How would I go about finding out what's cracked on my phone? If I'm correct there's a digitizer, touch screen and the glass.
The top is cracked, but how would I go about finding out if the pieces under are cracked without opening the phone?
Just want to double check before buying anything.
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How would I go about finding out what's cracked on my phone? If I'm correct there's a digitizer, touch screen and the glass.
The top is cracked, but how would I go about finding out if the pieces under are cracked without opening the phone?
Just want to double check before buying anything.
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If the screen still responds to touch and there aren't any dead pixels, then its just the glass itself. Basically if everything looks and works as it should, then the only thing damaged (in your case) is the glass.
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Da Kine said:
If the screen still responds to touch and there aren't any dead pixels, then its just the glass itself. Basically if everything looks and works as it should, then the only thing damaged (in your case) is the glass.
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Wonderful, I just have a broken glass then!
Thanks for the help dude!
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Wonderful, I just have a broken glass then!
Thanks for the help dude!
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You'd be better off buying the digitizer and LCD pre-fused together to save you the effort of trying to get them apart with a heat gun
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last week my mobiles touch glass was broke its call gorilla glass(in samsung gtt i5801).its not available in local market but i m not going in service center bccoz time problem.
so any one tell me the price.
I think you better go to a proper samsung service center.
Edit: I don't think our fone has gorilla glass.
You don't even know anything about your phone and you think you can fix it on your own?
Shree_Jamdar said:
I think you better go to a proper samsung service center.
Edit: I don't think our fone has gorilla glass.
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I am sure it doesn't have gorilla glass
wth... our phone doesn't have gorilla glass.. read the specs at gsmarena.com before you post. gorilla glass doesn't pick up scratches!
No gorilla for us
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lol!!! Gorilla glass is a super protected glass which is unscratchable( scratch able with a screwdriver and any other hard material)......
kabirsaini2011 said:
lol!!! Gorilla glass is a super protected glass which is unscratchable ......
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Not unscratchable. It pickes up crazy scratches with a screwdriver but not with keys or anything like that.
Anyway does any1 know
the price of Touch Glass for our g3 in India?????
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Fakso said:
Anyway does any1 know
the price of Touch Glass for our g3 in India?????
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^Approx Rs.2k, but you may also get it for around Rs.1.5k using your bargaining skills.
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Anyway does any1 know
the price of Touch Glass for our g3 in India?????
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There is no gorrila glass for our screen! Check GSM arena for all the info of our phones screen!
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maybe not need to fix it ,just buy a new one ,others phone,like i9100
youlingyo said:
maybe not need to fix it ,just buy a new one ,others phone,like i9100
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Sure but get into your head that our phone does not have gorilla glass
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guys, if i buy a chunk of gorilla glass, can i cut it so it fits the phone? i have the steady hand and good precision, im asking if it work or not. and how much would a chunk of gorilla glass cost?
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^Approx Rs.2k, but you may also get it for around Rs.1.5k using your bargaining skills.
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nice cellphone cover,,
have u brought from mmystyle.co.in
PersianSphinx said:
guys, if i buy a chunk of gorilla glass, can i cut it so it fits the phone? i have the steady hand and good precision, im asking if it work or not. and how much would a chunk of gorilla glass cost?
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I think it would be possible.but you would need to remove digitizer without damaging it,then remove upper glass,fit the gorilla glass then put the digitizer back.the upper glass has nothing to do with the digitizer unless they are completely glued together.and it would be really hard,or maybie impossible if you have a gt-i5801,because there are no hard buttons,and touch buttons are in one piece with the glass.
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the "upper glass" is the digitizer
tomsi191 said:
the "upper glass" is the digitizer
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No,digitizer is behind the glass.
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and from what you do decide that this glass is officially available for our phone? phone is taken out of production ...
kipariss said:
and from what you do decide that this glass is officially available for our phone? phone is taken out of production ...
