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Changing a broken LCD screen on the universal

Hi!
I have been lurking around in this forum for quite some time, but I have been unable to find any information regarding how to disasamble the universal.
I have a broken screen, and I am thinking about buying a new lcd on ebay and try to replace the broken lcd.
I have tried to unscrew the six screws under the screen, but I am not able to open up and "get inside" to replace the lcd.
Are there any information aviable on how to do this, or even better an instruction on how to replace the lcd screen?
Thanks for any help and a great forum!

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hi, i had the same issue where i accidently sat on my uni and cracked da screen. i ended up goin to a guy in slough who fixed ma screen for £120 (well £110 cos da screen has a really small scratch in the bottom corner on it - hardly visible)
It works perfectly and the screen looks new. im running all my normal apps on it, tomtom and i have no probs.
The guy advertises his screens on ebay and you can either send your uni to him or go to his house and get it done in front of you within 10 minutes. Definatly recommend this guy and he does all the XDA type screens and HP iPAQ's.
If anyone wants to contact this guy his number is 07919174796. He can sell you the screen on its own if you like.

HTC instructions
I have the pdf on how to dismantle and reassemble the HTC universal. Although I think it is in the FTP somewhere too.
BR
Wassa

itwasntme187 said:
hi, i had the same issue where i accidently sat on my uni and cracked da screen. i ended up goin to a guy in slough who fixed ma screen for £120 (well £110 cos da screen has a really small scratch in the bottom corner on it - hardly visible)
It works perfectly and the screen looks new. im running all my normal apps on it, tomtom and i have no probs.
The guy advertises his screens on ebay and you can either send your uni to him or go to his house and get it done in front of you within 10 minutes. Definatly recommend this guy and he does all the XDA type screens and HP iPAQ's.
If anyone wants to contact this guy his number is 07919174796. He can sell you the screen on its own if you like.
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itwasntme187: Thanks, I was about to buy from this guy, but found another one at ebay that was a little bit cheaper ($160 for a new LCD screen). I sent an order today, so I hope I have done the right thing trying to fix it my self.
wassa: Thanks for notifying me that there was a manual out there. I checked the ftp and found the manual on dismantle and reassemble the HTC universal.
Thanks for the help to both of you.

you can download it here. http://buzzdev.net/component/option...om_remository&Itemid=100&func=fileinfo&id=304

The replacement was a success.
I got the LCD from ebay on Monday and using the above mentioned manual I was able to replace my broken LCD screen. It is an easy job if you follow the instructions in the manual. There is only a total of 8 screws that has to be unscrewed to get the job done. Now if I was only able to get a replacement camera flash light my universal would be in an almost perfect condition.

glad you got everything working!

Hi, im a newbie here. I also broke the LCD screen on my Universal/Xda Exec.
How can I access the FTP site to download the instructions on how to replace the screen?
Many thanks for your help.

you can get a new screen + have it replaced for 40 quid. Basically HTC has an agreement with the carphone warehouse and offer a repair service with all parts included for 40 pounds (I'm using a bloody german keyboard so i can't type the pound sign). When i broke my screen (I was bump starting a car with it in my pocket) i thought damn, now i'm 100 odd quid out of pocket, so i was suspiciously surprised when it was only 40 pounds. The only drawback is it takes about 6 weeks. Maybei should have posted this last year when i had my screen replaced...

LCD Replacement instruction sought
Hi. Hope the person who provided the instruction is still around. I am another Universal user who needs to replace the screen as the digitizer has not been working properly.
Anybody could provide the instructions on how to replace the LCD screen please? As far as I know the Universal's LCD screen and digitizer are attached and could not be separated without (de)soldering. But providing that the digitizer itself costs much less than the whole LCD ($8 vs. $135), if anyone would please provide the instructions on how to replace the digitizer (on the same lcd screen), that would really be awesome!
Really I do not enjoy the idea of sending the unit away for 2 weeks with £100 expense.
Thank you very much in advance!

Since there are obviously people here who have done this before could someone maybe help me out?
My screen is intact, but I dropped my Universal a while ago and since then the 2-axis screen hinge seems a bit loose. Everything works ok, it's just that the cover with the screen in it are not as firmly attached to the base as they used to be.
Can this be fixed by taking the device apart and reassembling it (tightening some screws and so on) or would it be a waste of time?

help..htc dropped and now dead....

hi all,
today i suddenly dropped my hd2 during my daily commuting out of my shirt pocket when i bent doen to pick sumthing up...even thgh it was in the pouch,,,the inside lcd screen developed a long crack across the upper face ..thgh it is visble only on dark screen prominently..
worse is the touch functions have suddenly stopped responding..i can not access my phien features by touch as nothing happens..
screen is stuck in unlock screen..cannot slide across to unock
tried soft/hard reset, practically everthing
its just 20 days old for gods sake,,wh culd be the matter

I feel for you ... is it insured?

no..will warranty cover that,,the i can recive phone calls fine....thru buttons only...is there any way to remove that lock screen so at least i can access function thru keys

Even so, you can't do much with those buttons alone. But sounds like you only broke the digitizer. It costs much lesser than the LCD. You may want to try fix it yourself.

