Have you cracked the screen on your Motorola Droid RAZR HD? This repair guide will show you how to tear down your Droid RAZR HD in order to replace broken glass digitizer or LCD screen. The provided figures in this tutorial will help you reference screw and connection locations and other examples of the dis-assembly process.
This guide will help you install the following Droid RAZR HD parts:
Motorola Droid RAZR HD LCD + Touch Screen Digitizer Assembly
Required Repair Tools:
Torx T3 Screwdriver
Torx T5 Screwdriver
Adhesive Strips
Safe Open Pry Tool
Heat Gun or blow dryer
How to Fix a Motorola Droid RAZR HD (Tear Down Tutorial)
First you will want to make sure your device is fully powered off before you start the dis-assembly process.
Next you need to remove the sim card tray, you may use a small paper clip to pop it from the housing. Remove your sim card and micro SD cards.
Take your Torx T5 screwdriver and remove the two (2) screws circled in the figure below.
This will allow you to slide the screen assembly up and allow it to lift out of the housing.
The screen assembly will be connected to the motherboard with two (2) jaw-bone connections.
Take you plastic pry tool and lift up the tabs on the connection to release them.
See figure below for reference:
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Now take your Torx T3 Screwdriver and remove the two (2) screws circled in the figure below.
This will allow you to remove the silver protective shield covering the ear speaker and front camera.
Next you will need to peel up this flex assembly from the metal housing. It is held down with some adhesive.
Then take your plastic pry tool to start peeling up the LCD and digitizer flex cable assembly located at the bottom in the figure below.
Be cautious not to rip or tear these flex ribbon cables when peeling them up from the metal housing.
See figure below for reference:
Next take your heat gun or blow dryer and begin applying heat to the front and back of the screen assembly to loosen the adhesive holding it in place.
You will want to do this on a medium setting for 30-45 second intervals and hover roughly 3-4 inches away from the screen.
Once the adhesive has been properly warmed you can take your plastic pry tool and gently pry the LCD and and touch screen assembly from the front housing.
Be sure to get underneath the LCD screen when prying it from the frame. This will help give the desired lift and help peel the rest of the screen assembly from the frame.
See figure below for reference:
Simply follow the steps above in reverse order to re-assemble your device. You will want to first clean up any broken glass shards and left over adhesive from the removal process. Then you will want to lay down fresh adhesive for a proper and snug fit. Cut your adhesive strips to fit in the inner bezel and lay down your new screen assembly.
NOTE: Repairs Universe guides are for informational purposes only. Perform this repair at your own risk.
Battery
Do the Razr HD and the Razr Maxx have the same battery? Also I was told that the battery is unremovable...Is that true? Thanks.
No that's why it's called the MAXX. It has a larger battery. And they are non removable but you can take it out if you try.
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Is there a way???
One huge question that I have
Is there any way to separate the outer screen from the digitalizer???
The thing is that my screen has some small scratches and that bugs me, and also I saw that on ebay you could buy the outer screen for $12.00, instead of just paying 260.00 for the whole thing.
if you know how I will love to see the way that that can be done...
THANKS IN ADVANCE!!!!!
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I checked online for the same thing and the problem that this battery (Razr MAXX) is tha it doesn't fit properly on a regular RAZR, the razr maxx has a bigger battery....
are you sure the screws at the bottom of the phone are T5?? i bought a T5 torx screw driver and it is too big for it...
know i've got a T3, it should get here tommorow.. hope it works :crying:
rodmc123 said:
are you sure the screws at the bottom of the phone are T5?? i bought a T5 torx screw driver and it is too big for it...
know i've got a T3, it should get here tommorow.. hope it works :crying:
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On this particular phone the screws at the bottom were T5's Is it possible that the screwdriver you purchase could be an incorrect size? I would check the tip of your screwdriver to make sure the teeth look solid and are not deformed in any way. Be careful not to strip those screws. You would really be in trouble then.
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On this particular phone the screws at the bottom were T5's Is it possible that the screwdriver you purchase could be an incorrect size? I would check the tip of your screwdriver to make sure the teeth look solid and are not deformed in any way. Be careful not to strip those screws. You would really be in trouble then.
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the droid Razr HD white (verizon) has torx T3 screws... and the part where the power and volume buttons are located had another screws (smaller, i think torx T2 or T1).
I'm about to attempt this repair first time. Just had a few questions if anyone would be so kind as to advise me.
First off, the only video I can find if the repair shows the tech removing glass while leaving the digitizer mounted to the body. However, his screen is shattered while mine only has 3 cracks. I would assume being able to heat both sides of the assembly would make removing larger pieces of glass easier with less splintering? Also is the trim piece that wraps the screen part of the digitizer? Wondering because this devices screen is cracked from being dropped on this trim, so the trim itself is damaged.
If I have to pry on the trim there's a good chance it won't hold up well which in turn would greatly reduce the integrity of a new screen.
Second, what would be a good temperature range to work in? I have an inferred temp gun, although I am very capable and patient of such a tedious task, I have novice experience so knowing a safe range would be helpful. Also in relation to that question, can the digitizer separated from the body allow higher? Lower? Temps?
Any advise would be greatly appreciated. No need to worry about being accomplice to breaking the device, as I have made a full back up and carry insurance. I have dabbled in mobile phone repair in the past and enjoy the challenge. Thanks!
Huge question... I recently opened my razr hd to change the back speaker... the speaker that i set on worked prerfectly but the screen won't come up... i could hear the phone when i pressed the buttons but the screen remains off... any tips for this small issue??? Thanks in advance
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Does anyone ones how to fix this locker for the monitor cable??
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The screen won't turn off whyyyyyyy?????
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Could you elaborate?
Nope i plugged the hdmi cable and touched the screen and it didn't do anything
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@repairsuniverse I have cracked my screen and not the digitizer. I have seen the YouTube video where a tech take off only the glass with a pry tool and hair dryer. Then, he says he uses alcohol to rub the excess glue and whatnot off the LCD. Finally, use adhesive to put on a new glass. It looks good in the video.
