Good afternoon,
I dropped my bionic the other day shattering the glass. I don't have the 100 for insurance so I was looking for a quick way out till I replaced it.
Now, I know I can buy the glass/digitizer online, I even have the how-tos.
This is where my question gets unique. My coworker just out of the blue handed me his broken bionic. It was water damaged a few months ago.
Could I take the glass from this and put it on mine?? Or would it not work because of his damage? Could I rewire my good wires to his glass? I just figured free fix is better than sitting on a broken phone. Just don't know if it will work or not.
Ideas?
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Well unless water penetrated the display (which, I think, I think, is a fairly well sealed unit) you should be able to use it. If your friend already gave it to you, just try it out
I mean, attempting to power on the unit with a potentially water logged display can't be any riskier than a cracked one imo
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The display on mine works great, just spiderwebbed glass. I would only really need the glass for it.
I am hoping it works, just don't want to waste (x) hours on my phone to have to turn around and take it apart again haha
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Ohh ok, well, i'm certainly no expert on phone repair, I do know that the digitizer is a sealed unit, so, unless it stayed under water for a very very long time, I can't personally see why it wouldn't work for you
However, to be on the safe side and avoid wasting hours of your time (cause it does suck wasting time IMO) I'd hold up for a more experienced opinion.
sorry I couldn't be more assertive in my input
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Replacing the digitizer on the Bionic is incredibly simple, the only thing you need to be cardful with is removing the motherboard - be sure to pry the bottom away from teh LCD (small amount of weak adhesive there), because the digitizer cables (there are 2) run between the LCD and the board, so if you pull the LCD and the board out together, there's a pretty good chance of snapping those cables. Even easier than trying to swap digitizers is to just swap motherboards and LCDs. You might not even need to switch LCDs, but water isn't easy on them, so it's safe to assume that the water damaged one is trashed.
Anyway, all you need is a T4 screwdriver and about 15 minutes. The only other minor difficult area is the earpiece speaker area, but all in all, this is one of the simplest phones I've ever worked on.
Yeah it doesn't seem like a hard phone to work on. Just hope all the water damaged pieces work alright with this phone. I'll post up when I get home with results
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Just google the ifixit for bionic its only 11 screws and 2 ribbon wires
I know how to do it. That's not what this thread is about. Haha.
The whole reason for this thread was would a digitizer from a water logged phone work as a suitable replacement for my screen.
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Worked great, new screen is on, all the connections are solid!
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Congrats
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Hey guys
So i cracked my touch digitizer and decided to chance it myself.
I have taken some pictures of the phone disassembled.
So if anyone is curoius to see the inside of their phone, here it is...
If there is something you want a closer look of, just tell me and i will take a picture.
I haven't put it back together yet, cause i didn't know you needed some special tape to mount the digitizer...
Pretty neat. I rember taking my Nexus One apart. I got the digitizer and screen together. Didn't want to deal with the tape/glue aspect.
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Great job!
I was in the same shoe as you. Mine was a badly cracked LCD while the touch screen didn't even have a single scratch. Don't ask how I did it
Dismantling the LCD and the touch screen assembly was the toughest part. Seems like all newer and slimmer phones are using glue to fix their parts together. A nightmare for DIY.
I used normal double sided tape to put mine back together. Seems to be holding well so far. However, I am still looking around for better alternatives. Let me know if you find one!
I love my INCS!
could you make close-up pics from the bottom leds that are being used?
im actually thinking of replacing them for blue or orange
Was it hard to do because I have some dust under my screen and maybe give it a try.
How did you manage to crack the gorilla glass??
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Yeah, i'm gonna try to replace my digitizer as well, i'm kinda scared to pull the screen & digitizer apart... I've read that you can heat it up using a hairdryer and that the glue will get loose, but i'm not sure if i have the guts to heat my screen up
So how did you manage to get the screen off?
Don't think it is worth the effort and risk to just get rid of a few dust particles.
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Guys, using a hairdryer f***s the phone up. You don' need lot of time to overheat any metal parts and circuits and stuff break...
You think it isnt that hot, but works the same way like when u are in the sauna and your necklace burns your neck when it hangs apart from your body for a couple of seconds.
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Hawkysoft said:
could you make close-up pics from the bottom leds that are being used?
im actually thinking of replacing them for blue or orange
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I'm afraid i cant to that. I'm afraid of braking it when removing the tape wich is on it. The button "display" is 0,5 mm thick or so. Im not even sure it is possible to replace them.
