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OK, so I dropped my phone and the LCD went out, I hooked the phone up to the laptop and the phone still works fine, even the touch screen works. ( I used My MObiler to see phone screen on the pc).
I bought a new LCD screen off of Ebay and replace it, now, the LCD screen works, but for some reason, the touch screen stopped working.
When I took the LCD apart from the touch screen, there seem to be a layer of grease of some sort between the touch screen and the LCD. I wiped it off with a lens cloth, don't know if that caused any problem.
Also there is a dark film (tinted) glued to the touch screen when looking from the back, what is that for? I looked at replacement touch screen on Ebay but none of them have the tinted film layer. I've search all over the internet for instructions but can't find any.
So my question is, what are the correct procedures for replacing the LCD screen and the touch screen (digitizer) ? Also after I installed the new LCD screen, the screen is very reflective and the glare is really bad, how do I fix that problem?
Thank you experts!!
You should have replaced both the LCD screen and the Digitizer. There are complete kits on ebay as well as instructions/tools to complete the replacement. Did you purchase the digitizer also?
bojangle said:
You should have replaced both the LCD screen and the Digitizer. There are complete kits on ebay as well as instructions/tools to complete the replacement. Did you purchase the digitizer also?
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I went ahead and purchased the digitizer by itself after the original stopped working. Hopefully, it will get my phone back to normal. Thanks for your reply!
in the wiki theres disassebly instructions of the device that should help you (but you probably already know that since you've already switched out the LCD)
In my experience, i have never replaced either the digitizer, or the LCD by themselves, i've always bought LCD+Digitizer and replaced them as one. Seems like the Digitizer is usually glued onto the LCD and i never wanted to mess with that.
fone_fanatic said:
in the wiki theres disassebly instructions of the device that should help you (but you probably already know that since you've already switched out the LCD)
In my experience, i have never replaced either the digitizer, or the LCD by themselves, i've always bought LCD+Digitizer and replaced them as one. Seems like the Digitizer is usually glued onto the LCD and i never wanted to mess with that.
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I should have ordered the kit instead of just the LCD. What lead me to order just the LCD is when I hooked the phone to my pc and confirmedthe digitizer still worked. And since this is the first time ever I disassemble a phone, I assumed the two things were separated.
But my digitizer should come in tomorrow so I'll just have to wait and see. Thanks for the info.
where did you find a guide to take apart the TP2? I just had the unfortuante luck of smashing mine in the car door as I got in....it fell out of my pocket the exact moment i was closing the door....
My screen is shot, but other than that the device appears to work. I can power on, and try to dial after I press the hard key for the phone pad. The touch portion seems to work, but from your luck, I guess I am looking at having to replace both...
anyhow...any advice on guides and how to find the stuff on the ebay would be apperciated.
I still have 18 months of a 2 yr contract....sucks....and it sucks doubly becuase i just took the insurance off last month....grr..
forcemac said:
where did you find a guide to take apart the TP2? I just had the unfortuante luck of smashing my in the car door as I got in....it feel out of my pocket the exact moment i was closing the door....
My screen is shot, but other than that the device appears to work. I can power on, and try to dial after I press the hard key for the phone bad. The touch portion seems to work, but from your luck, I guess I am looking at having to replace both...
anyhow...any advice on guides and how to find the stuff on the ebay would be apperciated.
I still have 18 months of a 2 yr contract....sucks....and it sucks doubly becuase i just took the insurance off last month....grr..
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Here's a photo guide of the disassembly of a Rhodium (TP2), it might give you some insight. There's also been a number of threads in this section about hardware parts and the screen/digitizer in particular, listing places where people found/ordered replacement parts.
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where did you find a guide to take apart the TP2? I just had the unfortuante luck of smashing mine in the car door as I got in....it fell out of my pocket the exact moment i was closing the door....
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The disassembly instructions are here: http://translate.google.co.uk/trans...ka/htc_touch_pro2/&sl=ru&tl=en&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
I did not follow those instructions since I did not want to open the back of the phone.
What i did was I tilted up the phone and used a very small screwdriver and unscrewed the two screws from an angle (it worked).
Then I pried the back of the tilting part of the phone all around to reveal the inside. Be careful not to pull too hard on the flat cable since it's still attached to the back (body) of the phone.
The LCD and touch screen are glued together (I didn't know that before). At this point I would remove the tape that is attaching the flat cable to the back of the LCD, and also lift up the clear yellow tape and detach the three connections.
The widest ribbon is from the LCD, the medium one is for the 4 hard buttons in the front, and the little one is for the touch screen.
I would suggest wearing some sort of anti-static wrist strap (I think I fried my touch screen along with the flat ribbon that is attached to the phone while trying to replace the LCD without anti-static wrist strap).
Once the whole tilting part is freed from the phone, I would carefully push the whole screen (digitizer + lcd) out from the frame, again, they are glued to the frame but can be removed fairly easy.
