Hey,
My Xperia Z cracked while laying on my bed. I've read all the topics about the design flow, is it worth to try and get the phone repaired under warranty in Australia? The glass isn't cracked, only the digitizer(lcd looks fine).
Otherwise, has anyone tried screen assembly with frame kit? There are some on ebay from china but the pictures don't really show the quality of the frame so I'm wondering if it's any good.
What about adhevise, what should I use to keep the parts together? Probably I can forget about waterproofness?
Thanks in advance
schabior said:
Hey,
My Xperia Z cracked while laying on my bed. I've read all the topics about the design flow, is it worth to try and get the phone repaired under warranty in Australia? The glass isn't cracked, only the digitizer(lcd looks fine).
Otherwise, has anyone tried screen assembly with frame kit? There are some on ebay from china but the pictures don't really show the quality of the frame so I'm wondering if it's any good.
What about adhevise, what should I use to keep the parts together? Probably I can forget about waterproofness?
Thanks in advance
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Design flow? Digitizer is not made of glass?
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schabior said:
Hey,
My Xperia Z cracked while laying on my bed. I've read all the topics about the design flow, is it worth to try and get the phone repaired under warranty in Australia? The glass isn't cracked, only the digitizer(lcd looks fine).
Otherwise, has anyone tried screen assembly with frame kit? There are some on ebay from china but the pictures don't really show the quality of the frame so I'm wondering if it's any good.
What about adhevise, what should I use to keep the parts together? Probably I can forget about waterproofness?
Thanks in advance
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I believe the digitizer and lcd are fused together and cannot be replaced independently of each other.
This is very common with new phone as it helps keep the display assembly thinner and improves the IQ of the screen.
You have to buy an entire display assembly and replace the whole thing.
Here is one...
http://www.parts4repair.com/complete-screen-assembly-for-sony-xperia-z-l36h/
And there are instructions here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2417650
Called Sony Au today, they told me that they charge 40 aud for examination of the phone and u have to send the phone to Sydney. Told me that they have never repaired cracked screen in sony xperia z under the warranty and the cost is bit under 500..haha. I used to love sony but not anymore!
schabior said:
Hey,
My Xperia Z cracked while laying on my bed. I've read all the topics about the design flow, is it worth to try and get the phone repaired under warranty in Australia? The glass isn't cracked, only the digitizer(lcd looks fine).
Otherwise, has anyone tried screen assembly with frame kit? There are some on ebay from china but the pictures don't really show the quality of the frame so I'm wondering if it's any good.
What about adhevise, what should I use to keep the parts together? Probably I can forget about waterproofness?
Thanks in advance
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happened to me but I dropped my phone instead. My digitizer got damaged but my LCD works fine. I had it replaced with one a replacement front panel. Sony was going to charge me HK$2,100. I got mine replaced for HK$1,200.
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Hello,
I dropped my i9000 Yesterday, and unfortunately the glass over the navigation buttons smashed (it is still fully functional and the screen is not broken)
is it possible just to replace the outer glass, and if so how much would it cost?
cheers
they sell these sort of parts on ebay im not sure if they will have what your looking for,
there is a guy on here called 'iammodo' he does repairs on the SGS.. he may be able to give you some advice... just put his name in the search bar.
hope u get it fixed
azzledazzle said:
they sell these sort of parts on ebay im not sure if they will have what your looking for,
there is a guy on here called 'iammodo' he does repairs on the SGS.. he may be able to give you some advice... just put his name in the search bar.
hope u get it fixed
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At work checking XDA lol.
you can replace the just the Glass with skill and luck but would void the warranty as the ebay part would be a fake.
As the offical part is most of the phone you only save the mainboard really.
If your in blackpool or by blackpool PM me and im sure we can sort something out.
Hey,
I did the same thing, got a replacement off ebay... the install isnt too bad... you just have to be SUPER SLOW when you take off the original screen from the navigation buttons (the buttons are like a sheet of wire which has been glued to the screen, removing is slow)
To be honest, i have replaced my screen a total of 3 times... The first time the screen replacement had a pink hue to it... I emailed the seller and he shipped a replacement which was fine... then i dropped the phone again and that stopped working, so i got a third which has been fine for the past 3-4 months.... well i guess it has been four times cause i replaced the second screen with the pink screen so i could have a working phone... then replaced the pink screen with the final good screen again.
but yes. the replacement screens on ebay are pretty cheap... a word of warning though, they are NOT gorilla glass, so no protection against scratches. and i am not sure if they are SAMOLED screens or not. they might be just lcd?
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At work checking XDA lol.
you can replace the just the Glass with skill and luck but would void the warranty as the ebay part would be a fake.
As the offical part is most of the phone you only save the mainboard really.
If your in blackpool or by blackpool PM me and im sure we can sort something out.
