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How to Replace your Scratched Galaxy S2 Screen DIY

I have searched high and low for an answer on how to replace a scratched screen of the SGS2 by yourself and have finally found the answer.
This will definitely VOID YOUR WARRANTY so don't say you haven't been warned.
I suggest you only use this guide if you were desperate like me. My phone didn't come with an official warranty so I was as good as screwed if I wanted a new screen.
Step 1: Obtain the part
Just ebay for lcd screen and digitizer galaxy s2 (however u may wish to buy it with the faceplate see below note). You want both the super amoled plus screen and the digitizer together. You can get this for about 120-130 USD.
There are some vendors that sell just the 'lens' but you need a specialized machine to replace it and is simply not worth the trouble.
Note that if you go to an original Samsung service centre, when they order the part, it comes together with the face plate and is therefore a breeze to install. This part is for sale on Ebay too. http://cgi.ebay.com/LCD-Touch-Digit...312?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a682b9ad0. I would recommend you to buy this type instead of just the LCD and digitizer.
Follow this disassembly guide (not mine).
Now using a thin metal flat tool with a wide flat surface area, dig at the small gap from the top of the screen and pry the screen from the frontplate. It is held entirely by double-tape so don't worry about any screws, catches. Be careful of not damaging the bezel in the process.
Clean off the old black tape and double tape as best as u can, and be careful of the bottom buttons. The attachment shows how it looks like after cleaning it.
Reapply the double tape in strips and try to shape it to fit as much as you can. This is tiresome but necessary since the adhesive behind the lcd screen is very weak and you don't your screen falling out of you halfway.
Push it in and it should stick. That's it! Then reassemble.
Confirmed working!

thanks for the write up, do you have any more photos of your process?

OMG, it's like watching an autopsy.

Could a better resolution screen or even 3d screen be used/upgraded later on?

Nice to know for something happens, Hope not

Hope wont be necessary. How did you scratch the screen so hard that it had to be changed? I tought the Gorilla Glass is almost unscratchable.

Man,,u shud handle it a bit gently ,,,,i mean,i flinched every time u "threw" the phone on the table.

On second thought, I might as well buy that screen protector
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wow that is the definition of T H I N !!!!!

Samsung Galaxy S II 2 i9100 LCD Touch Digitizer Screen
Thanks also full part with bezel here http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Samsung-G...062?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item3cb9ff0e4e
Samsung Galaxy S II 2 i9100 LCD Touch Digitizer Screen
With Housing Bezel front cover ,Home Button, Flex Cable
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LCD-Touch...669?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item3cb9ff0cc5
Samsung Galaxy S II 2 i9100 LCD Touch Digitizer Screen
With Housing Bezel front cover ,Home Button, Flex Cable Without Samsung logo
White house soon on site

psp888 said:
thanks for the write up, do you have any more photos of your process?
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Unfortunately not at this time. I will do it the next time around (which will be soon as there is a slight imperfection with my button sensitivity so I might be inclined to try it again) but trust me it's not a beautiful process. Needs lots of guts. Nothing technical about it. Shove the flat tool in the gap and keep on loosening the glue as much as u can then take it off.
podgo said:
Hope wont be necessary. How did you scratch the screen so hard that it had to be changed? I tought the Gorilla Glass is almost unscratchable.
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It's more like cracked. I dropped it on some rocks from waist height and it cracked. It seems that gorilla glass is not shatter proof. There are also some scratches/mini cracks from where the rocks cut it.
Lesson learnt, get a screen protector that hopefully will reinforce it a bit more.

I wonder how these replacement parts compare to the quality of the original parts.

Is your new screen a Super AMOLED+ screen? all ebay listing just says LCD. Is it original Samsung part?

psp888 said:
Is your new screen a Super AMOLED+ screen? all ebay listing just says LCD. Is it original Samsung part?
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There some listed as Super AMOLED+ screen just search on ebay or even drop the sellers a question about their iteams.