That's it, the install is reversed of removal and hopefully yours will work again.
Like I said, I think I fried my flat ribbon so after replacing the Digitizer (it came in today), the touch screen still doesn't work, so now I'm looking for that part, I'd appreciate a link to it if anybody knows where to get one.
Oh, and for the parts, just do a search on ebay for "touch pro 2 lcd" or touch pro 2 lcd + digitizer"
Gook luck with your phone!
What tape to use to stick digitizer back to inner bezel/chassis?
Hi - i got as far as trying to replace my Digitizer only to find that the LCD was stuck to it too. So as clever as i am (not) - i tried to remove the LCD off the digitizer - but that just ended up cracking it.
So i'm in the process of ordering a LCD with the digitizer - pre-stuck together (i hope!) - but my question is:
When i removed the digitizer off the front bezel, there was this spongy sort of double sided tape... i assume it was used for a reason and not just any ordinary double sided tape (presumably to allow a bit of leway between the digitizer and the bezel when pressure is applied to the touch screen)...
Any thoughts on what sort of tape this is? - here's some photos of my digitizer and the bezel:
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^some of that tape is left on the digitizer... it's the black spongy stuff...
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^i cleaned (removed residue of sticky tape) in the inner part of the bezel where the digitizer would stick...
Any specific tape to use that anyone knows of?
zedii said:
Hi - i got as far as trying to replace my Digitizer only to find that the LCD was stuck to it too. So as clever as i am (not) - i tried to remove the LCD off the digitizer - but that just ended up cracking it.
So i'm in the process of ordering a LCD with the digitizer - pre-stuck together (i hope!) - but my question is:
When i removed the digitizer off the front bezel, there was this spongy sort of double sided tape... i assume it was used for a reason and not just any ordinary double sided tape (presumably to allow a bit of leway between the digitizer and the bezel when pressure is applied to the touch screen)...
Any thoughts on what sort of tape this is? - here's some photos of my digitizer and the bezel:
Any specific tape to use that anyone knows of?
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I wish you had asked before you ordered the digitizer + LCD, since I ordered mine separately, and they seem to both working ok. The digitizer does not have to be glued to the LCD. But anyway, I just used plain old Gel superglue to glue the digitizer to the bezel. I used Gel superglue so it won't run into the electronics beneath. Things seems to work just fine now.
One thing to consider when you crack open the whole phone though. Be careful not to loose any part from within the phone, because apparently, I lost something, now my accelerometer doesn't work, and my screen doesn't rotate when you slide out the keyboard. Hope it works out for you!
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I wish you had asked before you ordered the digitizer + LCD, since I ordered mine separately, and they seem to both working ok. The digitizer does not have to be glued to the LCD. But anyway, I just used plain old Gel superglue to glue the digitizer to the bezel. I used Gel superglue so it won't run into the electronics beneath. Things seems to work just fine now.
One thing to consider when you crack open the whole phone though. Be careful not to loose any part from within the phone, because apparently, I lost something, now my accelerometer doesn't work, and my screen doesn't rotate when you slide out the keyboard. Hope it works out for you!
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Thanks for the advice adp9626! Well in summary I think I've just been messing about too much and being stupid really.
In the end, I managed to just remove the top part of the screen without actually having to break into the bottom section of the phone.
I was a bit concerned about the whole sticking of the LCD to the Digitizer part. I actually did purchase them separately, however I was not sure what kind of glue was used to stick them both together - as I recall it was a nightmare to try and remove the LCD off the old Digitizer.
So I returned both separate parts (got a full refund as I didn't use them) - and now I am looking to purchase both parts stuck together.
I'm waiting on the guy on eBay to confirm that they are both stuck together. I'm also thinking of using double sided sticky tape to stick the Digitizer back to the inner bezel...
So that's the final plan! I've been a bit silly in rushing with ordering parts etc. but I just want to be on the safe side now - well - at least with the LCD stuck to the Digitizer part.
I will take your advice on the gel superglue if the double sided sticky tape doesn't prove it's stickyness!
Thanks
Zayd.
Can anyone help me find the lcd screen and digitizer as a single unit for Sprint? Everyone I find states not for CDMA.
Thanks
Anyone ??? I spent an hour on google and still came up with no leads.
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Anyone ??? I spent an hour on google and still came up with no leads.
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I ordered one from this guy and it works great. it comes with the entire top half of the phone and the keyboard. There is only one left so you may want to hurry. Link: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&Item=270583335455&Category=20336&_trkparms=algo%3DLVI%26its%3DI%26otn%3D2
Edit: I wanted to add that they're are slightly used so there will be scratches. The one i received is a little more scratched than my original then again the scratches aren't noticeable when the back light is on and you're getting a working screen.
