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Worth buying an gs3 w/ broken screen?

I have found a craigslist post in my area saying there letting go there phone for $250. In the post they continue to say that only the screen is cracked. A picture they posted shows the phone on with cracks on the screen.
I have emailed them and they replied that if it doesn't sale they will just repair it, because it only cost $18 (this concerns me, why not just repair on such an expensive phone)
My questions: is it worth it?? Also what questions do you think I should ask? And if I meet them in person what should I look for?
Thanks in advanced xda folks!
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My friend cracked the glass on his and the screen won't even turn on. I called the phone and it rang but the screen wouldn't light up and the digitizer wouldn't register touches. So I'd stay away.

I have seen replacement screens on eBay for $20 or so, but I believe that the digitizers are glued to the screen.
If you can't cleanly separate the two, you're probably in for the cost of a replacement combo ... about $200.
Still cheaper than a new one outright ...
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I've seen replacement screens on ebay for maybe $15-20 but to replace it seems rather difficult: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_70-W9JjVjg&feature=relmfu.
It's really up to you whether it's worth it or not. If you're up for the challenge of replacing the screen (or if you think you can live with the crack, you didn't mention how bad it is) then go for it. If not, I'd probably stay away as this doesn't exactly seem like an easy fix.

Try lowering his price to 200$ then send it in to Samsung they will charge about 190$ to replace it. The digitizer is glued to glass and u won't be able to separate and put on new glass.
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If you can talk him down some and just pay Sammy... Most definitely.
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thx for the replies. now I know why there selling it. My guess is that the digitizer is also broken. I will try to talk them down or not ill just pass. thanks!
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motrinHD said:
thx for the replies. now I know why there selling it. My guess is that the digitizer is also broken. I will try to talk them down or not ill just pass. thanks!
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It may not be broken but its all one unit.. my guess is they already know this or they would have gotten it fixed themselves

Replacement screens are about 18-20 but replacing them is very difficult because of the adhesive that bonds them... Dont't buy it.. you would have to buy a new bezel with the screen and digitizer attatched to it. about 200-250 itself..A shop around me does it but they said it would be 300 plus labor..

If you can get it at a decent price and can replace the screen cheaply then i would say go for it.
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Dra$tiK said:
Replacement screens are about 18-20 but replacing them is very difficult because of the adhesive that bonds them... Dont't buy it.. you would have to buy a new bezel with the screen and digitizer attatched to it. about 200-250 itself..A shop around me does it but they said it would be 300 plus labor..
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Where did u get that quote I have a broken gs3 and best option is Samsung 180 shipped and returned. OP did the phone need bezel replaced? Here is my damaged phone not one scratch on bezel landed perfectly flat and the SGP case doesn't offer much protection over the screen its almost flush. If it was under or roughly 160-180 plus 180 screen replacement sub 400 gs3 good price.
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I live in the Twin cities area of Minnesota... Its a local shop that does all kinds of phones.. But that's what they quoted me.. since it was a such a new phone

Screen Repair Service?

Hi I literally just cracked my screen and I am just wondering if there is a place to send my phone in to get it repaired (for a price of course)?
If so can someone send me a link to it?
Thanks a ton,
Ljbaumer
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No local place? We have a guy who calls himself Iphone Todd. He can fix all types of screens.

Where are you located
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Berkeley, CA
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Send it to me. And $100 too. Lol jk check Craigslist
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Try directfix.com
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my girlfriend cracked her screen and she paid 150 and sprint replaced the phone........ for a refurb

Here's someone who replaced just the screen:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1904554
You will probably either have to do it yourself or send it in for a refurb.
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Send it to Samsung. Its $178 including 2 day shipping both ways. I did it. Was smooth and simple
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Check if the carrier or Samsung will replace/repair the phone for you. If you have insurance on your phone w/ your carrier then you can make a claim as well. A replacement screen costs over $200.

afmracer6 said:
Send it to Samsung. Its $178 including 2 day shipping both ways. I did it. Was smooth and simple
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Wow that isn't too bad, some local places around here charge $299!

TCM55 said:
Wow that isn't too bad, some local places around here charge $299!
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$300!?!??! wow, that's incredible. I opted for insurance. I believe Verizon's deductable is $100.

Just cracked my screen, assurian charged me $99. Hope its not a defective refurb.
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I sent mine to the Samsung repair depot. It took 10 days total time but cost $156.00.... unfortunately I did not have insurance.