Like I said before, I the LCD is fine and the glass is cracked badly would this method work better than taking apart the entire phone?
Here is the video: http://youtu.be/OAU6de6H-7Q
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@repairsuniverse I have cracked my screen and not the digitizer. I have seen the YouTube video where a tech take off only the glass with a pry tool and hair dryer. Then, he says he uses alcohol to rub the excess glue and whatnot off the LCD. Finally, use adhesive to put on a new glass. It looks good in the video.
Like I said before, I the LCD is fine and the glass is cracked badly would this method work better than taking apart the entire phone?
Here is the video: http://youtu.be/OAU6de6H-7Q
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Could you message me a link to this video?
@repairsuniverse http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAU6de6H-7Q
In my opinion it would only make sense disassembling the entire phone if your screen has only a few defined cracks. Otherwise you take to much risk of damaging the digitizer while not being able to easily pry only a few pieces at the edge of screen/digitizer.
Talked to a repair guy the other day, he charges 285 to replace just the glass. Also said he'd rather not do the repair 99% of them break. For that money you could buy a brand new digitizer, glass, adhesive, tools, and a decent steak. And that's retail prices.
I haven't done the repair yet but will respond with the outcome.
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@repairsuniverse http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAU6de6H-7Q
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Thanks for sharing. That method is just too sketchy because you can easily damage the LCD that way.
But that's not to say it can not be done of course. I've seen done on some Samsung models too. I just wouldn't suggest this method to my customers as most of them have never fixed a phone before, let alone perform a repair like that.
repairsuniverse said:
Thanks for sharing. That method is just to sketchy because you can easily damage the LCD that way.
But that's not to say it cannot be done of course. I've seen done on some Samsung models too. I just wouldn't suggest this method to my customers as most of them have never fixed a phone before, let alone perform a repair like that.
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I agree that this method is somewhat sketchy. I feel confident in doing it. However, if there is a better way I would like to know it. I would really rather not pay $200+ to buy another glass, LCD, digitizer because everything works great except the glass is broken.
Basically, is there a simple way to replace the glass without trashing the LCD and digitizer?
There really is no simple way. You would still have to separate the glass digitizer from the LCD and clean up all of the left over adhesive on the LCD with out damaging it.
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This written guide for the HTC Inspire will walk you through fully disassembling and replacing nearly all internal components. This guide can be used to safely and quickly replace damaged or faulty parts, such as a cracked glass touch screen digitizer, damaged LCD display, and even faulty speakers.
This guide will help you to install the following HTC Inspire 4G part(s):
HTC Inspire 4G LCD Replacement Display
HTC Inspire 4G Touch Screen Digitizer Replacement
HTC Inspire 4G Housing Assembly Replacement
HTC Inspire 4G Loud Speaker Replacement
HTC Inspire 4G Earpiece Speaker Replacement
HTC Inspire 4G Sim Card Tray Replacement
Other HTC Inspire 4G Parts
Tools Required:
Safe open pry tool
Small Phillips
Torx T5 Screwdriver
Heat Gun / Hair Dryer
HTC Inspire 4G Screen Repair Take Apart Guide:
The first step will be to remove the battery. To do this, remove the long cover located on the side of the phone. With the cover removed, you can then slide the battery out.
Now, remove the cover located at the bottom of the phone.
The next step will be to remove the cover located next to the camera. This one is a bit more secure in place and may take some time to work out. Use a pry tool to slowly lift the cover, being sure not to damage the clips holding it in place. You may need to press it out from the inside. There are many methods to do this, the key is using something strong and thin to work through the battery slot (without damaging internal components) and then forcing the cover up, from the inside.
With all of the housing covers removed, remove the five (5) torx T-5 screws (red circle). One is located by the GPS / Flash cover, two are located on the battery side cover, and the final two are located on the edges of the bottom cover.
Remove the small metal plate from the bottom left of the bottom cover (yellow). You will then need to remove the sticker/product label in the battery compartment. This will give you access to the volume button flex cable. Gently remove the cable from behind the volume button, be cautious as this is very fragile. Once the cable is lifted from the housing, you can proceed.
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Remove the back housing by gently lifting it from the rest of the phone.
Locate the three (3) torx T-5 screws holding the plastic cover at the bottom of the phone (red circles). Remove these and the plastic cover by gently lifting it away (pale blue).
Located near the sim card tray, there is a rubber bumper and tape, remove these, making note of the location (near orange). This will expose a large pop connector near the bottom of the phone, this is the LCD flex cable. Use a safe open pry tool to lift the connector up (dark green).
Now remove the antenna cable frame, this is a small piece of metal located at the top of the battery compartment. Simply pull it up and away. (blue, above battery compartment)
Use a safe open pry tool to pry the vibrator motor up, this is located below the battery connector (pink).
Now, remove the loud speaker, this is the oval speaker located next to the camera (yellow). Gently lift the speaker up and remove the one (1) small Phillips screw hidden underneath (blue circle).
Now, remove the ear speaker from the housing (teal). You can do this without disconnecting the speaker from the motherboard, simply pry it up and away, careful of the flex cable.
Disconnect the black antenna cable, located next to the ear speaker by prying it up with a safe open pry tool (blue cables).
You can now remove the tape covering the sim card tray. It is held in place with a pop connector. Disconnect this and remove the sim card tray assembly (orange).
Above the battery port, there is one (1) last torx T5 screw, remove this (red circle).
Figure 2
You should now be able to remove the full motherboard assembly. Be careful nothing else is connected and slowly work it away from the rest of the phone.
You will now need to heat the screen assembly using either a heat gun or hair dryer. Use quick movements, all around the back and front of the assembly. This will take some time and may need to be reheated.
Use a pry tool, flat head screwdriver, or any thin piece of metal on the small hole ((red) has the bar codes, etc) on the back of the assembly, you will need to release all of the very strong adhesive, holding the screen assembly in place. This is the most tedious and important step and requires much time and patients.