It is a Super Amoled + screen (don't see any difference in quality between the old and new one). Most sellers don't really know much of their products unfortunately but they do say it's original and I do believe mine is.
There's no Samsung print on the front plate but it does have a part number which corresponds closely to the original one. Everything else looks exactly the same, even the black sponge at the back and the microchips have Samsung wording on them.

BarryH_GEG said:
OMG, it's like watching an autopsy.
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I have stomach to watch dead bodies, but not a GSII LOL

Dropped SGS2 from bikemount : broken screen.
OK,
I broke my screen this weekend. I was on a bike tour with the SGS2 mounted on the steering bar. For some unclear reason, the universal holder came off the bikemount at 25 kmh... Dropped on the paved road, and although still in the universal holder, which is made of soft rubber (which I would expect to break the fall), the screen of my beloved SGS2 was cracked !!! Apart from the cracked screen, everything else seems to work as before.
So, today I ordered a replacement set with bezel from aliexpress.com at 148USD.
When I get the part, I will try to post some pictures of the replacement process.
I had an HD2 before ... just sold it last Friday :-( ... I think over a period of 1,5 year, I dropped the HD2 about 6 times on hard surfaces ... also it fell off my bike once ... the HD2 never broke.
So, is it just bad luck this time, or is the built quality of the SGS2 just not as good as the HD2 ?
Regards,
DirkB

DirkB19 said:
OK,
I broke my screen this weekend. I was on a bike tour with the SGS2 mounted on the steering bar. For some unclear reason, the universal holder came off the bikemount at 25 kmh... Dropped on the paved road, and although still in the universal holder, which is made of soft rubber (which I would expect to break the fall), the screen of my beloved SGS2 was cracked !!! Apart from the cracked screen, everything else seems to work as before.
So, today I ordered a replacement set with bezel from aliexpress.com at 148USD.
When I get the part, I will try to post some pictures of the replacement process.
I had an HD2 before ... just sold it last Friday :-( ... I think over a period of 1,5 year, I dropped the HD2 about 6 times on hard surfaces ... also it fell off my bike once ... the HD2 never broke.
So, is it just bad luck this time, or is the built quality of the SGS2 just not as good as the HD2 ?
Regards,
DirkB
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It is very easy to do. Just unclip each component and transplant it to the new case.

I have to do my friends one this weekend as he has dropped it and damaged the screen and the bezel .
I have managed to source the screen and the bezel for him all as one piece .
Now all the guides i have seen just rip the phone to pieces , surely if we have the right bits like i have bought this fix is very smple to do??
I am thinking it is just a case of undoing the 7 screws at the back of the phone , opening it up and then disconnect the screen cables from the mainboard . Does the whole front then come away??
If not i take it i have to undo the screws on the main board to release the screen? but this means the componets of the main board may come loose etc??
Has anyone that has done this got any info on just swapping the screen with the complete part? when i say complete part i mean the one that comes with the bezel and home button etc like this
http://cgi.ebay.com/LCD-Touch-Digit...312?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a682b9ad0
Thanks in adance for any guidance

buxz777 said:
Has anyone that has done this got any info on just swapping the screen with the complete part? when i say complete part i mean the one that comes with the bezel and home button etc like this
http://cgi.ebay.com/LCD-Touch-Digit...312?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a682b9ad0
Thanks in adance for any guidance
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+1 for me.
I received my screen including bezel.
I've removed the main board just like the guy in the Youtube video.
But now I still have to transfer (from original front to my new front):
- the bottom PCB (where the microUSB sits)
- the camera
- the speaker
etc ...
I can not find a description/movie of how to do this ?
The bottom PCB for example has 2 screws, but after removing them the PCB itself looks like glued to the front assy'.
I prefer to see or get proper instructions before starting the rest of this adventure
...
PS : I got my part from aliexpress.com within 2 weeks (via airmail). It's with the Samsung logo on it and the package included all required tools (screwdrivers) to do the job. Would be nice to see some written instructions included as well.
Grtz,
DirkB

shattered screen

My little cousin have EVO with shattered screen, and I am trying to get him replacement part. Screen has couple cracks but if fully functional so I am thinking which of following I should get...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/OEM-HTC-Evo...939?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4aa37ae05b
http://www.ebay.com/itm/LCD-Screen-...607?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item35b6c5d6e7
http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-OEM-HTC...536?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2a158d59d0
What is difference beside price ? Looks like cheep one is just outside glass and other two might have full screen ?
Now back to phone... Outside layer of glas is cracked but is there anything damaged inside I have no idea (i doubt any damage is there since screen fully operative). What do you guys thing? I can upload some pictures tonight around 6 (Central time).

