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Oily liquid underneath screen - from nowhere

I'm gutted. Somehow my Diamond has got this oily liquid underneath the screen in the centre of the screen. It's come from nowhere?? I haven't got it wet, have always used a screen protector, etc but now it's as if it has escaped from somewhere inside the phone and is now sitting between the digitizer and the glass underneath. Where on earth does this come from? Has anyone known this to happen to other HTC's? I guess it has come from the LCD. God only knows how this happened, I treat my Diamond with a lot of care. I tried to take some photos for you guys to show you what I mean but it was pointless, you can only see this oil slick when the light reflects off the screen so it's hard to actually capture that in a photo. Just imagine an oil slick underneath the screen that moves around when you touch it with your finger. Oh yeah, and now my digitizer is inaccurate all the time. Actually I made a little picture to at least try and illustrate (sorry I suck at paintbrush)
I'm a bit worried that I'm going to end up with one of those ****ty yellow-tint replacement LCD's. My friend bought a touch pro the other day and he ended up with one of these screens, and believe me, they are A JOKE. The look *pitiful*. If this happens it's byebye Diamond and byebye HTC. Just on 6 months old this thing and been treated with nothing but absolute care. I might even do the unthinkable and get an iphone now I hear that TomTom is on it's way over there.. Wow I guess I must be really pissed off, lol..
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Have same problem
I used hair dryer but it is there still.

all i can say is that not always and only looking from a certain angle i have the same square stain you describe. i thought i am the only one....
the strange thing is that looking now at the screen everything looks OK (the stain is not there) but i remember seeing the stain in many occasions in the past. maybe is temperature related and right now is morning here and i didn't start using my device yet.
i'll keep an eye on this thread.
i also take good care of my device and use a screen protector.

Finaly some out there with the same problem as me
I have the idea that it could be the result of presure to the screen!
...you get the same "oilish" look when you press a finger on the screen!
...

KukurikU said:
all i can say is that not always and only looking from a certain angle i have the same square stain you describe. i thought i am the only one....
the strange thing is that looking now at the screen everything looks OK (the stain is not there) but i remember seeing the stain in many occasions in the past. maybe is temperature related and right now is morning here and i didn't start using my device yet.
i'll keep an eye on this thread.
i also take good care of my device and use a screen protector.
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Yes, exactly, staring at the screen normally, I cannot see it. But, when the light hits it, I can see it very much.
And, now when tapping the screen instead of feeling that cushioned kind of effect, it's now really hard and the taps with the stylus are much louder than what they were before. It's like the previously trapped 'oil' actually gave a softening effect, but now it has escaped or whatever, and it feels like I am tapping glass, or something equally as hard. But we all know the glass is a couple layers deep, and there is the soft digitizer and also the screen protector between that glass and the stylus. Now it feels like those extra layers are not even there. I can barely use the horizontal scrollbars now as the stylus is inaccurate in a lot of areas on the screen, but not all, and not all the time. (?) Even after a re-calibration the problem is not going away. Dialling a number takes several attempts due to missed numbers, and other niggly annoying things you can imagine. Hmmm. I wonder how many people have this but have not noticed yet?
Please post here is you have this problem, guys! Remember to look at your screen with an overhead light directly bouncing off your screen and into your eyes. Then you will see the oil slick effect. And when in the position you can touch the screen with your finger and see the oily liquid move around. Please let us know if you have this problem, thanks.

probably from heat/humidity. happens with my atom exec

Hi guys,
i don't have Diamond but sometimes check Diamond forum.
I thin that the problem you are referring to, also occured on some of the HTC Touches(Elfs).
Check this thread(post #106 has some ample pics):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=322251&page=11
P.S. I don't know if they managed to solve the screen smudge issue.
Cheers.

