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Eris cracked screen help

so i dropped my phone just the outer glass broke the lcd is find i was wondering where i can get the cheepest replacement for that i realy dont know what the price goes for but id rather not spend 500 on a retail andriod phone. my upgrade is like 3 months

Report it broken, pay $90 for a replacement through Asurion. Cheaper than $500, y'know?
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You need to google for a eris digitizer.
LMGTFY
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&...fai=CMBq5koWzTNrsN46EygTEha3rCQAAAKoEBU_Q0wbi

i think u can get them for like 40+ dollars off ebay

If you don't mind the long shipping times, you can get a digitizer + the entire housing together for around $60 on ebay. Doesn't seem like a bad deal to me.
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Zombie post . . . sorry about that. Need to remember to look at dates before replying.

Palmbxr said:
so i dropped my phone just the outer glass broke the lcd is find i was wondering where i can get the cheepest replacement for that i realy dont know what the price goes for but id rather not spend 500 on a retail andriod phone. my upgrade is like 3 months
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I just replace mine, and is wasn't too bad. There is videos on YouTube about how to do it. It took me about an hour, and the part costs about 40 bucks. If you need any help with it, feel free to email me [email protected]
Aaron

you can get one @ 49usd
http://www.htcrepairparts.com/touch-screen-digitizer-for-htc-g5-eris-p-2727.html

Palmbxr said:
so i dropped my phone just the outer glass broke the lcd is find i was wondering where i can get the cheepest replacement for that i realy dont know what the price goes for but id rather not spend 500 on a retail andriod phone. my upgrade is like 3 months
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I'm going through the same thing. Amazon has some digitizers for about $40. I decided to spend the extra $20 and get this instead
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004F5CEDW
It's the whole casing. I didn't want to bother with stripping the digitzer off the frame which is glued on. With replacing the whole body, you just move the mainboard over and plug everything back in. At least this is my hope. I'll post here again when the thing actually arrives. I ordered it two weeks ago and it probably won't be here until mid March.
Good luck with whatever you decided to go with.
UPDATE. hmmm october was the post date. I guess this guy has long taken care of his problem

Are there any particular tools needed? I swear my other half is on a mission to destroy her phone. It'd be good to know how to do some of the possible DIY stuff.

roscuthiii said:
Are there any particular tools needed? I swear my other half is on a mission to destroy her phone. It'd be good to know how to do some of the possible DIY stuff.
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There's Youtube videos for disassembly. I haven't watched them myself, but I know they exist, so they probably tell you what tools you need there. From what I remember hearing, just some small torx screwdrivers, or maybe some small phillips, too, but don't quote me on those.

Here is a link to the teardown video I followed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHwm-32BI0w
The amazon link in my previous post is what I bought. It was the whole body. There are just screen replacements but I didn't want to mess with that because the digitizer is glued to the front piece. I didn't want to risk warping or breaking the front piece and completely screwing myself over. Anyway, what I bought came with the tools you need to perform the teardown and an extra screwdriver that was not needed.
I am glad I did this. However, it came with it's share of issues.
-The very top of my digitizer does not work. As a result, I can't pull down the notification bar. I can get to it through the menu button but it is annoying.
-I had to move the ear speaker and loudspeaker over. They were glued to some foam which was stuck/glued to the chassis. That foam absorbed the vibration. When my phone rings loud it is nasty because the speaker is bouncing around. I tried to cut some foam myself to replace what was stuck in the old case. It helped but it's not perfect.
-There are some rubber buffers? Isolators? Not sure what their called which also needed to be moved over form the old case.
-It took a month to ship to my house. After discovering these issues, I am kind've stuck with them because it would take a month to send the parts back and another month to get a replacement. By then I'll be due for a new phone.
So that's my experience of replacing the whole case.
Let me know if you have anymore questions.

Thanks for sharing your experience!