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Was it hard to do because I have some dust under my screen and maybe give it a try.
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Dont do it just to remove some dust. Not worth the risk. Its not that easy to take it off.
RicarduZonta said:
How did you manage to crack the gorilla glass??
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6 feet drop on concrete floor with the corner first. Even Gorilla glas cant survive that
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So how did you manage to get the screen off?
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After removing everything on the back i was able to push at the back of the screen in the top of the phone, and then get a little plastick tool in and pulled it of.
Its quite hard to pull off but the glass was already cracked so i just pulled a bit hard.
I was a little bit more carefull with the LCD. Its also quite hard to remove. Just took my chances and hoped the glue would give in before the LCD craced
Cool story bro, I always wanted to know what's inside!
Can you post a high res picture of just the mother board particularly the NAND flash of possible
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I'm also looking for what I need to re attach the digitizer. Any ideas
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What did you use to glue the digitizer back on? I broke mine and waiting for new digitizer and housing to come in. But i have no idea what is used to glue it back on. Also wondering if the digitizer gets glued back onto the lcd or onto the housing or both? Thanks guys!
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What did you use to glue the digitizer back on? I broke mine and waiting for new digitizer and housing to come in. But i have no idea what is used to glue it back on. Also wondering if the digitizer gets glued back onto the lcd or onto the housing or both? Thanks guys!
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Hey
I answered in the other thread
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I completely tore it down. Down to the bezel. When taking the bezel off be very careful not to scratch the black on the glass itself. Once there I removed the thin double sided tape, cleaned it up nicely and bought and used 5 minute epoxy. I used a small paintbrush and applied the epoxy to the plastic bezel carefully not getting it in the screw holes. I then put the glass back on the bezel using clothes pins to clamp for an hour. This was perfect. I had a little goop out the side and while it was still in a waxy state prior to completely curing, I scaped the excess off with ease. This produced a perfectly adhered screen to bezel. I can say with confidence, it is the double sided tape allowing the screen to lift off the silver plastic bezel. The length of my screws had nothing to do with anything on my tablet. I reassembled everything only to knick my display wire, rendering all of work pointless. Anyway, took it back to Staples and they handed me a new one no questions asked. Ironically this one appears to be a perfect build. I feel as though if I leave it in the car for even a minute in the heat, the same thing will happen. The adhesive on the double sided tape is weak. It pulled apart with ease and once it heats up, its going to weaken and pull apart. Thanks for reading.
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Yep.. My screen lift has gotten a lot worse too..
I tried to take off the cover just now, got 3/4 corners, then heard the familiar sound of tape separating from a surface, and saw the screen flexing up. With basically no force put on the unit at all...
I didn't feel like continuing after seeing that so just clipped my cover back down.. Build quality isn't great.
I'll definitely be RMAing if any developments are made in the construction of the N7, or if a new IPS screen is chosen, I'm not a fan of the color reproduction, looks like crap TBH.
Before people start flaming you, Op, next time dont admit you broke tablet yourself and took it back for exchange. thats a form of fraud. since you publically admitted you severed the display cable. just a f.y.i.
You not the first to have done this. just letting you know.
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Before people start flaming you, Op, next time dont admit you broke tablet yourself and took it back for exchange. thats a form of fraud. since you publically admitted you severed the display cable. just a f.y.i.
You not the first to have done this. just letting you know.
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Yeah but he broke it because he was trying to fix it so he wouldn't have to RMA.
I think that contributing your own time, resources and effort before *****ing to Google about 1mm of screen lift is a really good attitude to the problem.
Sure he messed it up, but there was just as good of a chance he was going to save Google money by attempting the fix himself.
In this situation, I think OP did the right thing.
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demandarin said:
Before people start flaming you, Op, next time dont admit you broke tablet yourself and took it back for exchange. thats a form of fraud. since you publically admitted you severed the display cable. just a f.y.i.
You not the first to have done this. just letting you know.
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He broke an already defective unit in the name of science. The gods are on his side.
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Yeah but he broke it because he was trying to fix it so he wouldn't have to RMA.
I think that contributing your own time, resources and effort before *****ing to Google about 1mm of screen lift is a really good attitude to the problem.
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Hm. *****ing?