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Not oficcaly.home made.
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So I have this black dot on my screen and I know it's not a dead pixel, which makes me believe that it is a speck of dust or some other foreign particle caught between the glass and display. And so, my question is whther or not it would be easy to remove the glass so that I can clean this thing up?
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Is this any good to you.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WqajUcI_oU[/url]
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20492574#post20492574
If I remember correctly, the screen is permanently fixed to the frontal glass. But I might be wrong.
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If I remember correctly, the screen is permanently fixed to the frontal glass. But I might be wrong.
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iFixit has confirmed that the glass is bonded to the display and frame which is bad news for me because all I literally have to do is take it off and wipe the speck off. Thanks for your guys help though. I guess I shall be employing dark themes to mask the problem for now.
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I dropped my phone yesterday accidentally and now it's cracked St the bottom of the screen..
It really looks ugly and I'm looking for a screen replacement for how much do you think it's a good price for the screen? Is it safe?
How much do you think it's the price of my phone now that the screen its cracked?
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Like 200$ for the lcd + glass. Or like 15$ for just the glass, its hard to replace but manageable.
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ayeitschris said:
Like 200$ for the lcd + glass. Or like 15$ for just the glass, its hard to replace but manageable.
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Is there stores where they can replace just the screen for a reasonable payment?
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Is there stores where they can replace just the screen for a reasonable payment?
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Depends on where you live. Some towns have little phone repair centers.
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I work at a cell phone repair store. We charge like 275 for the repair and a good quality part will run like 225. I have fixed like 30 gs3s so far and I am going to warn you now..... Do not attempt to just replace the glass. I you will just be wasting your time. To the guy that said it is manageable, until you try it yourself, please don't give advice like that out. It very much is not manageable to do. But if you have any experience repairing phones, just order the screen plus lcd yourself and do it. It is very easy on the gs3
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Same issue here, one drop with a case on and glass looks like ****. Dropped my sgs2 touch many times before a hard crack ever happened and now im coughing up 150 to replace. Wtf.
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Here's a video on how to replace just the glass for $15. Looks like a ***** to do but saves you a ton of money.
Edit: Forgot to add link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1904554
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Is there stores where they can replace just the screen for a reasonable payment?
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Depending where your at I would google search repair centers and call around for the best price. If that doesn't work perhaps Craigslist? I met a really cool tech guy off there and he works on mainly iphones but knows a lot about android devices as well.
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I work at a cell phone repair store. We charge like 275 for the repair and a good quality part will run like 225. I have fixed like 30 gs3s so far and I am going to warn you now..... Do not attempt to just replace the glass. I you will just be wasting your time. To the guy that said it is manageable, until you try it yourself, please don't give advice like that out. It very much is not manageable to do. But if you have any experience repairing phones, just order the screen plus lcd yourself and do it. It is very easy on the gs3
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Plenty of people, including myself have replaced just the glass with great success. If you arent a mechanical type person, then no, i would not attempt it, but its not impossible.
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If you feel confident enough you can replace the screen yourself. Here is a very good guide on youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_70-W9JjVjg&feature=youtube_gdata_player
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUyI74c0DhE&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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How bad is your crack? Mine was at the bottom corner
https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/s720x720/386262_10151093476528557_832449593_n.jpg
I bought a glass screen protector and it hides most of it , It doesn't even bother me anymore
http://i48.tinypic.com/fv9pp0.jpg
http://i46.tinypic.com/e7koat.jpg
Quite a few ppl have replaced just the glass here on xda..
If my glass was broken I'd try to fix it.. If I screw up I'd have to replace the entire thing anyway so might as well try to fix it for 15 first.
Or am I missing something?