KukurikU said:
all i can say is that not always and only looking from a certain angle i have the same square stain you describe. i thought i am the only one....
the strange thing is that looking now at the screen everything looks OK (the stain is not there) but i remember seeing the stain in many occasions in the past. maybe is temperature related and right now is morning here and i didn't start using my device yet.
i'll keep an eye on this thread.
i also take good care of my device and use a screen protector.
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I think its related to what the screen reflects, because sometimes i see it to and sometimes i don't, now i have a LCD Computer Screen from samsung and if i use the phone at home i don't see the 'oil', if i place my phone in the right direction so that it reflects the screen i will see the screen reflected part with the 'oil' ,so if i hold it so that my LCD screen appears for 50% on my screen(y-ax) and the other 50 percent of the diamond reflects a wall or something, i only see the 'oil' at that part that reflects my LCD screen...
Now this isn't only with my LCD screen, the roof @ my school does the same thing, some kind of walls, etc.

whoa, that's really weird, I just noticed that on my Diamond while sat at my desk...! I'm sure I would have seen it before now, but who knows... It's only visible under certain light though (flourescent seems to be the worst). Its presence doesn't appear to affect the digitizer and can't actually see it when the backlight's on...

I had exactly the same problem. Called HTC logged as a fault .. New screen replaced under warranty . Very impressed !
Its the touch screen touching the LCD ... A known probelm to HTC so give them a call

Thanks for all your replies everyone
My touch screen is really hard to use now so shouldn't be a problem getting it replaced, I hope!
I will call our HTC repairer Monday then let you know how it goes, thanks!

oil in the center of screen
ahhh I just noticed the same oily substance on my diamond too!! so whats the deal ?!

Wow I have the same problem too...don't see it directly but when I tilt it at certain angle I can see it. I will give HTC a call and hopefully they will help me replace the screen.

Mines the same
Just sent off for repair with t mobile
Nice to know I can direct them here if they decide to say it's not a common problem so I must have done it

Got it here too!
screen went really bad touching one area say opens different links in opera or anyother app.
will be in touch with orange and point them to this thread........cant beat XDA devs!!

the same problem but who to call
hi guys
just wanted to ask
i am from israel and bought the diamond on ebay from a store in the states
who can i call?
htc will probably want me to ship it to them
and then i will be without a phone for a month
what should i do?

Me too!! Ditto!
I got the same problem too!!!! And OMG....soo many ppl have it too!! This is crazy.....its like some mass defective shipment or something! I have the same oily patch on my elfin. And my digitizer is new....its barely been 2 months!! I had it replaced coz I accidentally cracked the last one. Though it doesn't seem to be affecting the screen calibration or any of the screen accuracy. I hope its not like a problem that aggravates into something else altogether (fingers crossed).

Have the same problem with my diamond. Will send it to HTC repair center in austria a few days past christmas.
merry christmas !

bugeyes said:
Got it here too!
screen went really bad touching one area say opens different links in opera or anyother app.
will be in touch with orange and point them to this thread........cant beat XDA devs!!
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Good old Orange UK contacted them this morning and will receive a new diamond tomorrow!!! soo cool well worth leaving t mob for!

Same problem on my Touch HD (Blackstone)
Got my Touch HD less than 4 weeks ago and noticed a small oliy patch (size a 5p coin) in the bottom after a few days. Sometimes the patch was visible and sometimes not. It has now progressed to a rectangle of about 1 inch by 3 inch. I noticed it can hardly be seen with normal light bulbs or outside, but under certain light conditions like our special lighting in the office (some natural, blue light bulbs) AND energy saving light bulbs it is very obvious and annoying.
I have no idea how it happened as I had 3 other HTC touch screen devices in the past without this problem. I am carrying my phone in my trouser back pocket, but I think it does not bend it enough to cause this. Another suspicion (guess of mine) is the screen protector itself. I am wondering that maybe the temp difference between protector and screen was too large and when it contracted it pulled away the upper layer of the touch screen?
I am attaching a bmp that shows the patch on the phone.
I have now contacted BuyMobilePhones.net where I bought the phone and after being wrongly asked to contact Orange for a fault code, I have sent it to them for repair/replacement. I hope I will get it back next week. Until then I will use my Artemis / O2 XDA Orbit 2.

disappointed with HTC...

so i upgraded to get HTC Vivid.. love it. but, after a few days of using it this is what happened
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i took care of this phone.. had it in my pocket the whole time.. and look!
now my concern is whether or not ATT will take it back.. i am so upset.. i paid 200 for this phone. i did not want to put a cover over it because of the look & style of phone. and oh yea its rooted!

