Hi, I sadly cracked my back camera glass, i dont know how but it just happened, i think i'm able to repair by myself but i don't want to loose my warranty so i'm planning to send back to Xiaomi assistance but i don't really know if they will charge me a lot...you know glass is glass (it costs 2$)...my question is: Should i go throw assistance?why? Or do it by my self and void the warranty?(will be void?)
Looking at the back of my mi9, it seems very similar to what I had on my previously owned redmi note 5 ai: the back lens cover is a simple piece of glass that has a thin black double sided adhesive with holes to accomodate the lenses on the back of it. When my redmi note 5 lens glass cracked, I gently broke and removed the rest of it and was able to remove the broken glass and adhesive remains completely and apply a replacement lens glass that cost me close to nothing on aliexpress. It worked great after the repair. If my mi9 glass would break, I would do the same and would never send it to be repaired as the hassle and cost are unnecessary. Think about this and decide for yourself. Good luck!
Edit: a quick search on aliexpress found it for less than 2 USD and it as I expected. See photo.
Very helpfull answer, so how i can remove the glass without open the phone (how you finish to break the glass)? And how to clean? Alchol? Ill attach a pic..
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I recently dropped my hd2 and the glass around the lens broke off now the lens is exposed. is there a case that will cover it or a camera lens replacement.
Update: I know im not the only one in America with a glass crack where my lens is and would like to know where to get this fixed or a part site?
I just dropped and broke my camera lens as well today.
mines also cracked after 2 weeks of use....called customer service and they did a manufacturer's warranty and got the replacement right away
Check on eBay - they have direct replacement lenses - OEM. You will have to figure out a way to get some double sided tape to mount it for most of them.
VERY CHEAP - fortunately they are available.
found a replacement on ebay. you dont need to take apart phone or anything. i just super glued around the lens and popped in. good as new.
if $ is not an option look at this...
http://cnn.cn/shop/htc-hd2-oem-housing-set-p-8816.html
They are cheaper on ebay. just ordered one.
Get the Otterbox Defender. I think it is the only case out there truly protecting the camera lens.
i have a cracked camera lens..how do i take it off?
Since it's already cracked, use a knife or something and carefully pry into the cracked area and pull up the cracked glass. Thats how I did it. Just becareful not to push too hard.
is there like walktrhough guide video for this?
Sorry, theres no video or walk through that I know of. As long as you pry off the broken lens its simple from there. Just pry off the lens and then just stick the new one in. Theres not much more than that. You don't have to take the phone apart or anything.
A small sewing needle is a great tool to use. Just pry out the broken piece or you can even do it from the side. What I found when I did it was that there was a ring of adhesive that is difficult to reset correctly once you take the broken lens out. I actually just took the needle and scraped off the adhesive and placed the new lens in so that it's below the surface (beveled, I guess you could say). It stays in just like the old one -- otherwise you'll scratch it the minute you put it down on the table.
charlieb620 said:
found a replacement on ebay. you dont need to take apart phone or anything. i just super glued around the lens and popped in. good as new.
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What happens if it breaks again now that you used super glue?
...I used some 3M double sided tape and a hole punch. I cut it to size and punched a hole in the middle...carefully cleaned all the old adhesive off and dropped it in. Its not going anywhere and absolutely no dust can get under it...if it breaks again (which it may...so I ordered two because the price was so cheap) it will be much easier to remove than super glue.
The screen panel has detached from the phone in the top right corner. Also the headphone jack stopped working about a month before that.
I'm a little worried about peeling the tempered glass screen protector off. I've done it before and it's no easy task, it's on there firmly. I'm worried that I'll damage the screen doing so.
Could I just leave it on, or might they reject the warranty for "using unsupported accessories" or some BS, claiming it might be my fault that the screen has detached?
in Europe they would just disregard the protector.
