broke digitizer. ordered new digitizer but broke the lcd taking it off. ordered lcd. mine clips on, ordered solder on version.
That was 5 months ago. It's been sitting here ever since. Worked fine with cracked screen before I opened it up. I've rebuilt phones before, but I dont feel like puting anymore money into it. So if you need any part, including brand new digitizer and solder lcd let me know. battery, and battery door gone
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used windex on my screen and the digitizer went bad.
any recommendations on where to purchase a new one?
thanks pogo
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8525 Digitizer Installation...
Hello,
I have an 8525 with a broken digitizer (LCD OK). I replaced the whole unit with a new combined LCD/Digitizer. It is a pretty straightforward repair. It took me all of about 15 minutes (you just need a #6 torx and a jeweler's phillips).
Just in case this happens again, I purchased a new digitizer (only). I want to remove the old digitizer from the LCD screen and replace it with the new one. The problem is: the digitizer ribbon cable is attached to the LCD screen, possibly soldered but I can't tell. Are there any instructions anywhere regarding the digitizer removal and installation?
Thanks
Im new to all this whats the digitizer exactly?
The digitizer is the top portion of the screen. It's what registers your stylus' contact on the screen. It lays on top of the LCD and it looks like 1 piece, but its actually two. And for those wanting to know if the digitizer is soldered, the answer is no. It's held in place with tape, but it is easier to just replace the combo instead of just the digitizer. Most often then not, when removing the damaged digitizer, it will crack and may possibly damage the lcd, or so I've read. I just recently cracked my lcd, so i got a combo and switched it out, just to have a scratch on the digitizer the following day. That's life. Waiting for my next new combo to come in the mail.
You'd be better replacing both the lcd and digitzer as 1 unit than try to unglue and reglue the digitizer onto your screen. A lot of hair pulling and screaming involved and no guarantees it'll work. For the $100Aud I'd just replace the lot in one hit. As markus1959 said its a 15 minute job but stuffing around with just the digitizer is a major hassle. Even Mike Channon (he's the hermes hardware guru) advises against that unless you're really into pain and frustration....
Cheers...
Hi,
from where do you all get a new LCD (+ digitizer).
My LCD is cracked (digitizer OK) so I need replacement.
I live in Switzerland and I can not find a shop with a reasonable price.
I recieved my new digitizer today and i carefullt opened up the g1 and swapped out the old cracked screen for the new one and connected the ribbon. The dang thing still doesn't work. I tried re-imaging to RC30 and still no luck. I ordered this screen from Hong Kong.
Thanks for any help
they could have sent a defective one, thats gotta be frustrating.
how did you initially test to verify the digitizer was bad? I assume it wasnt just cracked because they usually still work. There is a very good possibility that it is not the digitizer, it could be software or other hardware causing the digitizer to not work. My money is on one of the flex cables.
I got the phone for free from a friend in PA and i lost 30 bucks on the screen so im not out too much. Hey guys thanks for your thoughts
Sounds like it was something other then the digitizer, maybe when that got cracked something else got f'd up. I hate ordering anything from honk kong, I always check the north america box on ebay. Even if it costs me an extra 10-20 I don't mind cuz out of the 8 times I have ordered from HK 5 items have been defective and only 1 of those sellers got back to me and replaced it. Plus your lucky to get someone who is fluent in any language besides there native.
These are notorious for the flex cable between the front and rear housing breaking. It is a terrible design. Try replacing the flex cable and I am sure you will find that it will work again.
Hey! Old thread but I just took apart my phone so I'm prepared when my new housing arrives. Anyways I put my phone back together and my digitizer that Im now typing on didnt work. So I took the phone apart, made sure I had the ribbon for the digitizer on. Put the phone back without the screws. I then turned the phone on. Digitizer worked. Put screws in. Digitizer stopped working. So I loosened the 2 top screws 1/4 turn and BAM.....Digitizer worked again.
Hope this helped.
I dropped my HD2, and the digitizer screen cracked - horror of horrors! The phone still worked, as did the screen, but drawing my finger across the cracked glass meant a fingerful of little glass particles and slivers.
Where to get it fixed? I did a little net searching, and decided to take a gamble on a vendor I found on EBay, named pensmiths. They wanted $110 plus shipping to replace the digitizer and glass screen.
I sent it to them last Friday, and received the repaired unit yesterday (Tuesday). It looks as new, works perfectly, and you cannot tell a repair was done!
My kudos to them for the awesomely-quick turnaround! I am happy to have my HD2 back!
As a precaution, I removed my SIM card and memory card before sending it.
Hello guys,
today my hd2 fell on the floor and the display cracked. the lcd and touchscreen are still working fine, even in the area where its cracked.
Is there a chance just to replace only the plastic case on the lcd? Or do i have to completly renew it?
Thanks!
Nope, sorry.
There's no plastic display on the HTC, nor anything plastic. The LCD is soldered to the digitizer and normally both should be replaced. They cost around 100$, and the replacement is about 200$ in the HTC center. You do the math, it's the price for a sec hand HD2. Otherwise, you can buy and change the digitizer (costs around 50$). But this is a very delicate operation to do by our own -you have to cut the LCD from the cracked digitizer and do many other things. As someone have said for some other reason "it is an easy operation, but if you have no experience in soldering, do not try to learn it on your laptop motherboard". So, your choice is between repairing it in HTC for 200$ and "repairing" it some other service for 100$, with questionable quality and voiding your warranty.
As you may guess, I have walked that road already. My HD2 was 1 week old. After some sleepless nights (as I was wondering what to do AND because the "perfectly working cracked screen" had cut my fingers) I sold it 100-120€ under the second hand market price and found a new one. That's also my advice to you. I.e. the first one. The second one is to buy a silicon cover for your next HD2.
ingrdgrbl said:
Hello guys,
today my hd2 fell on the floor and the display cracked. the lcd and touchscreen are still working fine, even in the area where its cracked.
Is there a chance just to replace only the plastic case on the lcd? Or do i have to completly renew it?
Thanks!
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I cracked the screen but just the digitizer as far as I can see.. Screen has worked and digiziter for about 6 months seems 100% only 3 little hairline cracks. Ive waited because replacement cost so high and its not that bad doesn't stop function. I was wandering If anyone here has just replaced digi becouse thats way cheaper. And if this unit is one piece or they are actually separate and easy to replace separately from each other.
Thanks.
The Digitizer and LCD are glued together with silicone, which yes, can be separated and reseated, but it will not look or operate at 100% if you try to do it separately by hand.
I've repaired many phones for friends - a part time job has me fixing ~10 iphones a day - and let me tell you, it's not worth the aggravation or time to try to seat a digitizer on an LCD perfectly. Machines do it for a reason.
I can get LCD+Digitizer assemblies for the 6P at my shop in Canada, which run about $250 CDN (185 USD) + shipping/tax. Whether that price is better online or not, I'm not sure.