Unfortunately I dropped my phone yesterday and I think I broke either the digitizer or lcd or both. Funny thing is the screen didn't break at all. No damage on the outside, but you can see what appears to be some lines (possibly black) under the screen. You used to be able to see the screen (had a lot of distorted colors and lines) and I'd be able to plug in a mouse (unresponsive touch screen) and still use my phone, but just recently my screen won't even turn back on. Did I end up breaking my digitizer and/or lcd? I can confirm that the phone still powers on since I am able to use it via voice commands. I was wondering if any of you had any suggestions? I was going to attempt to repair it, but if it costs me $100+ I may as well just buy a new phone, thinking nexus 5. Anyway, is there anything else I can try?
Thanks
If you broke the LCD and want to replace your self you can buy a kit from Amazon or eBay. They usually have some kits for around $10-$20 if you don't want to pay $100+ for someone then going for a new phone would be a better choice
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Really? I've seen kits going for $100 at the very least. Maybe it was the lcd plus digitizer? How do I find out if my lcd and digitizer are broke or if it's just one of them?
xSharpi said:
If you broke the LCD and want to replace your self you can buy a kit from Amazon or eBay. They usually have some kits for around $10-$20 if you don't want to pay $100+ for someone then going for a new phone would be a better choice
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If the phone wasn't responding to touches when you were able to see the screen after the drop your digitizer is fubar.
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If the phone wasn't responding to touches when you were able to see the screen after the drop your digitizer is fubar.
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Ok thanks. Guess it's time to get a new phone.
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A friend gave me a (seemingly working - it vibrates when you press the power button) HTC G2, apart from the screen; the previous owner dropped the phone, left a crack diagonally down the screen, and it remains blank when powered on.
Anyway, I already have a G2 and a Nexus, and don't really have a use for it, so I wouldn't mind selling it, but if I can replace the screen and get it fully working I'm sure it would sell for more. Any idea how much a screen replacement for it should cost? I have quite a few cell phone repair shops in my area, but no idea if all of them charge a lot more than they should for it or something (and I can just go a little out of my way to save a lot or something).
not sure how much it would cost to have someone else fix your phone but parts are cheap and fairly easy to replace. if you have a g2 that's fully working you may want to use it to test what needs replaceing on the broken one. it sounds like you need a digitizer about $20 on ebay and then either a lcd or flex cable. lcd is about $25 and flex about $35. I would start out by swapping the lcd from the good to the bad and see if it lights up, if not you would have to buy the flex. there are video walk throughs on you tube how to do this
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Call the shops and ask. I got my water damaged g2 fixed for 70. Including parts, labor, and a new battery
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Hello guys
I recently dropped my Galaxy S3 and cracked the screen. The actual screen is looking fine and I can still touch the crack and it responds fine what would I need to replace the screen.
http://www.amazon.com/Original-Genu...=8-14&keywords=i9300+digitizer&tag=gs3root-20
this is what some people say you need, along with a anywhere from 15-35 min of time depending on how thorough you wanna be with the glue
where as there are items like this on ebay http://www.ebay.com/itm/blue-Digiti...768?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item27c9354010
I seen at radio shack they can fix crack screens idk how long I just seen they have a f lyer out side saying they fix them just go to your local radio shack see whats up if not they will charge u like 200"to fix it 4 u
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The only way I was able to fix mine was to buy an lcd,digitizer and screen in one. Theyre all bonded together,you cant replace just the glass. Cost me 89.00 on ebay for part only
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sc2dave said:
The only way I was able to fix mine was to buy an lcd,digitizer and screen in one. Theyre all bonded together,you cant replace just the glass. Cost me 89.00 on ebay for part only
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Yeah the two parts are fused together. I read some stuff about cheap/fake gorrila glass units on ebay so I sent mine straight to Samsung for repair. Cost 180$ 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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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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.
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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.
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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
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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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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!
Title says most of it, the inevitable drop happened onto the tiles of my bathroom and the screen blacked out. There are still a few live pixels but most is black. The screen itself isnt cracked and im pretty sure it landed on one of the corners. I just wondered, is this something I can fix by replacing the screen, or is the phone ruined?
There aint any rattling either if I shake the phone around.
I am not very sure but i think Samsung could repair it but you'll have to pay quite a lot money. You could ask the support
Yes, you can probably replace it yourself. The reason for the screen being all black is that you have cracked the LCD and the black is the liquid. You may have damaged something else as well, but phones are normally fairly resilient to being dropped, apart from LCD and touch screen components.
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Yes, you can probably replace it yourself. The reason for the screen being all black is that you have cracked the LCD and the black is the liquid. You may have damaged something else as well, but phones are normally fairly resilient to being dropped, apart from LCD and touch screen components.
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Got any price ideas?
Already ordered a nexus4 though. The s3 was abit to big, but would like to be able to sell it, and restore the data I had on it.
leiros said:
Got any price ideas?
Already ordered a nexus4 though. The s3 was abit to big, but would like to be able to sell it, and restore the data I had on it.