Figure 3
You will now need to use a safe open pry tool around the outside edge of the screen and housing. If done properly, the screen assembly should come away from the front housing with a small bit of force.
Split the LCD screen from the touch screen digitizer using a safe open pry tool. Be careful as to not damage either screen.
Figure 4
With the screens separate, you can now replace the glass touch screen digitizer or the LCD display.
Your HTC Inspire / Desire HD is now disassembled. To re-assemble, follow this guide in reverse.
Simply replace the damaged parts with the new ones and reverse the order to put your phone back together again.
Can u find the 3m adhesive they use to secure the digitzer to the LCD and the LCD to the frame. I got this double sided adhesive I thought would work. .....its not
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killerskincanoe said:
Can u find the 3m adhesive they use to secure the digitzer to the LCD and the LCD to the frame. I got this double sided adhesive I thought would work. .....its not
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You can find the correct adhesive here - Adhesive Strips for Touch Screens
It is the correct thickness required to get the correct spacing between the LCD and touch screen digitizer.
For on eGay for:
Samsung black tape
or
Black double side tape
Check out our downloadable version of this Inspire guide. It makes for a great way to print out and preform the repair step-by-step.
Thanks for this, its very helpful.
Awesome, have a thanks.
This guide has really been a huge help, thanks so much!!
TruSiaki said:
This guide has really been a huge help, thanks so much!!
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Thanks guys. Glad you find it useful!
Nice guide. Thx.
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I have replaced my screen and it now has a great clear pic. My problem is after it powers up I cannot unlock the screen. Any suggestions. I did check the ribbon and it seems good.
ammoratt40 said:
I have replaced my screen and it now has a great clear pic. My problem is after it powers up I cannot unlock the screen. Any suggestions. I did check the ribbon and it seems good.
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I had that problem as well. The ribbon wire looked fine but it had to be pushed in more. Unscrew the casing, the screws holding down the motherboard, and disconnect the main wire. Then you can simply lift up the motherboard and get access to the LCD connector on the left. I used flat-ended tweezers to push it in and used the opposite end of the port as leverage. Hope that helps.
After replacing the digitizer, my SD card isn't being recognized by the phone. After reading through the forum, I believe it is one of the pins on the motherboard connector but it all seems fine. Anybody having the same problem?
coaltar said:
Nice guide. Thx.
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Anytime! Great to hear you found the guide useful.
Trying to put the back cover on and the camera sits too high so the cover pushes on it. I took it apart 4 times and it all seems to be right. Idle what to do. Please help
blazrg said:
Trying to put the back cover on and the camera sits too high so the cover pushes on it. I took it apart 4 times and it all seems to be right. Idle what to do. Please help
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Is it possible the camera is not sitting right in the housing?
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Does your outer touchscreen and inner LCD screen have damaged issue? Following this guide will help you take apart the Samsung Infuse i997 fairly easily in a step by step manner giving you a chance to replace faulty parts. Once you have replaced the parts you want, the guide can be used in reverse to put everything back together again.
This guide will help you to install the following Samsung Infuse i997 parts:
Samsung Infuse i997 LCD + Touch Screen Digitizer Replacement
And Other Samsung Infuse i997 Parts
Tools Required:
Safe Open Pry Tool
Small Phillips Screwdriver
Adhesive Strips
Heat Gun / Hair Dryer
Samsung Infuse i997 take apart/repair guide:
To get in started, make sure that the device is off and remove the back battery cover. Also remove the battery, the memory card, and the sim card.
Now, we have six (6) small Phillips screws to remove as shown in Figure 1.
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With the screws released, turn the phone over and use a safe open pry tool between the screen assembly and back housing.
Use a safe open pry tool as shown on Figure 2 to release the clips and remove the back housing.
Figure 2
We have two (2) small Phillips screws that need to be removed - located in orange in Figure 3. Use a safe open pry tool to release the four (4) pop connectors (red) on the motherboard.
Figure 3
You can now ease off the motherboard carefully, being sure not to rip any cables.
Now, use a heat gun or hair dryer to warm the adhesive holding the screen assembly to the front housing. Use medium heat on the front of the screen, consistently moving around the screen edges. This should take no longer than 1 minute.
Use a safe open pry tool to release the screen assembly from the housing. Reheat if the adhesive is still strong.
Remove the screen from the housing and replace.
Reverse the instructions above to reassemble your phone.
We now have a downloadable version of this guide here - Samsung Infuse Screen Repair Guide
repairsuniverse said:
We now have a downloadable version of this guide here - Samsung Infuse Screen Repair Guide
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Thanks for the great info, Paul.
A question:
My Infuse has cracked glass, but LCD display working fine (just annoying to see lines from cracks in front of the display).
I see there is Infuse replacement glass sold for low price ($10-$15) but replacement LCD+glass together is much more ($150 IIRC).
Do you know if the glass can be replaced without replacing the LCD (re-use the old LCD unit)?
Or are they glued together as one unit which would prevent placing glass without replacing LCD unit?
electricpete1 said:
Thanks for the great info, Paul.
A question:
My Infuse has cracked glass, but LCD display working fine (just annoying to see lines from cracks in front of the display).
I see there is Infuse replacement glass sold for low price ($10-$15) but replacement LCD+glass together is much more ($150 IIRC).
Do you know if the glass can be replaced without replacing the LCD (re-use the old LCD unit)?
Or are they glued together as one unit which would prevent placing glass without replacing LCD unit?
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From what I have read, replacing the glass only is neigh impossible with high risk of damaging the lcd digitizer.
There may be some older threads in the q/a. Dani897 has some experiences. Maybe pm him. I've seen old infuse for 125-145 on cl. Why buy a digitizer for more?
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electricpete1 said:
Thanks for the great info, Paul.
A question:
My Infuse has cracked glass, but LCD display working fine (just annoying to see lines from cracks in front of the display).