All of you ar lazy. 30 bux and 2 hours of time and ur phone will be as good as new. You I bought a glass for mine. Seperarted the front and bafk stuck the front piece jn the oven for 20 minutes at 200 degrees and I seperated the glass from the lcd and stuck the replacement glass on it. Good job you just paid somebody 126 bux to change a little piece of glass.
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lelandholton said:
All of you ar lazy. 30 bux and 2 hours of time and ur phone will be as good as new. You I bought a glass for mine. Seperarted the front and bafk stuck the front piece jn the oven for 20 minutes at 200 degrees and I seperated the glass from the lcd and stuck the replacement glass on it. Good job you just paid somebody 126 bux to change a little piece of glass.
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That's pretty horrible reasoning. Maybe they don't feel comfortable taking a heat gun to a $400 phone with no guarantee that it will be fixed. Have you ever paid to have a car fixed? I did the head gasket on my mustang and saved my self 3000 but would I think someone was lazy because they took there's too a shop? Of course not they may just not have the technical skills.
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me too! cheaper now
afmracer6 said:
Send it to Samsung. Its $178 including 2 day shipping both ways. I did it. Was smooth and simple
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i am sending mine in to samsung. As of today cost is 135.31 after shipping both ways. this is to replace glass, lcd and digitizer, sounds like i'll get a new frame too!
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FYI i lacked the technical skills to do this. my lcd and digitzer was fine. then i tried to remove the glass, well i suck at life and i broke the lcd and cut the digitizer! so im a noob! BFD! and yes i read the how to and watched vids, even had a second set of hands. i would say try it, you're looking at 20 bux nowadays for the glass. if you break it like me its still under $140 to send it in to get it fixed by samsung. better than having some pro screen guy do it, he charges you much more the glass alone.
(if this helped please give me a thanks)

Grab a new screen online (ebay, other sites). Most come with instructions on how to do it, just takes patience.

glacious2k said:
Grab a new screen online (ebay, other sites). Most come with instructions on how to do it, just takes patience.
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If you are replacing just the glass yes. If your LCD is busted don't bother. send to samsung, its cheaper than all other options.
i cracked just the glass, bought a new red glass (which i still have in packaging) and 2mm tape (still have too in package) PM if you want them.
in the process of removing old glass, i destroyed my LCD, this is why I'm sending to samsung.
20$ for the glass is definately worth an attempt on your own but research alot before you do, its a tedious and scary process, at least its scary when you see the lcd break...
unless i'm looking in the wrong places, you cant find an LCD/ digitizer/ glass assembly for less than $135.31 shipped.
if you are in a hurry and trust yourself, and money isn't a factor, do it yourself, shipping to samsung will take around 10 days. But if money isn't a factor just buy a new phone and sell yours on ebay!

Knock on glass, I haven't broken the screen on any of my phones... even dropped my SGS3 a couple of times with zero protection on it... whew! :highfive:

At&T Screen shattered

Anyone have any luck with AT&T if their Atrix 2 screen mysteriously breaks?
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Or maybe someone might know the cost of repairing the screen?
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NeoMeir said:
Or maybe someone might know the cost of repairing the screen?
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Yeah, AT&T will not replace a phone with a cracked or shattered screen. On the other hand if you pay for 7 bux a month insurance, you can get a replacement (most likely will not be an A2 though, and whatever they have in stock for replacements).
Your best bet is to do what others have done and buy a broken phone on ebay that is bricked and will not power on and use it's screen and digitizer and follow these directions to replace the screen and digitizer:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1746094
On ebay I have seen broken A2's for anywhere from 50-150 USD, depending on the damage and if the screen is intact or not. You really want one that has a good screen but will not power on, and that will probably be just under or close to 100.00 USD. There is also a link for buying a screen and digitizer in the link I gave, but you will have to glue or affix those to together, and these tend to not look quite as good as just doing what I mention and get a non booting phone off ebay or craigslist.

I reupped my wife's line and got a Sony TL. Damn you AT&T every time I get a foot out you pull me back in.
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jimbridgman said:
Yeah, AT&T will not replace a phone with a cracked or shattered screen. On the other hand if you pay for 7 bux a month insurance, you can get a replacement (most likely will not be an A2 though, and whatever they have in stock for replacements).
Your best bet is to do what others have done and buy a broken phone on ebay that is bricked and will not power on and use it's screen and digitizer and follow these directions to replace the screen and digitizer:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1746094
On ebay I have seen broken A2's for anywhere from 50-150 USD, depending on the damage and if the screen is intact or not. You really want one that has a good screen but will not power on, and that will probably be just under or close to 100.00 USD. There is also a link for buying a screen and digitizer in the link I gave, but you will have to glue or affix those to together, and these tend to not look quite as good as just doing what I mention and get a non booting phone off ebay or craigslist.
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You can also buy a replacement screen here . I replaced my screen in March of this year and it worked flawlessly.

What are my options here? Cracked digitizer but NOT cracked screen...

First off, I love my note 3. This phone is so close to perfect I can't bear the fact that I broke it somehow.
After having no case/screen protector since I got this phone.. sometime end of summer.. I bought my first case off of amazon. I received it YESTERDAY.. today.. while it was in the case, in my back pack (in a nice "protective" pouch that is lined with soft cloth) somehow it cracked the lcd screen (or digitizer) but the GLASS IS NOT CRACKED. Infact there's no physical damage to the phone at all, no dents or scratches anywhere on the phone at all, even looking at the screen under a light. Nothing on the glass.
SO I'm heart broken. It's my secondary phone so I have no insurance on it.
What would you do ? It's a sprint phone.. black.

You have to replace your complete screen.
It's called a full assembly.
You can't just replace you lcd alone.
They cost around $200.
Try parts4repair.com
I repair alot of phones and this site always has the best quality.
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So you can not see any damage on phone? How about warranty?