Sorry to hear this chap. If it's not insured (I don't understand why if it's not) then your best bet is to send it back to HTC to get it repaired.
You must be gutted.
WB

ya,,,,gave back to the dealer for repairing...how do i know whter its digitiser or inner lcd broken..i mean he might repair digitizer and charge me for lcd screen..unfortunately here in india no insurance facilty for mobiles...no idea how long it will take to get repaired
how can it get cracked..i was sitting when it fell from my lap ,was in the pouch..surpisgly outer glass did not break and inner lcd broke
shuld serve as warning to all here on forum to take care and opt for sum hard case

Can you share a pic of how ur hd2 looks now?
Good luck!

dheerpat said:
ya,,,,gave back to the dealer for repairing...how do i know whter its digitiser or inner lcd broken..i mean he might repair digitizer and charge me for lcd screen..unfortunately here in india no insurance facilty for mobiles...no idea how long it will take to get repaired
how can it get cracked..i was sitting when it fell from my lap ,was in the pouch..surpisgly outer glass did not break and inner lcd broke
shuld serve as warning to all here on forum to take care and opt for sum hard case
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You can Insure your phone my friend.. check this
http://newindia.co.in/per-mobile.asp
From what I know..
National Insurance Company, Oriental Insurance Company, New India Assurance Company and United India Insurance Company cover mobile phone insurance. They fix compensation equivalent to cost of replacement by new mobile of same specifications and capacity, including all taxes and duties.
Hope this helps..
From a fellow Indian

hi all..my dealer says he had forwarded hd2 to htc service center and since its a new model the screen replacement is not avalible..he said they quoted estimated price of 20 thousand for the screen.obnoxious..thts 400 dollars!!!
i searched ebay and found digisters selling for about 60 dollars..
my question is shuld i go ahead and buy .what is exctly a digitiser ,,
i dont want to find out after spending the money that its not a digitser problem,,is there nyway to acertain its digitser proble..i no more trust my dealer

400 dollars? that is half a hd2.
the upper layer of the screen is afaik the digitizer.
touchscreen is built of two elements. the lcd and the digitizer.
the digitizer is for handling touch. that may be the part which cracked and is not responding now.
however I am not sure if it's easy to replace the digitizer since you must seperate the lcd and digitizer which are tied closely together. maybe someone experienced here on xda knows how.

ummmm..so u mean basicslly there are 3 components
1..outer most glass which we touch pysically
2..digitser which is embeded on
3 lcd screen
is the digitiser made up of plastic material which is crackable or in my case lcd whihc is 3rd layer has cracked while digitser is intact
unfortunatly cannt post snaps as the instrument is with dealer..

HTC Touch HD/Blackstone digitizer

Hi,
I'm new to this site, if I wrote something wrong, please have a mercy .
Ok, my thing is that I have HTC Blackstone and I broke its frontal cover (known as digitizer too ). I ordered this part prom ebay, and today I got it. Nice, new, tools included. But...then I started to dismember the phone, and at the end I discovered that its display is glued or something like that to frontal cover. The question is: How can I change this digitizer? Because with LCD everything is fine, I need to change just this digitizer.
Hope to hear some tips.
Thank you all in advance .

Checked the service manual in the wiki?

I tried, but only thing that I found was some kind of service manual for dismembering the phone up to LCD, but there isn't any info on how to change LCD (and I think that changing digitizer could be similar to changing LCD). I don't believe that HTC didn't include such an option to change LCD or digitizer, especially if digitizer can be bought separately.

Maybe this can help then.
http://vimeo.com/6892707
I've not watched it all the way through but hopefully it might help.

big thanks, but this guy in video is stuck in the same situation as me . I'll try to contact my local HTC service center, maybe they'll have some solution .

