the glue inwards creating the air bubble shown in the picture. It's not really a big deal but it's one of those little things that really get to you.
Is it possible to do something with this? Is the digitizer statically attached to the LCD panel, if so I believe there's the possibility of removing the glue and pushing the air out. I want to verify this before doing anything else to make sure that I won't do further damage (or add more air bubbles) to the device.
I would greatly appreciate the help.
Previous lurker by the way.
anyone?
I recently bought a galaxy s3 off ebay that just needed a glass screen repair. Having done several of these with other models I thought no biggie ill ju st change out the digitizer and have a heck of a deal lol until I started looking into how the phone was made and the screens being fused together like they are. I followed a youtube video and heated the screen with a hairdryer and proceeded to try and carefully tried to remove the outer glass without harming the digitizer or lcd screens fused behind it. Unfortunately when I removed the glass screen the digitizer came with it. I thought id ripped the digitizer's flex cable til I read this phones digitizer doesnt connect that way. It didnt crack the lcd screen in any way tho, so Im pretty sure I can just clean the lcd rly well and make sure all the adhesive and glass is cleaned off and use new 3m adhesive to install a new digitizer then the glass screen over it.
The only thing im questionable about is a thin brown ribbon/wire that was pulled out of its original place iand tore a little while doimg this removal. Some of the adhesive from the factory apparently stuck to it while I was heating the glass and attatched itself to the digitizer somewhat or enough to work its way out and initially tear as I was pulling the glass off. Its not the buttons or the small cable that attatches them but it is right beside them. Can anyone with some experience working on these galaxy 3s please tell me what this hooks up, controls, or what other replacement part I would have to buy that would have this ribbon included in it? Or with this ribbon being the way it is, am I going to have to buy the lcd,digitizer, &glass screen replacement that comes preassembled? I know its not the lcd flex cable amd doesnt go to the digitizer so im at a loss.
Im attatching pics so u will know what im referring to. Thanks for any help its greatly appreciated.
Pics after screen removal.
That's why I paid more and got the LCD+Digitizer. Cost more but made it a million times faster.
Sent from my Freeza MD4 Stock Rooted Galaxy S3
Yeah i understand i was just tryin to save a few. I can still do that and not lose but 10 bucks so notjhing hurt if i cant find a solution to this or just make double certain that ribbon being the way it is in the pic isnt going to hurt anything.
rbroyles528 said:
I recently bought a galaxy s3 off ebay that just needed a glass screen repair. Having done several of these with other models I thought no biggie ill ju st change out the digitizer and have a heck of a deal lol until I started looking into how the phone was made and the screens being fused together like they are. I followed a youtube video and heated the screen with a hairdryer and proceeded to try and carefully tried to remove the outer glass without harming the digitizer or lcd screens fused behind it. Unfortunately when I removed the glass screen the digitizer came with it. I thought id ripped the digitizer's flex cable til I read this phones digitizer doesnt connect that way. It didnt crack the lcd screen in any way tho, so Im pretty sure I can just clean the lcd rly well and make sure all the adhesive and glass is cleaned off and use new 3m adhesive to install a new digitizer then the glass screen over it.
The only thing im questionable about is a thin brown ribbon/wire that was pulled out of its original place iand tore a little while doimg this removal. Some of the adhesive from the factory apparently stuck to it while I was heating the glass and attatched itself to the digitizer somewhat or enough to work its way out and initially tear as I was pulling the glass off. Its not the buttons or the small cable that attatches them but it is right beside them. Can anyone with some experience working on these galaxy 3s please tell me what this hooks up, controls, or what other replacement part I would have to buy that would have this ribbon included in it? Or with this ribbon being the way it is, am I going to have to buy the lcd,digitizer, &glass screen replacement that comes preassembled? I know its not the lcd flex cable amd doesnt go to the digitizer so im at a loss.
Im attatching pics so u will know what im referring to. Thanks for any help its greatly appreciated.
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I'd go check out this thread and ask some of these guys. A lot of them seem to have attempted repairs already, and many of them have had to troubleshoot different issues. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1890708&page=78
Hello guys
So I have been researching recently and there are a lot of people who replace their screens and I saw hints of people replacing the chrome trim/frame around the S2.
But I had the Idea of removing the original frame (the chrome thing) and painting it. Just for personal purposes.
All I want is some thoughts, advice and maybe some help.
Can the frame be removed on its own?
Will glue be needed to put it back?
What tools do I need?
I have a white international model in case that gives you an idea.
Originally thought If I could remove the frame, sand it back, and 2 light coats and a light clear.
May not be the exact place to post this but was not sure where to post it, so if I am wrong please excuse me. Any help and or thoughts is welcome.
Cheers.