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[BIG PROBLEM , SCREWED?]Screen Defect

Hello,
Well , I have a big problem with my SGS at the moment , the problem is that my screen is defect. Well , the screen still works as it should(touch , thank god) but I has alot of big scratches.
Believe it or not , but I dropped my sgs like 3 times before on 1 meter height on hard underground , It survived without scratches , btw I dont know if it did land on the screen so maybe thats the reason why my screen survived before. But today i was sitting and I had the phone in my pocket and when I wanted to stand up it dropped out of my pocket on the ground , from 0,5 meters height on a soft floor(carpet) but I discovered those big scratches and I was shocked
/Now the important part , is there any way to repair this???
By putting new glass on the screen or something? Maybe there is someone who experienced the same and knows how and where it got repaired?
Thanks in advance,
Picture of the state of my screen in attachments , sorry for the vga webcam quality.

Looks like the glass got shattered.
There would be no way to fix a Crack or a Scratch. You will have to replace the Digitizer and Display.

Dude, that's why you should use screen protector on it.
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Jobiza said:
Dude, that's why you should use screen protector on it.
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Thanks for your help.

Sorry man. Some people just wouldn't use screen protector, but 1-5€ could have saved you from this.
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'Defect' LOL. My car was 'defective' after I wrapped it around a telephone pole.
Would a screen protector prevent a shatter like that? Perhaps to a limited extent but I though they were mainly for scratches.
I do my SGS bareback. No significant scratches yet, I think last time I cleaned the screen up and looked really close I could see one tiny line.
I've dropped once onto pavement (dented the bezel) and once on a wood floor (flew out of my hand as I whipped it out and bounced across the room lol).

Jobiza said:
Sorry man. Some people just wouldn't use screen protector, but 1-5€ could have saved you from this.
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i pay that for the insurance each month

Lol @ defect... as per above.. your screen has shattered
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haloimplant said:
Would a screen protector prevent a shatter like that? Perhaps to a limited extent but I though they were mainly for scratches.
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Yea , Thats what I thought. But no1 with a clue about my personal problem? Glass replace?

Second Sticky down, Accessories Forum.
Title: "i9000 Screen Replacement"

ImraanK said:
Lol @ defect... as per above.. your screen has shattered
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Sorry sir , if your screen(or glass whatever)is shattered. In fact , its also defect. 1. a lack of something necessary for completeness or perfection; shortcoming; deficiency
But who cares?
Looks like these general subboard is full of trolls , I'm asking for advice where and how to repair your screen when its in a state like this? All I get is people who try to act smart or whatever you wanna call it.
Just dont post if you cant make sense

stateit said:
Second Sticky down, Accessories Forum.
Title: "i9000 Screen Replacement"
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Thanks , never thought of looking @ assecories bord xD

You could try and replace it yourself which is probably cheaper or you can ring samsung and tell them what happened and have them replace it/send a new phone for you. Obviously it would cost you.

@dehem333
Very sad to hear that loss...
I have no idea how to fix it. But I pray that it gets fixed someway.
Wish u best of luck!
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You broke it...lol but who cares!!!
Screen with digitizers are for sale on ebay.. screen replacement thread in xda somewhere with phone disassembly vid(sure you would have found it by now)..
Better prep the sgs for icu .. good luck
Lol @ defect... as per above.. your screen has shattered
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Sorry sir , if your screen(or glass whatever)is shattered. In fact , its also defect. 1. a lack of something necessary for completeness or perfection; shortcoming; deficiency
But who cares?
Looks like these general subboard is full of trolls , I'm asking for advice where and how to repair your screen when its in a state like this? All I get is people who try to act smart or whatever you wanna call it.
Just dont post if you cant make sense
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Well just replacing the glass is not gonna work because the touch digitizer and the glass are like one. So you,ll have to buy it completely new. Also its not easy to replace it. Its glued together. Youll need to be handy.
If your buying off ebay make sure its an amoled screen. Alot of lcds on ebay.
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[Q] a Scratch on touch screen

Hi ,
Sorry for my bad english !
I was testing incredible s gorilla display and unfortunately I made a Scratch about 3-inch !
So i have to change it's LCD ? How can i clear that Scratch ? can i clean it with Changing some other cheaper parts ?

