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Anyone know how to replace a screen?

Today I dropped my cappy face down on my driveway. Anyone know where I could buy a screen & how to replace it?
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Its going to be expensive because the plastic face and the digitizer(basically the entire front half of the phone) is all one peice.
http://www.iphonerepair.com/samsung...creen-captivate-galaxy-s-shattered-glass-fix/
Thats what you need. I got that with a google search, you know what you need, if you want it cheaper and how to do it you should probably use google.

also heres this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2y8mRCcQ4jo
Should be enough info to get you started

[Q] replacing glass (very unique question)

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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[Q] Has anyone disassembled the XSP?

My friend has just bought an SP with a broken screen and he wants to replace it. It's just the digitizer we think.
Anyone tries this before?
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donk165 said:
My friend has just bought an SP with a broken screen and he wants to replace it. It's just the digitizer we think.
Anyone tries this before?
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This is the only good video I found http://youtu.be/Fso2mYUQJLM
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I bought a new Screen Digitizer to replace my cracked one.
I watched some videos on YT but I have a question about to fix this Screen onde the front frame.
I can use a 3M Adhesive or is necessary a kind of glue? Which one?
Thanks.

Hi,
First you need to be aware that this procedure is DANGEROUS because it requires precision, special screwdrivers, skill and patience. I just opened my SP today, to change the frame and among the things that went wrong and very wrong:
- lost the buttons on the frame, for volume and camera, managed to re-use those on the original frame
- lost and found the screws several times
- found out that the provided screwdriver was not good for the "cosmetic" screws
- lost a lot of time re-connecting the cables - their specific shape needs to connect in a very special way for the locks to click
- managed to transfer the digitizer without braking it - a bit proud of this one and probably the only thing that did not go fully wrong
- actually the phone was fubar from the 1st time I opened it as I broke it's microphone and now I will have to pay a ****load of money for a full brand new PCB
My advice is to get the parts on the internet and then pay a professional. Learn from my mistake. If you insist on doing it yourself, use the service manual, you can easily find it with google.

[Q] Broken but working Nexus one screen, touch screen digitizer replacement?

My Nexus One fell from my bike and has cracks all over its face now. :crying: However, the touch sensitivity seems intact and there's only a visual impairment (and a finger-hazard) due to the cracks.
Here's the phone as of now: imgur . com/a/SQJjB (please remove the spaces, can't post links yet).
I'm able to unlock and operate the phone like normal , but the broken glass poses a danger in both using and transporting the phone like normal.
If I want to get this fixed, would I have to go for the usually suggested "touch screen digitizer" replacement? Or since the touch sensitivity is intact in this case, could this end up with a cheaper/easier fix?
I ask here because the local HTC centre says they have to send it across to the next state and can't give me a cost estimate either, so I want to know whether this would be worth the fixing cost. Thanks!

Yup, whole digitizer needs to be replaced
Really isn't super complicated either so if your willing to try to fix it yourself you'll find the screen super cheap on eBay and many guides on how to
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demkantor said:
Yup, whole digitizer needs to be replaced
Really isn't super complicated either so if your willing to try to fix it yourself you'll find the screen super cheap on eBay and many guides on how to
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Thanks.
I've found the digitizer at a few different places, but there are also warnings here and there about how the actual LCD screen inside is paper thin and can be very easily damaged during this fixing. For a newbie to phone repairs (but who's worked with PCs/other electronics quite a bit), how much of a risk would that be in your estimation? Those warnings were mostly for other phone models, do those apply to N1 too?

I don't feel like the n1 is as much of an issue in this regard compared with other devices. I have had this issue with a few phones and did ruin one display once, but that's out of 100s of fixes (used to have an eBay store buying and fixing phones) and the n1 isn't what I would put on the difficult side.
Just watch some YouTube videos on this replacement and see if you think its something your comfortable with, personally I think this phone is on the easier side to disassemble
Best of luck!
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Moto x

I would like someones opinion on this phone. Its works and everything just separated a little from housing. Is there anything i could do? Maybe just a case to cover the back? The screen just has couple stratches other than that phone is fine. Here is a pic. Im getting this for real cheap. Charging port is fine too

I think you can get a a new back replacement - couple that with a skin, and it might hold together. tough to tell really from that pic though.

But a case could hold it together too? Maybe even electrical tape around the side of the charging port going up the right side of the phone?

jco23 said:
I think you can get a a new back replacement - couple that with a skin, and it might hold together. tough to tell really from that pic though.
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. I was told just now from the seller over time i could get dead spots. The back is separating its not separated. The digitizer is part of the glass. Was told could get develop dead spots over time. Anyone else go through this or might have a solution to keep it all intact? Its functional the way it is i heard

Honestly, I wouldn't accept it if it was badly damaged, even for free. You can get very good phones for ~$100. Check swappa or eBay.
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jco23 said:
Honestly, I wouldn't accept it if it was badly damaged, even for free. You can get very good phones for ~$100. Check swappa or eBay.
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Cant beat 30 if fully functional no cracked screen