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Look on eBay, but don't buy the cheapest available as they tend to be a bit dodgy. If you had USB Debugging enabled then you should still be able to recover the data anyway.
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SimonTS said:
Look on eBay, but don't buy the cheapest available as they tend to be a bit dodgy. If you had USB Debugging enabled then you should still be able to recover the data anyway.
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Im actually not sure, because I think I disabled a few weeks ago after not having flashed for a while.. Looks like I got a day of work ahead of me.
I cant really log into the phone, but is it possible to dump the internal memory via adb?
You can try. Even tjough you can't see it, try booting to recovery, then adb shell in and get what you need.
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During my daily walk last week, I was obviously sweating so badly that while talking it ended up getting sweat down thru the headphone jack. The bootanimation sounds, keypad tones for emergency dialer also. A faint purple tint can be seen while screen is in the "on" position but no graphics whatsoever. Is this the digitizer? If so, any other parts I should expect to go bad along with it? How complex is the swap out?
The moisture is just a theory based on the timing that the screen decided to stop working.
thanks in advance
It's not the digitizer buy I know what you mean, try pressing and sorta move the screen so it can come back, or replace the LCD, this phone is easy to take apart trust me
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MoonMaster345 said:
It's not the digitizer buy I know what you mean, try pressing and sorta move the screen so it can come back, or replace the LCD, this phone is easy to take apart trust me
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i have wiggled, pushed on, banged on, cursed at and anything else imaginable to attempt to get the screen back on. so this is a lcd issue and not digitizer? need to fix this device for the wife, so she will have something new to lose.
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i have wiggled, pushed on, banged on, cursed at and anything else imaginable to attempt to get the screen back on. so this is a lcd issue and not digitizer? need to fix this device for the wife, so she will have something new to lose.
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Just try all of the above on the wife. In the end it might work out better. Lol. Sorry. I've seen digitizers with LCD on eBay like $10 with free shipping. Honestly if you're replacing one you're right there on the other one.
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I have an LS970 and I recently dropped it pretty hard onto a desk. The bottom quarter of the screen stopped working after the drop along with the capacitive touch buttons at the bottom. I was able to deal with this but today when I sat on the couch my phone fell again and a crack went down the middle of the digitizer. Now only some areas work and I am not able to unlock it. Before I buy a new digitizer and lcd I want to know if it could have also been main board issues that made the bottom part of the screen not work since no cracks appeared after dropping it on a desk. Thanks
I am about 99% sure its ya digitizer/LCD ... The main bored is tucked well in the middle of the phone ....I have pictures up on the sim card mod thread if u wanna c ...
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Alright thanks. I'll go ahead and order a new lcd/digitizer tonight. I hate how they're combined as my lcd is fine but I'd rather fix it than buy another phone.
Thanks again.
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I am about 99% sure its ya digitizer/LCD ... The main bored is tucked well in the middle of the phone ....I have pictures up on the sim card mod thread if u wanna c ...
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It's the digitizer. I have a wonderful wife whom I love very much who has broken her screen three times. Each time that the screen broke, the digitizer went with it. It has to do with the fact that there is essentially no separation between the two on our phones, so drops that damage the screen almost always damage the digitizer.
Xiutehcuhtli said:
It's the digitizer. I have a wonderful wife whom I love very much who has broken her screen three times. Each time that the screen broke, the digitizer went with it. It has to do with the fact that there is essentially no separation between the two on our phones, so drops that damage the screen almost always damage the digitizer.
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I just picked up a broken LG Optimus G off craigslist and toward the bottom of the screen it has a hairline crack. Also the capacitive buttons do not work either....my problem sounds exactly like the OP.
Can anyone suggest a good place to buy a cheap digitizer/glass/ LCD?? I'm lookin on ebay and they seem to be about $80
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Kevin
I've been looking around ebay too and they're all about 80 for the cheapest. I checked out a few phone repair websites and prices are much higher there. If you find anything cheaper let me know. I plan on buying it soon.
EDIT: The best I found on ebay was 78 was from the US and 69 from China. I know they are all from china but it's just a shipping time thing.
Nurmi_CEO said:
I just picked up a broken LG Optimus G off craigslist and toward the bottom of the screen it has a hairline crack. Also the capacitive buttons do not work either....my problem sounds exactly like the OP.
Can anyone suggest a good place to buy a cheap digitizer/glass/ LCD?? I'm lookin on ebay and they seem to be about $80
Thanks,
Kevin
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Based on the dialogue I had when my wife's screen broke not only with the insurance carrier but also a repair shop, replacing the screen or digitizer on this phone is always going to be very expensive because both parts almost always have to be replaced together. $80 sounds very inexpensive to me based on those conversations.
Xiutehcuhtli said:
Based on the dialogue I had when my wife's screen broke not only with the insurance carrier but also a repair shop, replacing the screen or digitizer on this phone is always going to be very expensive because both parts almost always have to be replaced together. $80 sounds very inexpensive to me based on those conversations.
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U can separate them but their is a special jig that has to be used ....
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