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i hope you dont mind me mentioning you on here. only i knew you did repairs from that thread you started with 12 broken SGS's your the only person i knew that does repairs, so thought you could shed some light
candreacchio said:
Hey,
I did the same thing, got a replacement off ebay... the install isnt too bad... you just have to be SUPER SLOW when you take off the original screen from the navigation buttons (the buttons are like a sheet of wire which has been glued to the screen, removing is slow)
To be honest, i have replaced my screen a total of 3 times... The first time the screen replacement had a pink hue to it... I emailed the seller and he shipped a replacement which was fine... then i dropped the phone again and that stopped working, so i got a third which has been fine for the past 3-4 months.... well i guess it has been four times cause i replaced the second screen with the pink screen so i could have a working phone... then replaced the pink screen with the final good screen again.
but yes. the replacement screens on ebay are pretty cheap... a word of warning though, they are NOT gorilla glass, so no protection against scratches. and i am not sure if they are SAMOLED screens or not. they might be just lcd?
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It's LCD
10 chars blaaah
azzledazzle said:
i hope you dont mind me mentioning you on here. only i knew you did repairs from that thread you started with 12 broken SGS's your the only person i knew that does repairs, so thought you could shed some light
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I don't mind the more broken phones I fix the more money to buy my new phones.
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Broke the glass not the screen.
hi, i am in the same dilemma. i am a doctor i dropped my sgs in the E.R lol hectic as they are!!. BTW touch works fine its just those cracks on the glass . will i be able to replace just the glass? maybe a gorilla glass or do i have to replace it with a new amoled display and a glass?? waiting anxiously for a reply...
drshab said:
hi, i am in the same dilemma. i am a doctor i dropped my sgs in the E.R lol hectic as they are!!. BTW touch works fine its just those cracks on the glass . will i be able to replace just the glass? maybe a gorilla glass or do i have to replace it with a new amoled display and a glass?? waiting anxiously for a reply...
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Cheap fakes on ebay arnt gorilla.
If you want a replacement its the full works. Most places will charge £120 for this. Where are you located?
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Instead of trying to do it yourself maybe its better to have it done here.
http://www.fonefunshop.co.uk/cable_...d_&_Digitizer_Repair_Replacement_Service.html
Good luck.
Enjoy your SGS.
iammodo and makfoto thank you for your reply. i am situated in pakistan so i guess i have to ship my SGS or something.
Hello everyone,
My XZ screen broken and half of screen doesnt regocnize any touches...
Is possible to change touch digitizer? In home? Or better to bring it to the service?
keturkaimis said:
Hello everyone,
My XZ screen broken and half of screen doesnt regocnize any touches...
Is possible to change touch digitizer? In home? Or better to bring it to the service?
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Probably is posible to change the screen by yourself, if you are skilled enough. Bringing it to service, last time I checked, they charged you half the price of a new unit for the new screen.
DrKrFfXx said:
Probably is posible to change the screen by yourself, if you are skilled enough. Bringing it to service, last time I checked, they charged you half the price of a new unit for the new screen.
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oh dear thats going to cost you. i broke mine xperia z screen all i did was take it out of my pocket and it was broke. i sourced the part off amazon for 95 quid. all because sony are robbing and put the outerglass with the lcd all in one unit to make it more expensive. anyway i did it myself as the repar centre was asking 250 quid. its not waterproof now though as i couldnt find the gasket for the lcd so i used normal 2 mm strips.
Thanks guys.. Okay.. I will try to change by myself.. maybe do you know where i can get cheaper that glass lens?
I found this cheapest variant in ebay. http://www.ebay.com/itm/For-Sony-Xp...er_Cell_Phone_Accessories&hash=item2a306f4842
P.S. How I understant the Display and digitzer is all in one?
up..
I drop my SP and front glass cracked, it really looks ugly. But display and touch are functioning normally. So, my problem is how to replace it. I saw screen digitizers on ebay can be bought for 25-50 USD, but I read somewhere that it's not possible to replace only digitizer but you need to replace the screen as well. Another problem is, I saw a video on yt where a man bought faulty digitizer for sp on ebay.... So, I don't know what to do?
abdic88 said:
I drop my SP and front glass cracked, it really looks ugly. But display and touch are functioning normally. So, my problem is how to replace it. I saw screen digitizers on ebay can be bought for 25-50 USD, but I read somewhere that it's not possible to replace only digitizer but you need to replace the screen as well. Another problem is, I saw a video on yt where a man bought faulty digitizer for sp on ebay.... So, I don't know what to do?
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send it for repairs to sony centre
Not many options really.
1) Send your phone to somewhere where they can repair it for a cost.
Or
2) Buy one off ebay and give it a go yourself! If its faulty send it back.