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hypertek said:
How bad is your crack? Mine was at the bottom corner
https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/s720x720/386262_10151093476528557_832449593_n.jpg
I bought a glass screen protector and it hides most of it , It doesn't even bother me anymore
http://i48.tinypic.com/fv9pp0.jpg
http://i46.tinypic.com/e7koat.jpg
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whoa it cracked even with the otterbox?
hypertek said:
How bad is your crack? Mine was at the bottom corner
https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/s720x720/386262_10151093476528557_832449593_n.jpg
I bought a glass screen protector and it hides most of it , It doesn't even bother me anymore
http://i48.tinypic.com/fv9pp0.jpg
http://i46.tinypic.com/e7koat.jpg
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Mine its broken something similar to yours, but I'm really disappointed with this s3 quality..
I dropped it seated on my car in soft ground and it hit with the bottom right corner and welcome cracked screen, it divided like in 7 parts, one like 80% of the creen and the other 6 about the same size
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Mine its broken something similar to yours, but I'm really disappointed with this s3 quality..
I dropped it seated on my car in soft ground and it hit with the bottom right corner and welcome cracked screen, it divided like in 7 parts, one like 80% of the creen and the other 6 about the same size
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It isn't about the quality, the screen is curved in the edges so it becomes extremely weak there, one unlucky corner drop that avoids the plastic bezel and hits the screen and welcome cracks.
Now i dropped mine many times and found that the phone drops on it's back most of the time and survives, but i almost broke it when it dropped on the side, luckily it hit the bezel and there was no damage, not even a scratch/bend.
So yep.. luck.
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It isn't about the quality, the screen is curved in the edges so it becomes extremely weak there, one unlucky corner drop that avoids the plastic bezel and hits the screen and welcome cracks.
Now i dropped mine many times and found that the phone drops on it's back most of the time and survives, but i almost broke it when it dropped on the side, luckily it hit the bezel and there was no damage, not even a scratch/bend.
So yep.. luck.
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+ 1 on that.
if you have a proper case it'll decrease the chance...but yea with an unprotected phone it comes down to luck really. takes that one spot to crack your screen.
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I dropped my phone yesterday accidentally and now it's cracked St the bottom of the screen..
It really looks ugly and I'm looking for a screen replacement for how much do you think it's a good price for the screen? Is it safe?
How much do you think it's the price of my phone now that the screen its cracked?
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There are plenty of threads on this already. Should this be in QA forum............yes it should!!!!!!! Instead of trashing the accessories forum try looking for a answer elsewhere.
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Anyone know of a legit place to get a replacement front glass for gnex. My digitizer is fine so I don't need that. I've never done this before, just looking for someone to point me in the right direction.
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hev88 said:
Anyone know of a legit place to get a replacement front glass for gnex. My digitizer is fine so I don't need that. I've never done this before, just looking for someone to point me in the right direction.
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Here you go.
http://www.parts4repair.com/samsung-galaxy-nexus/
hev88 said:
Anyone know of a legit place to get a replacement front glass for gnex. My digitizer is fine so I don't need that. I've never done this before, just looking for someone to point me in the right direction.
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can you post the pics of the phone
$17.90 for front glass, not bad. I have a surface scratch on mine that has been bugging me, might be cheap enough to be worth the trouble. Has anybody had any experience ordering from that website? Is there any instructions included on how to replace the items or is that something that you just have to find on your own?
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can you post the pics of the phone
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I will when I get home... At work rightnow
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Any luck with this? Looking to do the same with my i515 gnex, does anyone happen to know if the glass cutouts for the two versions are the same?
From what I read, its strongly recommend to replace the whole unit(screen, digitizer, and glass) because its a huge pain to get glass off if you are lucky enough to do so.
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From what I read, its strongly recommend to replace the whole unit(screen, digitizer, and glass) because its a huge pain to get glass off if you are lucky enough to do so.
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I know its tricky, but i've done it before(heat is my friend). Once you do it once it actually isn't bad especially because the nexus has the slight lip around the screen which helps you big time with positioning the glass. I'm just confused if the two glass cutouts are the same or not.
