My X10's screen has deep scratches and has had a screen defect from day 1. They won't replace my phone because the water sticker is marked red (doesn't matter, it works fine I think). But, by the way it looks, the actual screen is covered by the plastic screen that looks to be part of the housing. Is there any way I can replace this?
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To make a long story short, my wife dropped her Samsung Galaxy S3 i535 phone a couple weeks ago and shattered the front glass. I ordered the replacement glass on eBay and proceeded to get it installed this past week.
One of the things I noticed was that none of the repair videos adequately documented how to route and attach the button for the home keys at the bottom of the screen. I was finally able to get the old home button ribbon cable detached from the phone and pulled free from its location. I noticed that there was still quite a bit of adhesive left on the resting location for the home key pc board (located a few mm in front of the ribbon cable that connects to the lcd assembly.)
I made the mistake of thinking that the adhesive consisted of some form of double sided tape, so using a small blade and a pair of forceps I began removing the adhesive. Turns out, the adhesive was attached to a felt-like material that was covering the back of the LCD. Once removed, I noticed that the section of the screen from which the felt had been removed was slightly discolored.
I proceeded to reassemble the phone with the new glass, and it is working correctly, with one exception:
The entire screen (not just the area where the felt was removed) appears to have a greenish tint to it. This is most notable when booting the phone. The SAMSUNG logo appears as almost a neon green (My wife assures me this should be white) and the booting animation is mostly green (She assures me it was multicolored)
A couple of questions here:
Did the piece of material I removed from the back of the LCD cause this problem, or should I be looking at something else for a solution?
Is there any chance this felt-like material contained the backlighting for the LCD Screen?
If not, could just a small section of missing felt allow enough light to escape to discolor the entire screen?
Also, since I obviously can't replace the felt, would coating the expose area with some form of paint or something work to restore the proper coloring to the phone?
I am currently looking at other replacement lcd assemblies which, from what I can tell, simply involve moving the motherboard from the old phone into the new assembly, connecting it, then putting the back cover onto the phone. If I can afford spending the $100-150 that these cost, I would like to avoid it. If this is my only suitable solution at this time, I would like a definitive answer so that I can make the purchase and get her phone back to working order.
Thank You all for taking the time to read my post, I can post pictures later to elaborate on what I am describing, but my wife and I are both at work at the moment and I don't currently have her phone to take a photo of.
Pictures would be nice. However your back light shouldn't discolor your screen. My guess is you loosed a cable or something else causing the screen to discolor.
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Pictures would be nice. However your back light shouldn't discolor your screen. My guess is you loosed a cable or something else causing the screen to discolor.
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I will get pictures posted this afternoon. After taking a little more time to look at it earlier today, it appears that Green and Blue colors are working, I just haven't got any red.
Do you know where to find a diagram of what ribbon connectors control what aspect of the phone?
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A little late, but here are the pictures of my wife's Galaxy S III (i535)
http://goo.gl/TnXkFC
that will give you an idea of the connector for the screen. you say all you did was replace the glass? not the whole screen? I cant imagine how this would happen unless you damaged the ribbon cable when removing the glass.
unless you want to remove the glass again you'll have to take it apart from the rear, which isn't too hard really. take the back cover off, then remove all the little screws you see. that piece of plastic will come off and this is what you'll get: http://imgur.com/WwoOgMP
the red box is the connector, make sure it's seated. i'm not sure you can get all the way to the digitizer panel from the rear, but this is simple enough it's worth trying before removing the glass again.
also there are plenty of youtube videos on how to teardown the sgs3.
on a side note, task killers are bad for your phone.... use Greenify instead, or nothing at all.
(located a few mm in front of the ribbon cable that connects to the lcd assembly.)
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If this ribbon cable that connects to the LCD was damaged, it might be your problem.
In that case, you will need another LCD.
It's best to buy the LCD and Glass as one piece.
About $120 or more.
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I replaced the broken screen on my Nexus 5, but now there is a small hole on the front of the screen where the front facing camera is. Water could easily get into it and cause some damage. I must've missed a part when putting it back together.
What can I do to plug this hole while still being able to use the camera? What specific part do I need?
Thanks, Chris
Tried ifixit.com?
was it an original screen?
A screen protector would probably cover it.
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"A screen protector would probably cover it." Yes, but at some point I'm probably going to sell the phone.
Is the cover over the camera part of the screen or part of the camera or innards of the phone?
I just ordered a used S5 Active, and I noticed a small imperfection on the top right of the screen. I tried to scratch it off with my fingernail, and it wouldn't, so I assumed it was a chip out of the glass.
However, then I applied a glass screen protector, and it looks like this (see attached picture). So it doesn't seem to be a depression, it seems to be something actually on the screen. Any idea what it could be or how to get rid of it so that I don't have this annoying bubble?
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I just ordered a used S5 Active, and I noticed a small imperfection on the top right of the screen. I tried to scratch it off with my fingernail, and it wouldn't, so I assumed it was a chip out of the glass.
However, then I applied a glass screen protector, and it looks like this (see attached picture). So it doesn't seem to be a depression, it seems to be something actually on the screen. Any idea what it could be or how to get rid of it so that I don't have this annoying bubble?
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disassemble will be the only solution for cleaning this bit i think ... in Egypt we have unofficial centres which fix these issues especially for phone like grand 2 which has a tft panel makes a bubble in the middle of the screen when using a glass screen protector
I dropped my phone, It fell out of my pocket in the gym today.
Now there is a red spot visible on the middle right screen link. I also noticed some light bleed from the left side. Can I fix this myself somehow?
I find it weird because the screen glass is in good condition, could the screen itself be permanently damaged?
It's pity as I still love this phone, and now it's damaged..
Thanks in advance
Yes, the top glass could be perfectly intact while screen beneath is damaged. I have seen this many times on Samsung phones that have been dropped.
Can't really either screen issue unless you replace the LCD.
My mate 8 is still working like a champ, but the top and bottom of the screen are peeled and it's very ugly (see the attached photos).
Currently I use a full body cover like this to cover that up. But the problem with those covers is that the auto-brightness doesn't work very well anymore because of the shade on the ambient light sensor.
Is there any solution for this except for replacing the screen and the stupid GLUE trick which might actually make the phone completely useless if not done right?
I was thinking it would be great if there was some sort of black sticker in shape of top and bottom bars where I could stick them on the screen top and bottom to cover this up (like black stickers with the correct shape of sensors).
Anyone?
hey, same problem here.
screen peeled off, but everything works.
i want to replace or glue it, how do i do it?
found online 2 versions of display, just the display and one with frame on.if i get just the display i need to somehow glue it to my existing frame - what do i use? liquid glue (like b-7000 or t-8000 types sold online) or double side tape (seen in a clip replacing a samsung display).
if i get the display with frame i have to move all the phone internals to the new display (battery, camera, electronic boards) - more money and labour.
those of you with experience, please help!