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So my daughter just cracked the screen on my skyrocket, anyone know a reputable place to buy a replacement LCD screen? Or is anyone looking to sell one just pm me.

Ebay. And keep your daughter away from it. Lol
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Man, screw eBay. I just looked and the lowest one was $650. You can get the whle new phone for $650 at Best Buy.
-Carlos

These guys might be able to do it, http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/

How did she break the Gorilla Glass ?!

the gorilla glass in the skyrocket is bad, you can find some videos about it in youtube

I ordered a new screen for $164 and replaced it myself. It's pretty easy to do
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play1962 said:
I ordered a new screen for $164 and replaced it myself. It's pretty easy to do
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Sweet! Glad you got it fixed. I'll take that over warranty costs any day. Where did you get the screen from?

Got it from gounlock.com
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its not gorilla glass is how she broke it...No where on Samsungs site or Cornings site do they say the skyrocket has it, and in fact i have contacted both and have gotten this response via email from samsung
“Thank you for your inquiry.
The Samsung Skyrocket (SGH-I727) does not feature the Gorilla glass. However, we assure you that all the components of the phone passed the Samsung quality assurance test and have been tested to withstand multiple different conditions”

So, Im hearing some people post on forums that the Digitizer is glued to the Glass and is separable, meaning the repair will cost way less than paying for a whole new digitizer + LCD + Glass assembly.
Can anyone confirm or deny this?
I have a nasty spider web break on my phone but can not afford to pay $160 when I paid $150 for the phone! (I know thats the contract price)
I'm a broke college student!

raheelanwar89 said:
So, Im hearing some people post on forums that the Digitizer is glued to the Glass and is separable, meaning the repair will cost way less than paying for a whole new digitizer + LCD + Glass assembly.
Can anyone confirm or deny this?
I have a nasty spider web break on my phone but can not afford to pay $160 when I paid $150 for the phone! (I know thats the contract price)
I'm a broke college student!
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I don't think you can separate them and manage to reuse the circuitry, were talking less 1mm thick. I've replaced glass before, next time I'll probably send it to Sammy.

xiLLeNtz said:
How did she break the Gorilla Glass ?!
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Is confirmed by Samsung there is no gorilla glass on the skyrocket!
Sky Ice Cream RC 7.3 Speed!!

I just dropped and broke the screen on my phone, how hard was it to replace the screen yourself?

r3dp0is0n2012 said:
Is confirmed by Samsung there is no gorilla glass on the skyrocket!
Sky Ice Cream RC 7.3 Speed!!
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This has been known for quite some time now

amlwaycooljr said:
I just dropped and broke the screen on my phone, how hard was it to replace the screen yourself?
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Replacing the glass is not too difficult if you know your way around computer hardware. What makes it a pain is how small all the connections and ribbon cable clasps are and ect.
Here's a link to a video tutorial on the Atrix to give you an idea of what you can expect. About an hour to replace.

amlwaycooljr said:
I just dropped and broke the screen on my phone, how hard was it to replace the screen yourself?
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I got a used S2 skyrocket off ebay. Only the outer glass is cracked.
I saw this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtiyU-RQUU0
Has anyone tried such a method and only changed the glass? (outer glass is cheap on ebay). Thx

gcretro said:
I got a used S2 skyrocket off ebay. Only the outer glass is cracked.
I saw this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtiyU-RQUU0
Has anyone tried such a method and only changed the glass? (outer glass is cheap on ebay). Thx
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Tried and failed... That is a nice video, but my understanding is that the Galaxy S II and III are different for repairs. The III you can replace just the top glass, but with the II it's easiest to replace the whole LCD and digitizer + glass. HTCs on the other hand have the top glass and digitizer as one replaceable unit.
I had this idea I could get the LCD lifted up and then use fishing line like floss to separate the glass and digitizer. But I didn't get that far. I didn't have enough heat and trying to remove the LCD, it busted. The OLED is like a brittle film and the adhesive used is crazy, so that method was doomed. I think if I had a different approach things might have gone better.
Now I have a worthless disassembled phone waiting on the prices of the whole LCD to come back down to sane levels. They were like $121,$131,$155, last check they're $200 on eBay. Makes me want to cuss!
I saw a video on YouTube where the top glass was busted open, not just cracked. I think it was a plain Galaxy S II. They used playing cards to dig in between the glass and digitizer layers. Then you clean off the digitizer and tape your new clean glass down and it would be fixed. I think if you could further break the top glass to pry it up and be able to dig in between the glass and the digitizer, that's how I would try to replace just the glass.
Ok, I dug in my web history and found the video I remembered: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=judy-izOmKk
So in the video they had their screen/digitizer/glass removed from their phone chassis. I wouldn't go that far fearing you'd break the LCD. You may not have to do more than removing the battery before you get started.
Another thing the Skyrocket top glass needs this double sided clear tape. I presume this is because the digitizer is separate from the top glass and needs to be connected right to the glass instead of just held on with the double sided tape on the edges alone. I imagine that that could work if you pressed extra hard on your touches, but I don't know. I found this tape from EtradeSupply.com - they have a Youtube video I watched over and over. But shipping to the states is $15, adding to the expense.
Hope this helps anybody.