Just my experience, I had a faulty LCD, digitizer was OK. Bought a replacement LCD off ebay, delivered from China but only cost me £20 inc delivery. Arrived with tools as well (T5, T6, philiips, and pry tool). Followed a couple of disassembly instructions online, took me a while to get all apart but managed it. None of the instructions online go through actually taking the screen out, I thought I'd messed it up as I took the back half of the LCD off and left the front bit on, and I couldnt get it off at first. I ended up using a very sharp scalpel to slide between the LCD and digitizer and got them apart eventually, as I didnt realise that they were glued.
Anyway, I just placed the screen on, no glue as there is a ring of sticky tape around the back of the digitizer which holds the screen in. Connected everything back in the end and its working fine. Only prob is I think I damaged the power/standby button, so be careful when around this area.
Touch Screen not responding after replacement
Recently, I replaced a glass screen on a SGH-M919 Galaxy S4. Previously, during the process of cleaning the glue residues off the LCD screen; I rubbed it with rubbing alcohol and it removed a small streak of the adhesive glue off left side of LCD screen and bottom right corner. After installed the new glass screen, I noticed a few spots of the glass screen wasn't sticking onto the sticky layer. So it looked like it has big air bubble between the glass screen and LCD. And I could see the rubbed off streak on the LCD screen. Everything worked fine with the new glass screen, with the exception of seeing the streak and bottom right corner rubbed off.
A few days ago, I had a table clock fell on top of the phone and broke a piece of glass. Nothing happened to the LCD screen and still functional 100%. So I got a replacement glass screen - the same as the first time replacement. With noticing of the rubbed off streak and corner of the adhesive layer on the LCD screen - I decided to rub off all of the adhesive layer from the LCD. I sprayed some Goof Off liquid on the adhesive layer and left it over night. Next morning I continued scraping off the glue with a small plastic card. Cleaned off all glue residues and examined the LCD screen for any scratches or damage. There was none. Re-installed new glass screen - but now the touch screen does not respond to the touching on the icons. Only the Home, Menu & Back touch button work. I was baffled after this.
Could it be that because I left some the Goof Off liquid on top of the LCD screen over night and it might have leaked to the other side and shorted out something? I saw a few forums that suggested a Factory Reset. I did that - but still didn't work. Please advise on what I need to do to fix this problem.
Thank you in advance for the advise or suggestion.
So you know that these are the TP2 forums, and no one has used this thread in the last 3 years....right?
LCD digitizer replacement.. now black screen
I saw the for replacing the LCD-digitizer of my nexus 4 phone, and followed the steps carefully. After I placed the battery, I checked to see if the phone turns ON and the display is working before I complete the last step of putting the back coverplate. I successfully switched it ON, saw a perfectly working screen, and browsed through my apps. To complete the assembly, I put the back cover by gently pressing the frame along the edges, but suddenly I saw some yellow green lines in the middle of the screen. I switched it off and again switched in ON, but now the entire screen had light with no display.
To fix this, I tried again checking all connections but no luck. What could be the reason for the sudden loss of display when it worked perfectly fine moments ago? Is there a possibility that I damaged the LCD while putting the back cover on the phone?
I am also not sure about one of the ribbon connectors of the digitizer. There are 2 big ones which are prominent and has ports to connect. However, there is a little third one which also has to come through the gap but doesn’t connect anywhere. Has anyone also experienced this while replacing the screen? Any help will be appreciated.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1019364&stc=1&d=1335128382
Usually when i get a new phone i look around the web for a guide to replace the lc just incase i ever need to...well, after much searching, i never found a guide for the LG Nitro it must just not be as popular a phone as i thought. So i used my own Nitro to make a guide to replacing the LCD screen...
Tools you will need: #00 Phillips screw driver & plastic prying tool (a guitar pic will also suffice)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1019365&stc=1&d=1335128382
The easiest way i found to get the back off of the phone is start at the mouth receiver using a finger nail move around both sides popping the tabs out...then kinda jiggle the top off...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1019366&stc=1&d=1335128382
Remove all 9 screws highlighted by the red "O"
The piece highlighted yellow is a plastic cover you need to remove first best pop the bottom up like you did the back of the phone and slide it down comes off easy goes back hard
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1019367&stc=1&d=1335128382
this is wat the piece should look like wen you get it off...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1019382&stc=1&d=1335129363
The area highlighted the yellow/green color is another plastic cover the needs to be removed. I started at the bottom left side of the phone and again wen around it with my thumb nail to pop the tabs...there may come a point you may have to apply a little bit of force to pull the tabs
CAUTION while trying to remove this piece the LDC tries to come up due to a little adhesive holding the piece down you do not want that to bend too much
Also be cautious of the volume and power buttons as they WILL fall out and you WILL lose them (like i did for hours) if you dont mind them..below is wat they look like
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1019383&stc=1&d=1335129363
You now will be able to see the control board....Fun Fact there are extra antenna plugins aswell as an extra ribbon plugin....wonder Y?