Unfortunately not every time they disregard it. Yesterday I was repairing one with same issue (You can look at my blog http://e11mtlab.blogspot.com/2016/01/sony-xperia-z3-compact-odklejajacy-sie.html , it's in Polish but there are some good images I think). As You can see I fixed it without taking off screen protector but for example, Polish Sony Service Center says that they can detach tempered glass if it is necessary. I would say it's not necessary but in most cases they are changing Your firmware even if Your issue is broken screen etc. so no matter it's necessary to take off or not Your phone can return without tempered glass.
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Unfortunately not every time they disregard it. Yesterday I was repairing one with same issue (You can look at my blog http://e11serwis.blogspot.com/2016/01/sony-xperia-z3-compact-odklejajacy-sie.html , it's in Polish but there are some good images I think). As You can see I fixed it without taking off screen protector but for example, Polish Sony Service Center says that they can detach tempered glass if it is necessary. I would say it's not necessary but in most cases they are changing Your firmware even if Your issue is broken screen etc. so no matter it's necessary to take off or not Your phone can return without tempered glass.
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I'm having an issue where the screen is becoming to come off in the top right corner. Do you know if heating up the front screen (and adhesive underneath) and pushing the screen back down would fix the problem?
You can try. Original adhesives are thermosensitive so if there is no dust, dirt etc. on adhesive it can be fixed after reheat. Never tried it so if it works give me some info.
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The screen panel has detached from the phone in the top right corner. Also the headphone jack stopped working about a month before that.
I'm a little worried about peeling the tempered glass screen protector off. I've done it before and it's no easy task, it's on there firmly. I'm worried that I'll damage the screen doing so.
Could I just leave it on, or might they reject the warranty for "using unsupported accessories" or some BS, claiming it might be my fault that the screen has detached?
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If there's a problem related to the screen like the panel coming off or something it's best you remove the Tempered Glass as the personnel would have a harder time trying to fix your phone without "cracking" the tempered glass.
A thing to note is tempered glass is very weak against bending, since it is engineered to withstand force on its complete surface area.
Good luck!
In case of Z3c I never had problems with tempered glass. I have changed adhesives in 3 or 4 Z3c and never need to take off glass or protective film. However there is really hard or maybe even impossible to take off back door without braking tempered glass on it or destroying film. Back door glass is flexible and tempered glass is not so one fold and it breaks. Fortunately it's not so easy to break back door but I repeat one more time - heat it up with hair dryer before taking off, same with screen.
If you care about reusing the tempered glass, then take it off before sending in for warranty. Otherwise, it could be removed and not returned to you. It will not void your warranty though.
Sent from the only flagship device that can fit in my hand... Sony Experia Z3 Compact
Hi everyone, my Z3c has a scratched camera cover, I can no longer take pictures as everything looks blurry. I've read that I can buy a replacement for the cover, but my question is if to do this, I also need to change the backcover.
Yes, You need to change whole back door cause camera glass lens in glued to back door and if You gonna try to peel it off most likely back door will breaks. Anyway back door replacement costs 5$ and original one around 20$.
Hello guys!
It's my first post on this forum so excuse me for all mistakes that I have made
Some time ago i dropped my LG G Flex from about 0,5m. The screen have "spider webs" so it makes annoying to use it. Luckily the screen and touch layer managed to survive .
I searched web for replacements but i didn't find the glass. I only managed to find a glass with whole display. The cost of whole thing was about 50$-100$. The price of that part was too expensive to make it happen (i bought phone for about 140$).
Soo i have came up with bright idea. I was gonna remove the screen glass like this girl on video (Search YouTube for "HOW TO REPLACE A SMARTPHONE SCREEN!" uploaded by "everythingdiy").
Thing was very easy because LG don't have any physical buttons on front and the whole "frame thing" was attached to bottom layers (With samsung phones the "frame thing" is attached to glass").
After removing broken glass i cleaned everything up with just a tissue.
Next step was the easiest one. I bought online a tempered glass protector and applied it on my screen.
Here you go, everything is working very well !
I have payed for replacing my screen glass about 5$ (+ work with removing old glass)
I think i have helped someone with similar problems.