me too
I did the same thing. I got the old glass seperated with a hair dryer, but messed up some of the amoled screen and the glass was never fully flush after the reglue.
Super Annoying. :/ ending up buying the new screen kit on ebay for like 120. :/

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Yeah, I was able to get a new housing and screen assembly for my Skyrocket and all is well now. My phone is like new.
I did find some newer repair videos that use the playing card trick for removing just the cracked glass.
Samsung nexus glass repair i9250 part 1 - YouTube
Samsung nexus glass repair i9250 part 2 - YouTube
Samsung Nexus glass replacement follow up - YouTube
The quick version is that he says stick the phone in the freezer for a couple of minutes, because that will weaken the digitizer glue/tape. Then use your card to dig the glue out, pushing it out of the edge of the glass in a slow, lengthy process. He had success this way on a similar phone. I read elsewhere that Goo Gone cleaner could be used to remove any adhesive residue from the digitizer.
One thing I would worry about with this process is air bubbles in the new digitizer tape, since this other video has an industrial vacuum pressure machine as part of the final assembly process of the screens.
LCD and Digitizer touch the production workshop/Enterprise Solutions - YouTube
Related is an issue of dust, since a spec of lint or dust will cause an air bubble, as I just discovered applying a screen protector onto my Skyrocket.
So this little "$15" repair can add up with the digitizer adhesive and buying the Goo Gone and rubber gloves (which I didn't even use) and all of the rest. Just going for the new display comparatively is easy.

Outer screen cracked

I just bought a Samsung Infuse today for $10, the phone works great, touchscreen and all, but the outer glass is cracked. I've found a few stores on eBay that sells the outer screen lens glass and tools for about $12 and didn't know if anyone here has tried replacing it, and if it was a pain to do?
It's either go down that route, or just slap a screen protector over it, hoping it'll seal the cracked glass more securely.

Youtube it....found it looks very simple....
Look at mine..

Wow, did you back over your phone with a truck? Anyway, is this the 12 min youtube video where the guy talks about using a heat gun, and he's prying the two screens apart with a nail filer?

Jeaton said:
Wow, did you back over your phone with a truck? Anyway, is this the 12 min youtube video where the guy talks about using a heat gun, and he's prying the two screens apart with a nail filer?
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I believe so...

Either of you go through with this yet? Would be curious to hear how it went...
I've looked around online, and everything I'm seeing says the digitizer, LCD, and outer glass are one fused together piece on the Infuse:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZI6d59ufSc
Even though eBay sellers have the Infuse outer glass for sale separately, it seems like pulling the glass off of the LCD/digitizer without destroying it is going to be extremely difficult. Even if you get the old glass off without damage, you still need to figure out how to attach the new glass to it.

Send it to Samsung and let them fix it...they will replace LCD and gorilla glass and shipping for $158.00 roughly
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bigjoe2675 said:
Youtube it....found it looks very simple....
Look at mine..
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Geez I thought mine was bad
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whoa nelly !!
bigjoe2675 said:
Youtube it....found it looks very simple....
Look at mine..
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just one more lil crack and that screen will explode into powder !! LOL !!!

[Q] samsung galaxy s2 skyrocket

I just want a new glass. My digitizer works perfect so anyway I can just get the glass? I don't wanna spend 200 bucks for a screen and a digitizer. I just want a new glass. Is it possible?

