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[Q] Screen Replacement?

Hey Guys, had the skyrocket for almost a year now, first time to drop it and the screen is now cracked. Fully functional though. Is there any way to just replace the glass and not the lcd/digitizer? I paid 150 for the phone and the only replacement screen I can find is 200+. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

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clocke said:
Hey Guys, had the skyrocket for almost a year now, first time to drop it and the screen is now cracked. Fully functional though. Is there any way to just replace the glass and not the lcd/digitizer? I paid 150 for the phone and the only replacement screen I can find is 200+. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.
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E-bay selling them every day for $50. maybe less. Very easy to replace

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E-bay selling them every day for $50. maybe less. Very easy to replace
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I searched Google and eBay and could never find just the screen. First person to give a valid link for the screen under 75 bucks will get a 5 dollar donation! Thanks
Edit: After searching a lot, it turns out the glass screen, aka digitizer, is what I need. However, I cannot find it online without including the lcd. Anyone?

I stand corrected. I do apologize. Ones for the skyrocket are much more expensive than i thought. The s2 I'd the one i had in mind.
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Okay, does anyone know if the skyrocket screen/shape are EXACTLY the same as the t989? I think the speaker slot may be a little larger, but if it still works here is this
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Samsung-Galaxy-S2-t989-Digitizer-Touch-Screen-Lens-Glass-/280842930971?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item41638b0b1b

Im not looking for a donation but i found just the glass lens on ebay for $20

Took about 1min to find...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Front-Glass...097?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19d1958b69

Kevinl86 said:
Took about 1min to find...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Front-Glass...097?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19d1958b69
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They must have put that up in the last day, I scourged ebay for a long while... Now I hear to separate the led from the glass/digitizer is near impossible.

any updates on replacing only the glass and not the lcd? I need this done on my phone
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From what I've read its almost impossible to separate the two without damage. Some have tried heat guns but usually end up breaking something. Seems the two are glued pretty tightly together.
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jd1639 said:
From what I've read its almost impossible to separate the two without damage. Some have tried heat guns but usually end up breaking something. Seems the two are glued pretty tightly together.
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Nope, its much easier than impossible :laugh:
There are several videos on youtube demonstrating. I'm about to do one on a skyrocket in a few days. Check this one out of a guy doing a glass swap on an s3:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4Gx5fLy0NQ

Please post the steps you take after your replacement. It'll help a lot of people here. Thanks
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evilmrt said:
Nope, its much easier than impossible :laugh:
There are several videos on youtube demonstrating. I'm about to do one on a skyrocket in a few days. Check this one out of a guy doing a glass swap on an s3:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4Gx5fLy0NQ
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cool! definitely, please take a video or photo shoot for the steps !
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I had a S II Skyrocket fall flat on the screen and the glass cracked. I searched the internet for options to replace the glass, but none were really encouraging, specially if you are like me not really into opening up the phone and un gluing the glass from the LCD. And any spare part to replace the LCD and glass was costing no less than $150. In short what i wanted to let everyone know is, i went to a AT&T Device Support/Service center not the regular retail store, just to check if they had any spare parts which could be less than $150. And lucky me!!! they replaced the entire phone for me for $100 + taxes. And just to let everyone know, this phone was a $10 refurbished phone brought from AT&T about 8-9 months back, so no warranty or anything. A plain $100 charge and i was with a new phone. I gave in my old phone with a cracked screen and got a completely new phone and the back plate and sd card from my old phone. So anyone who is ready to spend upto a 100 dollars for fixing up the screen, you might as well try this at a AT&T service center.

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And just to let everyone know, this phone was a $10 refurbished phone brought from AT&T about 8-9 months back, so no warranty or anything.
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That's wrong. ATT warranties there refurbs for 30 days and Samsung warranties them for a year. Glad ATT hooked you up though.

hechoen said:
That's wrong. ATT warranties there refurbs for 30 days and Samsung warranties them for a year. Glad ATT hooked you up though.
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Maybe i worded it wrong. The point i wanted to put forth was, this $100 option is for anyone who has a cracked glass on S II skyrocket taken to the AT&T Product Service center. I surely did not have the AT&T warranty which is 90 days for refurbished models, and this damage would surely not be part of the Samsung warranty.