That's either a strange defect or you carry sandpaper in your pocket.
Either way bum deal sorry to hear about it
Drew
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BangyaHead said:
so i upgraded to get HTC Vivid.. love it. but, after a few days of using it this is what happened
i took care of this phone.. had it in my pocket the whole time.. and look!
now my concern is whether or not ATT will take it back.. i am so upset.. i paid 200 for this phone. i did not want to put a cover over it because of the look & style of phone. and oh yea its rooted!
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Buy a clear case if you still want to keep the style. If you want to try warranty and claim it a defect, go ahead. Rooting and unlocking the bootloader will not deny you warranty for physical problems like yours.
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so unfair.. i think im just gonna go back to the att store and have them do something about it all because im too lazy to contact HTC and press a bunch of numbers lol. i don't understand how this could have happened.. so strange.

BangyaHead said:
so i upgraded to get HTC Vivid.. love it. but, after a few days of using it this is what happened
i took care of this phone.. had it in my pocket the whole time.. and look!
now my concern is whether or not ATT will take it back.. i am so upset.. i paid 200 for this phone. i did not want to put a cover over it because of the look & style of phone. and oh yea its rooted!
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I really hope you're not just trolling. If not I apologize but I just can't buy that all of that is from a few days use. I've been on my Vivid with no case for almost a couple weeks now and don't show anything remotely close to that. What are setting it down on? Or what else do you have in your pockets?
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trolling? never. i am not setting it down anywhere...i hate doing that..its always in my hand. i go to school in the morning and its in my pocket.. always.. same thing at work. i don't remember dropping it at all.. nothing in my pocket.

BangyaHead said:
trolling? never. i am not setting it down anywhere...i hate doing that..its always in my hand. i go to school in the morning and its in my pocket.. always.. same thing at work. i don't remember dropping it at all.. nothing in my pocket.
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Maybe start using some hand lotion?

Give the guy a break. I've had the phone since release day and have the same issue. In fact, my phone already had one faded spot on the battery cover when I pulled it out of the box brand new.

also another thing i keep noticing and its bothering me for some reason.. when phone is on or lit.. wenever i tilt the phone down or sideways and look at the edges of lcd i can see white line running across i don't know if that's normal part of the lcd or not..

dusty2422 said:
Give the guy a break. I've had the phone since release day and have the same issue. In fact, my phone already had one faded spot on the battery cover when I pulled it out of the box brand new.
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I'm not trying to give him a hard time. Just having a hard time believing that it's only from a few days of use pulling in and out of pocket. My usage is the same and do not even see a hint of it. Maybe a bad batch of Vivids went out? Even so, I'd take it back and exchange it.
BangyaHead said:
also another thing i keep noticing and its bothering me for some reason.. when phone is on or lit.. wenever i tilt the phone down or sideways and look at the edges of lcd i can see white line running across i don't know if that's normal part of the lcd or not..
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I think that's probably back light bleed you're seeing. It's common on most LCD displays.

will it eventually spread? is it common with all Vivids?? can anyone else notice it?
sorry guys but i paid 200 for this device.. i wanna know all these things before i change my mind and get skyrocket..

Mine has a little fading, but thats just because I decided to slide it over to someone (numerous times back n forth) while not in the right of mind... But mines not nearly that bad.

sorry i just realized this picture is ultimate fail.. but you get what im talking about..

I haven't seen this issue, but I got the white vivid.

BangyaHead said:
sorry i just realized this picture is ultimate fail.. but you get what im talking about..
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That's just the back light lighting up the edge of the glass. No, it won't spread.
On a side note, it seems like you're trying to talk yourself into getting rid of it anyways, no?