I see there is Infuse replacement glass sold for low price ($10-$15) but replacement LCD+glass together is much more ($150 IIRC).
Do you know if the glass can be replaced without replacing the LCD (re-use the old LCD unit)?
Or are they glued together as one unit which would prevent placing glass without replacing LCD unit?
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Hi,
The screen CAN NOT be replaced successfully without replacing the whole screen (both touch screen and LCD together). These are fused together on this model. You will need full Samsung Infuse Screen Replacement
Hi My Samsung infuse I997 4G 's touch and display is damaged May I know how much doe
Hi My Samsung infuse I997 4G 's touch and display is damaged May I know how much does it cost in India
I live in hyderabad
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Hi My Samsung infuse I997 4G 's touch and display is damaged May I know how much does it cost in India
I live in hyderabad
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We can ship to India now using our 3rd party shipper. For accurate pricing use our checkout and put in your full address.
You can find the part you need here - Samsung Infuse Screen Replacement
qkster said:
From what I have read, replacing the glass only is neigh impossible with high risk of damaging the lcd digitizer.
There may be some older threads in the q/a. Dani897 has some experiences. Maybe pm him. I've seen old infuse for 125-145 on cl. Why buy a digitizer for more?
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i had a bad experience with a vendor and the part i got was no good, vendor wanted the part shipped back before they would send another. photos of the faulty screen apparently wasn't enough, ugh, not to mention the months it took to ship from china so i got another phone. there have also been some complaints about insurance screen repairs being faulty but it's hard to say if that's the norm. i have a suspicion that all the available screens are from chinese vendors and may have quality issues but i guess that's just an opinion
the glass will likely break on removal of the old screen, be liberal with the heat gun, but frankly it's easier to get a new phone, for $180 you can find another infuse and probably an i777 if you look hard enough and if you are an infuse owner you are may be getting near upgrade time in a few months so could a lesser replacement phone hold you off till then?.
i also think samsung will replace your screen cheaper than you can buy one if you care to mail it in.
It is possible to replace just the touchscreen digitizer for this model?
amith12 said:
It is possible to replace just the touchscreen digitizer for this model?
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I highly suggest using a full screen assembly as it would make your repair so much easier and reduce the risk of damaging your lcd during the separation process.
repairsuniverse said:
I highly suggest using a full screen assembly as it would make your repair so much easier and reduce the risk of damaging your lcd during the separation process.
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If the full screen assembly is used then what elk one do with the broken one so the risk is over damaging the LCD I would say if u can then replace the glass only which is almost an impossible job for an individual if you don't have the equipments for.
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If the full screen assembly is used then what elk one do with the broken one so the risk is over damaging the LCD I would say if u can then replace the glass only which is almost an impossible job for an individual if you don't have the equipments for.
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You're absolutely right if you don't have the correct equiptment or know-how, We don't suggest attempting it as you'll just end up spending more money on the full screen assembly anyways.
Question: Could the motherboard of one Infuse be successfully transferred to another Infuse?
I have an Infuse with a badly cracked but still usable touchscreen digitizer. Since last year when the glass was shattered, the phone has worked almost flawlessly besides occasional unexpected reboots (may be software related, but I have a suspicion it's the power button issue).
My sister has a physically intact Infuse with software issues. She has dropped the phone in the toilet twice. It still functions but got to the point where it was unusable due to constant random reboots and boot looping. She had kept it stock since getting the free phone two years ago. After using Odin the problem persisted so we tried putting CM 10.3 on it since it seems to work fine for me. The phone is semi usable now but she still experiences force reboots most likely due to a failing power button or a hardware issue caused by water damage.
I'm most likely going to purchase the new Nexus 4 in November since I'm not on a contract. Despite a real love for my handicapped Infuse, it's time for me to move on.
Yes u can swap the Mother boards without any issue.
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Yes u can swap the Mother boards without any issue.
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What he said! lol
I recently destroyed the screen on my A2 and repaired it with ease. Honestly very ease to take apart. I wanted to share my experience and show others how to do so as well.
Hopefully, you will NEVER need this! But if you do, here is the how to!
Mods? Please sticky if you see fit to.
DISCLAIMER: I am not responsible if your phone does not work after the repair. However, if you follow these instructions you should be fine.
WHAT YOU WILL NEED:
1. Obviously you will need a replacement screen. I got mine for 30 bucks HERE and it came to my house VERY well packaged and quick. Otherwise if that link winds up going down, LET ME GOOGLE THAT FOR YOU.
2. A Torx 5 driver. You can find one at most electronics stores as this is a VERY tiny size usually only used on electronics. I got mine HERE for cheap! Once again if that link also goes down, I CAN GOOGLE THAT FOR YOU ALSO.
3. A magnet. This is for you to rub your new screwdriver against so it becomes magnetized. Makes it easier to get those pesky tiny screws out without dropping them and losing them forever.
4. A PLASTIC pry tool of some sort. You can be creative with this like I did (you'll see in the later pics) but make sure it's plastic so you don't damage your phone. UPDATE: Find one here, as well as a T5 driver.
5. Two small containers to put the screws in. Why two? There are two different size screws you will be removing and you DON"T WANT TO MIX THEM UP. They are different lengths. Jamming the wrong screw in the wrong hole is a bad idea.
6. A hairdryer or even a butane torch on low heat. Or, if you have none of those a razor blade. For separating the glass from the silver bezel.
7. A roll of 2mm double adhesive tape for adhering the new glass to the body. Also used for getting the proper gap in between the lcd screen and digitizer. Find it HERE.
8. GOOD glass cleaner and a microfiber cloth. I will touch on that later.
THE REPAIR
Once you get in a good lit area pull your battery cover off, (I felt no need to tell you guys how to do this) pull the battery out, the sim card and SD card. You will be left with what you see below:
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Next, you will find NINE screws around the circumference of the phone. At this point, if you haven't done so already, take your T5 driver and rub it like a madman on the magnet for a good 30 seconds. High school chemistry tells us that you have just magnetized the tip of your driver! Remove the screws and place them in one of your two containers. And for Pete's sake not close to the edge of the table either.