Cheapest Place to get a Screen

So, Nexus 5 screen is water damaged and wont turn on. (touch works). Anyone know a cheap place to get a replacement? Shipping to Canada would be nice. I looked around ebay most were above $120, one was for $95ish but the seller seemed shady. (all currency is in CDN $)
Couple of Questions:
1) Could someone send me a display that is of lower quality (ie. not 1080p) and it would still work with the nexus 5?
2) How could I check if other parts of my Nexus 5 are damaged? (Speakers, camera, USB, charging work fine)
3) Cheapest place to buy online?

Around $100 is the normal price for the screen.
1) nope I don't think you will find lower display. It doesn't work like that.
2) the only way you can test other parts is first having the screen fix.
3) eBay is probably the cheapest I can think of.
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If it got wet enough to fry the screen...there's a good chance more is damaged. I'd put that money towards a new or used replacement.
Just my opinion. Good luck!

For ****s and giggles did you try and stick it in a bag of rice for a day or two?
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badboy47 said:
Around $100 is the normal price for the screen.
1) nope I don't think you will find lower display. It doesn't work like that.
2) the only way you can test other parts is first having the screen fix.
3) eBay is probably the cheapest I can think of.
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So buying a knock off display is not an issue?
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For ****s and giggles did you try and stick it in a bag of rice for a day or two?
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yes. yes i did.

cas8180 said:
For ****s and giggles did you try and stick it in a bag of rice for a day or two?
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I've heard it explained that rice does very little actually. Since rice doesn't actually pull moisture from the air (if so, every unsealed bag of rice would eventually soak itself) it would actually need to be touching the water inside the phone and even then the absorption rate would be quite low.
What is actually needed is something designed to pull moisture from the air, such as those "do no eat!" packets found in some packaging.

broken digitizer..buy new or try to fix?

I broke my screen and the digitizer is broken too because it doesnt respond to touch either. My gf broke her nexus7 1st gen and we bought a digitizer for it too off amazon and i had it almost back together but i pushed too hard and broke it. So im scared to spend the $100+ on a digitizer to break it or just buy a new one for $350. Im using my old N4 right now and it still runs great but i miss my N5. Im also thinking google might release a new phone this fall..whether its part of that silver program or another nexus. I dont know what to do.

I broke the screen and digitizer on my N4 then bought a 16gb N5, broke that screen then just bought a new N5 but this time a 32gb. But I think there both worth repairing.
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Sent it to LG for repair. It'll cost you $160.

Hi,
Just wanted to let you know I recently replaced my screen+lcd on my Nexus 5.
I used this video : http://youtu.be/OPuCmfhzgbg
Although I have experience in replacing screens before by no means I would consider this hard for anyone who can follow the video. Watch it in it's entirety first.
Hardest part IMO is switching all the small pieces from the old screen/frame assembly to the new one.
Good Luck
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Just wanted to update incase anyone comes across this in the future...I bout the screen and case on amazon for $105 or so and i followed the above video and now my nexus is as good as new again. Prob took me half hour or so. Easy job. Thanks again!

If you don't want it, just send it to me and I'll pay to have it fixed for myself. Its $100. That's not going to kill you. Make sure you buy it with the frame or it'll be a pain to fix.
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[Q] Nexus 5 now or wait?

Hi
I want to know if I should buy the current Nexus 5 or if I should wait for a new Nexus phone with perhaps a 64-bit processor.
As of now I have a HTC One X that has some major issues with the battery or something related to power consumption when using the camera, so I really want another phone.
But should I hold on to my One X a little longer and buy the new Nexus phone that might or might not come out, or should I just buy the current Nexus 5 right away?