mohammadibe said:
Hi ,
Sorry for my bad english !
I was testing incredible s gorilla display and unfortunately I made a Scratch about 3-inch !
So i have to change it's LCD ? How can i clear that Scratch ? can i clean it with Changing some other cheaper parts ?
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They sell the digitizer (which is what you scratched) on EBay. It will require you to take your phone apart. You could check with HTC to see if they would let you do a warranty exchange.
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mohammadibe said:
Hi ,
Sorry for my bad english !
I was testing incredible s gorilla display and unfortunately I made a Scratch about 3-inch !
So i have to change it's LCD ? How can i clear that Scratch ? can i clean it with Changing some other cheaper parts ?
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Well, depends how badly do you scratch your screen. I'm just curious, what thing do you use to scratch the screen? AFAIK sands will easily scratch the screen.
To fix light scratch, you can use some polishing compound used in car and polish it.

wpra3 said:
Well, depends how badly do you scratch your screen. I'm just curious, what thing do you use to scratch the screen? AFAIK sands will easily scratch the screen.
To fix light scratch, you can use some polishing compound used in car and polish it.
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Are you sure about that idea ?!?!? i think it crashes my touch screen !
My phone has not any exchange warranty !!

no, i tried that and that works for light scratch

man why'd u try to do that even? I soooooo loooove my darling (Red IS)
lol i was happy when i got to know my fone had gorilla glass, but this thread has chickend me out... never gonna even test doing anything on my screen...
Anyways hope that its ok now...

[Q] Screen

I have a question, is there a way to remove the scratches from x8 screen?
My screen really looks bad and the worst part and that makes me trully sick is that it wasn't even my fault! You know when friends ask you to see your cell and send it straight to the floor? That's it.
Would it help if I used screen protectors now? I heard it disguises it.
Thanks in advance!
(Sorry about the english I'm stil learning )

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I have a question, is there a way to remove the scratches from x8 screen?
My screen really looks bad and the worst part and that makes me trully sick is that it wasn't even my fault! You know when friends ask you to see your cell and send it straight to the floor? That's it.
Would it help if I used screen protectors now? I heard it disguises it.
Thanks in advance!
(Sorry about the english I'm stil learning )
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if am not mistaken the x8 is scratch resistant,see if u have a screen protector on already,check edges of the screen,its better to put on a screen protector

kirmada said:
if am not mistaken the x8 is scratch resistant,see if u have a screen protector on already,check edges of the screen,its better to put on a screen protector
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I don't think it has a screen protector, if it does it isn't noticeable. I remember it came with one but I took that out many months ago.
Thanks anyway

I have screen protector from ebay or dealextreme (not sure any more) and it's almost unnoticeable visualy and touchscreen works with no difference.
If phone came with one already on, I have 2 now and have no problem with that
If you want to change it you only need to change digitizer. It's not too expensive. You can put cypres one for real dual touch if you don't have one now.
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Thanks! I'll check fo prices of the digitizer. Mine is synaptics (I think it's called that), do you think cypress is better? I know it has errors with some roms/kernels.

Bro,you will have real dual-touch with cypress:>.
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Crack on the screen

Well, inspite of the toughness guarantee of the guerilla glass, the screen of my Galaxy S cracked when it fell down. Is there a way in which I can just replace the glass cover of the screen instead of changing the whole display which would cost a lot!!
Any links to where I can buy the glass and the procedure to install it would be really helpful..
Thanks in advance!!

It's unfortunately not possible, you can only buy a whole display&digitizer part :/ ... I heard some guy did it, he heated it and then he somehow detached these parts apart but I think it's not possible to do it at home :/ ... and I don't think it worth to buy that part individualy, I would rather buy some used SGS from ebay, use display and digitizer and then for example sell the other parts ...or buy some broken SGS with screen&digitizer in good condition for noticeably better price

mdfahm said:
Is there a way in which I can just replace the glass cover of the screen instead of changing the whole display which would cost a lot!!
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The display and digitizer in our phone is one piece. Sad thing, but it is not possible to split them apart.
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Thanks a lot for the responses!! Guess I'll have to go for a new display after all..

mdfahm said:
Thanks a lot for the responses!! Guess I'll have to go for a new display after all..
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... or buy a new phone

JuggerRUS said:
... or buy a new phone
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I'm thinking of a new phone.. but that won't be until Oct-Nov at least... maybe the next nexus phone.. will have to use my Sammy until then..