I replaced screen on xperia arc. If you take your time and be patient its not hard. Not sure what answers you're looking for ha
As far as I was aware, for the arc, you had to replace screen and digitizer as one assembly.
The digitizer is kind of stuck to the screen, i.e. you cant do it yourself...easily.
Since my frame is bent and my back glass is broken I really have to replace them as the dust got between back glass and the camera rendering camera with flash useless.
I'm thinking about replacing it myself, but I'm worried if it's still going to be waterproof after I replace it.
Have any of you guys replaced the back glass by yourself? How's the waterproofness after you did that?
Water resistence will be gone for sure and back glass wont stick for long.time to time you have to push it back.
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I'm talking about replacing it. Both bent frame and back glass. Have you done this?
No, they will keep the water-proof capablility of the phone. First they will replace the back, remove all the old glue and rubber gasket then replace all with new glue, etc...then use high compression machine press the back cover tight to the glue. Atleast that is the process of replace back cover in my local Sony center, not sure it's applied to all....And after repair they will allow you to put the phone into water to test...
FFS
My adhesive on the back just completely stopped holding the back glass. I can take it out by shaking the device a bit or even by picking it up. I'll be sending it for the repairs...
No more Z1 development, really.
olokos said:
FFS
My adhesive on the back just completely stopped holding the back glass. I can take it out by shaking the device a bit or even by picking it up. I'll be sending it for the repairs...
No more Z1 development, really.
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That suck! Hope you got the phone without any problems later on...
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That suck! Hope you got the phone without any problems later on...
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Yeah. The worst thing is that I have to ship the phone on my own. I mean wrapping, talking with DHL and stuff like that to get it to authorised sony service ... -_-
Good thing is that although I'll pay a lot for the replacement of the frame and the back it will be waterproof again.
I'll send it in this weekend or at the begging of the next week.
If anyone would be interested in the state of my Z1 then here's what's wrong with it:
USB flap fell off again.
Back glass is broken
Main frame is bent
Middle frame is cracked
To fix it I'd have to buy:
Glue for middle frame, main frame
Back glass
USB flap
Middle frame
I'll propably fix it myself becaus the cost of doing this in the service would be propably as high as a new Z1. Too bad I'm not rich so I can't buy those parts yet.
If anyone is interested then I finally made pictures of my phone. At least the screen and the electronic hardware is allright.
http://imgur.com/a/MRcra?#0
olokos said:
If anyone is interested then I finally made pictures of my phone. At least the screen and the electronic hardware is allright.
http://imgur.com/a/MRcra?#0
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hope you can get it fixed soon miss your dev work
AnrgKrshn said:
hope you can get it fixed soon miss your dev work
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Hopefully I will, but I'll have to wait untill all of the parts that I need get available on witrigs.com so I could order OEM parts for my device.
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Hopefully I will, but I'll have to wait untill all of the parts that I need get available on witrigs.com so I could order OEM parts for my device.
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Ah, okay. I've been following you since the Xperia S xD
AnrgKrshn said:
Ah, okay. I've been following you since the Xperia S xD
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I only had Xperia Play apart from Z1, flashed xperia S just few days ago, lol ^^
I didn't test it myself, but if you buy a genuine back glass assembly (that includes glue, you can buy this from, for example www.witrigs.com) and replace it properly, wait a week or so for the glue to align and stick properly it should still be waterproof. I did replace almost every part of my Z1, that is camera, back microphone, back glass - 2 times, minijack with proximity sensor, battery, main frame with all the buttons and flaps, speaker mesh and propably something else I don't really remember anymore. It doesn't matter anyway, what matters here is that if you replace middle frame - take close attention to the speaker mesh hole - the one from a phone has some sort of a gasket there, whereas the replacement one - doesn't and you can't really buy it separately. I bought the middle frame assembly from witrigs and it was also missing that gasket. Also, speaker mesh from witrigs is different from the one that was in the phone. These parts render my phone not waterproof anymore and I don't think you can buy replacements for it that would still make the phone waterproof, even if replaced with surgically perfect precision.
TL;DR
Back glass assembly (complete genuine replacement part with glue, nfc, camera etc. already on it) replacement, if done properly, may not cause your phone to lose it's waterproofness. At least from my experience.
Replacing main frame and speaker mesh, even new genuine will void it. Not because there were some mistakes in replacing them, they simply don't have all of the elements that the parts originally shipped with a new phone have. Replacing them will definitely remove its waterproofness. (with all parts from witrigs.com, that is very trusted to ship genuine, new replacement parts.
Just posting this so people googling around could find the answer.
