hey so i bought a nexus 7 (2012) from my friends little brother and it has some glass missing and a few cracks along it, about 2.5/5ths of the screen is where the cracks are and the screen will not work, the LCD itself looks like its not broken but the area where the crack and below is unresponsive. sooooo im not sure what i need to buy, i see that some devices have the digitizer built into the lcd what that happen to be with my device? im not sure yet what i should buy, do i need a new digitizer or a lcd as well? if anyone has any links, i would really love to buy them on amazon or maybe ebay if the price is right.
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So just two days ago I asked about a case for my wife's new G2x. I took your guys advice and ordered the $25 case (forgot the name of that brand though).
BUT, today she dropped the phone (it's unbelievable!) and the screen is smashed. I mean cracked like a cracked glass. You can't even see anything when you turn it on.
What do I do now? Throw this phone to the garabage? Buy a new LCD? If buy a new LCD, how to look for one? OEM? Non-OEM? eBay? LG's site?
Any advice on this would be very helpful.
Thanks!
There are phone repair shops that can fix it for you I think. I tried to replace an ipod battery once, which required removing the screen, and I cracked it trying to open it. I'll never mess with a screen myself again. Ipod glass and digitizer repair was like $60, no clue on G2X.
Edit - I might just be clumsy, and if you're good with your hands, you very well might be able to do it yourself for cheaper.
buy from ebay and have someone replace it. should cost about $50 - $70
its probably a lot cheaper to just replace the screen, but you would have to order the parts and fix it/ have somebody else fix it.
In my opinion if you dont mind spending a little cash i would just dump it for a sgsII or a GNex
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so ye i was clutz and dropped my phone and is cracked through out. looks like the screen is fine behind the glass. so my question is where should i go to replace the glass particularly in the gta area? i heard samsung doesnt do a great job. any hellp is appreciated thank you
I did mine myself and have had no problems since. There's a youtube on dismantling the phone that can walk you through it if you're not comfortable doing this kind of thing. The only real problem is the money... the cheapest I was able to find a replacement for was $170 on ebay. But, the seller was reputable, and the replacement was new. The issue is the fact that the glass, digitizer and LCD are made as one piece. I have an extra bezel/backpanel from attempting to extract the broken glass from the LCD. Only the bezel/backpanel survived. Its still better than paying sombody $250 to do it for you. Unless you have insurance that is...
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I did mine myself and have had no problems since. There's a youtube on dismantling the phone that can walk you through it if you're not comfortable doing this kind of thing. The only real problem is the money... the cheapest I was able to find a replacement for was $170 on ebay. But, the seller was reputable, and the replacement was new. The issue is the fact that the glass, digitizer and LCD are made as one piece. I have an extra bezel/backpanel from attempting to extract the broken glass from the LCD. Only the bezel/backpanel survived. Its still better than paying sombody $250 to do it for you. Unless you have insurance that is...
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thank you for your response. i managed to find someone to do it for 180
Not sure if this thread is legal here, but I'm not selling it (yet). I've got a Xoom dropped it and the glass cracked in a few places. It still works fine, the digitizer works fine, but I've been thinking of upgrading to the TF300T. Would this be worth selling on ebay or in the marketplace? Would anyone buy it with the broken glass? I attempted to repair it myself, but failed. (I didn't know how to get the glass off the plastic housing).
Possibly but not really.. Not alot of people wanna buy a xoom that is broken.. Depending on the model n depending on whether your throwing in a digitizer repair kit may sweeten the deal
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I dropped my HTC Thunderbolt a month ago after I upgraded to a S3 :laugh: and wanted to get around to fix it up so I can sell it off. Googled a bit but having some issues deciding wether to get a LCD Display Screen Replacement or the Touch Screen Digitizer. The phone's touchscreen still works fine and phone functions perfectly normally just the screen has a crack in it that I can physically feel. I was going to buy a the screen replacement but wan't to make sure I buy the right product to fix this and If anyone can link the item I need if not this one I would greatly appreciate it
If the screen still works, you need the digitizer. If you're not too savvy with electronics, I would suggest getting the lcd+digitizer combo.
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Just about every digitizer in Amazon has about a 2.5 star review. Paying $65 for the combo set is kind of not worth it seeing the phone fixed would sell for $100~ making it only a $40 gain.
Dropped my Razr hd over the weekend and cracked the glass. It still works 100% but is annoyingly broken. Has anyone replaced just the glass on one of these? I saw a youtube of the glass removal and its pretty hairy. The LCD/glass combo is over $100 on ebay so I'm not sure what to do. I have insurance through Vzn but they'll send me a replacement with a locked bootloader. Unsure what to do. Any suggestions?
Not sure what the deductible is up to now thru Verizon insurance, but I'm pretty sure it's over $120.
I would buy the LCD/digitizer assembly and replace it myself and keep the unlocked bootloader.
I guess im more interested in just replacing the glass, not the whole LCD. I am eligible for a discounted upgrade and can get the motox for less than the LCD costs. Id like to wait a bit and see the s5 before going that route so im lookig to just get by until then. Anyone just done the glass replacement?
I've changed just the glass myself. And it works perfect. There is a video on utube That just shows the glass getting replaced. Good luck and be careful not to damage the lcd
Alright, well ive ordered a glass screen off ebay, and im going to give it a shot. If i screw it up, ill just get a new phone i guess.
Post pics and keep up updated, please! And, good luck.
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I know its to late, but for anyone else out there I myself broke the screen. And I got a new phone through insurance, now instead of sending in the old phone I simply swapped the screens. This would allow you to keep your unlocked device without buying an expensive replacement screen outright.
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Well i did it. Not for the faint of heart ill tell you that. It took me about 2.5 hours to get the glass off and i probably should have taken even more time. I dont know if i got it too hot or what but i have a dime sized area that has a yellowish tint. I also have two smallish places that i accidentally scratched up some of the darkening film on top of the lcd. Plus I scratched the hell out of a majority of the lcd. Everything works though, no bad touch areas or dead areas. Id say its marginally better than having the cracked glass.
Good luck if youre going to try this.
well order a htc one, was selling my razr hd xt925 but the glass broken.... digitizer and lcd are ok
anyone in europe that only change the glass??
last time i buy a razr, im not the best person taking care of mobile phone, but this happens in the razr maxx too....
so goodbye motorola