Fixing your own stuff may be noble and clever, but it shouldn't be necessary to look down on those who aren't so mechanically inclined to feel good about it.
Sure he messed it up, but there was just as good of a chance he was going to save Google money by attempting the fix himself.
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He returned it to Staples. The manufacturer, ASUS, is the only one taking a loss. And their refurbishment department is getting an epoxied unit.
It would be the same if he bought it from the Play store, although Google may bear the shipping costs of its generous exchange policy.
In this situation, I think OP did the right thing.
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Yes. Thank you for your work on this, OP.
Just a quick note. I'm new to the nexus 7, just picked it up friday and on Saturday I left it in the glove box of my car on a hot day for over 4 hours and the screen held up well. No screen screen separation at all.
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Maybe he paid for the 1 yr no questions asked warranty staples offers like I did... just a thought
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To be clear, I did get the warranty, however when I went to the store he (manager) just looked at it, went to the back and got another unit, no questions asked about a receipt or warranty. Kinda cool in my book. I never frequented Staples, but that kind of service earns my business for the forseable future. That said....when it was disassembled you could see the adhesive on the thin double sided tape and where it was lacking as well. I won't hesitate to tear this one down if and when it lifts. I can say this works and works great for all you guys having issues.
On a side note the crackling I see people talking about may be the adhesive coming unstuck.....
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Out of thanks for the day, so
^5 to Mungulz and pxlitup for echoing my sentiment, to the OP for having the muster to MacGuyver your own fix, and to demandarin for your concern for the OP
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Jasonator said:
On a side note the crackling I see people talking about may be the adhesive coming unstuck.....
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The crackling - or creak - is from a piece of foam-tape being positioned too close to where a seam in the cover sits. It's easily rectified with a piece of 2"x1/4" paper inserted between the foam-tape and the plastic Been there, done that, had a Tee-Shirt printed
To OP:
Did you chop it off completely? A similar thing happened to me except that mine is only half cm cut. So far no problems at all with the display
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Chop the cable? No, I couldn't figure out how it came out of the clamp and had a small sscrew driver trying to pry it up and severed one of the fine hairs in the bundle. For those of you who may not know, you lift the back of the clamp and that releases the pressure and then simply slide the cable out. Once my feeble mind figured it out, I was amazed at my stupidity. Its quite simple and elegant really. BTW. This is for the double cable connection. The single does just pry up, hence my confusion.
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I have some scuffs on the chrome plastic around the Note and because I'm OCD, want to repair it but cannot find what part it is. I watched ifixit and etradesupply but I'm not sure which part I have to replace, does anyone know? Thanks.
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I have some scuffs on the chrome plastic around the Note and because I'm OCD, want to repair it but cannot find what part it is. I watched ifixit and etradesupply but I'm not sure which part I have to replace, does anyone know? Thanks.
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Don't know the part number but I picked one up off eBay for less than $20 shipped. Just don't trash your screen like I did during the install. Had to buy a new screen for $240:crying:
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Don't know the part number but I picked one up off eBay for less than $20 shipped. Just don't trash your screen like I did during the install. Had to buy a new screen for $240:crying:
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Yeah, I'm assuming it's all one piece and is the housing I'm looking for. How did you trash your screen? Did a cable tear or something?
http://www.etradesupply.com/samsung-galaxy-note-3-sm-n900a-front-housing.html
This is the part you're wanting. You can get the whole shebang for like 275. At least then you don't possibly botch the screen and need to replace it all and do the gluing etc.
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Basically, you CAN buy just the housing, but you will have to remove all the hardware (motherboard, etc) from the back of the old one, then using a heat gun/hair dryer, seperate the glass/LED screen/digitizer from the housing, and then re-glue the glass/LED screen/digitizer to the new housing, reattaching the motherboard, etc. You also have to worry about the capacitive buttons at the bottom. And all without doing any damage. Its quite doable, but not necessarily 'easy'.
There are videos of the process all over youtube on various phones like the S3 and S4, as well as the Note 2. And I've seen one or two videos of it being done on a Note 3, however they've destroyed the glass in the ones I've seen. Its not really a recommended process for replacing the housing/bezel, and more for replacing already damaged screens.
However, if you buy the whole shebang for 275, I believe not only do you get the housing along with the pre-attached glass/screen/digitizer, you also get some of the smaller components like USB port and such as well. So you could part out the extra pieces and make up some of the cost.