My pleasure. Glad to help out.
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To add to this, because I'm sure there are others out there like me who intend to use their Eris until it gets run over, dropped in lava, drawn, quartered, and defecated upon . . .
I ordered the same replacement housing and digitizer as mentioned above, and had 2 small problems:
The housing I got had a nut in it that came loose, so that one of the corners wasn't able to reassemble properly.
There was something different in the new housing that caused the proximity sensor to function incorrectly.
For #1, I just used some super glue to weld the nut into place. This appears to have worked OK, but I fear that the point is weakened now and I will need to be very gentle if I disassemble the phone again.
For #2, The problem was that the housing was allowing bleed through inside the case from the proximity flasher to the light sensor, which caused the sensor to determine that there was something close to it when in fact there wasn't. I placed a small (oh so small) piece of electrical tape into the housing between where the IR flasher and sensor are located, and the problem was resolved.
If presented with the option of purchasing a new digitizer alone, or a new digitizer and housing together, follow groovel76's suggestion; it's well worth the time and money to go with the latter. The hassle of cleaning the old adhesive off of the new housing, and the risks of getting new adhesive in places where you don't want it far outweigh the cost of just getting a housing with adhesive pre-applied. I tried to do just a digitizer first, and ended up with a small amount of super glue (DO NOT RECOMMEND) getting on the new screen and the edge of the housing, as well as a screen that didn't seat properly because I didn't get quite all of the old bits out of the old housing. This resulted in dust getting under the screen and another crack when I attempted to fix what I'd screwed up the first time.
Between the availability of parts and ROMs for this phone, I see it being in my family for a LONG time yet.

Yes! Buy a digitizer online (most come with the tools you need such as the torx screwdrivers, mine did) and search for videos on youtube. That's what I did and it only cost me $37 for the digitizer and about 30 minutes of my time. And it worked perfectly as new when I got it all back together.

Best place to order a screen replacement?

I dropped my nexus 5 getting out if the car and now the glass screen is shattered at a corner. The digitizer seems fin and every where on the screen is responsive.
So I was wondering if there were a place i can order just the LCD screen and without the digitizer/housing.
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The digitizer and LCD are fused together.. You need to replace them both!
If I were you, I would send it to a LG Service outlet and let them replace it. The ones you order online may or may not work + you need to do everything yourself. However, if you're good at it, then ordering online will certainly save you few bucks!

As the phone is only $350. Spending anything more then $150 won't do it for me as I'd rather buy a new or used phone. I was hoping there was a place to get just the glass part.
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The only way that makes sense is if you can get a phone that is as good or better than the n5 for $150 or less.

I dropped mine, three days after it was delivered, no case as it had not yet arrived
The corner of the case was dented and the screen shattered but still fully useabIe.
I was wary about knock off spare parts and my skill with glue and tape if I went DIY so I sent mine in to LG service centre. The cost was £114.67 including Special delivery both ways ( Insured, tracked, next day delivery).
The worst part was the waiting, it took them 10 days to give me an estimate of he cost and three more days to get it back to me. It is good as new now and still has warranty.
I've just checked, thats about $190! So I uderstand your dilemma.
B

LReyes66 said:
I dropped my nexus 5 getting out if the car and now the glass screen is shattered at a corner. The digitizer seems fin and every where on the screen is responsive.
So I was wondering if there were a place i can order just the LCD screen and without the digitizer/housing.
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This is Elena from parts4repair.com,we can offer only oem glass for you,(the original one is out of stock now),and I am a new user,so i can't offer the link for you,maybe you will be interested to visit our website,or contact with us by [email protected].
Please notice that:the outer glass lens is without any function of digitizer or display. and only glass replacement is a professional job, and special tools are required, too. By the way, glass and the screen are bonded together, so both separating them and gluing them together are difficult job. Please sure you can do it before order.
Hope can help you,Thanks.

Never try to replace just the glass. You'd need loca glue & a uv light to cure it. The glue could get into other components and totally ruin your phone. And even if by a small chance you can pull it off, it will never be 100 percent. Always replace the whole assembly. - coming from somebody who has tried to replace just the glass.

Lokke9191 said:
Never try to replace just the glass. You'd need loca glue & a uv light to cure it. The glue could get into other components and totally ruin your phone. And even if by a small chance you can pull it off, it will never be 100 percent. Always replace the whole assembly. - coming from somebody who has tried to replace just the glass.
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you are right,it is very hard to get it done right by people who mostly have no experience,so please think twice before do it if it is first time for you to change it.And we also can offer LG N5 D820 a full screen assembly(front housing cover + digitizer + lcd screen+glass).

