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Apache 6700 Screen Replacement Help

Can anyone give me any idea on how to replace the screen on this Apache? I know there are two screws holding the bezel that I can not get to.

I have taken mine apart a number of times. I bought three used ones and made two good ones out of them.
Here is a set of instructions courtesy of shadowmite.com
1. Remove the battery cover and battery.
2. Remove the 2 screws above the battery that hold on the piece of plastic covering the camera.
3. Gently pry that piece of plastic up starting at the camera side (as opposed to the flash side).
4. Inside you can now remove 1 screw holding the flash board down, as well as the remaining 2 screws holding the top of the case together.
5. Remove the 2 screws at the bottom of the battery area.
6. Pop the flash board out and then the camera module out. They are only held in at this point by the connectors.
7. Now you should be ready to pry off the frame. There are 3 clips on each long side of the phone. Just find a place where you can get your fingernails in between the case and start gently pulling. If you use a small screwdriver it will help, but you'll mar the case more than likely... 2 clips on the small sides...
8. Now, the main board should have 1 screw holding it together. Remove this and you can wrangle the main board out. (detach the keyboard connector... While removing this, you will have to remove a sticker on the under side that it holding a connector down...
9. Do as you please from here...
Once you get to that point there are four screws holding the keyboard to the screen when you remove those and the screen is detached from the keyboard then you will see the other two screws you need to remove. I have some parts left if you need something send me a pm.

Replace touch screen glass

My friend broke his touchscreen, and asked me to fix it. I've bought a replacement touchscreen, but I can't work out how to remove the the old touch glass. It's stuck on there with glue or something, I don't know. Is there a way to remove it other than painstakingly shattering each piece of glass and chipping away with a screw driver?

HTC Manual
Hi,
have no idea, but did you take a look into the HTC Service manual - which is available somewhere in the internet or in this forum. There it's explained how to disassemble the whole pda totally.
So long
HonkBB

HonkBB said:
Hi,
have no idea, but did you take a look into the HTC Service manual - which is available somewhere in the internet or in this forum. There it's explained how to disassemble the whole pda totally.
So long
HonkBB
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I have service manual but no explanation how to change touch screen only.

it most probably is soldered on the lcd. the touchscreen is held with a little bit of double sided tape around the edges of the lcd itself. just pull it of gently. the touchscreen cable is soldered onto the lcd cable (on the back), so you can pull that off gently or desolder the whole cable of. you have to solder the new touchscreen cable back onto the lcd screen, just using a little bit of tape to connect the copper wires will not do (i found that out the hard way with my device). good luck, i wasn't able to solder the touchscreen back onto the lcd.

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I have it done already. The touch part is connected to the display with the metal sheet with small dots on the edges. You need a small screwdriver to loose the edges and you should be able to remove whole metal frame with the glass. Then is just enough to unsolder the wirings or cut them off(you'll probably don't need the old frame).

To remove the glass touch screen I did as dennisv9 says, I found that by using a cotton bud with surgical spirit dabbed around the edge of the screen helped to loosen the stickiness of the tape making it easier to remove the screen in one piece by gently prising with your fingernails and dabbing as you go with the spirit.
You must also gently remove the tape that holds the connector tail on the back of the metalwork with care, peel from the bottom upward and try to hold the cable in place with your finger to save breaking any tracks. Now gently unsolder the connections and that is it. To replace it use a little flux on the connector and hold it in place with some masking tape and with a clean soldering iron reheat the solder and let it melt and flow. That is basically it, now reseat the screen and gently remove the masking tape and put some decent tape over the connections to secure them properly.
it most probably is soldered on the lcd. the touchscreen is held with a little bit of double sided tape around the edges of the lcd itself. just pull it of gently. the touchscreen cable is soldered onto the lcd cable (on the back), so you can pull that off gently or desolder the whole cable of. you have to solder the new touchscreen cable back onto the lcd screen, just using a little bit of tape to connect the copper wires will not do (i found that out the hard way with my device). good luck, i wasn't able to solder the touchscreen back onto the lcd.
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Youtube it. WOWZERZ​