I had the same thing happen to me about a week after I got my Vivid. I had no idea what it was, I assumed it occurred from when I dropped the phone once.

Do you have granite lining your pockets? I can't even fathom how this would happen. I have a white Vivid, so the paint could be different, but I have had a lot of phones and never used a case on any of them and I have yet to even scratch one. The closest I ever came to the kind of damage you're showing is when I used to slide a Blackberry curve in and out of a plastic clip holster numerous times/day. I can't fathom how jean pockets can do this to a phone.

Jirv311 said:
I'm not trying to give him a hard time. Just having a hard time believing that it's only from a few days of use pulling in and out of pocket. My usage is the same and do not even see a hint of it. Maybe a bad batch of Vivids went out? Even so, I'd take it back and exchange it.
I think that's probably back light bleed you're seeing. It's common on most LCD displays.
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I saw this on my phone too yesterday, but it doesn't appear when the screen is off so I think it must be back light bleed. I freaked out a little at first, thinking something was defective inside the screen!

BangyaHead said:
will it eventually spread? is it common with all Vivids?? can anyone else notice it?
sorry guys but i paid 200 for this device.. i wanna know all these things before i change my mind and get skyrocket..
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There's no way that's from a few days of use. Post the date of your reciept. I've had mine without a case since december 6th. It still looks brand new. And you paid $200? So? I paid nearly $600
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broseph23 said:
There's no way that's from a few days of use. Post the date of your reciept. I've had mine without a case since december 6th. It still looks brand new. And you paid $200? So? I paid nearly $600
Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk
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Me too, brother, though it was the best $600 I've spent in a long time. Way happier with this phone than my iPhone 4s and most of the other Android phones I have had.

C80 Pics/Differences

I stopped in my local Gamestop yesterday to pickup Madden 13 and ended up leaving with a Nexus 7 too lol. Ill be giving this one to my gf but I just wanted to post a few pics of some things that may be slightly different about the C80 production runs. I didnt do a complete teardown of the unit so I cant say if any changes have been made to combat the over exaggerated screen lift stuff but I have noticed a few small changes. I honestly dont think anything has really changed in terms of manufacturing but these units had just came in yesterday morning so im assuming it was a fresh batch.
First up is the box. Im not sure when they made this change but my C70 didnt have the notches on the box for easy opening. I remember kinda having a hard time separating the box when I first got my C70.
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Second thing I noticed was the C80 units have a few screws missing. Im not sure if this is something they just started doing, but I exchanged three C80 units at Gamestop yesterday because me and the manager thought it was a flaw but all 3 random units had the two missing screws.
Here are a few shots of the back cover and unit. Im not sure if anything is different but maybe someone whos more familiar with the insides may notice something.
I did noticed the serial # on the rear sticker is now printed in white as opposed to black:

They probably realized all those screws put too much pressure & therefore causing lift.

demandarin said:
They probably realized all those screws put too much pressure & therefore causing lift.
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Yeah I figured they did it for a reason. Hopefully we can a confirmation on this so I can know if my units are in fact missing screws.

My C80 should be at my doorstep within a couple hours. Having accidentally cracked the screen on my C60 while trying to fix the screen lift, I hope this is is void of issues.

ThirtyHz said:
My C80 should be at my doorstep within a couple hours. Having accidentally cracked the screen on my C60 while trying to fix the screen lift, I hope this is is void of issues.
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Nice! Please keep us updated on your C80 findings. My C60 cracked randomly the other day (sent an email from it, walked to my car, looked down, cracked) and I sent it in to ASUS. Part of me wonders if the C80's are fixed enough to prevent this from happening to anybody else.