Next step is to unplug all the ribbon cables highlighted in yellow as well as the wifi antenna, not all the ribbons need to be unplugged just the highlighted
After (not before) you unplug the cables remove the four screws highlighted by the "O"
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1019384&stc=1&d=1335129363
The camera (center) and headphone jack (bottom left) can be easily removed
just by pulling them out...below is wat they look like...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1019385&stc=1&d=1335130305
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1019387&stc=1&d=1335130305
Next removing the Control Board u may have trouble getting it lose from the touch screen around the area pointed to be the orange arrow aswell keep an eye on the touch screen ribbon as it is very flimsy pointed to by the green arrow
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1019388&stc=1&d=1335130305
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1019389&stc=1&d=1335130305
Now to remove the touch screen to access the LCD...bend back the ight blue highlighted ribbon and seperate the two pieces that are the touch screen and the plastic piece holding the LCD and digitizer
Highlighted in red is a small rubber piece holding the touch screen ribbon down...below is a picture of the peice
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1019390&stc=1&d=1335130305
Here is a pic of the touch screen removed...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1019392&stc=1&d=1335130305
CAUTION THE LCD ISNT HELD IN VERY GOOD SO WATCH OUT FOR IT TO FALL OUT OF THE DIGITIZER WHERE ITS HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1019393&stc=1&d=1335131305
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1019394&stc=1&d=1335131305
Highlighted here in yellow is the ribbon to the LCD starting where the connecter is to the ribbon peal off all of the highlighted area
Careful here is where the ribbon is bent so dont peal to fast of it could rip
Remove the black square holding down the ribbon and pull the ribbon through the slot to the side where the LCD is and it should come right out of the digitizer...(I dont have a pic of the one but its pretty obvious at this point wat to do)
I hope this helps somone like me that just couldnt find the answer they were looking for....good day!
s1im
Wow, this is really interesting, I wonder if any hardware mods could be accomplished using those extra antenna plugins?
I was hoping somone would notice it and maybe tinker around with one...
there are at least 2 antenna plugs that i saw open...
What kind of antenna plugin mods are there out there?
Could be nfc
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Anyone know if the Nitro HD uses a Wolfson DAC?
996gt2 said:
Anyone know if the Nitro HD uses a Wolfson DAC?
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Nope, the sound quality through 3.5mm is too poor to be anything by wolfson.
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Anyone know if the Nitro HD uses a Wolfson DAC?
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We asked, and not once, but twice, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1634388 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1510927 Seems noone knows
And what camera sensor used noone knows either
By any chance, does anyone know how to separate the glass front from the frame it is inside of? The replacement digitizer I bought is only the glass piece without the frame.
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PhilLee said:
By any chance, does anyone know how to separate the glass front from the frame it is inside of? The replacement digitizer I bought is only the glass piece without the frame.
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I mean touchscreen, I guess.
Thank you very much for a very detail instruction.
I successfully replaced my screen within 20 minutes.
Everything looks brand new now.
Very appreciate your effort!
this is really cool...what could (possibly) be done with all this new information?
any ideas on how to replace the digitizer? Only the digitizer without the frame...
You wanna get rid of the at&t logo, don't u?
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actually I broke my screen and ordered a replacement from ebay but what I got was the digitizer+frame for su640 which does not fit on my p930. So I was wondering if i can just replace the glass
What type of screws are used?
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What type of screws are used?
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What exactly do you mean? All the screws you will need are already in the phone. The only thing that swaps is the digitizer and housing; everything else goes back.
lordcheeto03 said:
What exactly do you mean? All the screws you will need are already in the phone. The only thing that swaps is the digitizer and housing; everything else goes back.
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He's asking what kind of screwdriver he needs. Some phones (cough cough iPhone) use custom screws to try to deter you from opening it.
I'm guessing the Nitro uses standard Philips head screws.
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What type of screws are used?
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Pulling the battery cover off of mine shows that it has Phillips head screws.
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drumist said:
He's asking what kind of screwdriver he needs. Some phones (cough cough iPhone) use custom screws to try to deter you from opening it.
I'm guessing the Nitro uses standard Philips head screws.
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Didn't think about that. Also, it's been a few weeks since I used this guide and I thought it showed the screws, so my apologies.
Yes, they are all small phillips heads.
I edited the original post to show the only 2 tools you would need is a #00 Phillips screw driver and a plastic opening tool or guitar pic is helpful
I also saw a question asking could the glass be separate from the front housing the answer is not safely enough to reuse if anyone else buys a digitizer replacement that does not fit the back housing perfectly it needs to be returned
Hi guys,
I have just broken my Dinc2's glass screen. The underlying LCD screen is still functional and the touch screen works. So, I am guessing that I only broke the glass on the top of the screen... I uploaded pics to make it clear.
The casing near the USB port got bent some time back when I went kayaking... And I think that is where the screen cracked significantly when I dropped the phone.
