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Yo guys, Had a bad day today.... Broke the screen on my phone. Does anyone know where to get replacement screen's from now a day's? Preferably not Ebay as i hate it but If that's the only place i guess i must. Now I have checked ebay but the ammount of Galaxy Nexus S Screen's that are on there it didn't seam like anyone would have any replacement screen's... could be wrong though! Any help appreciated
Kind Regard's James Mackay
You broke the screen already!? What happened?
You not going to tell me that you didn't insure device worth 500quid?
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ill admit that this is the first phone ive had that i DID insure !
What happened? ... How is broke?
I was wondering how long it would be before someone killed one. I very much doubt you'll have any luck sourcing a screen for one this soon after it's release, your only choice might be to contact Samsung regarding repair I'm afraid.
Haha, yep I broke the screen. Well I've cracked it any whoo. Still working perfectly fine . I dropped it yesterday when I was walking to work. Landed right on a curb....
Yeah I didn't insure it, never dropped the previous phones I've had, this ones a slippery bugger though.
I didn't think there'd be screens out yet, I'll keep my eyes posted for some. Anyone know any decent sites to check?
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wizkid6000 said:
Haha, yep I broke the screen. Well I've cracked it any whoo. Still working perfectly fine . I dropped it yesterday when I was walking to work. Landed right on a curb....
Yeah I didn't insure it, never dropped the previous phones I've had, this ones a slippery bugger though.
I didn't think there'd be screens out yet, I'll keep my eyes posted for some. Anyone know any decent sites to check?
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There wont be any replacement screens out for quite a while im afraid, maybe 6 months or more as this is such a new phone and all available stock will be going to make the phone itself or held by samsung for repairs. As mentioned before your only option if you want it fixed is to send it back to samsung for repair or claim under your contents insurance if you have accidental cover.
Mark.
wizkid6000 said:
Haha, yep I broke the screen. Well I've cracked it any whoo. Still working perfectly fine . I dropped it yesterday when I was walking to work. Landed right on a curb....
Yeah I didn't insure it, never dropped the previous phones I've had, this ones a slippery bugger though.
I didn't think there'd be screens out yet, I'll keep my eyes posted for some. Anyone know any decent sites to check?
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do you have accidental damage on your home insurance? might be worth checking if they will cover you that way. All my gadgets are covered this way, whether inside or outside the house.
God know's ha, I'm currently living at my mother's so no idea if she has or not! Ahhh well, as i said i didn't expect there to be any screens. I can still use the phone, and at the moment can't be arsed with the hassil of ringing all these place's to check if they will replace it. Thanks anyway's guys, Got a perspective from it if anything .
Did you pay for it with a credit card? You may be covered for accidental damage eg barclaycard:
Purchase protection
Buy eligible goods worth over £50 with a Visa or MasterCard credit card and they will be protected against accidental damage, loss or theft for the first 90 days, subject to an excess of £50. If any of these occur in that period, you should notify us within 45 days of the incident, and the police within 36 hours. You're covered for:
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You might want to look into a warranty like square trade. I was looking at insurance options myself and square trade seems to be the best. They allow you to buy insurance for a phone that is up to 30 days old. It might not be the most ethical thing to do to buy it for an already broken phone but they wouldn't offer that service if it wasn't profitable for them.
The plan is not cheap, and there is a deductible for replacement but it beats having a broken phone for 2 years.
http://www.squaretrade.com/pages/android-landing1#coveragePop
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can't be arsed with the hassil of ringing all these place's to check if they will replace it.
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I am shocked . 500 quid phone barely a couple of weeks old and you can't be arsed to get it fixed? I would have literally in tears!
i saw on eBay it has already full housing.
The only parts site I know of is cnn.cn.
It doesn't look like they have anything for this phone right now though.
Well it isn't that bad. I can still use the phone perfectly and only notice the cracks when the screen is off. I can't get hold of a screen and am not dealing with insurance company a cause I feel them to be a majour pain in the arse. No point in getting worked up over something I can't change . I'll buy a screen when I find one online. Thanks for all your options though
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I'll be going to china on december 7-8 and 14-16, i'll check it out for you, i'll look on the 7, and let you know, and if the price is ok, you can paypal me and i'll buy it on the dec 14, at present i'm searching for white nexus s battery cover for members in this forum.
dont expect the screen to be cheap, i remember the nexus s screen cost approximate USD 120 when the phone was first released.
