Unfortunately the display of my X98 Air 3G is broken.
I checked with aliexpress and found various replacement displays.
However I could not find a tutorial on how to replace the display.
Any help or a link to a step by step guide would be very much appreciated.
Thanks
It's quite easy. . . just take your time.
I replaced the digitizer on mine a few weeks ago. It's a very easy task to accomplish. Just take your time. If your old digitizer screen is badly cracked, cover it with masking tape to hold the pieces of glass in place before continuing.
The digitizer is held in place with double-sided tape. To soften the bond, use a hair dryer or paint remover blower (just keep it a few inches from the screen and don't let the screen become too hot). As the old bond softens, use guitar picks or some other plastic tool to wedge between the digitizer frame and the tablet frame and slide the pick or tool carefully all the way around. This takes a few minutes to work you way around the outside edges of the tablet screen. Be patient and work at it slowly.
Once you have it free, open the back of the tablet with the same guitar pick or tool (the back pops off white easily). Be careful to retain the switch buttons which will fall off when you remove the back.
Disconnect the digitizer ribbon cable from the motherboard by sliding back the black end tabs and lifting the flap to free the cable.
Clean off the LCD panel, make sure there are no dust or glass particles. Use alcohol or eye glass cleaner to carefully wipe it clean
The new digitizer already has double-sided tape attached. Peel off the protective film on the inside of the new digitizer. Peel off the protective strips from the double-sided tape. Feed the ribbon cable through the slot and carefully line up the new digitizer to the frame. Gently press around the edges to hold it in position. Attach the ribbon cable, close the connector flap and lock both sides. Fold and tape the excess ribbon cable to keep things flat.
Insert the power/volume buttons in their slot on the back panel and close the tablet and snap it into place. Check that the new digitizer is firmly in place.
You're done.
There are many YouTube videos showing how to remove the digitizer on various other tablets, they are pretty well all the same including your Teclast.
Have fun
Where you brought that screen and how much was that?
As I saw right now is very expensive...
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How do you apply the screen cover? I mean the bit of plastic that comes with the diamond?
net777 said:
How do you apply the screen cover? I mean the bit of plastic that comes with the diamond?
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If you mean what I think , that's no screen protector , but just a transport protection sheet so that your diamond doesn't get scratched during transport ...
Mine did not include any screen protector anyway
A screen protector IS included in the box (look carefully)
best thing to do is apply it right away.
Use scotch tape on the sides so you can hold it without smearing the bottom. Peel and apply carefully.
Its actually a great screen protector. Normally I hate those things.
Anyone else got any tips on how to apply the screen protector properly. I normally don’t use a case or screen protector. As my view is that I will only have the phone for about a year. I it gets scratched big deal, I’ll have a better phone next year!
Hold the plastic that the protector is sticked to.
Curve the plastic so the protector gets loose and gently apply it to the diamond from top to bottom.
Mine is almost impossible to spot (I missed by 0,3mm on the bottom..)
Go to bathroom, close the door, prepare a longggg and waaaaarm bath and then, when you won't see anything because too much steam, apply your protection (so that, dust won't come between screen and screen protection).
To apply the screen protection, you can use a credit card.
After that hard job, you deserve to rest.. so, take a long bath (as it's already prepared and your wife don't have your credit card )
Thanks, didn´t think of that.
Good tips here but i must be doing something wrong as the one that came in the box with orange wont seem to stick to the screen. Do you have to peal off the back off the back of the protector for it to stick as mine not sticking
i use 3M clear tape (not sure what you call that in English, it's the kind of tape you stick paper on the wall or to each other, kind of small version of packing tape, but not as sticky)
by take few 3-4" long stick on surface of screen protector, left and right side or top and bottom side where you can hold each side by left & right hand.
Then use that 3M tape as a handler of the screen protector. This way, you don't need to even touch the screen protector on either side and can carefully lay screen protector on the PDA screen.
just make sure you use the easy to remove tape, not the really sticky packing tape.
arh_3000: yes you need to peal it off from the other layer of clear plastic.
Ok, so I've managed to gather a few good quality scratches on my screen, and I've got a replacement new digitizer ready to go, with the necessary pry tools, screwdrivers etc.
One question though. The new digitizer has a pre-applied adhesive. Do I need any double sided adhesive tape as well? Seen a reference to 1mm double sided adhesive on an Amazon ad, but not entirely convinced it's needed.
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I can now answer my own question.
No, I didn't need the 1mm wide double sided adhesive. In fact, the whole process was remarkably easy. New digitizer is fitted, and fully functional. Very happy, my tab is beautiful again.
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Congrats on a successful repair.
Care to share where you bought the new part off of?
Just so people, myself included, know where to look for the thing if they ever need it.
New digitizer was bought from ebay. Its a perfect replacement, brand new, but I suspect not official as I noticed the identification lettering on the ribbon cable is different. Could be OEM though.