So I still have broken glass that is finally starting to fall out whilst the cracks have gotten larger, no thanks to my two year old who loves to throw toys.
Has anyone seen the glass replacement, not the digitizer, last long term?
I'm trying to hold out until October but concerned that I'm going to lose the screen entirely soon.
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My phone has EXACTLY the same crack pattern!! And I know how bad it feels.
Is this some design issue with the GNex stress points?
I asked the Samsung Care Center and they asked around $185 for the replacement (glass and digitizer)
That is more than half of the phone cost. :crying:
(Edit: They said as the front glass, the digitizer and the lcd are glued together, it is impossible to get a seperate glass replacement)
Luckily I had a screen guard on so the glass pieces are not falling apart yet.
You can get the glass and ask a trustworthy maintenance guy for helping replace it.
I haven't tried yet. But might try soon. :fingers-crossed:
Can someone tell me the link of the adhesive that you have bought on eBay or amazon??
despotars said:
Can someone tell me the link of the adhesive that you have bought on eBay or amazon??
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Here is what I have been using for replacing the glass on the S3.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...iveASIN=B004WIQW3U&linkCode=as2&tag=mymmne-20
I had my glass replaced and now if I press hard enough then the glass touches the digitizer and locks up the screen until the powered button is pressed and screen turned back on. Is there a step I am missing on the new glass install?
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You have to get the locus glue to put between the screen and the glass.
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Is that a liquid or a precut gel type adhesive?
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Did you do it yourself or pay someone to do it for you?
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Myself. Why? Is that my first problem?
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The adhesive should cover the entire glass plate...Not just the edges. ..
The issue you are having is the result of air space between the plate and digitizer. ..
You may want to have it done again. ..using the proper adhesive. ..
And although changing broken glass is a doable project. ..it really should be done by a professional if possible. ..imho...g
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I have the LOCA on the way. Any tips? Cover the entire non viewable parts of the glass?
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The adhesive should cover the entire glass plate...Not just the edges. ..
The issue you are having is the result of air space between the plate and digitizer. ..
You may want to have it done again. ..using the proper adhesive. ..
And although changing broken glass is a doable project. ..it really should be done by a professional if possible. ..imho...g
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I will be having a pro do it this time.
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yankeesfan714 said:
I had my glass replaced and now if I press hard enough then the glass touches the digitizer and locks up the screen until the powered button is pressed and screen turned back on. Is there a step I am missing on the new glass install?
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I have the same issue. I just got my glass replaced by a repair shop and it touches right in the middle of the screen if I push more than gently. It was really apparent initially, but after a few hours it stopped, even if I pushed harder than normal (not more than would be expected by average use though). However, once I put it back in my jeans pocket this morning it started touching over a larger area, and still hasn't gone away. I told the shop I'd like to bring it back in once they have more screens in stock (I got the last one).
They said they'd done two Note 2s earlier that day, so I assume they know what they're doing. Is it possible to cause permanent damage if I use my phone like this for the next few days?
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I have the same issue. I just got my glass replaced by a repair shop and it touches right in the middle of the screen if I push more than gently. It was really apparent initially, but after a few hours it stopped, even if I pushed harder than normal (not more than would be expected by average use though). However, once I put it back in my jeans pocket this morning it started touching over a larger area, and still hasn't gone away. I told the shop I'd like to bring it back in once they have more screens in stock (I got the last one).
They said they'd done two Note 2s earlier that day, so I assume they know what they're doing. Is it possible to cause permanent damage if I use my phone like this for the next few days?
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Did they use the appropriate adhesive or tape?
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Did they use the appropriate adhesive or tape?
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I don't know. What should they have used? I'll ask what they used when I go back in to get it fixed. Do you know why/how it's happening?
I just replaced the glass on a note 2 and the soft keys and home button arent working, do they have to be stuck to the glass? Everything else is working great like i said its just the bottom keys. Thats guys for any help!
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