I can still use the touchscreen and there are no discoloration on the LCD. So, can you guys suggest to me what Screen replacement product I need to buy online and (preferably) give me a link for said product and a How to repair guide. Plus, is this process easy? As in if I spend a few hours carefully following the steps to repair, will I succeed?? Moreover, can I replace the metal casing as well?
Thanks for the help gang! I really need to get my phone back to 100% working condition as I don't have an upgrade available till April '13 and I have cancelled my phone's insurance recently!
EDIT: Does this product help? http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0057OO9OC/
http://www.repairsuniverse.com/htc-droid-incredible-2-screen-replacements-repair-parts.html
I just replaced my digitizer for $11 on eBay.
It's an HTC one too (no "Verizon" branding, just "HTC".
It's for an Incredible S, came out of SoCal.
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Here's the Digitizer
http://goo.gl/w7Vr0 $12.77
Here's the adhesive (sticker) that HAS to be replaced or it'll lift-up and will allow dust inside. Thus driving you F'ING INSANE. Mine is on order
http://goo.gl/34ylh
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Truckin'Ain't4Sissies said:
I just replaced my digitizer for $11 on eBay.
It's an HTC one too (no "Verizon" branding, just "HTC".
It's for an Incredible S, came out of SoCal.
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Here's the Digitizer
http://goo.gl/w7Vr0 $12.77
Here's the adhesive (sticker) that HAS to be replaced or it'll lift-up and will allow dust inside. Thus driving you F'ING INSANE. Mine is on order
http://goo.gl/34ylh
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So I have dust under my screen even though my phone is completely original and never been dropped. Do you think it's worth taking apart, cleaning out, and replacing the adhesive? How long do you think it would take, and what is the likelihood of doing more damage to the phone?
Truckin'Ain't4Sissies said:
I just replaced my digitizer for $11 on eBay.
It's an HTC one too (no "Verizon" branding, just "HTC".
It's for an Incredible S, came out of SoCal.
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Here's the Digitizer
http://goo.gl/w7Vr0 $12.77
Here's the adhesive (sticker) that HAS to be replaced or it'll lift-up and will allow dust inside. Thus driving you F'ING INSANE. Mine is on order
http://goo.gl/34ylh
-Truckin-
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I bought the following on amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005GIUHDQ
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0057OO9OC
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002EXHR1Q
I should have probably waited for more replies, like yours, here to get a better product link. Anyway, I guess I bought all the needed parts. I hope I get good quality material and I can get going with the repair... Do you think that they are good? The digitizer and tools didn't ship yet, so I can try and cancel and buy the one from ebay...
I actually just finished doing this a few hours ago. It does take some time to do it but if you have patience you can do it
You have to remove the LCD to remove the digitizer, so you will have all the parts out of the body of the phone. It is easier if you replace the body because it comes with new adhesive already perfectly cut and installed. If you reuse the old one you will have to scrape all the old adhesive off, then cut new adhesive. They are also available in red/silver/black so you can change colors.
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I actually just finished doing this a few hours ago. It does take some time to do it but if you have patience you can do it
You have to remove the LCD to remove the digitizer, so you will have all the parts out of the body of the phone. It is easier if you replace the body because it comes with new adhesive already perfectly cut and installed. If you reuse the old one you will have to scrape all the old adhesive off, then cut new adhesive. They are also available in red/silver/black so you can change colors.
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When you say replacing the body, are you referring to the front housing/bezel? That is this: http://www.repairsuniverse.com/htc-droid-incredible-2-front-housing-bezel-replacement.html
If so, where did you buy it, as I want a reliable and reasonably priced product online. Thanks a lot for the help, btw!
litetaker said:
When you say replacing the body, are you referring to the front housing/bezel? That is this: http://www.repairsuniverse.com/htc-droid-incredible-2-front-housing-bezel-replacement.html
If so, where did you buy it, as I want a reliable and reasonably priced product online. Thanks a lot for the help, btw!
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That is what I was referring to as the body, since all the parts attach to it. I actually got an entire new housing, came with the bezel, the middle part, and a new battery cover since my battery cover was beat up and I was changing colors. The middle part I didn't need but it was cheaper to buy all 3 parts than just 2.
I got it on ebay. The Incredible 2 and the Incredible S housing parts are interchangeable. I ended up getting S parts because they were cheaper. Most of the ebay sellers are in China so shipping takes 1-2 weeks depending on the seller. Repairsuniverse is good if you want it fast, I ordered from them once and got the part in 2 days.
Parts arrived. Links to tutorials PLEASE!
Dermen said:
That is what I was referring to as the body, since all the parts attach to it. I actually got an entire new housing, came with the bezel, the middle part, and a new battery cover since my battery cover was beat up and I was changing colors. The middle part I didn't need but it was cheaper to buy all 3 parts than just 2.