Next you need to separate the back of the phone from the motherboard. It is SNAPPED into place. Grab your plastic pry tool, and CAREFULLY start separating the two from each other. You will notice the Motorola conveniently placed "pry points" around the phone making this easier. Don't jam the tool too far in as the phone's motherboard is underneath and you don't want to damage it. Do this part correctly and you should have something looking like this:
Your next step is to CAREFULLY pop off the three connections for the touch screen digitizer, the LCD screen and the Ear piece speaker which I have circled for you in the pic located above. Using your plastic pry tool again, carefully pry straight up on the and they should pop off. See the two pics below for examples (yes my fingernails are dirty. Hush, I'm a VW tech.)
No you can see how I got creative with my pry tool.
Once you get those connections popped off, it's time to take the mother board out. At this point touch something metal in your house to discharge any static electricity you may have inadvertently built up. Probably not necessary, but I always do so when I am tearing down my PC, so why not? The MB is also just clipped into place, so using your Plastic pry tool (or bread tie LOL), CAREFULLY pry up on the MB and place it in a SAFE PLACE. Be careful that it doesn't grab on any of the three connections. Treat the MB like gold! You will then be presented with something like below:
At this point pull up on the ear piece speaker/LED and place it aside (you can see it in the above pic in the middle of the phone). Next, you will find the last set of screws you need to pull. There are eight in total holding the metal backing plate to the LCD screen. Remove them, and place them in the OTHER container, re-magnetizing your driver if you need to before removing. Once the screws are out, you can easily pull the metal plate from the back of the LCD screen. See below:
There are only two things between you and replacing your screen now.
BE VERY CAREFUL WITH THIS NEXT STEP AS YOU ARE ABOUT TO REMOVE THE LCD SCREEN AND YOU DO NOT WANT TO SCRATCH IT!!!!!
The LCD screen is slightly adhered in to place with double-sided tape around the circumference of the phone to separate the screen from the digitizer. Now using your pry tool carefully work around the screen until it comes out. Place it FACE DOWN on something soft so as not to scratch it and keep it clean. See below:
Now the HARD PART. First remove the small plastic piece in the upper right corner of the phone that covers up the glass/digitizer connector (see pic below). Now the glass is adhered STRONGLY to the case of the phone. I have heard of people using a hairdryer to heat up the glue to release it, which is the best idea as you will have a much cleaner surface after you're done. Carefully, and slowly, with NOT TOO MUCH HEAT heat up the edges of the screen to soften the glue and lift it out.
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Use a heat gun and warm up the glass first, then take it out. If you do it right, all of the adhesive will come out with it.
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I have not used the aforementioned method, (which is better and cleaner I would imagine) but not a lot of people have a heatgun or butane heater so I am leaving the following optional method:
Carefully take your razor blade and work your way around the the phone to separate the the glass from the body, carefully pulling the connector through the body of the phone. It wasn't too difficult for me. Be careful not to cut yourself! SAFETY FIRST!!!
You will finally be left with your old nasty screen and the body:
PREPARING TO GLUE ON THE NEW GLASS:
Depending on the method you used to to separate the glass you are going to be left with some old glue remaining. Using your razor blade, or whatever you see fit, remove the old glue COMPLETELY to get a good sealing surface for your new glass. If you used heat you might have even got the old glue clean off with the glass! Now my glass came with plastic on both sides, so at this point remove the side that is going to be glued to the body. Using the double sided tape in the link, run it around the silver bezel for your new glass and set the new glass in place.
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Also a huge is to heat up the adhesive right before you place the digitizer back on. This will give you a MUCH stronger bond and will also help any uneven bumps if you have any.
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Once the screen is set, use your GOOD (alcohol based is best) glass cleaner to clean the underside of the glass and the LCD screen if it got dirty in the process. CLEAN IT WELL!
ANY STREAKS LEFT WILL SHOW BEHIND YOUR GLASS ONCE THE REPAIR IS DONE FORCING YOU TO TAKE IT APART AND CLEAN IT AGAIN!!!!!
like I had to.
Next, you need to make sure that the screen and the digitizer are properly spaced. Unless you get clean lift on the lcd when you originally pried it up. If they're too close you will get a swirly effect as you touch the screen. Touch your computer screen and you'll see what I mean.
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I always do 2 layers directly on top of each other - this works perfectly every time so you don't get the "water effect" from the glass touching the LCD, and make sure you go edge to edge so that dust and lint cannot enter the display afterwards.
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It won't hurt the screen if they touch, it's just friggin' annoying, and will cause you to take it back apart.
At this point, installation is in the reverse of the removal, noting one thing. When going to place the three connectors back in place, just line them up properly and lightly push on them to pop them in place.
CONGRATS!!!! YOU HAVE REPLACED YOUR ATRIX 2 TOUCHSCREEN!
Thanks to BRANDOGG for his professional tips and links! GIVE HIM SOME THANKS LOVE ON HIS POSTS BELOW!
Leave your comments and I will update the OP as necessary!
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Nice tutorial, I will use this if I break my screen.
Like I said, hopefully you'll never have to.
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nice, I will have to find this burried 10 pages deep, when I break mine. or maybe I could continue my streak of NEVER dropping it since I bought it in December. Seriously, never.
Good lord Kras, you might have just jinxed yourself.
And i'm hoping they'll sticky it so you don't have to find it that way lol.
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Very nicely put together. I hope to hell I'll never need it.
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Oh my. This is so absolutely amazing. I cannot thank you enough Fall of Enosis. Great job X 1000 on this!
Nicely put together, and congrats on a stickie! :good:
Hope I never need to refer to this as result of a buzzed walking into/out of a bar with subsequent droppage and "Oh, $#!T... My PHONE!"