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AnrgKrshn said:
Ah, okay. I've been following you since the Xperia S xD
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Try out my new kernel if you want Make sure to read entire first post before flashing if you are still using XZDR recovery though. http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-z1/development/stockbased-ok-kernel-v4-rock-solid-30-t3281806
olokos said:
I only had Xperia Play apart from Z1, flashed xperia S just few days ago, lol ^^
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I swear I saw you on the XS Carbon Rom forums or something xD I'll give the kernel a shot! Was planning on flashing RR today after a long time on stock, but I guess that can wait
hey guys
so last week something unbelievable happened to me and i say unbelievable because no one will believe what happened but thats it what can i do about it xD OK so last week my G Watch fell from my hand while wearing it and it fell off on my Xperia Z from about 20 centimeters and i didn't care that exact moment because i said like WTF it wont harm the device and after 2 minutes i opened my phone aaand its just not working the screen was broken from the area on the left of the microphone and the phone wont work but from a special small area anyways i went to my local Sony agent and he told me that the digitizer cant be replaced alone and that they will be replacing the whole LCD Display so i went to some other 3rd party repair-shops and they said the same thing and they will be replacing it with a non-original Display that cost 1/5 the price of the one that the Sony Agent offered me ( Sony Agent told me that it costs 170 Jordanian Dinars which equals 240 USD and the phone itself new unlocked costs pretty much less than that in my country ( Jordan ) )
Anyways i was wondering guys if i can replace the digitizer alone by myself (by ordering it from eBay or so and disassembling the phone and replacing it at home ) or should i replace the whole LCD Display ?
(Sorry if i had any English mistakes but i"m not a native English tongue )
Best Regards,,,
I had broken touch screen and i watched video on YouTube how to repair just touch screen, ordered just touch screen from Ali and I broke the digitalizer so i ordered whole screen with mask after. My point is, if you don't have tools and skills (or is you first time) buy whole (touch screen + digitalizer) and replace them.
Good Luck!
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Dzepar said:
I had broken touch screen and i watched video on YouTube how to repair just touch screen, ordered just touch screen from Ali and I broke the digitalizer so i ordered whole screen with mask after. My point is, if you don't have tools and skills (or is you first time) buy whole (touch screen + digitalizer) and replace them.
Good Luck!
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thanks bro :good:
Digitizer and touch screen are glued together making it impossible to remove the touch screen without breaking the digitizer that is made of thin glass.
I replaced the combo on my first Z after my car key fell off from above 15cm or so onto the screen, same story as yours! (X_X)
But:
1/ Besides the combo touch + digitizer piece you also have to buy the sticker as the actual glue around the frame will get destroyed while removing the screen.
2/ If your phone is old, you might want to buy an original battery to replace your existing battery.
3/ While reassembling the battery in the phone make sure it does not stick out from the plane surface otherwise it will push on the glue and reopen your phone. Mine had a piece of plastic on its side with harpoon like features; it looked like it had been forced into place with harpoons retaining it: crappy design, to my opinion.
Some 3M strong and thin double side tape might also be useful to keep the battery into place especially if you keep the original one which might unfortunately get a little bent while un-glueing it from the case...
In any case, you should consider its waterproof feature gone!
Good luck!
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hey guys
so last week something unbelievable happened to me and i say unbelievable because no one will believe what happened but thats it what can i do about it xD OK so last week my G Watch fell from my hand while wearing it and it fell off on my Xperia Z from about 20 centimeters and i didn't care that exact moment because i said like WTF it wont harm the device and after 2 minutes i opened my phone aaand its just not working the screen was broken from the area on the left of the microphone and the phone wont work but from a special small area anyways i went to my local Sony agent and he told me that the digitizer cant be replaced alone and that they will be replacing the whole LCD Display so i went to some other 3rd party repair-shops and they said the same thing and they will be replacing it with a non-original Display that cost 1/5 the price of the one that the Sony Agent offered me ( Sony Agent told me that it costs 170 Jordanian Dinars which equals 240 USD and the phone itself new unlocked costs pretty much less than that in my country ( Jordan ) )
Anyways i was wondering guys if i can replace the digitizer alone by myself (by ordering it from eBay or so and disassembling the phone and replacing it at home ) or should i replace the whole LCD Display ?
(Sorry if i had any English mistakes but i"m not a native English tongue )
Best Regards,,,
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Just dont go for non orignal diplay you will regret it, most probably they will order a whole new CHEAP QUALITY front panel from ebay which will have poor quality of screen and all the ports. Also the power button will become a bit hard to press.
I did the same mistake and gave my phone to a local phone repair shop which was cheap but my phone went dead the very next day after it came back from repair. I agree Sony Service Centre will charge more but your phone will be in best possible condition.
My suggestion go to Sony people for repair.....
Hope it helps you
Thank you guys very much i really appreciate your help and i think i'm going to the Sony agent because i dont have that much of experience to disassemble the phone and i might get it even worst instead of fixing it :\
again thank you really much guys
Just pay attention to pay a fake screen no original one there's a few different things between the original one