From experience here is what I will tell you. The easiest thing to do is to replace the entire front housing. The front glass can be replaced but you risk breaking the lcd underneath. You can get the front piece of glass off by either taking a razor and cutting it from the adhesive or taking a heat gun (or hair drier will work) and heating it until the adhesive losens enough to pull the glass off. The problem with replacing the front housing is you need to know if it is a wide cable or small cable. The only way to know this for sure is to open the phone and look at the bottom ribbon of the left side of the board, this is the lcd ribbon and that will tell you if it needs to be big or little. Some people will tell you that you can look at the letters on the bottom right of the sticker where the esn is (they will be like a, b, c, xa, etc.) but this does not always work. I fix these everyday and have seen all boards with both types of screens. Hope this helps.

Defy damaged LCD screen!

Help,my defy spotted dead pixel. Digitizer still functioning. Where can I buy front glass with digitizer and LCD panel together? Don't want to seperate apart digitizer and LCD .prefer easier fixing
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Anyone has suggestion on defy front glass casing with digitizer and lcd attached? It easier to fix then seperate digitizer and lcd screen

Have you looked around on Amazon?
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias=mobile&field-keywords=defy+screen

Try cnn.cn
Hi,
I had to replace the screen on my defy once. It was a major chore. I ended up scratching the frame while prying off the screen (its stuck on with some pretty strong glue). I also had to use my own glue - I used water proof clear silicon. When I got it together, my Defy looked beat up. The silicon was too thick and I ended up cracking the frame near the screws.
I recently ordered the housing, screen from: www.cnn.cn . And while it was expensive, it came with a sticky outline that I used to easily replace the screen. I was able to discard the frame of my first defy with the nicks. The end results is that my defy looks like new, even though the back and side might have some nicks and cuts.
I think the store ships from HK. It took a while for it to arrive, but it usually does arrive. I'd recommend it.
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EDIT: I just reread and you probably will just need to replace the LCD and not the Digitizer. The Digitizer is glued on to the frame but the LCD underneath is free and pushed by the mainboard to the digitizer. You do not need to replace the digitizer in order to correct the LCD issues. In anycase, the choice is yours. CNN.cn does not sell the LCD however.

Ptikjp said:
Hi,
I had to replace the screen on my defy once. It was a major chore. I ended up scratching the frame while prying off the screen (its stuck on with some pretty strong glue). I also had to use my own glue - I used water proof clear silicon. When I got it together, my Defy looked beat up. The silicon was too thick and I ended up cracking the frame near the screws.
I recently ordered the housing, screen from: www.cnn.cn . And while it was expensive, it came with a sticky outline that I used to easily replace the screen. I was able to discard the frame of my first defy with the nicks. The end results is that my defy looks like new, even though the back and side might have some nicks and cuts.
I think the store ships from HK. It took a while for it to arrive, but it usually does arrive. I'd recommend it.
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EDIT: I just reread and you probably will just need to replace the LCD and not the Digitizer. The Digitizer is glued on to the frame but the LCD underneath is free and pushed by the mainboard to the digitizer. You do not need to replace the digitizer in order to correct the LCD issues. In anycase, the choice is yours. CNN.cn does not sell the LCD however.
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Wow thanks buddy!! The digitizer is working 100%, usable. The only problem is black dead pixel even reboot to recovery mode, the black dot still can be seen in blue wordings in recovering mode. Since the changing the LCD doesn't require changing the digitizer, That save lots of money.
Heard LCD sceen has to be OEM cos compatibe may not boot up?

defybest said:
Wow thanks buddy!! The digitizer is working 100%, usable. The only problem is black dead pixel even reboot to recovery mode, the black dot still can be seen in blue wordings in recovering mode. Since the changing the LCD doesn't require changing the digitizer, That save lots of money.
Heard LCD sceen has to be OEM cos compatibe may not boot up?
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I would always go with oem. The lcd is buy far way more expensive than the digitizer unfortunately. Good luck.