JaSauders said:
Nice! Please keep us updated on your C80 findings. My C60 cracked randomly the other day (sent an email from it, walked to my car, looked down, cracked) and I sent it in to ASUS. Part of me wonders if the C80's are fixed enough to prevent this from happening to anybody else.
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Yeah man, for sure. First thing I do after opening it will be sharing what I find with everyone. And I can 100% sympathize with a cracked screen haha, its an awful feeling that you have to eat the $200-250 and get a new one :/

I removed those 2 screws on my C70 just now If the reason is in fact to reduce the stress on the screen to reduce cracking, then maybe it's recommended C60 and C70 owners to do this too?

Hi!!!
Sorry my english is so bad...
I have just opened my tablet, it is the C80 version too. And there are missing the same screws as in your tablet.

Asus fix is remove screws!
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nineuni said:
Hi!!!
Sorry my english is so bad...
I have just opened my tablet, it is the C80 version too. And there are missing the same screws as in your tablet.
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Sweet! So I guess this was something done on purpose. I'll see if I can get a official word from Asus regarding this. It would be kinda funny if all the people returning earlier built tablets because of missing screws found out it was done like that intentionally lol.

I also have removed those screws on my C6O. The screen is not lifted now, and when i put pressure on the opposite corners of tablet, i don`t hear crackling.
I hope it will be pernament fix of this problem.

Bigjim1488 said:
Asus fix is remove screws!
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****, im unscrewing mine as soon as i get home.
.....well that came out awkward.

Is missing screws only difference?
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Wow this is interesting. Gonna remove those screws from mine too.

Alright, so I just got mine in the mail (my second purchase) and I was VERY disappointed at first. I received a C60...... WTF? So I open it up and the screen is flush, not lower than bezel, flush.... all around. ZERO screen flicker, ZERO light bleed, very responsive, colors are correct, no dead pixels, speakers work, some ghosting on max brightness, but that is to be expected of IPS screens. Now I need to get it super hot and see if the screen stays. If there is anything I missed I will post it. Oh, and it also looks like my box had been re-used because there was a second layer of tape on the black box. Was mine refurbished? Who cares, so far so good.

ThirtyHz said:
Alright, so I just got mine in the mail (my second purchase) and I was VERY disappointed at first. I received a C60...... WTF? So I open it up and the screen is flush, not lower than bezel, flush.... all around. ZERO screen flicker, ZERO light bleed, very responsive, colors are correct, no dead pixels, speakers work, some ghosting on max brightness, but that is to be expected of IPS screens. Now I need to get it super hot and see if the screen stays. One big thing to note is, my back cover doesn't come off. It is almost as if it is glued down. If there is anything I missed I will post it. Oh, and it also looks like my box had been re-used because there was a second layer of tape on the black box. Was mine refurbished? Who cares, so far so good.
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Not sure how easy your back was to get off on your last unit, but with mine, I had to use quite a bit of effort on my C70 (fingernail + credit card + force)

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Not sure how easy your back was to get off on your last unit, but with mine, I had to use quite a bit of effort on my C70 (fingernail + credit card + force)
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I got it lol, and you know how the new ones have those two screws removed... well i removed those from mine. so i guess i have a c80 now lololol

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Not sure how easy your back was to get off on your last unit, but with mine, I had to use quite a bit of effort on my C70 (fingernail + credit card + force)
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+1 the new C80 took alot of force to get off. I thought mines was glued too when I first tried lol.

ThirtyHz said:
I got it lol, and you know how the new ones have those two screws removed... well i removed those from mine. so i guess i have a c80 now lololol
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My last replacement was a C70 and had the screws removed.

can someone with a c08 model take a better pic of the back cover off? theres two clips on the left side that goes over where the screen data ribbon is and just wanted to know if they change those at all. this point is where a lot of people get screen lift.