Dust under screen.

Sorry if this has been asked but im getting dust going beneath my screen and I need to wipe it. Is there any safe way to do this? And I can't really find any disassembly vids. Please help thanks.

zakkkkk said:
Sorry if this has been asked but im getting dust going beneath my screen and I need to wipe it. Is there any safe way to do this? And I can't really find any disassembly vids. Please help thanks.
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Unfortunately today I also noticed small "pixels" of dust under my screen too. I do not think there is a way to clean it without opening the device. We should probably find a way to prevent that..

So still no one knows how to open the screen safely. Theres two star shaped screws on either side of the phone on the bezel, would that help to remove screen or am I going to risk breaking something? Please help.

bro if u take my advice dont do it yourself. I know how difficult it is to ignore it when u notice it.
By if u do it ur self u may put more of it then taking it out.
So if u really want it then take it to a preoffesional.

Sony repair quoted me 40 pounds. Id rather do it myself.

My rear camera totally scratch,when I hv take pictrue, photo blur any buddy suggests me.wat I di
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Sanjay rao said:
My rear camera totally scratch,when I hv take pictrue, photo blur any buddy suggests me.wat I di
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I hv got the same problem
1 guy suggested me to clean it with toothpaste aplied on earbud but it didnt help because i have got lotsa scratches
Maybe you can try that

I m also try this.no improvement.
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Do I have to disassemble the whole phone from the back just to get to the front glass or is there an easier way?

Yes and as was previously suggested don't do it yourself you will just ruin the device of you are not an electronics engineer to put it back together as you found it. Its a tough job to reverse engineer electronic devices even those who are easily accessible imagine doing the same thing to your compact phone
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zakkkkk said:
Sorry if this has been asked but im getting dust going beneath my screen and I need to wipe it. Is there any safe way to do this? And I can't really find any disassembly vids. Please help thanks.
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The only way would be to disassemble the phone. The front digitiser is not glued to the LCD on this model as it is with other phones so it's not as hard as it may seem to get the dust out. Although you will need to completely disassemble the phone to get to the dust.
Disassembly instructions: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2518141
I have these PDF's downloaded so let me know if you need.

Braxley1 said:
The only way would be to disassemble the phone. The front digitiser is not glued to the LCD on this model as it is with other phones so it's not as hard as it may seem to get the dust out. Although you will need to completely disassemble the phone to get to the dust.
Disassembly instructions: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2518141
I have these PDF's downloaded so let me know if you need.
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Will be needing the pdfs

dipesh1502 said:
Will be needing the pdfs
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PM me an email to send to.

this may sound stupid but if you have a bike pump or air compressor use it to blow the dust out trough the micro usb port it may work and no disassembly required

Does anybody know if sony can clean the dust and does it come under the warranty?

zakkkkk said:
Does anybody know if sony can clean the dust and does it come under the warranty?
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My phone is a few more months under the warranty....

Gara91 said:
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My phone is a few more months under the warranty....
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zakkkkk said:
Does anybody know if sony can clean the dust and does it come under the warranty?
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In India they clean it under warranty, I got my screen dust free once from Sony center but after few months at present dust is back and now they are charging INR 350 (6$) for cleaning.

creative21 said:
In India they clean it under warranty, I got my screen dust free once from Sony center but after few months at present dust is back and now they are charging INR 350 (6$) for cleaning.
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Hmm, there is no point if the dust will come again... Do you know how do they clean it?

Gara91 said:
Hmm, there is no point if the dust will come again... Do you know how do they clean it?
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No, idk. I think that guy said to me that he opened whole phone. And now there is more dust then before it was. So opening phone will worse the case

creative21 said:
No, idk
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Ok, thanks... Will see what to do... But it's very ugly, and i don't know how dust can even get between glass and lcd... :-B