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[Q] Need new LCD for Sensation 4G....does it matter which one i buy from eBay?

Hi All,
I have checked the forums and tried finding the answer to this but haven't had any luck. I was putting on one of those "military grade" screen protectors on my wife's Sensation 4G last night (the kind that you apply water to the back of and then place them on the screen). Long story short, the screen works now (after putting her phone in rice overnight) but the screen is fairly dim and it flickers a bit. I know I will have to replace the LCD portion of the screen since that's the only part that got some water on it from the screen protector application.
Question is, does it matter which LCD replacement screen i purchase from eBay? i have read a bunch of threads that the digitizers are specific and may not work correctly if you get the wrong one, but does that hold true for the LCD itself or can we simply buy any new LCD replacement screen from eBay and install it on the phone (the original digitizer will still be used since the touchscreen works fine).
Any help would be greatly appreciated...i feel like a dope for causing this by applying a screen protector, even though my G2x didn't have this problem at all after applying the same screen protector from the same seller.

Sorry for bumping up an old topic, but I am interested in this too. Anyone can shed light to this matter please?
OP: Did you end up replacing your LCD? How did it go?

So hey you where installing a zagg screen protector?how much water did you put on the screen?
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I still think those water application screen protectors are a ridiculous idea. Who's idea was it to use water on electronics?! Normal screen protectors do just as well. Make sure the lcd screen is the same physical size, pixel density, made specifically for the device, etc. Try pick the most reputable seller. But you WILL notice a difference in the screen, either colour, sharpness or response.

[Q] Dust Under Screen Possibility...

Ever since I got my Sensation and I learned and experienced for myself, the dust under the screen issues... I really started hating HTC. I really feel (and still do) that the Sensation was one of the sexiest looking smartphones ever designed, so I was truly sad to realize that it was plagued by such a design flaw...
Now I ask, former Sensation owners and others.... are you afraid about the Sensation issues following suite and plaguing future phones, such as the One S?

I think this can only be answered in a few weeks, when a sufficient number of devices have hit owners' hands and we see if the issue occurs or not. Speculation until then is not going to accomplish much.

But we know that even without testing.... for example, the Galaxy Nexus' chance of having dust under the screen is almost impossible, because the glass and the digitizer is fused together....
I don't know if the same applies for the One S, or if the same technology is carried over from the Sensation.

I read about this in one of the reviews on tech blogs, and the fused screen assembly does apply for the One S - hence the thinness. So if this makes the issue improbable, I guess there's our answer.

Sweet... even more of a reason to pick this up... peace of mind.

just found this thread after receiving my one s today and noticing something under the bottom right touch button
best described as a smudge/as if someone has used a marker pen under the right button, clearly visible when the button light comes up
sending mine back and getting it replaced, hope it's just a one off as it's really not meant to be like it is

HTC One S
I have my HTC One S for the last week and I can tell you I've yet to notice any dust under the digitizer. It seems like the amoled screens have to be fuzed to the digitizer because that's how my GS2 was and no dust under that one. I only keep a body glove feather case on it for extra grip. No screen protector or anything else and it stays in my pocket. No problems as of yet.

Dust under the screen is not an issue with amoled screens.
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I work in a paper factory and my poor phone has been covered in paper dust. I just wipe it off and it looks like new. No dust under my screen.
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LikeaG2root said:
Dust under the screen is not an issue with amoled screens.
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There nothing inherent in AMOLED screens that prevents dust - my HTC Desire was full of dust a the end.
Super AMOLED, however, which the One S has, with a fused screen & digitiser should be immune to dust under the screen.

I've never seen HTC use an Amoled screen on a Desire. It's always been from what I've seen LCD or super LCD. Unless I'm reading the wrong specs for the desire or desire HD. LCD consist of the panel and the digitizer, they are not fuzed together and HTC has a terrible rap for not setting them right, or not sealing them correctly.

Naldonnis said:
I've never seen HTC use an Amoled screen on a Desire. It's always been from what I've seen LCD or super LCD. Unless I'm reading the wrong specs for the desire or desire HD. LCD consist of the panel and the digitizer, they are not fuzed together and HTC has a terrible rap for not setting them right, or not sealing them correctly.
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The Desire originally came with an AMOLED screen, they switched to LCD when supplies of AMOLED were low.
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That would explain a lot. I just know with all the amoled devices I have owned in the past, not a single one of them got dust under the digitizer. They did however have a dead pixel or so after a while of use. I want to know how long the olephobic or however you spell it coating on the One S is going to last.

