So about 10 days ago I dropped my brand new HTC Magic, about a week old at that point. I was shocked when I picked it up that the glass screen was shattered! I've had a Tytn and Tytn II and dropped it from two floors up onto concrete and it was fine, this was a 5ft drop and it was screwed. Wasn't happy with that but anyway wasn't going to throw $400 out the window, found a screen on ebay and ordered it from Hong Kong, got it 5 days later and we are back up and running!!
Took about 45min to replace the screen, everything seems to be working fine.
The lesson is they don't make them like they used to but at least you can fix it pretty easily.
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Wow very nice, how long did it take you to replace the screen?
I'm looking to replace my screen as well. How easy/hard was it to dismantle the phone to get at the screen?
wow strange, I've dropped my phone too from about that same height, and it survived with small scratches at the top left and right corners. So I guess it depends on how it lands... Nice job fixing it, looks as new almost.
Glad to hear all was okay in the end.
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i'm not sure how this started, most likely a drop, but occasionally a spring will appear underneath my screen, and sliding becomes difficult. it seems i can get the spring back in place by putting downward pressure on the screen when sliding, but this only works for so long. i cant imagine the slide portion is difficult to remove, but does anyone have any advice on this issue? thanks.
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That is one of the springs that hold the keyboard open, don't try to pull it out. With the slide open you should see the 2 springs on the backside of the screen. To take it apart you need to go in through the battery compartment. There is about 3 levels to get thhrough before you get to the screen. About 10 months ago I replaced the screen, I found avideo walk through on youtube that helps.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lHXgVBd3j8&feature=PlayList&p=A1DFF9998898221C&index=0
good luck with that man...let me know how it goes!
you should be a protective case to prevent things like that happening
thanks guys. i havent actually done anything with this yet. a couple days ago that spring just fell out, and nothing at all seems to be different. i saved the spring in case i feel like putting it back in, in which case ill post on it.
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the photos arnt great (taken from gf iphone) but i took my phone out of its cover and quite a bit mark ... looked like a water mark was in screen i thought i cracked it some how even tho im super careful with phone, within 10 mins it had began to shrink and thats when i took some pictures.. its completly gone now but what was it? i had the phone 10 days!
Heat Spot?
Newtons rings?
Hey i've seen this before, too. Cosmic rays! spaceweather dot com
Just kidding. Did you happen to have this device in your back pocket?
ceubank said:
Hey i've seen this before, too. Cosmic rays! spaceweather dot com
Just kidding. Did you happen to have this device in your back pocket?
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nope i was using it on way home from work , it put it in its cover when i travelled from car house (kept in hand) then on the sofa for about 5 mins while i got changed then went to plug it in as battery was on 7% and noticed it
Someone at work dropped their EVO and busted the screen so I told them I would try to replace it, I bought a screen off ebay but didn't see any differentiation between the screens so I just bought a random one. I read afterward that there are 2 different types of screens?
She has a Ver. 004
Gotta open it up. There's 2 different connectors, and small one and a large one. If you don't have right size connector for phone, then you wasted that purchase.
Sent from my EVO
yup, the only way to tell is to open it up and look
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Lol fml! My screen bit the big one today. Found screen with bezel on eBay for 50 shipped. Already popped open evo once to play with its insides and found out its the small flex cable. I'll take pic for you to show what it looks like in case you wanna do it yourself. But on the other end, if you file insurance claim, you have good chance of getting evo 3d as asurion is bout depleted with og evos.
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So I'm on vacation and I got a lil drunk. And I left my phone and laptop on a flimsy table. I accidently nudge the table and what do you know... My phone drops and lands on its screen... But then my heavy macbook pro retina (13-14lbs) drops 3ft corner first right on the back of my phone. I pick it up and inspect the back where it hit. A indentation not too noticeable unless you really focus on it but you can feel it so I was relieved. But then I turned it over. Shattered and non responsive. Screen did not turn on. Kinda disappointed it didn't stand up to it but it did save my laptop. Moral of the story... Leave electronics as close to the ground as possible when drinking.
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Why would you be disappointed this happened? It's logical the phone wouldn't work with it being struck by 14 lbs all in one concentrated force which was the corner of the Macbook. Most likely the internal chassis and motherboard got highly damaged hence why no response.
Yeah expected... Mine had a similar fall but it just cracked the screen but phone still worked... Anyways why bother when Virizon/Motorola is gonna replace it for free for you!
In other news, glass breaks.
Good news is.. free replacement for a cracked screen in the first year!!
I've had the phone for 24 hours now, and I've already noticed a lot of tiny scratches at the top of the display (by the camera/2nd screen). Several of these scratches go right across the camera, and they all seem to be going vertically up and down the glass right at the curve point. I truly haven't set this phone down screen side down, and the only thing I can think of is it getting scratched going in and out of my jeans. I keep it in my right front pocket all by itself. I'm super disappointed in the glass so far. Anyone else have this issue?
Edit: Photo's.
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Take the screen protector off
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Take the screen protector off
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no way! ... screen protector is not on the phone.
Mine came with one pre installed
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Mine came with one pre installed
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Mine did as well, I removed it first thing because it had 4 small bubbles in the middle of the display. I just figured it was for transport like every other phone comes with. I'll post photos in my original post.