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Good lord Kras, you might have just jinxed yourself.
And i'm hoping they'll sticky it so you don't have to find it that way lol.
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I guess I did. Dropped it today, but it didn't break. The screen is however slightly separated at the top. Do you think I can just put a little dab of super glue in there to get it back down?
Thanks for this guide. I broke mine yesterday. I bought the digitizer from there also today. Hopefully it isant too hard to break down and replace. Also would it be worth it to buy a whole new faceplate instead of taking the old digitizer out of this one?
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I guess I did. Dropped it today, but it didn't break. The screen is however slightly separated at the top. Do you think I can just put a little dab of super glue in there to get it back down?
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Yeah, I would imagine that would be ok man. I don't see an issue with it but like I said go EASY on the glue. Cause you might get too much in there and it will go over onto the LCD portion and you don't want that.
Zackhery said:
Thanks for this guide. I broke mine yesterday. I bought the digitizer from there also today. Hopefully it isant too hard to break down and replace. Also would it be worth it to buy a whole new faceplate instead of taking the old digitizer out of this one?
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Actually man, if you bought it from the Link I provided, your new screen comes with the digitzer also. So no worries there.
Congrats on your success. Tried this on my ATRIX 1, no success. Pissed me off.
I got mine replaced. They did jew me out my shipping tho. I paid for Priority and they sent with cheapest one.
I would suggest a pair of nice tweasers. To scrape the old glue off. Alot more effective then a razor blade.
Zackhery said:
I got mine replaced. They did jew me out my shipping tho. I paid for Priority and they sent with cheapest one.
I would suggest a pair of nice tweasers. To scrape the old glue off. Alot more effective then a razor blade.
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Aside from that did it work okay for ya?
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Aside from that did it work okay for ya?
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Yes it works just fine.
Thanks for sharing it. I really appreciate it.
Ok so i also need to replace the screen and lcd . my question is what kind of glue did u use? i was under the impression that it had to be an adhesive glue. thanks for the advise
rlopezcomputers said:
Ok so i also need to replace the screen and lcd . my question is what kind of glue did u use? i was under the impression that it had to be an adhesive glue. thanks for the advise
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I just bought $4 all purpose apoxy from radio shack to glue the digitizer back in and lcd will just sit in it. Lcd is glued in to start with but just but doesn't need to be.
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Use a heat gun and warm up the glass first, then take it out. If you do it right, all of the adhesive will come out with it. DO NOT use glue, that is just plain crazy. Buy a roll of 2mm wide double sided adhesive (that is made specifically for replacing digitizers, etc) and use that instead (costs about $4-5). Replacing the digitizer on an Atrix 2 is a very simple job, just spend the extra couple of bucks to do it the right way.
I never said I did this professionally. this is just how I did it. it has worked for me and for others as well! but thanks for your input! I will update the OP with your tips!
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A written repair guide from RepairsUniverse to fully disassemble your HTC One S quickly and safely. This written repair guide will walk you through each step necessary to quickly repair a damaged screen and get your HTC smartphone working like new again!
This guide will help you install the following HTC One S part (s):
HTC One S Touch Screen Replacement
Required Tools
Safe Pry Opening Tool
Small Phillips Screwdriver
T5 Torx Screwdriver
Adhesive Strips (For Touch Screen Repair)
Heat Gun/Hair Dryer
HTC One S take apart repair guide:
The first step will be to power off your device. From there you will need to remove the upper back cover, using upward pressue, remove the cover. Remove the sim card.
Remove the bottom cover using safe pry tool. There will be a adhesive holding the cover in place.
With both covers removed you will need to remove 6 screws located under the covers, 2 will be Torx T5 (red; figure 1) screws and 4 will be Small Phillips (yellow; figure 1) screws.
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Use safe pry tool to separate the silver metal housing.
Pull the motherboard and screen assembly from the housing.
Figure 2
Once the housing is removed you now have access to the battery and motherboard. Release the upper battery connector (orange in figure 2). Now use a safe open pry tool to remove the battery.
Witht he battery removed you will need to release the 5 connections (red) as shown in figure 2. There will also be 2 screws that will need to be removed (yellow; figure 2).
With the screws released, removee the upper cover around the camera. You can now remove the mothereboard from the screen assembly.
Flip the phone over and use a heat gun or hair dryer to warm the adhesive hold the screen assembly in place. Use a safe open pry tool to separate the screen assembly from the front housing. Reheat the adhesive if necessary.
Once all 4 sides are released, carefully feed the screen assembly flex cable through the slots in the housing. You can now fully remove the screen assembly.
Separate the screen assembly by using your heat gun or hair dryer and warm the outside edges of the LCD screen. You can then carefully use a pry tool to separate the two screens.
Simply replace the damaged parts with the new ones and reverse the order to put your phone back together again.
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droped it and cracked only the digitizer
ive searched all over but there are never any instructions on how to remove the screen from the digitizer or even if its possible, is it?
chrism154 said:
ive searched all over but there are never any instructions on how to remove the screen from the digitizer or even if its possible, is it?
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Hi,
On this model the digitizer and LCD screen are fused together. Its hard to separate without damaging the parts. This is why we strongly recommend the full screen replacement which can be found here - HTC One S Screen Replacement
Tip of the hat for this amazing guide, just repaired my partners phone in record time. Thanks :good:
pr1vate piles said:
Tip of the hat for this amazing guide, just repaired my partners phone in record time. Thanks :good:
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That's what we love to hear! Glad everything worked out for you.
Are there any less expensive LCD+digitizer screens available anywhere? $130 is absurdly expensive - I can buy a brand new Nexus phone for just a little more.
htc one s screen available in very less cost [email protected]
gomulkaaa said:
Are there any less expensive LCD+digitizer screens available anywhere? $130 is absurdly expensive - I can buy a brand new Nexus phone for just a little more.
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htc one s screen available in very less cost [email protected]
So after replacing my screen I have no sound from ear speaker aux port or loudspeaker any ideas?