I haven't seen them separately. Not sure though
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I haven't seen just the class but you could buy one with a fried digitizer and then just use a heat gun to remove the glass.
Eating Kitty's in my Skyrocket fueled by CM9

I sent mine in to Samsung and they replaced the glass/digitizer for $145.00
I suspect they sent me a whole new phone tho.

Found just the glass on ebay for $20

Ok, so I found the glass only as well but am not sure if that can be replaced without buying a digitizer too. I have a couple deep scratches but nothing is cracked. I just want to replace the glass. Can this be done? Is it glued to the digitizer? I have not been able to find a "How to" showing just replacing the glass.
Thanks for any info.

techspy said:
Ok, so I found the glass only as well but am not sure if that can be replaced without buying a digitizer too. I have a couple deep scratches but nothing is cracked. I just want to replace the glass. Can this be done? Is it glued to the digitizer? I have not been able to find a "How to" showing just replacing the glass.
Thanks for any info.
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I replaced with $15 glass from ebay. I used a hair dryer. The whole glass is glued to the display, so it took several hours. Maybe a heat gun would work better. I also chipped a polarized sheet that was between the display and the glass. Touch screen still works, but not as well as it did because of the slight space between screen and glass, if I squeeze it down again and turn the screen off and back on it works fine for a little. Probably would use better glue or something next time.

[Q] Can LCD digitizer be separated from glass?

The screen on my Skyrocket became recently cracked. The cracks begin at the very top and make really small, tight cracks, then it spiderwebs down the front of the phone into bigger pieces of glass. Towards the top, the smaller pieces of glass have begun to fall out. It's not really dangerous, but I am kinda nervous of cutting my finger one of these times.
I've been searching on Google and Youtube to find an answer to my question, but I can't seem to find a real, definitive answer. I want to know if the glass/lens of the digitizer can be safely removed from the rest of the digitizer?
I know all the tricks of using a heat gun, and a little scraper, but I also heard that the digitizer itself is like 1mm thick and VERY delicate?
So I went ahead and bought the glass off of Ebay for like $7. Then I received the glass in the mail, and got kinda apprehensive of doing it.
Another question: If I successfully remove all the old glass, how do I secure the new lens to the digitizer? Is there some sort of glue I need, or is it friction from the chrome trim ring?

Yupp i think it can be done
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Afrojoe said:
Yupp i think it can be done
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Damn. You got that research and stuff?

demonblod said:
The screen on my Skyrocket became recently cracked. The cracks begin at the very top and make really small, tight cracks, then it spiderwebs down the front of the phone into bigger pieces of glass. Towards the top, the smaller pieces of glass have begun to fall out. It's not really dangerous, but I am kinda nervous of cutting my finger one of these times.
I've been searching on Google and Youtube to find an answer to my question, but I can't seem to find a real, definitive answer. I want to know if the glass/lens of the digitizer can be safely removed from the rest of the digitizer?
I know all the tricks of using a heat gun, and a little scraper, but I also heard that the digitizer itself is like 1mm thick and VERY delicate?
So I went ahead and bought the glass off of Ebay for like $7. Then I received the glass in the mail, and got kinda apprehensive of doing it.
Another question: If I successfully remove all the old glass, how do I secure the new lens to the digitizer? Is there some sort of glue I need, or is it friction from the chrome trim ring?
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Good luck man.....i tried and its a PITA!!!! Haha my dumbass ended up cracking my digitizer/LCD so i had to shell out another $130 for a new one......i hope u have better luck than me tho.....
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jyazzie110 said:
Good luck man.....i tried and its a PITA!!!! Haha my dumbass ended up cracking my digitizer/LCD so i had to shell out another $130 for a new one......i hope u have better luck than me tho.....
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That's EXACTLY what I'm worried about. But I guess my screen is done for either way. It's terribly cracked and falling apart now, so it can't get much worse.

