Hey guys, I recently dropped an iron on my s5, and the screen cracked. At first I thought it was OK, but nothing show on the screen, but I can feel vibrations and see the led lighting up. Do you guys know if its worth replacing the screen. I thinknit might be a broken Amoles. BTW I bought a moto g for $120 while I'm waiting.
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Hi,
Today when I pulled my phone out of my pocket I was greated with a nasty looking crack right down the center of my screen. The crack appears to have stemmed from the earpiece downwards.
I have had the phone for 18 months now and as far as I'm aware I didn't knock, drop or apply any pressure to it. Has anyone had any experience of the screen cracking on its own?
The screen is still functioning I'm trying to use the stylus with a light touch for now, I'm not sure how long I've got before it breaks altogether?
How much do new screens cost? I imagine it wouldn't be worth replacing since I could probably purchase a new phone for a similar price.
Thanks
Ric
Mines been cracked for months and still works ok and like
you I have no Idea how it happened,
You can get the LCD Display and touch Screen from Ebay for around £25,
which is what I will be doing when mine finally packs in
£25 is much better than I'd imagined. I'll see how I get on with the cracked screen. It's not too bad if I look at it straight on.
My contract is over with O2 at the end of this month so I don't have long to wait to get a new phone. I was hoping to maybe sell this phone, so changing the screen might be a good option for me.
Thanks
Is this normal? It doesnt really effect much as you can only tell when the phone is in certain lights? Just seems odd... Would a screen protector sort it out or anything?
hmm, mine has it also - but not from the beginning (at least i think so).
it appeared about 4 months ago, after 1 one year usage.
i used to have a screen protector an took it off, because i thought thats the reason for this "effect" - but it´s under the display glass.
anyway - it has to be some liquid stuff, because wehen i´m pushing on the display, this "blur" is moving like some lava lamp
my blurred zone is 1,8 x 3 cm....
How strange, I got mine off ebay so I dont know how long it had been used for... But the phone itself was in great condition and you can see the screen okay so I didnt fancy complaining! Wonder if there is a fix? Doubt there is a simple fix anyway!
Mine has that as well. A friend advised me to get a new digitizer (basically it's the screen) as it would also improve it's touch responsiveness... not that I'm having much of an issue. Plus it's cheap, you can get it on ebay starting at about 7 uk pounds.
Any input on this issue? It itches me that it's there.
Seems odd that a few people are having this problem, whats this thing you can buy off ebay ? Would it mean opening the phone up n stuff ?
First of all, I'm sure this has probably been discussed in some form or fashion, but the searching I've done has mostly resulted in stuff about the digitizer and not if the phone will power up if the AMOLED is cracked.
Anyway, I dropped my phone last weekend and cracked the digitizer. Phone still worked fine. After finding out my Assurion replacement phone would be a Samsung Vibrant, I decided to attempt to replace the digitizer myself. $35 on ebay and a youtube search later I went to work. FYI, not a fun project, I don't recommend it to anyone.
Sometime during reassembly I managed to crack the AMOLED screen
I finished putting it back together and now when I hit the power button it vibrates once and thats it.
My question is: Is it not powering up because of the crack in the AMOLED or does it sound like I effed up the reassembly?
TIA
p.s. I went ahead and paid the $130 for the replacement. So I got a Nexus One with a cracked AMOLED for sale along with the Google Desktop Dock and a 3rd party desktop dock if anyone is interested.
God, I'm gonna miss my N1 Kicks self....really hard
you can buy replacement screens on ebay for around 100 dollars. all of them say LCD though so they are probably the newer SLCD screens and not the AMOLED.
you could also find a broken N1 on ebay with a working AMOLED to use to get an AMOLED again if you want. i sold one i had that had a working AMOLED on ebay a few weeks ago for 130 dollars (it had a broken digitizer not cracked just did not work and it had a bad sim card socket because the previous owner thought prying on the sim socket was the way to dismantle the phone lol)
as for not powering up, well it sounds like it is powering up, the single vibrate is normal on power up but without a screen its hard to tell if its working you would have to leave it on and wait an see if you get any notifications or try calling it etc. another thing you could try is to plug it in to your PC and see if USB mounts.
Not so sure what has happened this time around. I have never dropped my phone substatially, and I keep a solid case and screen protector on my phone at all times. I dropped it last night from about a foot onto hardwood floor, and he screen didn't crack at all. But it seems as if something internally went on, and the colors are all blurred on the screen. If anyone has any experience with this please let me know!! I am out of warranty so I will cost me an arm and a leg to get it fixed by HTC or Sprint. Thanks guys
The digitizer internally broke youll need a replacement or someone to replace digitizer
Not what I wanted to hear, but thanks so much! Appreciate it man
Hey they connection could have came loose aswell, but id definately assume digitizer if the screen isnt cracked
anyone have this issue with their s6 edge?i recently noticed a reddish color or cable under the edge screen above the power button. Should i be concerned or return my phone possibly for a new one?
I'd return it, mine doesn't look like that........
I feel your pain. I discovered a dead pixel an hour after getting mine yesterday. Barely noticeable but I'm probably going to go back to best buy and swap it.