Good morning.
I am working on a Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 10 inch for a co-worker who recently dropped it and shattered the screen.
The LCD underneath is fine, so I ordered a digitizer for it from a seller on ebay (seller name withheld)
I installed the new digitizer last night, but now the soft keys at the bottom next to the "home" button do not work. They light up fine, but touching them does nothing.
Are these soft keys based in the digitizer, or do they "pass through" and actually trigger the sensor below which houses the light. Are they supposed to be stuck to the screen to work?
thanks in advance!
-Billb3rt
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Ok, so I didn't know that, that (from my other post) was "Insurance fraud". So I decided to fix the phone myself, Insurance cancelled. Now as you may already know, I stood on my phone. I am guessing that the Digitizer is the touch panel and the screen is a the botton displaying the image.. Once the damage was done, I quickly checked if the phone was alright so I pressed the "Unlock key" and had to swipe the unlock screen to see if the phone was working, so obviously the Digitizer is working as it did change to homescreen when I swiped the screen.
As I panicked I took the battery out, and turning the phone back on hoping it will work, It did not. Some green dots and lines started apearing. Then it stopped displaying, so a black screen after the vibration when I'm turning on the phone.
I also know that the phone is still working because when I plug it into my computer Windows 7 has that little bleep..
The glass screen is not cracked but, when you look at the screen at an angle you see the some scratches (or cracks) underneath on the AMOLED..
Now, my question is, do I need a new AMOLED or a new Digitizer?
thanks for your time!
edit; I've been looking at abit of nexus one Screens/Digitizer's, they seem cheaper, so would they work with a Desire?
Hi guys, cracked my note 2 glass last week and decided to replace JUST the glass myself. This included me warming up the screen with a hair dryer and replacing the glass. All went well, was VERY careful only to find out when I turn the phone on the screen is either blank OR white, and you can faintly see the boot logo. This alternates randomly when im prodding the motherboard. Does this mean there is a dodgy connection? Can I fix this, or have I completely melted the amoled when heating?
Forgot to add: Phone turns on fine, boot sound is there, capacative buttons light up. Even touch screen works (I can answer phone calls)
Thanks guys
Hi,
I have attempted a glass only screen repair on my Note II which in hindsight was probably a mistake. Initially, I though things were going bad as I cracked and heated shards of glass away from the disassembled phone. Fully expecting to need to buy a new LCD/digitizer I eventually removed all the glass. Before cleaning the screen, I plugged it all back together and to my amazement it worked. Everything turned on and the digitizer worked so I turned it off and went about cleaning it up.
I then realized I could remove the backing that the glass was on, the bit with the black bezel. I don't know what this was or if I should have removed it or not. I cleaned what I think was the digitizer and LCD, put the new glass on and assembled the phone and this is where I'm stuck.
I try and power it on and all I get is one little red LED flash when I press the power button. When I press the power occasionally the screen flickers briefly as if it wants to turn on. I can't reset (10 seconds power) or hard reset (volume up + home + power). The phone is at full charge, it takes charge (my power supply "whistles") and the battery is at 4.1V.
Does anyone know what this symptom is or what I may have broken? I'm thinking I could have ruined the screen somehow, perhaps I shouldn't have pulled that last piece of plastic off or perhaps I have killed the motherboard but I don't see how..? Thanks for any assistance!
So I fixed the phone. Solution posted in case anyone else runs into this issue.
When I was removing the last layer on the screen or cleaning the goo off, I must have broken the screen. The red LED flash when I was turning the phone on is normal, it is just that the screen was not working. I got a new screen assembly and replaced the whole thing.
I've replaced about a dozen phone screens for myself, friends and family and I would strongly recommend replacing the whole screen assembly on a Note 2 instead of a glass only replacement.
I am a tech that does glass only replacements every day on s3 n2 and s4 and I can tell you that the black layer you removed was the digitizer and front half of the lcd that's were you messed up
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Hello XDA,
I dropped my phone a while ago and the outer screen got cracked, nothing happened to the screen it self, so i kept using my phone for a month or so before i found a place to replace the outer frame only, the screen used to work perfectly, after i changed the frame, i had touch problems, so i decided to change the whole screen, after changing the screen i had a dead strip, the touch is not responding in that area, here is a screen shot, Could it be a problem with the new screen/digitizer or connection problem? Please direct me.
My S3 has been working fine for months sort of. I bought it off of ebay with a huge crack in the glass, then my brother dropped it and all the glass fell out. To use the phone we has to touch the bare LCD of the phone, which after a while we just but a screen cover over it. I waited 2 months, bought a new glass replacement and put it on, everything worked just fine. After a little the home button when pressed to the left a little would make the screen go crazy. it would start tapping and swiping in random places. After locking and waking the screen the phone was normal again. after that, i removed the glass again, and this time when putting it back on if i pushed the home button it pushed the glass down a little, which would turn my screen black. locking the phone and waking the screen again turned the screen back on. Also the screen was a lot less sensitive, i'd have to tap a key 2-5 times sometimes to hit a specific letter. whenever that happened i put 3 dsi's to weigh it down and push the screen down, which would improve the sensitivity. that worked twice, and now my screen doesn't respond to touch at all. the screen will wake, but only when i press on the bottom right corner of the screen will it respond to touch. Any word on what could be the problem? i need to know what to buy to replace in the phone. I've already taken the whole phone apart and plugged everything back in, after i had tried everything to get my phone to respond. Could this be a digitizer problem, or an LCD problem? any possible fixes without having to replace anything?
The first issue was using the device without the glass installed. By touching the bare LCD you most likely damaged it. Your best bet at this point is probably going to be to replace the Touch assembly ( Glass / LCD Touch digitizer ) . Also keep in mind, when doing any sort of Screen replacement. Be sure to keep everything as clean, and dust free as possible.