I got it on ebay. The Incredible 2 and the Incredible S housing parts are interchangeable. I ended up getting S parts because they were cheaper. Most of the ebay sellers are in China so shipping takes 1-2 weeks depending on the seller. Repairsuniverse is good if you want it fast, I ordered from them once and got the part in 2 days.
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Hi guys, I just received all the parts. The following are what I ordered:
Housing Front for HTC Droid Incredible 2 Red Body Frame Chassis Bezel Part
Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 2 Replacement Touch Screen Digitizer Replacement Front Glass
2mm Wide Double Sided Layer Adhesive Sticky Tape Sticker
Tools for iPhone and most of phone
Now I am ready to replace the screen. Tutorials? I found some online, but would like to see what you guys followed to see if I can find simple and comprehensive tutorials!
Thanks! And wish me luck.
litetaker said:
Hi guys, I just received all the parts. The following are what I ordered:
Housing Front for HTC Droid Incredible 2 Red Body Frame Chassis Bezel Part
Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 2 Replacement Touch Screen Digitizer Replacement Front Glass
2mm Wide Double Sided Layer Adhesive Sticky Tape Sticker
Tools for iPhone and most of phone
Now I am ready to replace the screen. Tutorials? I found some online, but would like to see what you guys followed to see if I can find simple and comprehensive tutorials!
Thanks! And wish me luck.
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1. Take it apart.
2. Put it together with new parts.
3. ???
4. Profit.
prototype7 said:
1. Take it apart.
2. Put it together with new parts.
3. ???
4. Profit.
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Thanks, captain obvious!
I wanted to know if there is a detailed how to. Anyway, managed to take it apart. All guides end at taking it apart and say, "well, now you know how to dissemble it, just go in reverse and assemble it. Well. I wish they don't do that and show me through the reverse just to avoid mistakes. I remember having to redo IKEA furniture due to missing a few parts. Don't wanna do this messy procedure and realize I forgot a button or worst still putting the screen on!
Anyway, I am a grad student with a bachelors in Engineering... I should be ashamed if I can't do this! :silly:
repairsuniverse has a guide on youtube for replacing the digitizer. I found it easy to follow. Only difference is when you put it back together put the parts in the new body. You will also have to pull the speaker out of the old body and put it in the new. It is held in by glue, heat it with a hairdryer/heatgun and it comes out pretty easily. You might need to use some new adhesive on the speaker, I was able to pull the old adhesive out of the body in one piece using a hairdryer and some tweezers.
Dermen said:
repairsuniverse has a guide on youtube for replacing the digitizer. I found it easy to follow. Only difference is when you put it back together put the parts in the new body. You will also have to pull the speaker out of the old body and put it in the new. It is held in by glue, heat it with a hairdryer/heatgun and it comes out pretty easily. You might need to use some new adhesive on the speaker, I was able to pull the old adhesive out of the body in one piece using a hairdryer and some tweezers.
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I am 100% done with the repair. But there are a few issues. The Vibrator motor seems to be not working. Then, the Digitizer I bought doesn't have a hole for the front facing camera! That is not a major setback as I rarely use it and I have a tablet and a PC to skype chat with... But it is sad that a feature is missing.
The big issue is the vibrator not working. I didn't mangle it and put it back in place as I am supposed to. Finally, I have 1 or 2 small dust particles under the screen and that is ok. I couldn't remove all the dust and it is a miracle I managed to get it that clean. Finally I seem to have a slight green tint/screen bleed at top left corner. I didn't have that before and I didn't distort the LCD while replacing. Is it due to a smudge on the LCD there? I suppose it is a minor issue and not something that will amplify as I have a Transformer prime that has screen bleeds and it is apparently because the screws are too tight.. So may be I tightened something too much? Anyway, if it doesn't deteriorate I am ok, as it is a very, very minor problem.
So, bottom line: Main problems > (1) No FFC (due to improper digitizer) -> I don't intend to fix it. (2) Vibrator motor not working.
Can someone help me with 2?
I fricking fixed it! I have WORK to do and I spent about 4 hrs fixing my phone!!! I'm kinda screwed for tomorrow! At least now my phone works...
That is odd it didn't have a spot for the front camera. I replaced my digitizer and it has a clear spot for it but it is not even close to centered. It actually looks like it would obstruct the camera but it doesn't. If you take it apart again for some reason you can scrape the black off the back so it is clear. However, it is very hard to do that and make it look decent.
Getting it perfect with no dust between the lcd and digitizer is very very hard to do. The first phone I did I actually took it apart again because there not only was dust but smudges on the other side of the digitizer. As for the bleeding I wouldn't think you could cause it from pressure in the inc2 because the lcd and digitizer are just held on the front by adhesive. The LCD has adhesive around the entire edge of it, I don't know if that also blocks light from the edges but if it does and there is a little bit missing maybe it is the cause.