I have had my Galaxy Nexus for 5 days, and have also cracked the screen.
Problem is I have no idea how it happened. Phone was fine this morning when I set out for work and put it in my trouser pockets. But when i got to work and went to use it there was a huge crack across the screen, about at the point where the curve starts.
So i thought i would try my luck and see if I could get it replaced under warranty, as i had not dropped it or damaged it in any other way, so felt it was a manufacturing defect. Unfortunately I had no luck. As far a Phones4u (Where ig got it from) are concerned a cracked screen is accidental damage, so i will have to pay to get it repaired.
Then they quoted me a cost of £40-£70 for the repair, with the final cost inside that range depending on the amount of damage they had to fix. Now if the fix comes in under £70 i will be extremely happy. When i broke a Galaxy S screen it was £70 for the part alone, so under £70 for the part and fix looks like a good deal, so i accepted thinking i would get nowhere with my warranty argument.
I am waiting for the catch as currently it sounds too good to be true, as i was expecting something closer to £200. I will let you all know how it goes.
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telepathically sent with my Galaxy Nexus which is being imprisoned by FedEx
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same thing happened to me, dropped from 2 feet onto linoleum.
still very usable, only somewhat annoying. guess i will wait a few months for replacements to appear. in the meantime i am ordering a case. also just want to say i have never dropped and broken a phone in my life before this.
Hoping to hear from people who have dealt with this before. Cracked my screen pretty badly but luckily (relatively...) it still works as far as i know. I don't have insurance and while I'm gonna deal with it for now I'd eventually like to get it replaced, fixed, or upgrade to a new phone. What are ballpark figures for cost considering my contract isn't up for another year and a half and i don't have insurance? What would you do if you were in my situation?
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/Samsung-Spr...722?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item33759177aa
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Looks promising, thanks for the link. I'm guessing this is my cheapest option? I'm sure replacing or upgrading the phone would be much more expensive
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Slightly off topic, but how'd you manage to do it? I know our screens are Gorilla Glass and that mine has been through some pretty crazy drops already...
Are you the guy who called me this morning about the Galaxy S2 Screen? or is this just a coincidence in my world?
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Slightly off topic, but how'd you manage to do it? I know our screens are Gorilla Glass and that mine has been through some pretty crazy drops already...
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Ultimately i can't blame anything but my own carelessness. Long story short i accidentally crushed it between some heavy metal hinges on a forklift...the gorilla glass didn't stand a chance.
ReFiLL said:
Are you the guy who called me this morning about the Galaxy S2 Screen? or is this just a coincidence in my world?
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Coincidence. But i feel his melancholy and angst.
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my advice: get it fixed
newalker91 said:
Sprint will not repair the screen, so that's not an option. Replacing the phone would be around $250 cheapest for a used device, $550 for a retail price device. Sending it in to a 3rd party repair company would cost you the $150 for the screen plus hourly labor, making it closer to $200. Factor in shipping cost and you may as well buy a phone.
Replacing the screen is easy. Undo the 6 philips head screws in the back housing, work a thin plastic wedge around the rim and pop the housing off. Undo the two screws on the board, unclip the ribbon cables, reverse the process onto the new screen. Takes about 15 minutes if you haven't done it before.
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But where do you just buy the gorilla glass for this phone?
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You don't. You buy the entire fused assembly I linked. Digi + display
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If you do find just the glass they don't seal right then they look worse than a cracked screen.
Why not just add insurance and get it fixed that way
From the 2nd galaxy
I have a brand new white LCD for epic touch if you want it, I don't need it . Same thing as what thy linked on eBay. Pretty simple to assemble too. I'd sell it to ya way cheaper.
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gronimo21 said:
Why not just add insurance and get it fixed that way
From the 2nd galaxy
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Sprint won't allow that. If that were the case everybody would be doing that.
If I were you I would buy dude's screen who is posted above this post and after that I would go on YouTube to see if I could find a video on how to assemble or replace the Epic touch's screen. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain.
If I helped you out in any way please thank me. Thanks.
If the Insurance was added the best you could do is process and insurance claim and get a refurbished phone for $100.
Changing out the screen is pretty simple. Just make sure you watch the camera connection at the top and the one at the bottom of the board. Every DIYer seems to miss those two.