Either way, there are a few options you have available, ranging from cheap and hard to fix, to expensive and super easy.
GL on the end result!
I was alittle impatient with the hair dryer cracked the digitizer before I even knew it. If you take your time it's not hard if you pay attention to the video.
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I was alittle impatient with the hair dryer cracked the digitizer before I even knew it. If you take your time it's not hard if you pay attention to the video.
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This. If you have little patience, don't even attempt it. If you do, go slow, and you should be fine.
Thanks all for the advice and links. I'm rather leery of gluing and possibly messing the screen up, but my insurance plan to get a new phone is less than the completed housing cost. Maybe a case will cover it so I'm not reminded daily of how I failed as a phone parent.
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That was going to be my next response, if its not bad a case is the way to go. The only reason i actually even attemped this was because the back cover wouldnt go back on correctly anymore.
The longer I'm having this phone, the more disillusioned I am becoming with it.
I sold my iPhone 5 in September and 'upgraded' to the Z1...
Yet despite needing initial time to get over the pathetic viewing angles, I developed a real fondness for the phone...
But that honeymoon period soon ended... Two weeks later the phone had proven that it was the biggest scratch magnet I ever owned. The perfectly hard wearing Dragontrail glass is covered by a super scratch prone ASF, the aluminium frame has lots of ugly scuff marks on it despite taking great care of the phone and only keeping it in a soft pocket - alone - and today the grille bubbled up and came off the speaker at the bottom.
By the way it is nothing but a piece of cut out mesh, fabric essentially, that has been glued down with what seems to have become really tacky glue. Clearly not water resistant as it's advertised.
I've put it back but it wouldn't stick. I really need to send it in for a warranty repair but I'm leaving Europe for 5 months on Monday so I can't!
So the Z1 is a poorly constructed phone made to appear as if it is of a premium build quality and Sony did not build it to look good in a month, or two or 12 down the line let alone two years.
Who in their right mind ok'd the ASF what a hideous idea?!
Anyway I digress, has anybody else's speaker grille come off or bubbled up?
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Here it is... It's just a piece of plastic mesh and mine has now fallen off. Anybody with the same?
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Another pic of the grille
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Use superglue. The grill has nothing to do with the waterproofness.
It will still be under warranty when you get back. Send it then?
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I can't superglue it back as it now has a kink in it... And just looks bad.
A warranty repair it is then when I come back. Thanks for the advice anyhow.
As long as my waterproofing is not affected I'm gonna live with it.
But yes I am fundamentally disappointed with some of the materials used to make this phone... and at the top of my list is the ASF with the logo baked in...
This is just yet another thing...
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Didn't somebody's silver ring around the power button also just fall off? These things shouldn't happen...
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My speaker grill just started pealing off. Noticed when it got caught on something.
Does this actually affect whether it's waterproof or not? I'm imagining not, as it's just a thin piece of plastic, either way I'll be more careful with the phone now.
Mine isn't under warranty because I've had it so long, and it's rooted too...
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My speaker grill just started pealing off. Noticed when it got caught on something.
Does this actually affect whether it's waterproof or not? I'm imagining not, as it's just a thin piece of plastic, either way I'll be more careful with the phone now.
Mine isn't under warranty because I've had it so long, and it's rooted too...
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I've noticed today, that my speaker grill is a bit "wobbly" which means that if I put my finger on it I can move it a bit to the left and right and also up and down. I'm not sure if it was there from the beginning (I have the phone since September) but I doubt it. Is this "normal" or already considered a case for warranty?
I'm afraid now the grill might come off soon! I have a case on the phone and always have it alone in one pocket and handle it with care so that shouldn't be the cause.
What did you do? Sent it in under warranty?!
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I've noticed today, that my speaker grill is a bit "wobbly" which means that if I put my finger on it I can move it a bit to the left and right and also up and down. I'm not sure if it was there from the beginning (I have the phone since September) but I doubt it. Is this "normal" or already considered a case for warranty?
I'm afraid now the grill might come off soon! I have a case on the phone and always have it alone in one pocket and handle it with care so that shouldn't be the cause.
What did you do? Sent it in under warranty?!
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That's basically how the problem started for me.
After a while of trying to keep it on, I got annoyed with the fact that it kept falling off, so just left it off.