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That is odd it didn't have a spot for the front camera. I replaced my digitizer and it has a clear spot for it but it is not even close to centered. It actually looks like it would obstruct the camera but it doesn't. If you take it apart again for some reason you can scrape the black off the back so it is clear. However, it is very hard to do that and make it look decent.
Getting it perfect with no dust between the lcd and digitizer is very very hard to do. The first phone I did I actually took it apart again because there not only was dust but smudges on the other side of the digitizer. As for the bleeding I wouldn't think you could cause it from pressure in the inc2 because the lcd and digitizer are just held on the front by adhesive. The LCD has adhesive around the entire edge of it, I don't know if that also blocks light from the edges but if it does and there is a little bit missing maybe it is the cause.
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The following are the images of my fixed and "pimped" Dinc2.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/beop9oqvn6qo9p5/2012-09-25 00.23.03.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/qh62damm82z0qmu/2012-09-25 00.22.32.jpg
Is the two tone color combination looking sweet, or should I change the back to red as well? I have a spare black back cover. If anyone has a spare red back cover, I can trade!
Plus, the "smudge/screen bleed" at the top left edge is seen in this pic:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/illeve11tomyrtw/2012-09-25 00.54.23.jpg (The black spot on the middle of the left side is a dust spec!)
Close up: https://www.dropbox.com/s/9ys4r2e6xmxfhnh/2012-09-25 00.54.48.jpg
Is the smudge bad? I think it is just a smudge on the LCD and not a damage to the LCD right? In that case, I am cool, as I most likely will cause other smudges if I attempt to redo it anyway. Plus, I am kinda bummed out about the lack of FFC, but I hardly use it and the whole process of removing the screen is SOOO tedious (and I don't have a heat gun, so had to put my phone a feet above a gas burner! ) and it was so painful and stomach wrenching to safely remove the LCD/digitizer that I don't wish to do it again to repair the FFC...
So, what do ya say?
I think the two tone looks good since the red phones have all black accents. I thought it was weird that the speaker on the red phone is silver, while all the other accents are black.
There seems to be a problem with the adhesive. The digitizer is raised by about 1 millimeter at the top while it is attached better at the bottom. I think it is because I had an additional horizontal strip of adhesive at the bottom to attach the digitizer to both the LCD and the buttons firmly while I didn't put such a horizontal strip at the top as I didn't see one when I dissembled it. If I put pressure on the digitizer for a while, it sets back in place for about half a day. Is this a serious problem? I don't feel like dissembling again.
litetaker said:
Hi guys, I just received all the parts. The following are what I ordered:
Housing Front for HTC Droid Incredible 2 Red Body Frame Chassis Bezel Part
Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 2 Replacement Touch Screen Digitizer Replacement Front Glass
2mm Wide Double Sided Layer Adhesive Sticky Tape Sticker
Tools for iPhone and most of phone
Now I am ready to replace the screen. Tutorials? I found some online, but would like to see what you guys followed to see if I can find simple and comprehensive tutorials!
Thanks! And wish me luck.
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I just broke my screen and im looking to go the same route. This is a good phone to have as a back up after i get my upgrade and i dont want to get rid of it.
Anyway, did you need all those parts to successfully change your screen? I thought if you bought a new housing you would not need the adhesive tape?
I dropped my 1gen N7 which cracked the screen and left it completely unresponsive to touch. I got a replacement screen digitizer LCD off Amazon and installed it myself. It works, but but most of what should be black is red, on half the screen most whites are teal, and there are ghosts/shadows under the keyboard letters and other random stuff. Did I likely get a bad lcd or could a damaged ribbon cause this? I'll try to get a video of it, but I don't know if it'll come out accurate. If it works I'll post a link to it.
72mino said:
I dropped my 1gen N7 which cracked the screen and left it completely unresponsive to touch. I got a replacement screen digitizer LCD off Amazon and installed it myself. It works, but but most of what should be black is red, on half the screen most whites are teal, and there are ghosts/shadows under the keyboard letters and other random stuff. Did I likely get a bad lcd or could a damaged ribbon cause this? I'll try to get a video of it, but I don't know if it'll come out accurate. If it works I'll post a link to it.
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If you look closely at the lcd ribbon (amber, not silver), the end going to the motherboard has a snap-on connector. It has to snap straight top down; otherwise, it would bend the pins (most likely on the motherboard side), and that in turn will cause the kind of distortions you described. Look with a loupe of at least 10X and you will see if anything was damaged on both ends (ribbon and motherboard connectors). If you see pins that are just bent out of shape, you can try to bend them back, but be very gentle. Once they break, the whole motherboard would become unusable.
Also, the EMI tape covering the connector must be preserved and stuck to its metal top side. Without it, the tab would have all kinds of interferences.
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If you look closely at the lcd ribbon (amber, not silver), the end going to the motherboard has a snap-on connector. It has to snap straight top down; otherwise, it would bend the pins (most likely on the motherboard side), and that in turn will cause the kind of distortions you described. Look with a loupe of at least 10X and you will see if anything was damaged on both ends (ribbon and motherboard connectors). If you see pins that are just bent out of shape, you can try to bend them back, but be very gentle. Once they break, the whole motherboard would become unusable.