Just removed the digitiser from my lcd screen. Thank you for posting the service manual, most helpful for taking the xda apart.
I used a craft knife and very, very gingerly worked along the top then each edge. Repeating the process until the blade was just under the digitiser. Then teased it gently away from the screen, starting on one side then the other. I did make a slight crack in the touchpad but the screen is perfect.
I feel I should point out that the Himalaya (xda 2) has a choice of two screens, each screen has a specfic touchpad. My model was the PH10B, which needed the screen from the xda 2i (alpine). Not sure if this is the case for every PH10B but the connectors are very different for each screen and digitiser so not backwards compatible.
I have seen screens with digitisers attached for just under £30 on ebay (with tool, screen protector and instructions). I would recommend doing the straight swap rather than faffing around like I have but considering I got the touchpad for £6 there is a saving to be made..... "He who dares Rodders!!!"

Thank you so much for the post. It's really useful.

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Allen1 said:
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You must also gently remove the tape that holds the connector tail on the back of the metalwork with care, peel from the bottom upward and try to hold the cable in place with your finger to save breaking any tracks. Now gently unsolder the connections and that is it. To replace it use a little flux on the connector and hold it in place with some masking tape and with a clean soldering iron reheat the solder and let it melt and flow. That is basically it, now reseat the screen and gently remove the masking tape and put some decent tape over the connections to secure them properly.
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I just don't clearly get the point, how to put the solder tip, does it on copper the wire or behind it? since the wire is so thin and mostly covered by sort of yellow thin plastic.

Too bad i just replaced my casing with a new one, i have a slight crack on my XDA iis screen, but i didnt replace it as i thought the glass was built in to the lcd screen.. at least now i know that its possible to remove just the glass..

I have the same problem ....
How to connect your LCD, it's not working ....
Any Ideas ?

and how, any ideas ??

Disassembly guide for replacing screen?

I picked up a new screen off of the internet. I cannot find a guide to disassemble the Titan. Do I have to take the phone all the way apart to replace the lcd? Anyone have any useful links?
The only thing I found was a youtube walkthrough but she is replacing the casing not the lcd screen.
Thanks

instruction
hi,
i have changed my screen 3 times and my touchscreen 1 time. You dont need instruction the only thing you have to know is that you have to open the device completely to access the screen.
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I have just taken mine apart last night for the first time using no instructions and it really wasn't that bad. I got a digitizer coming in the mail, if you'd like to wait until I get it, I can take pictures of the dissasembly process and post the pics, but it may not be until Friday.
The steps are:
1. Remove battery cover, battery and stylus
2. Remove 4 hex screws then remove back cover gently
3. Remove the 4 phillips head screws that hold the motherboard in place
4. Lift the motherboard gently and remove the ribbon cables plugged in the back (there is silver tape holding it in place, peel that off gently)
5. Remove the 4 phillips head screwes that hold the slider, then while removing the slider chassis, carefully snake the ribbons through the square center
6. Remove the 4 phillips head screws holding the back of LCD case
7. Remove the top and bottom plastic strips where the screws were (there is another phillips head screw under one of those, just don't remember which one)
8. Gently separate the back cover from the LCD case
At this point, you have to just be careful of what you do. You have one long ribbon cable that is plugged in to the LCD and the buttons on top. Also, there is MUCH silver tape holding this mess in place, so peel the tape off gently until it is all separated. Once you got the tape off and the ribbon cable unplugged at both spots, it will all just fold downwards and the LCD/Digitizer should just fall out.
If you are replacing both LCD and Digitizer then that's easier, if you need to separatte those two then just gently remove the metal casing that is holding them together, there are clips that hold that metal casing in place, so just be gentle.
Like I said, if you'd rather wait for the pics then those should be around on Friday or so.
Hope this helps
-wagonis

Do you mind my asking of how much you paid?
there's a complete non-technical walkthrough floating around youtube and ^, ^^ are correct. It's not difficult if you're at least somewhat mechanically/electronically inclined..

[Q] Wildfire Teardown Guide?