REMEMBER !! To preform this your display and touch must work !!! You are doing it on your own and i don't take any responsibility if you damage your phone !!!
what tempered glass protector did you buy? please can you send a link
also, when you remove the glass, was it attach to the lcd with glue?
cfli1688c1 said:
what tempered glass protector did you buy? please can you send a link
also, when you remove the glass, was it attach to the lcd with glue?
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I bought the cheapest one Any tempered glass will do the job.
The glass was attached to the LCD with glue. Make sure to warm up the screen with hair dryer or heat gun
You can try removing that glass at any point. Just google "removing phone screen glass" or something like that.
Remember it's not that easy as it sounds, the display is very fragile.
Any idea where to get a replacement glass shipped to US asap?
A few local shops can get it, but want 100 for parts/repair. I have already removed to shattered nice and clean, but can't seem to find anywhere that has the replacement glass available.
Thanks.
Edit: Any local shop I stopped in only had the s20...
Spoke to Samsung $117.98 for rear camera glass replacement mail in repair w/ shipping...
Then I ask price if the front glass on the same phone is cracked with the super gorilla glass...SAME PRICE.
It will sit in the box til we're able to find one online somewhere.
Please lmk if u see the glass, not a protector. Thanks.
Samsung will only replace the entire back panel if the camera breaks. I broke my S20 Ultra and had to do this, they replaced the whole back panel at UbreakiFix. I got them to custom make a grey 512GB S20 Ultra which was cool.
Still looking for the Ultra rear camera glass replacement only.
Anyone able to confirm if the the glass opening on the rear camera is identical on the Note 20 and Note 20 Ultra?
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Any idea where to get a replacement glass shipped to US asap?
A few local shops can get it, but want 100 for parts/repair. I have already removed to shattered nice and clean, but can't seem to find anywhere that has the replacement glass available.
Thanks.
Edit: Any local shop I stopped in only had the s20...
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How did you break it? Did it slip and fall from your hands?
Did it break in a cover?
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B08JVD15LS/
Found and replaced broken rear camera glass thanks to COCO on amazon. Its amazing they ship a better replacement part then Samsung did OEM on a $1300 device.
The phone slipped out the front pocket of my gym shorts and fell 2ft to the ground, in a case. No screen or lens protector. LVP flooring, not even cement or tile. Rear camera glass cracked only.
Issue is that samsung used a bead of adhesive only around the perimeter of the glass, leaving the middle VERY vulnerable. The replacement adhesive is much more thorough and comprehensive. Glass fits perfect.
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jculotta said:
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B08JVD15LS/
Found and replaced broken rear camera glass thanks to COCO on amazon. Its amazing they ship a better replacement part then Samsung did OEM on a $1300 device.
The phone slipped out the front pocket of my gym shorts and fell 2ft to the ground, in a case. No screen or lens protector. LVP flooring, not even cement or tile. Rear camera glass cracked only.
Issue is that samsung used a bead of adhesive only around the perimeter of the glass, leaving the middle VERY vulnerable. The replacement adhesive is much more thorough and comprehensive. Glass fits perfect.
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What case was it in so we know not to use that one.
jculotta said:
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B08JVD15LS/
Found and replaced broken rear camera glass thanks to COCO on amazon. Its amazing they ship a better replacement part then Samsung did OEM on a $1300 device.
The phone slipped out the front pocket of my gym shorts and fell 2ft to the ground, in a case. No screen or lens protector. LVP flooring, not even cement or tile. Rear camera glass cracked only.
Issue is that samsung used a bead of adhesive only around the perimeter of the glass, leaving the middle VERY vulnerable. The replacement adhesive is much more thorough and comprehensive. Glass fits perfect.
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Get a better case. Your lucky that's all that broke.
I use the Zizo Bolt on my 10+ It's sucked up some good falls on concrete without a scratch. It has good cam protection.
Remember though if a case takes a hard corner impact(s) it might be a good idea to replace it; material fatigue can degrade its impact protection. If the urethane has been stressed it has a shiny appearance at the stress point.
Hi guys! I have the same problem than you. Only than my glass got scratched it seems with a key in the pocket! It is small but i would like to find a replacement.