Haven't sent it back for repairs or anything as I don't see the point.
It's been soaked since and doesn't have any problems..(yet).
So it is still waterproof? But even if so, it's very disappointing that this happens after only 9 months and without the grill it looks ugly, like it was used for ten years.
I also have that strange, squeaky vibration motor sound. I can live with the former, but both defects combined are almost too much.
I'm going to talk with the Sony chat tomorrow and see what they'll say.
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I'm afraid now the grill might come off soon! I have a case on the phone and always have it alone in one pocket and handle it with care so that shouldn't be the cause.
What did you do? Sent it in under warranty?!
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It's not a problem, they used a cheap glue to stick that grill under the phone and in time, hot temperatures and maybe water, the glue just lost his consistency. Try to keep it on or just apply some drop of good glue and do not close the speaker (LOL)
BTW, I can move mine too but until stay there I do not touch it.
I'm going to post this thing that happen to me yesterday I think I was the only one and I found this, yesterday I saw how my grille can move and I was like , I take great care of the phone, doesn't have scratches of any type, and now this.... I will try to remove it very very careful and apply some kind of glue I have, and see what happen
A little too late to this thread, but just posting my own experience. The little speaker mesh literally fell off of my Xperia Ray. After it comes off, you can not hear anything on the speaker phone when talking to someone and Music, although loud comes with very high frequencies. To fix this, you take black electrical tape, cut just a small part and stick it over the plastic, then use a clear plastic tape to cover that along the bottom. The sound is not like the original but still works better than no mesh. The in-Call volume of these phones is a major disappointment. You are right, the build quality of most android phones is junk. What the Android world needs badly is the iPhone build quality.
Well I'm back with some things to say, some friends I know seem that doesnt have this problem at all, weird, after some time I finally removed the grille it was just holded with strong by a very small side, I try glue that have a color like orange/brown (I dont remember the brand) it work ok but just for 2 weeks, after that it starts to move again, so now I try a Gel glue and it seems that work excellent, it doesn't move at all, with the other glue it holds, but it can move a little, seems that this glue is the solution, and it says in the boxx is water resistant so, better for me, I have to say that you have to ve very careful because a little drop in the mic and nobody will hear you again, the same for the speaker, so far I dont have problems :victory: so if you found a gel based glue in a little stick, try it if you have this problem
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Well I'm back with some things to say, some friends I know seem that doesnt have this problem at all, weird, after some time I finally removed the grille it was just holded with strong by a very small side, I try glue that have a color like orange/brown (I dont remember the brand) it work ok but just for 2 weeks, after that it starts to move again, so now I try a Gel glue and it seems that work excellent, it doesn't move at all, with the other glue it holds, but it can move a little, seems that this glue is the solution, and it says in the boxx is water resistant so, better for me, I have to say that you have to ve very careful because a little drop in the mic and nobody will hear you again, the same for the speaker, so far I dont have problems :victory: so if you found a gel based glue in a little stick, try it if you have this problem
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Hi
Does anyone know where I can buy this part (black botton cover)?
I have tried to find a place that sells it and I could not find one.
However, I replace the screen on my phone (Xperia Z1s C6916) about three months ago, and only ripped the flex cable connecting the audio jack and sensor. When I did that, I bought a screen that was already connected to a frame. However, I forgot to transfer the mesh covering the speaker. I did not know it was just a mesh piece on the outside until now... I took the phone apart, yet again, ripped the flex cable connecting the microphone... Why are parts for this thing so expensive!?
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Anyway I digress, has anybody else's speaker grille come off or bubbled up?
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Mine fell off a few months ago.
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Mine fell off a few months ago.
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Mine fell off yesterday. I bought mine in September. I'm glad the water proofing hasn't been affected by it (going by others' accounts, I'm too chicken to try it myself.) I was really upset cause I bought it only for the waterproofing and the other features were a plus. I'll super glue it then. India is getting too hot, the glue melted off.
Yeah mine fell off too, it's been off for a while now.
My USB flap fell off too, though it was probably my own fault over using it without care. So I guess mine isn't waterproof any more ? :victory:
Yesterday the top corner of my phone cracked right next to the circle to the right of the Samsung logo when it fell off my desk. It is not a spider web crack and doesn't affect the actual screen in any way. Is there a resin I would be able to use to patch it safely?
