Hey,
Just looking for some advice where I should go for a cheap solution on how to fix my phone. Basically, everything still works great! Apart from the big crack, the screen doesn't seem to have been damaged (eg. All the pixels look fine, touch still works, only glass/plastic panel is cracked)
I'm actually really impressed by how it took such a hard hit and the device works fine, the screen didn't even smash! Basically it nudged in between my car seat where you close the door, didn't realise it fell out my pocket and closed the door (you could imagine it would be a hard hit) and the phone lives.
If I just needed the glass replaced, can it be done DIY? Or should I not bother and give it to a service centre? I got it from 3 but I know they'll probably overcharge me for something like this..
Any suggestions welcome, thanks!
if the damage is only to the exterior screen then you may want to consider getting this:
http://www.mobilefun.co.uk/product/17042.htm
be carful! the screen from my firlfreidns diamond is broken too and I had ordered one of those touchscreens... but the screen which comes has no "window" for the frontcamera and after disassembling the phone I saw that it is NOT POSSIBLE to remove the touchscreenglas from the frame.
Replacement LCD & Digitiser
I recently replaced an lcd and digitiser on a HTC Touch Diamond. I bought the complete screen (lcd & digitiser) as one pre-assembled unit from a guy on Ebay (£34.99). Fits straight into the front of the unit frame. I don't think you can remove just the digitiser because it is stuck onto the LCD, and the LCD itself is very fragile. Disassembly is fairly straight forward if you've got the right tools.
Thanks for all your help guys! I've just been bogged down with work so havn't been able to get back here for awhile.
I've taken some time to look into the webiste and others, decided to just order it off ebay in the end anyways. However, taking note from the previous 2 posts, would I be wasting my time ordering just the digitiser itself? I would assume that's what HerrVorragend also meant by "that it is NOT POSSIBLE to remove the touchscreenglas from the frame."
If so, why do they bother selling them online separately? I guess I won't really find an answer, just seems stupid to me. Anyways, guess I'm stuck purchasing both LCD + Digitiser but as a final question, does anyone have any guidelines as how I should replace this myself? I'm very paranoid about this sort of thing because it's only 1 month old, however, I have also replaced an LCD on my old Nokia 6280 before using a step-by-step picture guide online.
Don't think I'd have much luck finding one for this model, hey.. haha.
Once again, thanks!
Double posted, sorry.
badtzmaru56 said:
If so, why do they bother selling them online separately? I guess I won't really find an answer, just seems stupid to me. Anyways, guess I'm stuck purchasing both LCD + Digitiser but as a final question, does anyone have any guidelines as how I should replace this myself? I'm very paranoid about this sort of thing because it's only 1 month old, however, I have also replaced an LCD on my old Nokia 6280 before using a step-by-step picture guide online.
Don't think I'd have much luck finding one for this model, hey.. haha.
Once again, thanks!
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If you google for HTC Diamond Service Manual, that will help greatly with assembly and disassembly - there are also a couple of videos on Youtube. From my experience the most tricky part is re-connecting the two flex connectors when you re-install the main board. I use the back of a pair of tweezers to slide underneath the connector carefully. If you are nervous about doing it and happy to cover postage costs, I can replace the LCD for you - PM me for details and I'll see what i can do.
Andy
Hi,
After a crash screen accident, I bought a black housing for my G2 and I ran into different problems...:
-I gave the broken phone to a shop to replace the screen and gave them my black housing in order to replace the white one. They gave me back the phone. everything works, except gps: no detection. The shop told me it was due to my 'fake' housing but I suspect an antenna problem? how can I test that? someone could tell me where is that antenna?
-I've noticed that screws were missing inside the housing.... first I suspected an error from the shop... and I saw that in fact there was one screw broken in its place... I should replace them, but dont know which type of screw I have to buy (on the pic below, it corresponds to the red circles). And should I buy only the screw , or the screw and the small metallic part going with it (that is on the back side of the housing), and where to find this kind of screws...
Don't know it's really clear, but hope that someone could help me....
Thanks
JR
Hello i was wondering if this would be easy too do? i want to replace the housing and the digitizer i have read the service manual but it seems like this phone has quite a few parts that need to be taken to pieces to just replace the parts
anyone ever do it?
Hi all, i've been searching around quite a bit and have not found anything on how to replace a captivate screen that is broken. I ordered the replacement, and have the phone mostly disassembled, but i'm stuck and can't figure out how to get to the screen.
Any help would be greatly appreciated! I have the motherboard out but am not sure how to proceed.
It seems like the screen might be glued on and I have to pry it off from the front? Does that seem right?
ktuluorion said:
It seems like the screen might be glued on and I have to pry it off from the front? Does that seem right?
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It is glued on. And until you have your replacement parts, I would not go any further. Once you have the parts you can compare whats there and what needs to be done, and it might even include INSTRUCTIONS.
Hi there - I've looked all over youtube and can't see any advice on how to dis-assemble a P970 Black Optimus.
I've stripped it right down removing all the boards but can't get past the metal plate to the screen underneath. Plenty of digitizers on ebay but need to work out how to get the screen out. I know it might be taped down with 3M tape which could need some heat - but first hand experience is better than guess work.
Anyone have any suggestions or links for help please?
Thanks.