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sideWaYsanonymous said:
So after replacing my screen I have no sound from ear speaker aux port or loudspeaker any ideas?
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Sounds like a flex cable or a jawbone connection is not connected . Take the phone apart again. Re-Check all the connections and reassemble the phone again. See if that fixes the problem. Most of the time is something very small.
thankss!!!!! very usefull
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I've changed my LCD +Digitizer following your guide and it worked great!
There is one thing I can't get my head around though:
When the screen is on, I see a transparent text on the top of the screen that says Touch here to try
It's not very irritating, because it mostly disappears since the icons cover most of the text. But I do wonder why I get that text, and what I can do to get rid of it.
jodo2017 said:
I've changed my LCD +Digitizer following your guide and it worked great!
There is one thing I can't get my head around though:
When the screen is on, I see a transparent text on the top of the screen that says Touch here to try
It's not very irritating, because it mostly disappears since the icons cover most of the text. But I do wonder why I get that text, and what I can do to get rid of it.
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Hello,
Happy to hear that the screen is working the way it should. As for the words at the top of the screen. There can be a couple different explanations, 1. You may need to adjust the touch screen in settings, 2. There may be a protective film that was left on the screen. 3. The phone may be in Safe Mode. As the phone is working correctly I would try to do a Factory Data Reset. You will loose ALL your info. Back up all your info. Adjust the screen sensitivity you should be okay from there.
my htc one s is different
ok the back of my htc one is differnt to the one pictured under the bottom cover there are no screws there are only scres at the top 2 torx 5 and 2 philips
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ok the back of my htc one is differnt to the one pictured under the bottom cover there are no screws there are only scres at the top 2 torx 5 and 2 philips
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Can you post a picture? Are you 100% sure you have a HTC one S?
Very nicely written. I hope I wont need the replacement... But you can never know This link is bookmarked! :good:
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Very nicely written. I hope I wont need the replacement... But you can never know This link is bookmarked! :good:
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Thanks! If you ever need any help with any repair, we will be here!
Hey,
A few months ago I unfortunately dropped my phone so the screen was up to no good.
I left it for some time until I found a new screen on the ebay for decent money.
I changed the screen (LCD + glass) by the guides on the youtube.
Unfortunately there is no screen activity or any other interaction after that.
I can get the blinking orange led when connected to a charger or PC and after a night of charging the led turned green.
When I try to turn it on theres no ordinary bottom row buttons flashing or anything else.
I tried booting it into bootloader via PC but still no luck. Computer can't connect to the phone.
The motherboard gets warm and the led blinks so it shouldn't be dead.
Does anybody have experience with that type of situation? Would hate to lose my phone.
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Can you post a picture? Are you 100% sure you have a HTC one S?
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This is how it looks.
This link says it's a cover for Z520e (S4), and my phone is supposed to be S3 (unless someone flashed wrong hboot and bootloader on it, and it's actually a defective S4 now). http://rounded.com/htc-one-s-z520e-antenna-cover-antenna-housing-black-spare-part-antc.html?sl=en
I don't know how to remove this, all of the tutorials I can find online are for the version that has bottom in two parts.
Is that the S3/S4 physical difference?
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This is how it looks.
This link says it's a cover for Z520e (S4), and my phone is supposed to be S3 (unless someone flashed wrong hboot and bootloader on it, and it's actually a defective S4 now). http://rounded.com/htc-one-s-z520e-antenna-cover-antenna-housing-black-spare-part-antc.html?sl=en
I don't know how to remove this, all of the tutorials I can find online are for the version that has bottom in two parts.
Is that the S3/S4 physical difference?
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The bottom cover will come off. Use a small pry tool to persuade the cover to come loose. There are small notches in the cover start at the far left notch and work your way around. It may feel like you are going to break something, but keep going! Once you have the cover off disassemble the rest of the phone just as we did in the video. If you have any other issues please let us know.
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The bottom cover will come off. Use a small pry tool to persuade the cover to come loose. There are small notches in the cover start at the far left notch and work your way around. It may feel like you are going to break something, but keep going! Once you have the cover off disassemble the rest of the phone just as we did in the video. If you have any other issues please let us know.
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Thnx, but I sent it to HTC repair shop, because I couldn't boot it with stock software, and with rooted wifi didn't work. So I gave up, and took it to them. They'll fix it for free, since it was returned to stock and all void stickers were undamaged.
Funny thing, the guy entered my IMEI and S/N into his database, and it came out as Ville(S4), not VilleC2(S3). I doubt it's an S4, but still it's strange.
Anyways, thanks for your answer, it will come in handy in future if I need to disassemble it. That little black plastic is really difficult to remove, it really seems as if you are breaking it, like you're pulling the entire board with it. Scary.
Hi,
I purchased a very cheap Note Pro with the front glass cracked. All other functions work perfect, including stylus and touch sense. I bought a replacement glass but I have been looking for some info (preferably with pictures or video) about opening the tablet and replacing the glass but could not find anything.
Anybody can throw a ray of light on this issue? Any tutorial, tear down or something?
Galaxy Note 10.1 was very easy to repair (at least the old version). You removed the back cover easily and then removed all components until you had just the bezel with the glass and touch sensor glued to it. Then you had to apply heat to glass to loosen glue but since glass was already broken, you had not to worry about breaking it more or overheating other sensitive components.
Galaxy Note II (and all other Galaxy phones) are much more difficult since glass is glued to the display so removing it incorrectly can break the display.
But what about the Note Pro?
New device with lower market volume. You're one of the first I've seen post about it since release, at least in terms of trying to repair themselves. Good luck.
I received the replacement glass from China today so I tried to replace it. The tablet opens up by removing the back plate (the one imitating leather). Inside it looks very similar to the original Note 10.1. Very modular and easy to tear down... until you get to the display.