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i would just get a glass screen protector
But that wouldn't make the crack go away. Is there a way to do that without replacing the front glass?
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But that wouldn't make the crack go away. Is there a way to do that without replacing the front glass?
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What you need is CRACK BE GONE......... LOL
But really you should stop smoking as that doesn't exist. Only way to fix a broken glass is to replace it and that goes for anything...... automotive windshields also. Which is where I think you got the idea of resin from. Resin is supposed to stop or slow it from continuing to spider and getting worse but it does't work on a crack only a chip and it still doesn't get rid of it then either. Nothing removes broken or chipped glass damage.
I guess I just had no idea how automotive resin worked. I'll just have to deal with it and get it replaced if it causes an issue. It's ridiculous that this even happened falling from my desk on to carpet at work.
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Its possible i guess if u get a winshied repair kit and if its far enough away from the edge but those kits use a suction cup thing to force it in the crack. So if it is near the edge i doubt u will be able to get the resin forced into the crack.
I had a deep scratch and tried some windshield repair resin to try and fill in and it didnt really do anything.
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I guess I just had no idea how automotive resin worked. I'll just have to deal with it and get it replaced if it causes an issue. It's ridiculous that this even happened falling from my desk on to carpet at work.
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Luck of the draw (or lack of) really. I have had some nasty drops with my note 4 and few minor ones with the note 5. I haven't used a screen protector for the last 3 or 4 phones and 4 years or so. My cases keep getting smaller with this years note 5 being the flimsiest clear spigen that I have ever had. I'm sure my luck will run out but even with my drops it is still ok. All it takes is that one at the wrong angle tho.
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Its possible i guess if u get a winshied repair kit and if its far enough away from the edge but those kits use a suction cup thing to force it in the crack. So if it is near the edge i doubt u will be able to get the resin forced into the crack.
I had a deep scratch and tried some windshield repair resin to try and fill in and it didnt really do anything.
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Again resin is made not for cracks but more for knicks, rock chips and the like at are small, round and contained. The resin fills the chip and trys to hold it from spidering and cracking all the way across as the windshield flexes. First as you have noticed this is really not a fix, and doesn't work more then 50% of the time. May make it take longer to crack that's a bit unclear.
Even tho this doesn't work very well on a windshield there is even more reasons why this really wont work on a phone. The type of glass, thinness of the glass and being a crack not a chip are all reasons this would never work on the phone (but please post pics if you do. LOL) The vacuum and not sitting in corners is also another good reason, but the resin isn't as thin or runny as you may think and would make way more of a mess on your screen then it would even cover. I'm asumming this is not in an area you touch or I would say I would also think the digitizer might have problems also.
integlikewhoa said:
Again resin is made not for cracks but more for knicks, rock chips and the like at are small, round and contained. The resin fills the chip and trys to hold it
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Uh, not calling u a liar but i have seen actual cracks repaired in windshields and u couldnt even tell they were there. Dont know how long the repair lasted but i have seen it done on long cracks. We have had safelite come in and repair windshields on work trucks. I am not saying it would definately work on a phone though
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Uh, not calling u a liar but i have seen actual cracks repaired in windshields and u couldnt even tell they were there. Dont know how long the repair lasted but i have seen it done on long cracks. We have had safelite come in and repair windshields on work trucks. I am not saying it would definately work on a phone though
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I see Satellites website does advertise they do cracks up to 6" so I stand corrected on that. Thanks
https://www.safelite.com/windshield-repair/
I'm a maintenance manager for transit buses. I have a whole fleet of city buses here in the Los Angeles area. I'm very good friends with my local glass guy that comes out and does repairs weekly. We not only see chips, knicks, cracks, but graffiti and other intentional vandalization. We have strict rules from California Highway Patrol here that we need to repair certain size damage that obscures the view of the drivers.
With the cost of a big bus windshield we have tried them all. They even have buffers that sand and polish the top layer of glass to remove surface damage, but during a demo (to sale us a unit) he cracked the window while trying to remove graffiti as the glass got to hot.
Injecting resin into the chip does not make it go away. I can still tell where it was repaired (depending on the quality it looks less noticeable or obvious) and if I pound my fist on the glass I bet you can tell where it will crack from. It's only a temporary solution to help try and prevent it cracking any further under light or no stress (not me pounding on it).
Ya like u say its just a cover up but if its done right with quality materials it can be almost invisible.
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