demonblod said:
That's EXACTLY what I'm worried about. But I guess my screen is done for either way. It's terribly cracked and falling apart now, so it can't get much worse.
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In the accessories section a guy claims to have done it and used double sided tape to put the glass back on......idk tho i heated it up so much i burned my finger wen i touched the glass and i still couldn't separate it from the digitizer.....id say just buy a new digitizer......it isnt hard to replace.....i bought the digitizer alone without the housing around it and saved about $25.....
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Nope. It didn't work. I broke it. I kept using my heatgun, but the stupid adhesive just wouldn't give up. I turned up the heat a little bit, and suddenly a section of the digitizer just blew up into a dull green color. I guess that means I fried the pixels. Even after I burned the digitizer, the adhesive was still very strong. I think this is actually impossible. In order to loosen the adhesive, you would have to achieve a temperature far past the point of damaging the digitizer.
Another concept:
I had MANY small pieces of glass. I kept thinking "I wish I had nice, big pieces of glass. Then this would go so much faster". When I did try to lift a larger chunk of glass, the combined tension of the adhesive over the whole surface area caused the piece of glass to flex and crack.
So when you try to remove a large piece of glass, it then breaks into a hundred tiny pieces of glass and you're screwed even more.

demonblod said:
Nope. It didn't work. I broke it. I kept using my heatgun, but the stupid adhesive just wouldn't give up. I turned up the heat a little bit, and suddenly a section of the digitizer just blew up into a dull green color. I guess that means I fried the pixels. Even after I burned the digitizer, the adhesive was still very strong. I think this is actually impossible. In order to loosen the adhesive, you would have to achieve a temperature far past the point of damaging the digitizer.
Another concept:
I had MANY small pieces of glass. I kept thinking "I wish I had nice, big pieces of glass. Then this would go so much faster". When I did try to lift a larger chunk of glass, the combined tension of the adhesive over the whole surface area caused the piece of glass to flex and crack.
So when you try to remove a large piece of glass, it then breaks into a hundred tiny pieces of glass and you're screwed even more.
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Exactly wat happened to me.....so u gettn a new digitizer or just a whole new phone?
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Cracked my screen

Fell my phone from only 3 inches high to the cement ground, and cracked the screen, I just can't believe it! However the good thing is it's just the bottom left part where the back key is
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Bad luck :/ Luckily my phone fell down many times with case and it's not cracked

Mine was bumped off a bench at the gym. Fell about a foot and a half onto concrete with thin carpet cover. Shattered like...er, glass. Had to buy replacement through insurance.
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That's unfortunate. My gf has been really lucky with her falls (5+ car lap to concrete) without a shatter. I guess it depends on the angle.
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case really helps ha
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ah i thought i would protect it carefully but i was wrong...
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yeah maybe mine just hit the corner
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I had to replace one through insurance as well....sat down outside at Starbucks and if fell about 26 inches, hit top corner and that was all she wrote. Was still usable but to beautiful of a device to stare at a crack on it.
Needless to say I placed a silicone case on it now

square trade help easy my worry of this happening to me. It would suck to have to re-root and load my roms though

how much does it cost to replace it, and can you do it yourself?

Dropped mine from my lap in the car to the ground. Cracked the top and bottom of the diffuser. Problem is diffuser is bonded to the LCD so I have to replace the whole assembly which sucks very much bad.... Oh and I had the case on it too... Smh
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I just bought one online for $18 and it took me 15 mins to replace. Very easy.
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heyitsdan03 said:
I just bought one online for $18 and it took me 15 mins to replace. Very easy.
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Where abouts? I just smashed mine this morning and it's pretty bad...

I'm still using, not much impact on normal use, just don't like the look of it...
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V_N said:
Where abouts? I just smashed mine this morning and it's pretty bad...
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When I get to work tomorrow i will post the url of the site.
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Where abouts? I just smashed mine this morning and it's pretty bad...
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http://www.etechnotics.com/touch-sc...cement-for-htc-one-x-s720e-htc-at-t-logo.html
$17.99 i just bought one im waiting on it to come in the mail and i found a youtube video to show me how to do it lol

For those who have had to replace the screen, does dust now get under it?
I replaced my screen on a few older phones (some replaced by a service, others by myself), and like clockwork after a few months, dust develops under the screen.
I've almost pretty much settled that if my screen shatters, I'll get it fixed and immediately sell it to avoid that.