Sorry then don't know. Good luck.

worldendswithyou said:
big thanks, but this guy in video is stuck in the same situation as me . I'll try to contact my local HTC service center, maybe they'll have some solution .
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I very much doubt they'll give you any info on taking the HD apart, they'll surely want you to send it in for repair!?
That said I would love to have a go at replacing the entire outer casing as mine is looking tatty now. Can you send me a link to the ebay seller that you got your parts from and maybe I'll have a go at it myself
EDIT: Perhaps it would be better to get a screen and ditigitzer as one unit? LCD & Digitizer
EDIT: Have you managed to get the screen and digitzer out of the front part of the case, I guess it's then easier to split the screen and digitizer. See this ebay item for pics, perhaps it makes a bit more sense when you look at it Full Housing Kit

worldendswithyou said:
Hi,
I'm new to this site, if I wrote something wrong, please have a mercy .
Ok, my thing is that I have HTC Blackstone and I broke its frontal cover (known as digitizer too ). I ordered this part prom ebay, and today I got it. Nice, new, tools included. But...then I started to dismember the phone, and at the end I discovered that its display is glued or something like that to frontal cover. The question is: How can I change this digitizer? Because with LCD everything is fine, I need to change just this digitizer.
Hope to hear some tips.
Thank you all in advance .
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dude to save u time money and a head ache just call htc i tryed the same thing ur doing and i failed and even made it worst the touch hd lcd consist of 4 different layers of independent screens to combine into one and one of those screens that makes ur lcd go black is almost paper thin and will crack it u try to pry them apart for a new screen and body its only 150 tops i paid 113 i hav an u.k. device and i live in the usa i explained to them what i did i foud out that the u.k. devices hav a 28month warrenty on it call them they will say it will be around 300 until they get the device and see what it needs also i told them that i moded my rom and wen i got it back they had put back the oem rom

Screen scratches .

In the on hand this phone's screens is scratched extremely easy, in fact mine has a bunch of scratches . In the other hand i didn't use a screen protector or a case.
So does anyone know how to remove the scratches or where can I buy the touch-sensitive panel that is in front of the screen to replace it on my own. ? Are on htc going to repair and how much is it going to cost ?
Thanx in advance.

I have same problem, how to replace my htc tattoo lcd screen?

Same problem here! I have only 1 scratch but in the center of the screen.
Can it be polished somehow?

take out the touch screen !!!
I have same problem with you guy, and after trying to use some special liquid but got nothing different I decide to remove my old screen touch and apply a new one, you guy can easily find it out on google with the key word like "htc tattoo accessories" it's cost around 20 bucks.
Good luck!

that's what i was thinking to do but i can't manage to find a touch screen for less than 35 pounds could u please pm me the link . thank you

Hi there!
I can't post the link here because I'm a new member from this forum. But you can type like this on ur internet borrow :
cnn.cn/shop/tattoo-digitizer-p-7978.html?currency=USD&language=en
Good luck!

dont like to say I told you so, but ....... you gotta get a screen protector these days - they cheap on ebay - they are worth their weight in gold

touchscreen cracked what to do?

hi,
my desire hd fall on the floor and the touchscreen is cracked at the bottom (lcd display is still ok).
so what to do? buy a touchscreen for about ~40-50$ at ebay and replace it? (is it difficult for somebody who never did it? is there a manual?
pay 200$ for repair is extremly expensive for a glass but the advantage is you get gusrantee...
somebody who has experience in this problem?
thx in advance for help

I did it on my "old" Dell Streak 5...
no problems... http://android.modaco.com/topic/331525-morning-face-plant/

but if i get it right... after you repaired it the lcd was completly broken too after some time?
btw do you need special equipment to replace the digitizer/tochscreen?

YouTube: [`htc desire hd replace screen'] = List
1. `HTC Desire HD Disassembly Video'
...

thx for the video but i found this already.
its a complete disassembly of the htc desire hd (not for touchscreen replacement). if THIS is really necessary to change the digitizer.... no chance... found some other videos who are easier but not for desire hd....
i asked a local smartphone repair shop and they submit that a digitizer replacement is not possible because the LCD is glued with the digitizer (touchscreen). so i should buy a complete replacement including the LCD Screen which is really expensive....
is this true?

No
Sent from my Motorola Startac running Atari 2600 software!

I'm not sure if these will help you.
http://www.ifixit.com/Device/HTC_Desire_HD
http://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/42741/Touch+Panel+glass+broken
You probably saw them.

trust me you don't want to f..k with it: the digitalizer is glued to lcd and lcd is glued to mettar board and I have no idea what kind of damn glue is that it is so hard to rip it apart and when you do it is even harder to fit it all back in, trust me take it to a service shop here in croatia it is around 100 euros to change both lcd and touch digitalizer i'm sure that you can find cheaper service
fu...ked up my desire hd tryng to do that

thx bruno this helped me alot. if its glued i will do that and keep my guarantee.
but anyway 3.5 feet fall = 120-140 € is extremly hard. i will never ever buy a smartphone like that again without an insurance. if you think back to the good old nokia phones who can fall 300 times on the floor without any scratch...... and if they have any scratch buy a express on cover for 5$