The Inc[RED]ible S

The IncREDible S
Hi all
I want to share my project The Incredible S. It's not finished this time, but is going to be in the next days.
A friend has dropped his phone out while he was driving his motorbike. The result of this little accident was a completly destroyed IncS-Housing:
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My friend bought a new phone and gave the IncS to me.
The Idea
I decided to buy a new housing, the phone itself was fully working and the screen was not broken. I searched on eBay for some housings and found a red one that looked very nice. I fall in love with this and bought it.
The Assembling
After 3 weeks of wating for shipping my housing, I began to disassemble the Incredible and build it into the new housing.
That was sometimes difficult, especially the screen that was glued with a ton of glue and sticked to the housing and was very hard to remove.
But I also handled this hard part and assembled my new red Incredible S that will replace my black Incredible S.
The Failing :silly:
But the first try failed: After some days of using my phone, I recognized a screen lift. The glue isn't sticking anymore and dirt went between glass and display. Also i destroyed the display a little bit: It wasn't illuminated everywhere the same.
And the tip of the iceberg: I killed the digitizer, a have about a half cm in the bottom part that doesn't work anymore.
As summary: The housing looks nice, but thats all. I have a phone that looks good but can't do really much (like the iPhone )
The never giving up (aka the second try)
So I again ordered a red housing, but this time with a new display (Glass and Display as one part, they hold together now).
Add 23.12.2012:
Today I tried to build my Red phone as the display/glass/digitizer and the red case arrived. The button light is taken from the other case, since there are still working fine.
Before I built the Screen into the case, I tested the functionality of the phone and digitizer without any case. Sadly, I killed my button lights with my dissasembling from the old case.
Now I'm awaiting some new button lights and hope that I can have my complete red Incredible S this year.
What do you think about my project? Do you think red is a good color for a phone? Would you have yourself a red phone?
P.S. I know my english is not good, I had a hard day at School and my brain is now too f****ed up to write something english with correct gammar and so on...

Sounds interesting, good luck. I also dropped my phone 1 week ago, screen was fine but the casing has a little scratch(not like yours posted in picture, mine is barely noticable).
Let me know how it goes I am curious as I might replace mine too in future if I drop it more .

Looks cool bud. You didn't order a new digitizer? Or did you order a new LCD and glass and digitizer?
Sent from my Incredible S using xda premium

I remember when I dropped my phone on the street and scratched the whole front... I'm glad HTC replaced the front because of a motherboard problem and a broken vibrator (sounds weird but I know no other name).
The red housing looks nice.

MrSenne said:
I remember when I dropped my phone on the street and scratched the whole front... I'm glad HTC replaced the front because of a motherboard problem and a broken vibrator (sounds weird but I know no other name).
The red housing looks nice.
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lol
Sent from one of the few remaining HTC Incredible S'

I ordered the complete package: display, digitizer and glass.
The costs for the housing and the display and digitizer and glass was about 70 swiss francs.
Still cheaper than a new phone.
Sent from my HTC Incredible S

So today I tried to build my new IncREDible S.
But again I failed... The screen and digitizer was working fine, but I had to take out the button lights from my first try and sadly killed them. Now I have a case, a Screen with digitizer(and glass) and a mainboard wo isn't in any case and now I'm awaiting some new button lights...

MrToastbrot said:
So today I tried to build my new IncREDible S.
But again I failed... The screen and digitizer was working fine, but I had to take out the button lights from my first try and sadly killed them. Now I have a case, a Screen with digitizer(and glass) and a mainboard wo isn't in any case and now I'm awaiting some new button lights...
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To bad you failed your second try. I hope you will succeed and wish you good luck on your third try.
Btw I think red looks hot on a Incs :good:

Why did you buy 2 housings and one screen you could have bought a new phone ?
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JELLYZ said:
Why did you buy 2 housings and one screen you could have bought a new phone ?
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Because the housing has some glue in it. And when I disassemble and reassemble, the glue doesn't stick as good as it did. So I bought a new housing.
And the housings and displays were chepaer then a new phone: 70swiss francs vs 450-600 swiss francs for a new phone.
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Shame on ifixit!