I used my old front housing and removed the old LCD and Glass. It was very difficult but it came out working 100%. This has been the 3rd display I have fixed and so far the most difficult. The rest of the parts were really easy though. Just separating the LCD and housing was painstakingly time consuming and dangerous.
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Phone fell...screen shattered

Hello XDA,
My T-Mobile Nexus 5 fell out of my pocket and landed straight on it's face, shattering the screen. It still works, I still use it, but the screen will now need to be replaced.
I am very handy and can do this job myself - if the cost is reasonable. My question is, do I need just the screen which is just $5.95 for a "Black LG Google Nexus 5 D820 D821 Front Screen Glass Lens Replacement Part" on eBay or do I need the whole digitizer assembly, which is $99+ on eBay. I hope it is the former since the screen is still responsive to touch.

Look at your phone closely. Is it just front mirror that's broken? Digitizer screen is behind the front screen. I would post some pictures to see how bad it is.

I would disassemble it and see if it's broken to if you have an extra phone you can use until you get your parts

You should be able to just replace the "front" glass. But I'll pick up something of about 20/30$. I think 6$ is definitly too poor to be a good glass..

Charlus97 said:
You should be able to just replace the "front" glass. But I'll pick up something of about 20/30$. I think 6$ is definitly too poor to be a good glass..
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There's no way anyone is replacing just the glass and not having a horrible deformed or otherwise irregular phone after gluing or taping it back together again.
Short answer: You need at least the glass + digitizer. Preferably the frame as well to make it easier on yourself.

bblzd said:
There's no way anyone is replacing just the glass and not having a horrible deformed or otherwise irregular phone after gluing or taping it back together again.
Short answer: You need at least the glass + digitizer. Preferably the frame as well to make it easier on yourself.
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^this. And don't buy the non oem one for 99 bucks. It will be garbage in so many possible ways. Pay the 150 dollars and send it to lg. Replacing the glass only is not easy at all either research loca glue and you'll see. Or read my other posts on why not to do screen repairs yourself with a n5. Trust me pay lg to fix it, you'll save time, headaches, and money.

[Q] Cracked back glass panel

Hello everyone,
I sat my phone on my bed and it slid off and landed on a plate. The back glass panel is cracked all over and has two spots of likely impact.
Luckily the camera, flash and front screen is perfectly fine so I'm hoping the cost to replace the single sheet of glass is low.
I know this is a recently released device but I was wondering if anyone has had this issue before and how much Sony charged to repair it out of warranty either on this model or a previous Z.
http://i.imgur.com/YfeTsqc.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/iBaB6QJ.jpg

Bansheleh said:
Hello everyone,
I sat my phone on my bed and it slid off and landed on a plate. The back glass panel is cracked all over and has two spots of likely impact.
Luckily the camera, flash and front screen is perfectly fine so I'm hoping the cost to replace the single sheet of glass is low.
I know this is a recently released device but I was wondering if anyone has had this issue before and how much Sony charged to repair it out of warranty either on this model or a previous Z.
http://i.imgur.com/YfeTsqc.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/iBaB6QJ.jpg
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You are probably better off doing it yourself or give it to a local shop as manufacturers generally have a higher turn around time. I believe I saw a back glass for $30-40, though not sure if it was of same standards.

You can buy the back glass from places like aliexpress (china) from £10-20 and I think they are on ebay too.
There are videos explaining how to replace them (for z2, but should be same for z3)
Waterproofing is probably not gauranteed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3qqP58024Y

Really sorry to hear/see that, mate. From what I know - replacing it would be ridiculously simple - IF you can get a replacement. Might be worth to look in popular webstores selling parts. Also, try ifixit.com.
Sorry to be of little help but that's all I have right now.

Akiainavas said:
Really sorry to hear/see that, mate. From what I know - replacing it would be ridiculously simple - IF you can get a replacement. Might be worth to look in popular webstores selling parts. Also, try ifixit.com.
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You're right, it does look very simple to fix. The only issue I'd have with doing it myself would be are the parts they (witrigs.com) supply any good/official and would it not be water-resistant anymore.