It's very unfortunate that our assemblies cost so much, when the iphone assembly is like 40 bucks and to get it installed will run about 90 if you don't do it yourself. Our phone seriously needs cheaper replacement parts.
afive720 said:
I have a brand new white LCD for epic touch if you want it, I don't need it . Same thing as what thy linked on eBay. Pretty simple to assemble too. I'd sell it to ya way cheaper.
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That would be awesome! Just PM'ed you
You can search on Craigslist and eBay for phones with bad esn. And simply make one working out of two.
You can ask on forums for people who bricked their phones beyond returning point and sprint refuses to help them.
But of the guy above gives you a good deal. Take it.
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Have you actually had Sprint tell you no? Have you actually gone into a corporate store and asked?
I ask because they replaced my cracked screen on my HTC EVO 4G a few months back, no questions asked, totally free.
kdoggy said:
Have you actually had Sprint tell you no? Have you actually gone into a corporate store and asked?
I ask because they replaced my cracked screen on my HTC EVO 4G a few months back, no questions asked, totally free.
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Yes, I went in the day it happened and asked if they could replace it or what my options were. Other than buying a new phone for retail price, they said they couldn't do anything and didn't even do the repairs themselves. They just referred me to World of Wireless (I called them and they were charging $250 for the 'custom order' repair they'd have to do).
Buy a new one off Amazon for $8.00 and install it yourself. It take about a half hour and save a bunch of money
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These are from my eBay Watch List :
$19.99 (Glass Only,without LCD)
Code:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Front-Glass-Outer-Lens-Touch-Screen-Cover-for-Samsung-Galaxy-S-II-Epric-4G-D710-/110890421087?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19d1958b5f#ht_2808wt_1269
$79.99
Code:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Samsung-Epic-4G-Touch-D710-LCD-Screen-Assembly-Digitizer-Sprint-Galaxy-S-2-II-/320922823964?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4ab87dad1c#ht_500wt_1156
How to
Code:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3f9pJTltvZ0
Good Luck!
I just replaced the glass and lcd's in two of my evo 4gs. Cost me $50 each. Pretty simple to do. Find a YouTube video like he said, it'll make all the difference.
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Well, not even 24 hours into owning my Samsung Galaxy S3, I now have spidered front glass. Phone was sitting on the kitchen counter. Apparently my wife’s new freakin cat was up there sniffing around. As I walked in from the garage it freaked out and shot off the counter taking my phone along for the ride. I guess it landed just right causing the front glass to spider.
Good news is I have insurance through T-Mobile. Bad news is the deductible is a $130 dollars. On top of that, T-Mobile didn’t have my account set up correctly. It still showed me owning my HTC Sensation. So when I got on the phone with the insurance company they said they could only replace my phone with a Sensation.
Had to call back T-Mobile to get that straighten out and then call back the insurance company. Now they say I have to wait 2 days before completing my claim to confirm with T-Mobile that I actually own a Galaxy S3. They said I should be getting my phone on Friday once everything checks out.
Now I have to sit here and look at my poor broken phone. I can’t start my healing process until I have the new one lol.
hahahahaha!! daammn that sucks I feel for you man. That's crazy sad.. Get a case on the new one asap..
Evo_Pimpin said:
Well, not even 24 hours into owning my Samsung Galaxy S3, I now have spidered front glass. Phone was sitting on the kitchen counter. Apparently my wife’s new freakin cat was up there sniffing around. As I walked in from the garage it freaked out and shot off the counter taking my phone along for the ride. I guess it landed just right causing the front glass to spider.
Good news is I have insurance through T-Mobile. Bad news is the deductible is a $130 dollars. On top of that, T-Mobile didn’t have my account set up correctly. It still showed me owning my HTC Sensation. So when I got on the phone with the insurance company they said they could only replace my phone with a Sensation.
Had to call back T-Mobile to get that straighten out and then call back the insurance company. Now they say I have to wait 2 days before completing my claim to confirm with T-Mobile that I actually own a Galaxy S3. They said I should be getting my phone on Friday once everything checks out.
Now I have to sit here and look at my poor broken phone. I can’t start my healing process until I have the new one lol.
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Sorry to hear that...ummm quick start d/l stuff and trying everything before you send back....not going to hurt and try things, if you brick it...so what....