Also, the EMI tape covering the connector must be preserved and stuck to its metal top side. Without it, the tab would have all kinds of interferences.
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Thank you very much for your help.
I'm guessing the emi tape was the silver piece of tape. That was the only thing I couldn't save. As soon as I peeled it off it rolled up and I couldn't get it unstuck from itself. Where could I get some, or is there anything I could substitute for it?
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Thank you very much for your help.
I'm guessing the emi tape was the silver piece of tape. That was the only thing I couldn't save. As soon as I peeled it off it rolled up and I couldn't get it unstuck from itself. Where could I get some, or is there anything I could substitute for it?
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If you're in the us, give me an address and I'll send you enough to replace the lost piece.
I've seen the videos on replacing the screen including the digitizer but has anyone changed just the glass?
My phone did a face plant but the digitizer still works.. fingerprint scanner and touches all over phone are still responding.
The glass alone is about $20 but the full screen is about $120.
Screen only replacement is very difficult since u mist get the glue to release the glass from the digitizer without damaging it
I've delaminated Droid Maxx to replace the glass. Lots of careful work with a heat gun and spudger. The new glass had to be bonded back. If you don't, the reflections make the screen pretty unusable and the glass fragile to breaking again. To much heat and you fry the LCD.
surge919 said:
I've seen the videos on replacing the screen including the digitizer but has anyone changed just the glass?
My phone did a face plant but the digitizer still works.. fingerprint scanner and touches all over phone are still responding.
The glass alone is about $20 but the full screen is about $120.
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was the video for the moto z play? where did you find it? I bought the kit, and want to see if the phone requires a removal of the entire digitizer, or if the glass can be done in place.
thanks
vega509 said:
was the video for the moto z play? where did you find it? I bought the kit, and want to see if the phone requires a removal of the entire digitizer, or if the glass can be done in place.
thanks
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Good luck on seperation the digitizer from the glass without breaking the digitizer, it's super thin and unless you have the correct tools and glue forget it.
Trust me I have replaced my screen twice now which in itself was extremely hard.
Do not use double sided tape but the correct adhesive is need something like B7000.
flashallthetime said:
Good luck on seperation the digitizer from the glass without breaking the digitizer, it's super thin and unless you have the correct tools and glue forget it.
Trust me I have replaced my screen twice now which in itself was extremely hard.
Do not use double sided tape but the correct adhesive is need something like B7000.
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thanks for the reply,
did the phone need to be tore down? or was the glass removable in place?
was there a video or tutorial you followed?
thanks
vega509 said:
thanks for the reply,
did the phone need to be tore down? or was the glass removable in place?
was there a video or tutorial you followed?
thanks
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I need to heat the glass with a heat gun in order to separate the glass from the phone, moto has pack in loads of adhesive so you need to heat and seperate the glass slowly, the finger print scanner is taped to the under side of the digitizer, so be carefully.
You can not use double sided tape to remount the glass screen nor can you use the existing adhesive, buy new adhesive. You'll find it on eBay or Amazon.
I broke my first screen and replaced it my second one wasn't mounted correctly and the digitizer broke not the glass, so that tells you how thin the display is
I've been at it for over 2-1/2 hours. got the glass off in 2 pieces without doing any damage to the lcd, or so I thought, before permanently adhering the new glass I reconnected the panel and found about 1/3 of the bottom is dead. I cannot see any damage but it has to be something that happened while removing the glass.
oh well.
as an aside, I did not pay attention when I removed the 2 ribbon cables as to how far into the socket they go. there is a stripe on each, but neither go in quite that far, maybe within a 1/16", is this correct?
I also noticed on the lcd top, opposite to the video cable there is another connector about the same size as the one for the button, any idea what that is for?
thanks again
vega509 said:
I've been at it for over 2-1/2 hours. got the glass off in 2 pieces without doing any damage to the lcd, or so I thought, before permanently adhering the new glass I reconnected the panel and found about 1/3 of the bottom is dead. I cannot see any damage but it has to be something that happened while removing the glass.
oh well.
as an aside, I did not pay attention when I removed the 2 ribbon cables as to how far into the socket they go. there is a stripe on each, but neither go in quite that far, maybe within a 1/16", is this correct?
I also noticed on the lcd top, opposite to the video cable there is another connector about the same size as the one for the button, any idea what that is for?
thanks again
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There's the top ribbon only and the slides in if you slide the plastic retainer back on the ribbon connector. Its on the far left side
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flashallthetime said:
There's the top ribbon only and the slides in if you slide the plastic retainer back on the ribbon connector. Its on the far left side
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There's also the front flash light on the far left , be very careful cause it breaks really easy, mine did and said F##k it I don't take selfies anyways.