You can remove the USB3 port with the card readers, front camera with light sensor, rear camera with microphone, both speakers, the antennas, the vibrator with audio jack and the LCD cable. Then you can disconnect the touch sensor cable, the Wacom cable, the standby/volume buttons and then the motherboard goes free.
But after that you have the middle metal frame and the bezel with the LCD/Wacom digitizer inside and the glass/touch sensor over it and the home button. But the similarities with the Note 10.1 end here. In the old tablet you can remove the metal frame by cutting all the heat stacked plastic fasteners, then the frame comes out and then the LCD so you end with the plastic bezel glued to the glass/touch sensor. If your glass is broken, you just rip it off and glue the new one.
But in the Note Pro, removing the heat stacked plastic fasteners doesn't liberate the frame. It is also glued with adhesive to the back of the LCD and to the plastic frame but the worst of all is there seems to be a point between the MicroSD and SIM readers where the frame is strongly bonded to the bezel with a metal piece impossible to separate so the LCD is trapped inside.
What's worse, the Glass is glued to the LCD in ALL THE SURFACE just like the Galaxy phones, so any attempt to remove the glass without breaking the LCD below is an almost impossible task. I tried it and I failed. When I noticed the complexity of the task I put everything back together and turned the tablet on. The LCD was dead. The tablet is still working but no image. I can hear the sounds and it is very unlikely the other easily removable components got damaged.
So at the end, if you break the glass, you have to replace all the front of the tablet, including LCD, Glass, Touch Sensor, Wacom sensor, Home button, plastic bezel and metal frame. A pretty expensive replacement piece, I think.
Well, at least the pictures I took during the proccess will serve for a teardown tutorial in Ifixit and to help other to know what can be done and what not.
NOTE: Although it is very difficult to replace the glass of a Galaxy phone, there are workshops that know how to do it. Basically you have to go very slow and apply the exact amount of heat to loosen the glue. I think it could be possible to apply the same technique to the Note Pro to replace the broken glass but it is too late for me. I suppose I will sell the tablet for parts or not working because if finding a glass was difficult, I don't want to imagine how difficult (and expensive) will be to find the whole display
Any links to a site I can purchase the glass, not exactly sure what to search for either
www.aliexpress.com/wholesale?SearchText=note+pro+lcd&catId=0&initiative_id=SB_20150328110040
Please forgive what basically amounts to a "thanks" post, but jedikalimero, thank you so much for all the work you put into this. I have a Galaxy Note Pro 12.2, and recently the glass cracked all the way across the screen. As with you, it functions normally otherwise, but I wanted to explore repair options. It sounds like it would just be better to buy a new tablet from a strictly financial perspective... though I'll just be extra-careful with it until that's actually doable.
GrowingViolet said:
I wanted to explore repair options. It sounds like it would just be better to buy a new tablet from a strictly financial perspective... though I'll just be extra-careful with it until that's actually doable.
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New touchscreen is only around $50 but removing it without damage to LCD is extreme difficult if you have no experience. Even after a success, new touchscreen will have air gaps at the center like a new screen protector when put on the top of touchscreen, No where you can find the OCA (optically clear adhesive) film for this 12.2 screen. Even find one, you need air bubble removal vacuum pump to remove them and it's not cheap. The cheapest system I find online is around $500 and I'm not sure it can fit this big screen. I replaced a new touchscreen but have to get used to air bubbles between the LCD and touchscreen. Without OCA film, there is no way to eliminate these ugly air bubbles.
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I'm glad you guys posted this here. I was about to attempt the repair with the glass digitizer only, and if I had, I would have been really upset.
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New touchscreen is only around $50 but removing it without damage to LCD is extreme difficult if you have no experience. Even after a success, new touchscreen will have air gaps at the center like a new screen protector when put on the top of touchscreen, No where you can find the OCA (optically clear adhesive) film for this 12.2 screen. Even find one, you need air bubble removal vacuum pump to remove them and it's not cheap. The cheapest system I find online is around $500 and I'm not sure it can fit this big screen. I replaced a new touchscreen but have to get used to air bubbles between the LCD and touchscreen. Without OCA film, there is no way to eliminate these ugly air bubbles.
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It is better to apply LOCA glue instead of LOCA film. It is applied at the middle of the LCD and the pressure of the glass expands it to the borders. But it is difficult to measure how much LOCA glue you need to apply. Too little and you end up with air at the borders. Too much and you will end up with glue all inside the tablet.
jedikalimero said:
It is better to apply LOCA glue instead of LOCA film. It is applied at the middle of the LCD and the pressure of the glass expands it to the borders. But it is difficult to measure how much LOCA glue you need to apply. Too little and you end up with air at the borders. Too much and you will end up with glue all inside the tablet.
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How much does the LOCA glue cost? You could get a piece of plexiglass or something, cut it to size and apply the LOCA glue to it to see how much or little you might need. I'm partially asking because the glass on mine was just cracked today though the LCD itself appears to be working fine, so I'm looking to fixing mine too.
VanArchon said:
How much does the LOCA glue cost? You could get a piece of plexiglass or something, cut it to size and apply the LOCA glue to it to see how much or little you might need. I'm partially asking because the glass on mine was just cracked today though the LCD itself appears to be working fine, so I'm looking to fixing mine too.
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Not recommended if you are first time to do it. Your chance of damaging the LCD is 90%, I damaged at least 2 LCDs and one touchscreen in order to learn how to separate the touchscreen from LCD without causing damages to both of them. It requires experiences and patience, if the screen just have a hairline crack, don't bother to change the touchscreen, use a tempered glass to cover the crack and use the LCD the way it is.
It may take you at least one hour to remove the touchscreen and another hour to clean this glue.
In this picture, the glue is pushed to the center, but before that I had to turn on the tablet to make sure the LCD is not cracked.
The LCD flex cables are the bottom, left side of HOME button, without prior experience they will be cut off easily or damaged.
Then turning off by disconnecting battery because there is no touchscreen.
Without LOCA , the touchscreen will touch the LCD surface somewhere in the center making black spots.