No really, hope you get your phone soon, I know the feeling. I bricked my S3 day 1 hour 3....was without for 4 days. BTW good movie quote, one of my favs.
man that sucks, sorry dude....i shattered my front glass recently, as well =(
such a horrible feeling isn't it? at least i had my phone for about a month when it happened. if this happened to me within 24 hours of owning it like you, i might have very well started crying.
my takeaways from my traumatic experience were:
the S3 seems fairly fragile, as shown by other xda folk who have also shattered the screen.
i usually keep my phone "naked" but have opted now to go for a fairly thick case. i don't think the "skins" like ghost armor will cut it for me anymore (my usual go-to). worked great on my S2 but i'm not taking any more chances. such a shame too, the phone looks so great as is. covered up with a case, it just looks like any other ordinary phone
asurion has pretty darn good service
this was my first ever asurion claim and although the 130 dollar deductible sucks, which just adds insult to injury (almost literally) after ruining your brand-new shiny device, i was impressed by asurion's speed. i shattered my phone on a wednesday at 3pm, ordered the replacement at 4pm and they had a BNIB! S3 in my hands by 11am thursday. sucks you had that glitch with the sensation though.
again, sorry for your loss. i hope your back in the saddle soon!
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Sorry to hear that...ummm quick start d/l stuff and trying everything before you send back....not going to hurt and try things, if you brick it...so what....
No really, hope you get your phone soon, I know the feeling. I bricked my S3 day 1 hour 3....was without for 4 days. BTW good movie quote, one of my favs.
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Just out of curiosity how did you brick it? I'm getting mine in a couple of days and I want to make sure I don't do that lol
The motherless goat epidemic is a serious problem, i am petitioning for it to be addressed on the presidential platform this year! sorry to hear about your phone that does suck, i know id be pissed!
I've been super careful with this phone and I'm gonna try and stay careful cause I like to keep my "naked" too lol
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Cats ruin everything! My step-mom used to let our cat walk on the keyboard because she thought it was funny, and then one day it popped all the keys off...
danielrod said:
Just out of curiosity how did you brick it? I'm getting mine in a couple of days and I want to make sure I don't do that lol
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Think he flashed an international rom
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Sorry to hear that. RIP
Your wife's cat?
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I had my LG G2x for 2 or 3 days before I ruined it. I was at a friends house to go swimming. I changed and put the phone in my swim trunk pocket. I had just recovered from a surgery (testicular cancer removal) and was pretty excited to go swimming since all I could do before was lay down. Anyways, I just dove right in and didn't realized my phone was in my pocket. After a few minutes in the water, it was like a lighting bolt struck me, I remembered my phone was in my pocket still. I was super pissed.
Luckily I had Asurion insurance and it got replaced couple days later. Bad thing was I had my old Nexus One but it wasn't working to well. I still had my HTC G1 so for those 2 days, I ended up using the G1. Such a tiny screen and so slow.
Now I baby the crap out of my GS3. Skin and screen protector and no cats. :good:
I thought the glass was strong, gorilla glass 2 no less. My daughter dropped mine from the kitchen table onto the ceramic tile floor, thank God no damage.
I've seen the video of the guy dragging a gs3 and iPhone 4s around a parking lot tied to the bumper of a car and the gs3 survives no problem.
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Do not do ANY other roms/kernels/radios, for other makes of the S3. PERIOD. Only the SGH-T999 tmo. They will hard brick. I didn't read, and did a 9300 rom. Bam, off and never returned. Bought a Jtag box, won't be without again.
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Btw... your account wasn't set up wrong.. the system just takes at least a few days of you using the new phone before the insurance will transfer over to the new phone
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Does anyone know how many claims you can have with Asurion in a year? If its only one, then I'm going to super paranoid with my phone.
Sleef said:
Your wife's cat?
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Yes the wife and my 5 year old daughter have been wanting a cat for like 2 years now. I finally give in and 3 weeks into owning the cat, it has already cost me
i think it's 2 claims per year.
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Lol damn that sucks I wish I could help you seeing as I fix phones but the part alone cost over 200
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is there an easy way to buff out scratches on the phone, I have no clue how I got them cause I've used a case since day one and lay the phone on its back, and don't carry keys in that pocket (nothing at all really) but I can feel the scratches when I run my finger nail along the glass in tiny areas and barely see them in sun light... I'm not stressed about it, but thought I'd ask lol. Sorry to the op for the cats misfortune... You did get rid of it right??
Dropped the phone onto the carpeted floor at work and it cracked the screen.
Anyone replaced the screen on a galaxy nexus yet?
Thinking of getting a new chassis/frame/body as well to make it look brand new again
Anyone replaced anything on theirs
Bits are on eBay for about £25
Thanks
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This should be helpful if you haven't already seen it. And this if you are successful.