ifixit undoubtedly has the best teardown guides, but when they said that the nexus 5 front panel is a "fused flustercluck" that really bugged me.
To be honest i think their style has changed from when they first started, now the teardown guides seem to make a few too many jokes and links to irrelevant stuff. I'm not a huge fan of this, but I'm holding that against them as everyone has their own style.
But saying that the N5 front panle is a fused flustercluck just bugged me when they are perfectly happy to try melting the glue on the ipads and ipod touches to get into them, but not try that on the nexus 5. They even specifically sell the "iOpener" (basically an overpriced microwave heatable beanbag thingy) for situations like this. Not trying is what annoyed me.
So I set out to try myself!
I bought a whole front panel assembly with screen.
Now i don't have one of their heated beanbags so i just stuck the whole thing in the oven at a low temperature. 40C pretty much did nothing (as expected) so then i set it at 70C and heated the whole thing until it was toasty (15 mins).
Using a suction cup on the glass did nothing, then i noticed that I could see the back of the screen through the slits which the rear cover clips onto. So i started pushing at it with a plastic spudger, (the ifixit one fits perfectly).
I saw that that glass was coming away from the case, and careful pushing gave me a big enough gap to slip a guitar pick in. pushing at the other slits and running the guitar pick around the screen came off relatively easily.
One thing about the gorilla glass 3, it was pretty flexible, i was seriously concerned that i was going to crack the glass! it seemed to flex more than the sgp glass protectors i used before.
The glue is only around the edge of the screen which made it easier, I was worried that the whole back of the screen would be glued as well, but its just a foam pad.
Popped the back off my nexus 5 and attached the ribbon cable for the now separated screen just to make sure its all working and it is!
So here we are, the front panel is not a "fused flustercluck" as ifixit says, but can be easily separated. Even easier if the screen is damaged so you don't need to worry about keeping the screen in one piece.
ifixit gave the nexus 5 a negative point on this:
The glass and LCD are fused to the display frame. Fixing broken glass will be either expensive or very difficult.
But in all honesty, since the difference for just the glass and screen and the whole front panel (including the screen) is so small, it makes no sense to take the hassle of replacing just the screen, and also since most failures are going to be physical damage resulting from dropping the bezel will likely be damaged too, and just makes more sense to replace the whole thing.
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Dude! Why? Can you please send me some of the cash you've got lying around?
sent from my hammerhead

Damn that looks really cool. Thanks for the information, it's actually very useful.

Pictures are down for me at this time.
But kudos for the effort. Maybe ifixit should see this and revise their teardown.

ldubs said:
Dude! Why? Can you please send me some of the cash you've got lying around?
sent from my hammerhead
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LOL
I am actually doing a custom mod on the nexus 5 which requires the screen and front assembly/bezel to be separate.
I managed to find the screen only without the front assembly/bezel but not just the assembly/bezel itself so I went this route of separating it myself.
squeeish said:
Pictures are down for me at this time.
But kudos for the effort. Maybe ifixit should see this and revise their teardown.
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I have updated the links for the photos now, hopefully this site is more reliable!
I wouldn't mind if someone linked this page to ifixit.

The pics with the detached screen still working are priceless.

electric0ant said:
LOL
I am actually doing a custom mod on the nexus 5 which requires the screen and front assembly/bezel to be separate.
I managed to find the screen only without the front assembly/bezel but not just the assembly/bezel itself so I went this route of separating it myself.
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When you finish modification share with us the result.

electric0ant said:
LOL
I am actually doing a custom mod on the nexus 5 which requires the screen and front assembly/bezel to be separate.
I managed to find the screen only without the front assembly/bezel but not just the assembly/bezel itself so I went this route of separating it myself.
I have updated the links for the photos now, hopefully this site is more reliable!
I wouldn't mind if someone linked this page to ifixit.
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Wait...what mod?:what:

davwman said:
Wait...what mod?:what:
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+1
What is this custom mod that you speak of?
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All I can say is that it's quite an ambitious mod (for me anyway).
I will definitely let you guys know once I complete it, but it all depended on me being able to separate the screen from the bezel and that worked, so all lights are green!
I just need to source equipment and parts, but with the holidays coming up It likely won;t be until mid-late jan until I will finish this.