The whole process was pretty simple. Used a tool like a heavy guitar pick to pry the back case off the chassis, with a suction cup to pull the chassis away from the back case. Check the teardown on techreplubic for more on that.
I used my wifes hair drier to soften the adhesive holding the digitizer on the chassis, then used the same guitar pick tool to break into the adhesive seal, and worked my way round slowly, before finally peeling the digitizer away.
Then just cleaned off any residual adhesive (there was barely any left, it all stayed on the old digitizer). Peeled the protective films off the back of the new digitizer, lined it up, and stuck it down.
Trickiest thing is making sure you're in a pretty dust free area so you don't get any specks on the LCD before sticking the new glass down. And be careful pulling up the brown retainer bar on the ribbon termination, you need to release that before disconnecting the ribbon cable, and then flick it back into place once the new ribbon cable termination is slotted in.
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Hello. Some time ago, I broke my digitizer and had to replace it. I ordered just the plain digitizer, removed the old one from the frame and put the new one on. The guides recommended to use double sided tape, but I used glue instead. Now, I've already had to open the device once to clean the dust. When I changed the digitizer, there were 2 small particles of dust accidentally left under the screen, and over time there were eventually 100s of particles. 2 days ago I cleaned the digitizer and LCD of dust and again, accidentally left a small particle of dust under the screen, but it didn't really bother me. Now I am already seeing 10s of dust particles under the screen. Where is it all coming from? Could it be because I used glue in the first place to put the glass to the digitizer instead of tape?
Oh, and I'll mention that with the original digitizer+frame there were no dust problems
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When i change my digitizer to me i didnt found so much dust.(and i was using the phone for 1,5 year.
I didn't have any dust problems with original digitizer either, but when I installed a new one and used glue to put the glass to the frame (the original used double-sided tape) I started getting dust problems.
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I didn't have any dust problems with original digitizer either, but when I installed a new one and used glue to put the glass to the frame (the original used double-sided tape) I started getting dust problems.
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Well, I've never replaced this phone digitizer. But I've done it with other phones, and some ipods. From my experience, I think you have the answer: using glue instead of double-sided tape creates some little holes as the glue dries and (hope to made myself understandable) "compresses" itself leaving some empty spaces "behind". ¿Do you have any possibility to clean glue and reinstall with double sided tape?
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Well, I've never replaced this phone digitizer. But I've done it with other phones, and some ipods. From my experience, I think you have the answer: using glue instead of double-sided tape creates some little holes as the glue dries and (hope to made myself understandable) "compresses" itself leaving some empty spaces "behind". ¿Do you have any possibility to clean glue and reinstall with double sided tape?
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I'll probably order a new digitizer, the one I have has scratches. I am not sure if I should order digitizer+frame and attach it myself using double sided tape or order a frame with the digitizer already attatched? The plus side to ordering a ready one is that it'll save me a few hours of work, but maybe they used glue to attach glass to the frame?
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I am not sure if I should order digitizer+frame and attach it myself using double sided tape or order a frame with the digitizer already attatched? [...] maybe they used glue to attach glass to the frame?
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I would trust that if they sold it attached, it should be by the "official" way. And as I understand, that is with double-sided tape. But of course, I can't be sure.
I changed mine a couple of weeks ago and have the same problem. I used double sided tape but I cut it myself in small fragments and might not have been that accurate and might have left gaps between the fragments. Don't really remember what it looks like from inside but could the hole for the phone speaker allow dust to get in from above? Really have to open it up and seal it better...
The corner of my glass has started coming up from the rest of the phone. It looks like some kind of foam glue used to hold it together. The phone is perfect otherwise. Is there any way to repair this other than buying a new screen and digitizer assembly? I can attach a picture if this description is not clear.
I also would rather not remove the glass from the LCD as this looks difficult and risky.
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It turns out you can remove the entire screen assembly from it's metal and plastic frame with a little heat and a thin plastic prying tool (I used a guitar pick). I tried LCD tape but it was not strong enough. I ended up using loctite plastic bonder and it seems to be holding strong. I just hope it lasts long enough so a new phone comes out which can adequately replace my Turbo.
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The camera lens is cracked. I can buy just the glass or glass and frame (bezel). I have found a video on how to replace just the glass but there isn't any info around on replacing the complete unit. It looks like some heat and a razor might lift it off the back cover, but I dont know if there is any other attachment holding it in place from the inside. Can anyone clarify this for me?
Probably just double sided adhesive tape. Isopropyl alcohol and maybe some heat to lift it if anything is needed at all.
Get the OEM replacement to preserve the optical qualities. Or just buy a rear cover if that's included. The price is usually cheap.
You'll want the pre-cut adhesive mounting if you replace just the glass to preserve it's sealing.