That vendor you post it seems no longer has it, have you found any replacement for a mystic bronze note 20 ultra???
Thank you very much!
My son has broken his S20+ Ultra camera lens twice. Once when it was laying face down on sidewalk. Dog walked on it and cracked camera lens. It was in the OEM flip case. The second time kit broke was from a drop in a full Sheldon leather wallet case.
With that family history I have been worried about my Note 20 Ultra. I started ordering and then returning improper cases via Amazon until I found an acceptable.
These are my personal requirements :
1) wallet / flip style case to protect screen and camera
2) case must have a clasp to keep wallet closed if dropped
3) all case corners must be constructed to absorb and protect from shock stresses
4) case construction around camera must be higher than the camera lens and should grip the lens bump solidly - especially along the thin edge
5) wireless charging with phone in case can be sacrificed for good case protection
Hours of web searches and research followed by trying 4 different cases ended with...
*** Visoul Samsung Note 20 Ultra Wallet case
- thick leather case - strong magnetic clasp - proper TPU inner case to hold the phone - camera is held firm - case is well raised above lens face.
Our past phones were protected in Otterbox Strada cases. Otterbox, doesn't make the Strada for Note20's
I hope my experience helps.
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Get a better case. Your lucky that's all that broke.
I use the Zizo Bolt on my 10+ It's sucked up some good falls on concrete without a scratch. It has good cam protection.
Remember though if a case takes a hard corner impact(s) it might be a good idea to replace it; material fatigue can degrade its impact protection. If the urethane has been stressed it has a shiny appearance at the stress point.
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Good point.
I've used the UAG Monarch for my last 4 Note devices (this, Note 10+, Note 8, & Note 4 Edge).
Each iteration, their cases seem to be built with less integrity - however, this is the first chip/crack/anything other than a scratch any of my devices has suffered while sporting a high end UAG case, so I don't think the case is to blame.
I can tell you from just a physics standpoint after observing the construction in removing the broken glass, the method Samsung engineers decided on of suspending the glass adhesive ONLY around the perimeter of the bezel will lead to many other Note 20 Ultra rear camera glass breaking.
javulito said:
Hi guys! I have the same problem than you. Only than my glass got scratched it seems with a key in the pocket! It is small but i would like to find a replacement.
That vendor you post it seems no longer has it, have you found any replacement for a mystic bronze note 20 ultra???
Thank you very much!
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I have the mystic bronze device and saw the vendor was sold out, but the Mystic Black replacement worked perfect for me. Proceed as you may
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Good point.
I've used the UAG Monarch for my last 4 Note devices (this, Note 10+, Note 8, & Note 4 Edge).
Each iteration, their cases seem to be built with less integrity - however, this is the first chip/crack/anything other than a scratch any of my devices has suffered while sporting a high end UAG case, so I don't think the case is to blame.
I can tell you from just a physics standpoint after observing the construction in removing the broken glass, the method Samsung engineers decided on of suspending the glass adhesive ONLY around the perimeter of the bezel will lead to many other Note 20 Ultra rear camera glass breaking.
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I never have my 10+ out of it's case except to do maintenance. Same with the screen protector.
This type of phone design needs a case with military drop specs. I favor the 2 piece composite systems; semi-hard urethane that goes around the phone with a polycarbonate clip on backing to stabilize it and hold it firmly in place. A back with a clip adds another layer.
I don't expect them to survive a 6 foot fall but a surviving a 2-3 foot fall onto concrete is needed.
Cases need not be waterproof as these phones are well sealed.
Pay close attention to the cam, the corners especially the spen corner. That's my 10+'s favorite landing spot.
The cam guard needs to be about 4-5+ mm high.
Make sure there are raised front guards on the top and bottom as well as slightly raised sides for face plants.
The side guards will also help stop accidental touches but still keep the curved screen's functionality.
For the 10+ the Bolt case rocks.
Can't say how the 20U version performs though. It seems to come with a screen protector which I question, the 10+ version does not.
Make sure there's enough beef to keep it from becoming hamburger...