Why do you think we have the answer?
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Buy a used one now. Resell it whenever you want to upgrade.

Yep, get one off eBay and enjoy it on XDA!

CTSRP said:
Hi
I want to know if I should buy the current Nexus 5 or if I should wait for a new Nexus phone with perhaps a 64-bit processor.
As of now I have a HTC One X that has some major issues with the battery or something related to power consumption when using the camera, so I really want another phone.
But should I hold on to my One X a little longer and buy the new Nexus phone that might or might not come out, or should I just buy the current Nexus 5 right away?
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I'm in exactly the same position, my hox gets about 60 minutes screen on time, even with a new battery.
It may be over 3 months until the next Nexus mobile. Could you put up with your One X for that long? You wont be disappointed with the N5, it is still a major upgrade from the hox.

I have just ordered my second nexus 5 32gb Bright red (Someone stole my First) BUY IT ! This phone is amazing, one of the best I have bought in my life. If the nexus 6 comes out in november I would probably keep my N5 , but if the N6 is a major upgrade I will sell my n5 with the box, accessorie etc. for like 300-350$ So the N6 will cost me around 125-150$ if google keep the nexus series low-prices.
At the end it is a good purchase in all point !

LeGenDz R3DeaDz said:
I have just ordered my second nexus 5 32gb Bright red (Someone stole my First) BUY IT ! This phone is amazing, one of the best I have bought in my life. If the nexus 6 comes out in november I would probably keep my N5 , but if the N6 is a major upgrade I will sell my n5 with the box, accessorie etc. for like 300-350$ So the N6 will cost me around 125-150$ if google keep the nexus series low-prices.
At the end it is a good purchase in all point !
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Sounds like a plan!

Nexus 5 cracked screen

Hi guys, a week ago my beloved Nexus 5 fell on the ground and its screen cracked. Display works as a charm but the glass is cracked. I've done some research and it seems that i will have to replace whole display since it's very hard to separate only the glass.
Does anyone know where should I search for a replacement screen, and will that replacement be just as good as the one i had on my Nexus. I would like to buy the original one from the LG so if anyone could give me some guidelines, that would be great!
Tnx
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FraneSare said:
Hi guys, a week ago my beloved Nexus 5 fell on the ground and its screen cracked. Display works as a charm but the glass is cracked. I've done some research and it seems that i will have to replace whole display since it's very hard to separate only the glass.
Does anyone know where should I search for a replacement screen, and will that replacement be just as good as the one i had on my Nexus. I would like to buy the original one from the LG so if anyone could give me some guidelines, that would be great!
Tnx
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Unfortunately we don't know much about you, but if you're lucky enough to be in the US and bought your Nexus from play, Google will swap it out free of charge on a one-time deal.

No, I bought it Croatia. Too bad.
I was hoping if someone could give me a few links where could i buy the screen that is the same quality as my old one.
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FraneSare said:
No, I bought it Croatia. Too bad.
I was hoping if someone could give me a few links where could i buy the screen that is the same quality as my old one.
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Call lg support directly
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I also have a nexus 5 with a cracked screen.
I would like to buy a new screen on ebay, but as FraneSare said you can not know which item is good. I would like to have the same quality screen as original. Or buy orginal one, if possible.
FraneSare, did you replace your screen? Where did you bought it and how much did it cost?

ememko said:
I also have a nexus 5 with a cracked screen.
I would like to buy a new screen on ebay, but as FraneSare said you can not know which item is good. I would like to have the same quality screen as original. Or buy orginal one, if possible.
FraneSare, did you replace your screen? Where did you bought it and how much did it cost?
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Call lg directly

I did. It would cost me 140 EUR at official LG service in my country. That is almost a half of the price of the phone. My plan is to get a good screen for 50 - 80 EUR and fix it myself.

It costs so much because the glass, touch sensor & screen are sold as a single unit. I'm in the same situation since spring and I haven't found any part online that would cost far less than what the LG service quoted me.
I'm gonna take a look and see if the prices have dropped since then.