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WTB HTC but concerned about screen

I lost my sgs4g recently and was looking into getting an htc sensation. One thing I'm noticing is that the screens crack pretty easily (falling from 5ft). The sgs4g has gorilla glass and I would drop it plenty of times and although it would fall apart without the case(back cover and battery pops out), the screen would never crack. From what i have seen, the htc has gorilla glass yet it cracks so easily. Why is this? Is there a screen defect with the phone? From what I've seen so far, the phone seems great but the screen issue users seem to be having concerns me.

vincent1190 said:
I lost my sgs4g recently and was looking into getting an htc sensation. One thing I'm noticing is that the screens crack pretty easily (falling from 5ft). The sgs4g has gorilla glass and I would drop it plenty of times and although it would fall apart without the case(back cover and battery pops out), the screen would never crack. From what i have seen, the htc has gorilla glass yet it cracks so easily. Why is this? Is there a screen defect with the phone? From what I've seen so far, the phone seems great but the screen issue users seem to be having concerns me.
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i know of a digitizer issue but an easily crackable screen? never heard that one before

ok i read a bit further and the way most people spoke of the phone,it had me think they were one and the same. the digitizer will crack easily but the screen itself will be fine am i correct on that?

Is there anyone else that would like to chime in on this? I remember reading a thread where a person asked whether if the replacement digitizer would be gorilla glass which had me think that the digitizer and screen are one and the same. Also are there any other issues with the phone besides the digitizer that i should know about?

vincent1190 said:
Is there anyone else that would like to chime in on this? I remember reading a thread where a person asked whether if the replacement digitizer would be gorilla glass which had me think that the digitizer and screen are one and the same. Also are there any other issues with the phone besides the digitizer that i should know about?
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the display and the digitizer screen are separate pieces
the digitizer is a part of the gorilla glass screen and the display is beneath that
it doesnt crack, it shorts out and stops working properly for some. it can easily be prevented. if it happens, its an easy fix and if you want a new one you can replace it i think its about 20 bucks

oh ok great how can i prevent it? and is the easy way to fix it the software update as mentioned in a stickied thread? i basically dont want it to ever look like this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1142379

All you need to do is to be a little bit carefull whit your phone ..
I wonder why are you so worried lol do you drop your phones alot ?
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The Sensation is a quite durable phone... I've dropped it a couple of times with no issues...
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The Sensation does NOT have gorillaglass.
You can effortlessly push down hard enough on the digitizer to get it to touch the actual LCD panel underneath. It's an oleophobic plastic.

xHighAlert said:
The Sensation does NOT have gorillaglass.
You can effortlessly push down hard enough on the digitizer to get it to touch the actual LCD panel underneath. It's an oleophobic plastic.
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oh, is that right? you might want to check THE GORILLA GLASS WEBSITE
http://www.corninggorillaglass.com/products-with-gorilla/htc

Which brought me to another question. Is it possible that certain phones have lower quality gorilla glass screens than others?

vincent1190 said:
Which brought me to another question. Is it possible that certain phones have lower quality gorilla glass screens than others?
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i would say yes
just from the design of our screen (curved around the edges) it could possibly make it a tiny bit weaker

[Q] Need help finding the right parts to replace my screen.

Dear XDA'ers,
Earlier this year my wife somehow broke her screen. Her screen still worked and the touch screen also worked, even the parts where the screen was cracked functioned without any problems.
After a while she got jealous of my HTC Sensation with its not-cracked-screen so she decided to do some digging and ordered "NEW TOUCH SCREEN DIGITIZER FOR HTC DESIRE HD A9191 G10 + tools" of ebay (itemnumber =190662521121).
I followed a video on youtube (video id = jG6RLR_tAEs ) to replace the screen but now I am stuck at the seperating the lcd from the digitizer part.
My wife wanted to try seperating it and ended up breaking the outer glass even more so now I think we need an LCD too.
In the video the guy also said he had trouble seperating the two and ended up ordering the chassis+lcd+touch screen digitizer. I want to do the same thing since all the prying messed up the chassis as well.
Does anyone know where I can get my hands on a complete set and also wheather or not my story makes sense. I haven't had much experience replacing screens on smartphones so if anyone has some tips, they're much appreciated.
Thanks in advance.

Why don't you ask the guy in the video?

Thanks for the tip, I did and he linked me to this:
ebay DOT com /itm/New-LCD-Display-Touch-Screen-Digitizer-Assembly-for-HTC-Desire-HD-G10-A9191-/221076191455?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item33792af8df

[Q] HTC Sensation XE Screen Issues

Hi all, very new here to XDA. So I have the HTC Sensation XE, and everything was fine untill I accidentally sat on the device, problem is, the screen is in perfect shape no scratches, cracks or whatever but the screen is unresponsive and so are the softkeys so I'm pretty sure my Digitizer went straight to hell. If I want to fix this issue, do I have to buy a new set so LCD Screen and also a Digitizer or is only a digitizer needed cause I hear from alot of people that the digitzer is stuck to the screen so if either of those two die, you have to buy both. Help on this is appreciated.