If there a teardown guide for the Wildfire? I'm planning on replacing the fascia to a black or white one
I googled it and I found the EVO and the Desire...
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nicky041192 said:
If there a teardown guide for the Wildfire? I'm planning on replacing the fascia to a black or white one
I googled it and I found the EVO and the Desire...
Thanks.
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Surely its pretty similar to the desire?

IcyWildfire said:
Surely its pretty similar to the desire?
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It's what I was thinking but I'm not too sure...

I just did a screen replacement on a German Wildfire today, I used a desire guide briefly - but it was pretty simple. 8 screws and 3 ribbons in total isn't to bad for a full teardown.
Here's the brief:
1) remove back battery cover
2) remove battery, MicroSD, and SIM
3) remove 4 corner star screws
4) remove 2 philips screws from right hand rail (sim card side)
5) Unclip bottom bracket and remove
6) Unclip plastic back from both side rails and remove
7) Remove 2 philips screws from bottom right and top left of breadboard
8) Disconnect haptic feedback ribbon from bottom left by lifting the black lever and sliding out the ribbon (very narrow ribbon)
9) Disconnect screen and touch screen ribbons on right hand edge by lifting them up (they're snap-ons)
10) Lift volume board up from between main bread board and volume button
11) remove breadboard from front housing
12) Peel back the bottom ribbon from the back of the screen (it's glued on with light adhesive)
13) Lift up bottom corner of screen and remove screen from front housing
in the end you should have these pieces:
Front housing
Screen
Bread Board
Back Housing
Bottom Plastic Clip
Back cover
2 Small philips Screws (breadboard)
2 large philips screws (back housing right hand edge)
4 large star screws (back housing corners)
Sorry, I literally just finished this an hour ago. Hope this helps.

i tear-down my wildfire like SophT. my big problem is now, to put the new digitizer in the phone. the old was glued and now i didn't have any idea to fix the new in the phone. have anyone an idea ?!

i think i destroyed the new display. on both sides of the new one were a protective sheet. i removed both, the phone works perfectly, but there is no possibility to use the touchscreen. There are no inputs possible. Have I destroyed with the removal of the film, the new display?

w1st said:
i think i destroyed the new display. on both sides of the new one were a protective sheet. i removed both, the phone works perfectly, but there is no possibility to use the touchscreen. There are no inputs possible. Have I destroyed with the removal of the film, the new display?
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I'm okay with this and I think it's hilarious.

[How to/repair/HW modding] Proximity sensor FIX

Hi,
For all those who have the black screen during call/ windows button not responding issue try this. It is a tech repair, so if you're not comfy dismantling your device take it to a pro.
I've had some spare time to repair an Omnia7 for a friend [ I was acting middle man between Samsung and him]. Sammy serviced the device 4 times and changed everything ( the mainboard, the sensor, AMOled screen) but the problem kept on showing up.
I have traced the fault to the fact that the sensor is pushed to the right by the ribbon attached to it and thus acting wrong. The tape that is supposed to keep it firmly attached is getting weak in time and allows this migration.
Steps:
1. Take apart your phone. Simple job. Remove battery&sim card. Upper cover pops out, 3 screws. Slide out the back. 2 screws at the bottom and the bottom comes off. 2 screws under that cover and the antenna+mic comes off. 2 middle screws for the plastic piece. 1 silver screw for the upper speaker module. 2 silver screws for the mother board. disconnect 2 connectors (1 up for camera and 1 down for buttons)remove mother board carefully ( lift up a bit the vibrator, volume, I/O and camera buttons. they are attached with double sided tape, disconnect the Screen- it's under mb).
2. Take a look at the sensor PCB. I bet it's moved in opposite of the side where the connection ribbon is. You need to realign it. Lift the earpiece and jack. they are connected to the proximity/ ambient light sensor. Should come out fairly easy,it's only double-sided tape. Realign it with in a fashion that leaves at least 1 mm from the side.
There are different ways to make sure the problem does not appear again. Hot glue- just a droplet , piece of plastic, better double sided tape. Choose whatever you like.
3. Reassemble the phone.
Also, see photos attached. Notice how off centered was the sensor PCB

Lol, man its working
THX