Spere said:
So you can not see any damage on phone? How about warranty?
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if you cant see any drop mark then warranty it like a baws

Spere said:
So you can not see any damage on phone? How about warranty?
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There's no damage at all, not even a slight scratch. I'm actually a little curious how it happened.

So it can really be some fault in phone that'll go under warranty have you tried resetting phone if it's some software fault / bug?
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Spere said:
So it can really be some fault in phone that'll go under warranty have you tried resetting phone if it's some software fault / bug?
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Yes.. you can see the top third of the screen for a minute or two, then it goes black/digital looking (8 bit graphics) and then eventually joins the bottom of the screen - being broken.

J3ff said:
Yes.. you can see the top third of the screen for a minute or two, then it goes black/digital looking (8 bit graphics) and then eventually joins the bottom of the screen - being broken.
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Actually - I looked at it under the light, if you hold it up to your eye level you can see a cracked digitizer

J3ff said:
First off, I love my note 3. This phone is so close to perfect I can't bear the fact that I broke it somehow.
After having no case/screen protector since I got this phone.. sometime end of summer.. I bought my first case off of amazon. I received it YESTERDAY.. today.. while it was in the case, in my back pack (in a nice "protective" pouch that is lined with soft cloth) somehow it cracked the lcd screen (or digitizer) but the GLASS IS NOT CRACKED. Infact there's no physical damage to the phone at all, no dents or scratches anywhere on the phone at all, even looking at the screen under a light. Nothing on the glass.
SO I'm heart broken. It's my secondary phone so I have no insurance on it.
What would you do ? It's a sprint phone.. black.
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You can probably still use it with the S-pen

xclub_101 said:
You can probably still use it with the S-pen
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if there is no obvious damage such as a mark where is bounced on the ground or a crushed screen, i'd warranty it.

Isn't the Note a bit large to place in your back pocket?
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I had the same thing happen, although it happened after someone else dropped the phone.
I ended up buying a new front assembly for the phone for about $237. It was the only seller that affirmatively listed the display as AMOLED. The repair was pretty straightforward and it works well now
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ggabriele3 said:
I had the same thing happen, although it happened after someone else dropped the phone.
I ended up buying a new front assembly for the phone for about $237. It was the only seller that affirmatively listed the display as AMOLED. The repair was pretty straightforward and it works well now
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Is it already out of warranty from Samsung that u bought parts by urself ?

@op send it to Samsung and get it fixed for free. Got nothing to lose
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nlatifolia said:
Is it already out of warranty from Samsung that u bought parts by urself ?
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I was told that the drop wasn't covered by the warranty.
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ggabriele3 said:
I was told that the drop wasn't covered by the warranty.
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but you didnt drop it.

He said someone else dropped it....
But a good hit on the side of the phone can crack an lcd. Seen many.
You cant see any thing wrong unless you hold it into the light.
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TrompKramer said:
He said someone else dropped it....
But a good hit on the side of the phone can crack an lcd. Seen many.
You cant see any thing wrong unless you hold it into the light.
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I decided to go the honest route.
Handed her the phone saying that I dropped it, don't have insurance, can't get it anymore because it's been too long and asked if there was anything that could be done.
She smiled, said "Finally someone is honest, let me see what I can do"
Turns out they had a broken Note3 in the back with a good digitizer and screen.
Charged me 75 bucks, signed me up for insurance (I'm months outside the 30 day window) and sent me on my way.
Sure it's not free, but for 75 bucks and I don't have to mess with it and I kept my integrity, I'm happy!

dragoncius said:
but you didnt drop it.
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I didn't drop it, but someone else did. So the warranty was gone.
The parts for the repair cost $237, i think, and was totally doable.

Cobris said:
You have to replace your complete screen.
It's called a full assembly.
You can't just replace you lcd alone.
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you actually can replace just the screen - there is a youtube video of a guy doing it.
However, when I did it, it was actually cheaper to buy the entire assembly...not to mention much easier.

epoxy crack?

So my mother in law broke her screen on her nexus 5 so we sent it to LG to fix. All they did was send it back saying the reasoning for it being unrepairable is an "epoxy crack". Is this anything serious or could I essentially just buy the screen assembly parts and do it myself?

Usually when there is a crack integrity of the screen is compromise that what I was always told, if it was mine I'd change the screen since it is only about 40$
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$40? where at?
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Usually when there is a crack integrity of the screen is compromise that what I was always told, if it was mine I'd change the screen since it is only about 40$
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$40 for the whole assembly? I need the whole thing not just the screen, if so, where? I mean she pushed through the digitizer etc as well...

twister99403 said:
$40 for the whole assembly? I need the whole thing not just the screen, if so, where? I mean she pushed through the digitizer etc as well...
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40$ is just for the screen the whole thing is more 90$ to 150$

I have the exact same problem, LCD is busted, I sent it in, received it back with no word. Work order says "epoxy cracked" and "unrepairable". Of course it's repairable, I just don't feel comfortable doing it myself. Does LG really refuse to fix anything that's not covered by warranty? I'd gladly pay for them to fix it.