I believe you need to use heat (for glue) to seperate the back glass. If you are worried just go to a local repair store. If you give it to Sony then you have time wasted in back and forth shipping and then processing. If you can live without your phone for a few weeks ship it to Sony. If you are lucky and have a Sony repair center nearby that would be better.

good to know I can do this myself

buda81 said:
good to know I can do this myself
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As @abhinav.tella suggested - heat does the trick.
I replaced battery in my Xperia Z with a hair dryer, a small suction pad I normally use to hang my towel and some glue that double acts as a sealant.
You simply heat the device up, and then use the suction pad to lift the glass - the glue should have melted by now - just be extra careful not to apply pressure on the cracked parts. Then scrape off the leftover glue from corners, when it cools down apply new one and put the glass panel inside - heat again, push it firmly and wait until it cools down again. ( some kits include glue that doesn't need to be heated up )
You can get all those for literally 20-30$. I'm sure you realize that, but it might be worth to mention that this will probably void your warranty.

Hey bro, I feel your pain it happen to me too.. I just updated my post.. There might be some information, that might help you.. You might want to check it out..
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U12+ Display replacement

Hi guys
Sadly I have a cracked display...so there are no spare parts available and the shops in Germany would like to have something around 500€.
I changed in the past some Sony-Displays and thought about doing myself. I found on aliexpress some U12+Displays.
Sadly I didnt found a single "manual" or how to, to do this right - anyone can help?
Best regards

Maybe these vids from JerryRigEverything can help you out.
Good luck!
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https://tinyurl.com/htcu12

Just replaced mine
majomathes said:
Hi guys
Sadly I have a cracked display...so there are no spare parts available and the shops in Germany would like to have something around 500€.
I changed in the past some Sony-Displays and thought about doing myself. I found on aliexpress some U12+Displays.
Sadly I didnt found a single "manual" or how to, to do this right - anyone can help?
Best regards
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I just replaced mine yesterday and it was more difficult than any other one I've done in the past. Anyway I never found one single video on YouTube that showed the screen removal and pretty much had to play it by ear. There are a few videos that show the disassembly of the U12+ and each stops before removing the screen. My advice is to remove everything from the frame, I managed to piece together enough from the videos to know there are 15 screws to remove, one video said 14 but there's one more that's hidden until you've gotten under the motherboard holding the front facing cameras. Knowing I wanted to keep it simple I didn't remove all of the antenna wires, there's one at the bottom that's under the speaker cover that I left attached so I only disconnected it from the motherboard. Then the other I only disconnected near the vibrator, leaving it connected at the motherboard, so each piece had one wire that stayed connected. Meanwhile you'll have to undo every other plug on the device and with a little persuasion everything fell out. (Don't attempt to remove the button/pressure sensing strips along the sides!) Once you are down to the frame, and for me the ear piece speaker, I used a heat gun to soften the bond between the glass and the frame. It doesn't loosen up very easily, they are really bonded together. I got most of it and then began to chip away at the broken glass. You'll want a good heat gun for this part. I had to set mine to 300F to really get it to loosen up and then work mm by mm around the edge getting all of the glass and glue out of the track. This probably took me a half hour or more. I used E6000 glue but only because I would have had to order B7000 or any other recommended glue. E6000 is a good glue but just because many of the other videos I watched used B7000 I would have liked to use it too.
To install the new screen I used a syringe filled with my glue to follow the small glue track around the edge of the frame. Don't worry about squeeze out because this glue is very forgiving and wipes away easily with IPA Alcohol and a rag. I followed the old glue placement, adding a little extra near the bottom corners and a dab around the ear piece speaker holes. Then it's just reversing the process to assemble the electronics. Now here is another word of warning, the plugs are so small and some are not easy to align but be sure they snap into place and are flat when installed. I made the mistake of not getting the display plug flat and had to do a partial disassembly to correct the issue.
I didn't glue the back on but think I might today just to try and achieve the waterproof level the phone shipped with. You may have to glue yours but I had previously broken the back and already replaced it and the replacement came with a double sided adhesive strip that was still pretty sticky. If I remember correctly the original back was glued on and probably wouldn't have stuck if I had tried to just replace the back as I did.
One other note. After being disassembled and pulling the battery my finger print scanner didn't want to work. In fact it didn't even show up in the menu when I went looking for it but restarting the phone again caused it to show up. My advantage with the double sided adhesive was I was able to test everything and use the phone for a full day before committing to gluing the back on. Now that I know everything is working, the phone is charging and it all seems good I can glue the back on.
Best of luck