Back button no longer working

Hi all,
I accidentally dropped my S3 last week and the damn AMOLED screen got cracked. I replaced it yesterday myself but found that the back button is not working on the new replacement. I checked screen and menu button before sticking that screen, but forget to test the back button. Is this a soft (firmware or such) issue? any input would be appreciated. For now, I'm using Button Savior from Google play and it's not that bad as a temporary solution.
Thanks in advance.

Im assuming you didnt actually crack the AMOLED, just the glass lens? Did the back button work before you changed the lens? Did you damage the ribbon cable removing the lens? Are you sure you got the ribbon aligned correctly under the new lens? To answer your question, no its not a software issue, either the ribbon is damaged and would need to be replaced or hopefully you just need to adjust the ribbon under the glass.

dntesinfrno said:
Im assuming you didnt actually crack the AMOLED, just the glass lens? Did the back button work before you changed the lens? Did you damage the ribbon cable removing the lens? Are you sure you got the ribbon aligned correctly under the new lens? To answer your question, no its not a software issue, either the ribbon is damaged and would need to be replaced or hopefully you just need to adjust the ribbon under the glass.
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-The AMOLED got broken unfortunately, so I had to replace both the screen and the protective Gorilla glass, they both come together in one replacement part.
- Did the back button work before you changed the lens? Yes, and again both the screen and the glass got replaced, not solely the lens.
- Are you sure you got the ribbon aligned correctly under the new lens? .. as I mentioned, both screen and lens come in one part; thus, aligned by the manufacturer.
- "hopefully you just need to adjust the ribbon under the glass" .. Is that possible without taking out the glass and replacing it?
I'm seeking a way to test the button circuitry, any idea?
Thanks.

Thats is unfortunate. Hope you get it figured out bro.
In the mean time you could always flash a rom with a navigation bar

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texasti89 said:
-The AMOLED got broken unfortunately, so I had to replace both the screen and the protective Gorilla glass, they both come together in one replacement part.
- Did the back button work before you changed the lens? Yes, and again both the screen and the glass got replaced, not solely the lens.
- Are you sure you got the ribbon aligned correctly under the new lens? .. as I mentioned, both screen and lens come in one part; thus, aligned by the manufacturer.
- "hopefully you just need to adjust the ribbon under the glass" .. Is that possible without taking out the glass and replacing it?
I'm seeking a way to test the button circuitry, any idea?
Thanks.
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Well the first question pretty much negates all the rest unfortunately. I replaced the glass lens on my phone but haven't taken it apart any farther than that so i'm not sure about where/how the soft key's attach to the mainboard. It could attach to a wire harness with the rest of the display electronics and plug in all in one connector, or could be an independent plug. In any case you either have some bad circuitry or a loose connection. The question would be is it the mainboard or the LED assembly you purchased.

Broken Screen + Digitizer?

Hello there, I've had this phone for about a good year now. However, back in January, I broke the screen. The touch does not work (except for one corner) and the screen is very badly cracked. I looked online for digitizers +LCD's, and I found a lot to choose from. I heard that its best to get one with the frame in tact, which I cannot find. My question is, How would replacing the screen work? How do you put the ribbons back together if you pry them off? (wifi antenna as well.) I would love to use this phone as my main one again, I am currently using a Huawei Ascend Mate 2. Its a good phone, but I loved my Find 7a. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

A friend of mine bought in China through Ebay, a screen with the digitizer to World Tradin or something like that, it cost about $ 50.
We did the screen replacement following a guide in iFixit, it was for replace the motherboard, but you can us it and when you reach the screen, it is removed after taking off the plastic frame that holds it (with care, it's fragile ). Double sided tape is needed to attach the new screen.
In YouTube you can find a guide for the screen replacement for Find 5 which can be used for reference.
It is easier than it looks.
Good luck. :good: