Restore my Nexus 5 - Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I'm wanting to give my old Nexus 5 a facelift. I love the old phone and not parting with it. Problem is.. The frame is cracked by the sim card tray. Do I have e to replace the screen or just the midframe?

Simplest way to deal with the issue would be a nice case. I use a spigen hybrid case to hide scratches on the back and minor frame cracks.

Frame can be replaced easily...but you obviously need to take it apart for it..

Found a frame for 14 bucks.. but it would be less Hassel to get the frame/LCD together wouldn't it?
I just don't want to mess anything up taking the LCD off the frame

An original frame and LCD are very expensive and the third party LCD and frame are definitely not as good as the original but they are much cheaper. I have replaced quite a few LCD screens using replacements from Aliexpress. The original screens are brighter and the colour looks richer. People for whom I replaced the screen can't really tell the difference until I hold a working party screen screen next to my phone which has an original screen.

A few months ago I spent a lot of time on eBay looking for a used N5. A large number of them had the SIM tray crack, and all of them without exception said it was purely cosmetic and had no effect at all on the phone's performance.
If you really love your N5 the very last thing you want to do is take it apart. Have a browse across the XDA forums to see how many people replaced just the battery and ended up with a dead device. And what you're talking about is no doubt riskier than a simple battery replacement.
Me, I'd just live with it, or if you really can't stand the sight of the crack then use a case as audit13 suggests.

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[Q] Why several screen protectors?

It seems that almost all sellers offer screen protectors in packs of 5 or more.
Moreover, whenever you buy an accessory for SGS, the seller throws in a screen protector or two.
I myself have now about ten protectors around the house, but why would I need more than one? I've applied one as soon as I got my SGS and am quite happy with it.
Should they be replaced often? Or is it just in case you screw up applying them and so some spares are made available?
probably 2 reasons.
1. If u screw up the application (as you already said).
2. If it gets scratched up, so that the viewing quality isn't as good (sometimes the scratches refract the light differently/badly, you might wanna replace.
I've dropped my phone quite a few times since I put on an SP, and it's a bit scratched up. I can forsee myself replacing it in a few months (with one of the spares).
Yeah they typically are very easy to scratch, unlike the screen, giving the false sense of security when you say "that could have been my screen" or something like that.
So you need replacements for when ugly scratches make their way on.
And if you doing a bad job putting one on, and you want to redo it, don't reuse the old one. ( It will crinkle, and there will be bubbles and dust and stuff. )
Those cheap ones get scratched easily and very hard to get on. I had to use up 3 out of 5 that I got to get one without any bubbles and dust particles. Glad they sent more than 2

Broken screen

Ive cracked my screen and ive found i can buy a new screen and lcd for 169.99. or i can buy just the over glass for $20. I heard you can use a heat gun to seperate the glass and the lcd. Has anyone done this and can tell me if it works?
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Mostly likely the digitizer will get destroyed in the process. Buy the complete unit.
Someone said a few days ago he only replaced the glass but he had to break it in order to separate it, use the search I bet you'll find it quickly. If you can afford it take the whole thing, less chances of screwing up your phone, and you could always keep the old lcd for a test run with a glass only or in case you somehow manage to crack it again.
Still I'd suggest buying a screen protector once you fix your screen, costs less, barely noticeable and saves a whole lot of money and hassle.
kishke said:
Someone said a few days ago he only replaced the glass but he had to break it in order to separate it, use the search I bet you'll find it quickly. If you can afford it take the whole thing, less chances of screwing up your phone, and you could always keep the old lcd for a test run with a glass only or in case you somehow manage to crack it again.
Still I'd suggest buying a screen protector once you fix your screen, costs less, barely noticeable and saves a whole lot of money and hassle.
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This. I cracked my screen and bought an entire new one for $160 via ebay. It took 10 minutes to take apart and install the new one and be back up and running. I also bought the Otterbox Defender, honestly...works like a charm. It's durable, nice, feels good and it doesn't feel as bulky as it looks. The only down fall about a case with a screen protector is that the Galaxy series has a screen that goes all the way to the edge of the phone (like most modern phones now) so hitting stuff on the VERY edge of the screen is more difficult because of the raised case.
Buy the screen and a protector and if you are still curious, buy the replacement glass for your broken screen and try it. Worst case, you're out 20 bucks and have a completely broken screen (would be out the other $160 for the new screen you'd have to buy if you mess up any way) or best case, you're out $20 bucks but have a new screen incase you ever break it again.
Unscrew the 7 screws on the back (one is above the sim slot, keep it separate as it's a different size) and once you take the back piece off, there's one small black screw holding the board to the screen. The phone is 3 pieces, screen, board and back piece, it's extremely simple. Just pop all the circuit things with your nail or whatever (there's like 6 total). You have to pry your headphone jack off as it's glued unless your new screen comes with one...doubt it.
someone posted they got sammy to replace it for 189, call sammy up and see what they say, i think thats a good price
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OFWGKTADGAF said:
Ive cracked my screen and ive found i can buy a new screen and lcd for 169.99. or i can buy just the over glass for $20. I heard you can use a heat gun to seperate the glass and the lcd. Has anyone done this and can tell me if it works?
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I repair phones and have replaced Lcd/digi assembly on both I727 and T989. No way you get that apart without busting the exiting assembly up. The cheapest part can be order via Ebay from China and you'll have to wait about two weeks for part. Or there's the company I used in San Fancisco at gounlock dot com that has it listed at $154 I believe. They have a listing on ebay under SkyStarTrade and I offered em $148 including shipping and the took it. I had the part in 3 days. Would highly recommend!!!!!!
I just got off the phone with Sammi Friday. The Rep quoted me $158 to replace the glass. So if they mess up the digitizer is on them. Cheaper than I was able to find the combo anywhere on line. So tomorrow my phone heads back to Sammi. I'll let you know in about three weeks how the service was and whether they honored their quote.
And exactly 8 days from the date that I shipped it to Sammi I have a my phone back. They replaced the LCD, bezel and glass for $158 as quoted. Not only that but they paid all shipping and used UPS 2nd day air both ways. And I'm still under warranty by having them take care of it. All in all couldn't be happier with the service. So if anyone needs the glass fixed my vote would go to Sammi.

Cracked Screen - Replacement part?

Well, I knew the time would come, I shouldn't be so picky on cases. I had my phone in my lap, hopped out of the car and heard my phone drop from my lap. Totally forgot it was there. One corner impact and it cracked my screen, which is disappointing because I drop my iPhone all the time and nothing happens to it. But, at least it's not the whole screen that's shattered, might even be a waste to replace it. The screen is responsive still.
With that said, anyone know where I can get a replacement screen or should I have a "professional" do it?
I'm looking at this:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/LG-Google-N...e_Replacement_Parts_Tools&hash=item233373ec1c
That way there's no damage to the frame.
well yeah i want to know that too and how much it cost me to replace the screen
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Ebay link looks OK. I guess you can replace screen yourself, if you have "straight" hands. Nexus 5 Teardown should helps you.
BTW, more Parts for Nexus 5.
Well, if you are going to try this one yourself, it's one of the "easier" ones. As long as you get the LCD assembly and frame that is already put together. On eBay, there are some vendors selling the the assembly + frame for $135. No really crazy tools are needed. Shouldn't be anything too catastrophic happen since you are changing the whole front of the phone. If you were trying to separate the top glass, I'd definitely advise against if you aren't a pro. If you absolutely don't feel comfortable with doing it and can be without the phone for a few days, then feel free to PM me, and we can discuss other options.
If you have steady hands, enough patience and some previous experience in disassembling phones (youtube could help a lot), it shouldn't turn out to be quite a big challenge.
I would advise though in some attention taking off the rear cover (it's not difficult, but if you apply too much pressure you might end up bending or breaking it). Same goes with the battery, which is attached to the back of the screen with some adhesive. Use a plastic tool for this, and try to peel it off with a strong and steady hand. Once you do that, it's only a few screws.
I think LG would fix it for $150 so $135 to fix it yourself eh. Unless you want the accomplishment, but I have never ventured into replacing a cracked screen.
Just got off the phone with LG, they said they can't price over the phone, they have to have a tech see the phone and they'll call with a quote. So, 2 weeks without a phone just to get a quote and maybe repaired if I want to spend that kind of money.
I am 80% positive that I have viewed a few post of them charging $150 for screen replacement. You aught to check in the thread "who dropped it" the answer might be there. Its in general. Hard to find with xda app.
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Well, turns out once the screen is cracked it cracks easier now. As of now, the phone starts clicking on random things when the screen is touched.
I'm debating to either buy a new one and sell this one, should come out to the same price as buying a replacement screen once the cracked phone is sold.
What would you guys suggest? I can't send it in to LG as I need my phone and replacement screen + front housing is $200 to replace myself or $220 to replace by a professional.
I'm looking at this: http://www.etradesupply.com/lg-nexus-5-lcd-screen-and-digitizer-assembly-with-frame.html
It seems to come with majority of everything and I just need to transfer over the antenna wires, motherboard and battery.
or
http://www.repairsuniverse.com/lg-g...exus 5 Screen with Frame&utm_campaign=LE55ONS
I'll have to transfer over everything, which they have a tutorial - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPuCmfhzgbg - which makes me nervous seeing this.
dinggus said:
Well, turns out once the screen is cracked it cracks easier now. As of now, the phone starts clicking on random things when the screen is touched.
I'm debating to either buy a new one and sell this one, should come out to the same price as buying a replacement screen once the cracked phone is sold.
What would you guys suggest? I can't send it in to LG as I need my phone and replacement screen + front housing is $200 to replace myself or $220 to replace by a professional.
Can't you try the below? Quite easy to dis-assemble the phone, steady hands and proper screw driver + torx driver, use a hairdryer to warm up the glue connecting the battery + LCD to the digitizer
Sorry can't post external links to XDA due to post counter search Ebay for "Frame-LCD-Display-Touch-Digitizer-Screen-for-LG-Google-Nexus-5-D820-D821" results are between $108-$120 ...
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Will an Xperia XZ screen work in the XZs? [Solved]

So I got a pretty sweet deal on an XZs for $35 with a broken screen, it was supposed to be an XZ but whatever I got a free upgrade, so I was going to get an XZ screen but now that I found out that it's an XZs I noticed the screens are a little harder to find, much less at a decent price, however it appears as if it uses the same screen in both phones and the the exact same body, so in theory I could just get an XZ screen right?
Can anyone on here confirm that? Oh and I did ask Sony support about fixing it/parts and they said they only cover manufacturer defects and straight up told me to go find a third-party, utterly useless...
Minor update, I found an ebay seller that listed the screen for both phones and I asked him for a confirmation on that, which he said yes, thus I decided to go ahead and buy the screen, so presumably it does in fact use the same screen on both phones, I'll try to remember and post an update next week on whether or not the screen works.
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Minor update, I found an ebay seller that listed the screen for both phones and I asked him for a confirmation on that, which he said yes, thus I decided to go ahead and buy the screen, so presumably it does in fact use the same screen on both phones, I'll try to remember and post an update next week on whether or not the screen works.
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Doing the same research right now - nothing came up It'll be great if you share you experience when you get a screen
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Doing the same research right now - nothing came up It'll be great if you share you experience when you get a screen
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Alright well great news for you and anyone looking for replacement screens, I'm not guaranteeing anything but the XZ and XZs do appear to share the same screen, it totally works! (Pics below)
One thing to note, my screen didn't come with any dust filters and it's probably a good idea to replace the adhesive for the earpiece when transferring it over, but I didn't have either of those so I just took em off the broken screen.
Edit: Update, I just got some adhesive for my phone so the screen will stay securely in place, I was previously using electrical tape as a temporary solution which does alright but I can't recommend doing it, as it leaves sticky residue behind which takes a little more effort than I'd like in order to remove it, if anyone needs the adhesive and doesn't mind waiting 2-4 weeks, I can recommend this seller KevinTwoPlusOne Store because you can order 3 pcs for $1 which I highly recommend doing since if like me, this isn't something you do often then there's a good chance you'll screw up on your first try making extras mandatory, also I'd like to note that the adhesive isn't as strong as OEM, the screen can be pealed off again without heat, now that doesn't necessarily mean it's less effective at keeping water out but I'm obviously very hesitant to test out whether my new phone is water-resistant or not, especially with the reused adhesive around the speaker.
Edit2: Alright well 4 months later I have another update, the adhesive I recommended a while back is starting to give, after normal use and a few mild drops I can see a small amount of light from the backlight from under the left corner, I admit I may have messed up applying it in some way, but I might suggest paying a little more than $1 for something better or just use some double sided tape.
Edit3: Ok so I made the dumb decision to buy the same adhesive a second time and it appears that my issue had more to do with my phone specifically, as I applied adhesive again and it started to peel up in the same corner within just a few days so I took it off and this time I noticed that my screen doesn't quite sit flush except in one small spot, so possibly even a bad design for the frame? I dunno, it doesn't appear to be bent or anything but I applied the adhesive for a third time and it looks like it should be flush and should hold pretty well now, so if you want to save a few bucks it's not a bad option, it shouldn't be any worse than double sided tape however, I'm going to have to standby my previous statement and recommend just paying for something stronger, it'll just be less of a hassle later on AND make sure you place your screen into the frame a few times to make sure it sits flush, that said definitely still get some cheap stuff so you can practice it a few times before you try with something stronger. (just found out that this is actually a fairly common problem with xperia phones in particular the Z3 compact where the third-party adhesives don't hold, you need something on the level of OEM quality and not OEM compliant.)
Edit4: Alright this should be my final edit and I've come to the conclusion that none of the currently available adhesive stickers are strong enough to permanently hold the screen to the frame, if a HMG sticker comes along then maybe, but until then I'm going to recommend using B7000 instead, it's cheap and the main thing most people are recommending to use, I've also heard some good things about loctite vinyl adhesive but it'll cost a little more per oz/ml so something to consider if you run a repair shop.
It's a good idea to replace a new screen with cheaper cost. but xz
has no light blue color. black,white or dark blue maybe ugly.
114514Beast said:
It's a good idea to replace a new screen with cheaper cost. but xz
has no light blue color. black,white or dark blue maybe ugly.
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That is one personal preference and two depends on the base color it came with, I for one think the dark blue looks nicer and looks beautiful on my black phone, now yes you could argue that it might hurt the resale value, but honestly xperia devices have pretty bad resale value as it is and as long as you're honest and provide pics I don't think many would be buyers will care too much.
thanks for your review

How to replace Nexus 5 Housing Completely?

Dear All,
I have my old trusty Nexus 5 lying around and I want to give it to a friend who has been without a phone for months.
The only issue is that the housing is in tatters, the power button became stuck first, then the sides of the phone by the volume buttons cracked and the buttons wore down on the inside and stuck on the volume down setting aswell.
If it is going to be in any shape to give to someone I need to replace the housing and possibly the battery as I had it for 4 years at the time I replaced it so I am certain the battery should be replaced.
Do you guys know what parts I would need to replace the housing+buttons+battery? I am flying blind here as all I see are Back covers and Digitizers on Amazon and Ebay.
I am pretty sure I can repair it myself once I can get the right parts to achieve the goal in mind.
Would very much appreciate your help and guidance.
Being a mother is hard so I'd like to ease her a bit by doing something nice.
Thanks in advance.
It may be simpler to by the LCD and frame as a pre-assembled unit; however, some third party screens do not support auto brightness and/or may not look as good as the original.
To replace the frame, you have to carefully separate the LCD from the frame.
Here's an example of the frame on eBay: https://www.ebay.ca/itm/For-LG-Goog...180298?hash=item2ca6092d4a:g:4~UAAOSw5IJWd6eA
Volume buttons: https://www.ebay.ca/itm/POWER-SIDE-...476417?hash=item541d0a7101:g:1q8AAOSwMmBVrK~9
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It may be simpler to by the LCD and frame as a pre-assembled unit; however, some third party screens do not support auto brightness and/or may not look as good as the original.
To replace the frame, you have to carefully separate the LCD from the frame.
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Hey thanks alot, do you have any recommendations for the LCD Frame combo? the ones I saw on Amazon are...less than inspiring. I'm assuming nowhere sells OEM parts for that at this point right?
I know of no place that sells the oem lcd and frame anymore. The phone is considered quite old the "cellular" world, unfortunately.
Maybe find a used Nexus 5 with damaged internals and a working screen?

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