Best Case ist Otterbox Commuter or Defender

I hate Otterbox Defenders...so bulky & just ugly. I know, theyre for protection, but these new phones like the One X are just uglied up by the big bulky cases.
Anyway, as for the display changing...I just did a couple last week, no picnic at all. The person that said he changed one in 15 minutes I would bet the farm was a bad overexaggeration...unless you do 20 a day you won't even get this baby apart completely to even think about replacing the screen in 15 minutes.
As for $17.99 I haven't looked at the link yet, but I'm betting it's just for the outer glass (touch panel) and not the digitizer/combo assembly. I scoured the net and could only find the touch panel for this price. The combo (touch panel & lcd) as one fused unit I found for about $80, normally around $145 in most of the usual places.
These ship with the touch panel/digitizer fused, so separating them is basically impossible. I've seen a couple of posts where people say they've successfully removed the glass & replaced it only, but I'm guessing it was someone blowing smoke, or their screen has already been replaced with the 2 individual parts that are not fused.
I opted to choose the 2-part deal for one main reason...both of the ones I replaced were in cases, and fell a very short distance & shattered badly. I'm guessing like the OG Evo, there's really not going to be anything you can do to ultimately protect these, so I'm anticipating future screen changes...hence, the unfused 2-part combo.
I got the outer glass for less than $20, and the LCD for $35 both from Amazon. I was pretty thrilled when I got the glass, as the AT&T branding is gone & replaced with HTC instead. (I hate branding, especially since I use mine on Straight Talk)
I think the first one took me about 3 hours to do, the pieces are a horrible blind jigsaw puzzle of dependencies inside the phone, everything is gorilla glued & two-sided taped to death so it's difficult to break down without destroying important, fragile stuff.
After disassembly it wasn't bad with a heat gun to get the screens out, then made sure to clear out all of the adhesive which took quite a while...that stuff is gnarly.
Then I put in the LCD panel, got it situated & used 2 sided tape cut to around 1cm to edge the LCD for the Touchscreen to be laid on it. Added a LIGHT coat of some really strong bonding adhesive to the 4 corners & the middle of the 2 sides to make sure it holds but don't bleed out under the screen.
Laid down the touchpanel & applied firm pressure for a few hours before I reinserted the phone assembly back into the casing.
The beauty ring around the outer screen got a bit ugly on the first one, the second one came out pristine. No issues at all with bubbling under the screen, it's super sensitive & feels like they did brand new again.
The only issue I have, is when you're doing disassembly, one of the ribbons is held down by the very flimsy & fragile piece of circuit tape that the haptic buttons are in, and on both of them, the lights are much dimmer under the haptics than they were before. I don't think there's any way to remove & reinstall this piece without some minor amount of damage or degradation to the lights, but it functions perfectly fine.
All in all, it worked well, and if I have to replace a cracked screen again, it will be a much less expensive, easier fix the second time around. Also pay close attention when reassembling to your antenna wire, it has a connection much like the bluetooth wire you attach to a card in a laptop and if you're not very careful, when snapping back into place it can interfere with your antenna & your phone charging system.
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androidjunkie71 said:
I got the outer glass for less than $20, and the LCD for $35 both from Amazon. I was pretty thrilled when I got the glass, as the AT&T branding is gone & replaced with HTC instead. (I hate branding, especially since I use mine on Straight Talk)
I think the first one took me about 3 hours to do, the pieces are a horrible blind jigsaw puzzle of dependencies inside the phone, everything is gorilla glued & two-sided taped to death so it's difficult to break down without destroying important, fragile stuff.
After disassembly it wasn't bad with a heat gun to get the screens out, then made sure to clear out all of the adhesive which took quite a while...that stuff is gnarly.
Then I put in the LCD panel, got it situated & used 2 sided tape cut to around 1cm to edge the LCD for the Touchscreen to be laid on it. Added a LIGHT coat of some really strong bonding adhesive to the 4 corners & the middle of the 2 sides to make sure it holds but don't bleed out under the screen.
Laid down the touchpanel & applied firm pressure for a few hours before I reinserted the phone assembly back into the casing.
The beauty ring around the outer screen got a bit ugly on the first one, the second one came out pristine. No issues at all with bubbling under the screen, it's super sensitive & feels like they did brand new again.
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So theres no issues with the screen changing colors? Like the old digital watches and calculators used to when you pressed the screen? I still haven't replaced mine and looking for an alternative to the 150 for the combo. Not really concerned too much with longevity, I'll get rid of it or redo it in about a year anyway so if it last that long I'm good.