Lol ain't that about a *****. I hate it when I do that
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I dropped mine on day 15 and it landed face down, cracked like an egg.
Found a screen on eBay for $60, replacement was easy peasy!
Let me know if you need any pointers.
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Kem-El said:
I dropped mine on day 15 and it landed face down, cracked like an egg.
Found a screen on eBay for $60, replacement was easy peasy!
Let me know if you need any pointers.
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I could use some pointers. Mine is also cracked.
Replacement costs are 191 from Samsung, and they pay for shipping.
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I just got my Galaxy Nexus (Verizon) replaced and am so glad I have Asurion insurance. Yeah it costs like $6 a month, but when I needed a new phone it came in really handy.
I set up a claim online (mine was lost/stolen but this could apply to yours too) and then paid $99 and got a replacement (probably a refurb) the next day. It was actually less than 24 hours from when I set up the claim online and when my phone arrived via UPS. That's pretty good service.
So if you would spend $60 on only a screen but have to do major surgery to install it, maybe it would be a better deal to pay $99 and get a whole new device.
Id really appreciate some tips on changing the glass on the GN. I have watched a few youtube clips on removing the frame/chassis/body but none on removing the glass.
Any tips or pointers on changing the glass would really help me incase i really screw it up!
The small bit of glass which fell out looks like it was held in by double sided tape. Is it a case i need a heat gun and just gently heat the glass and pull it off to replace it?
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N
My advice is buy the glass with digitizer already attached. I did the swap last month using glass+digitizer and it was very easy to do. I got it from this seller on ebay:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/190766646656
Afaik the front glass is fused together to the digitizer making it very difficult to replace, a heat gun could be used but be careful. As a few other posters mentioned, buy the glass with the digitizer attached already. Much faster and easier repair. I will be doing it soon as I have purchased a cracked but otherwise working i-9250 nexus.
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I just got my Galaxy Nexus (Verizon) replaced and am so glad I have Asurion insurance. Yeah it costs like $6 a month, but when I needed a new phone it came in really handy.
I set up a claim online (mine was lost/stolen but this could apply to yours too) and then paid $99 and got a replacement (probably a refurb) the next day. It was actually less than 24 hours from when I set up the claim online and when my phone arrived via UPS. That's pretty good service.
So if you would spend $60 on only a screen but have to do major surgery to install it, maybe it would be a better deal to pay $99 and get a whole new device.
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So you pay 6 bucks a month and had to pay 100 bucks..... I don't pay 6 a month and a digitizer with LCD was 60 and was far from "major surgery" east peasy as said before
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I must be damn lucky, accidentally yanked the usb cable while half asleep, fell flat onto the screen, looked at it after a few hours, it's like nothing have happened and there is only a small mark on my screen protector..
I replaced just the glass on mine. Its really not that difficult, just be patient with a blow dryer and slowly peel the glass off. I did it on my gnexus and on an S3. Its much cheaper and really not difficult. Just stuck the new glass on with existing adhesive that was there.
I have an opportunity to purchase an unlocked T-Mobile G3 for $350. The caveat is the unit has a decent scratch about 1.5" right in the middle of the screen. You can easily see it with the screen off and in most lighting conditions. With the screen on, you cannot see it. This is right on the borderline for me. I am waffling so much because I know its a great deal but I am anal about the condition of my phones. I am putting it out there and see what everyone on here says. I need to grab it tomorrow if I am going that way. Its being held for me.
I wouldn't do it. If you get the phone, the only thing you will notice will be the big ass scratch. After a while of looking at the scratch, you will decide to get the screen replaced so that you don't have to see the big ass scratch anymore. Lg will charge you $150 and you will realize that you could've purchased a mint one for the same 500 dollars you just spent on yours. This is exactly what happened to me with a HTC one x
Depending onhhow bad the scratch is a screen protector may make it invisible.
Wouldn't touch it.
Thanks guys. I already told the guy no and just came back on here to see what responses I have. I just couldn't do it.
I would have taken it in a heartbeat... Could have It replaced under warranty for $5-$20( depending on if you have insurance) through tmobile and have a brand new phone for 350
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I'd definitely have done it. You could do a warranty replacement for $5 and have a brand new one overnighted to you if you have insurance. $20 and ground shipping(pay for faster) without just like the guy above me said. They usually try to send refurbs but the phone is so new there aren't any yet. I work for T-Mobile.
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