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Cacked screen :(

So yea, I dropped my phone the other daymad and cracked the screen(). Now the phone still works fine, registers touch perfectly, no distortion of colors or anything. Leading me to believe that its just the outer glass part that needs replacing.
Anyone know how much that would be? Should i even bother, or just try selling it? Appreciate any and all help.

Check ebay for replacement parts. I've seen screens on there b4.

This would be what you are looking for if the digitizer can easily be removed from your cracked screen.
http://www.cellulardr.com/G1FaceplateBlk.htm
Not sure what prices are like on ebay, might be able to find cheaper elsewhere. Does give you a starting point though.

taking apart the g1 is a beeeech, so be careful with that

yeah, I second that. I have taken apart a few and the one that I was the most careful with I fubared a ribbon cable.
But yes, the digitizer is all you should need. My digitizer broke in three places but still worked great, no bleeding (cause it wasnt the lcd) and exactly what you are describing. USE THE MANUAL!

THanks for the help, and all the quick replies. Ill look into taking it apart and if it worth it. If not ill just try selling it off to someone who is more capable.

Sell on ebay, buy on craigslist
I had a water damaged G1 which I just sold on eBay for $130, then bought a fully functional G1 on Craigslist for $175. So basically I replaced my phone for $45. The phone wouldn't even turn on, but people out there are buying for parts. A good deal considering a digitizer will run you at least $65.

Well I decided that i'm not gonna bother with it. Way too much trouble, so if anyone wants to buy it send me a PM. Thanks again guys.

[I require your knowledge!] HTC HD2...cracked screen.

I'm sorry if this is the wrong section to be posting this...but!
I was sitting at a buddies house waiting for my brother to come pick me up...my brother called me to say he was on his way, I got off the phone, set it in my lap. 5 minutes later I see his truck, so I stood up not realizing my phone was still in my lap...thought it was in my pocket. At first it didn't even realize I dropped it, I thought my friend next to me dropped his phone or something. Then I heard "Oooooo, damn that sucks." I looked down and there's my not even a month old hd2 chillin' on the ground with a cracked screen. So yeah, that happened about 30 minutes ago haha.
I got home and did a little research on what the warranty covers...
Code:
http://member.america.htc.com/download/web_materials/QSG/HTC_HD2/091017_Leo_HTC_WWE_QSG.pdf
Thats the quick start guide..and this is what it says.
General Precautions
Avoid applying excessive pressure to the device
Do not apply excessive pressure on the screen and the device to
prevent damaging them and remove the device from your pants’
pocket before sitting down. It is also recommended that you store
the device in a protective case and only use the device stylus
or your finger when interacting with the touch screen. Cracked
display screens due to improper handling are not covered by the
warranty.
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Instantly I was like...fuuuuuuuuckkkkkkkk. So what can I do about this.. I went looking for replacement screens cause I was just going to replace it myself, I had to do the same thing with my ipod touch and it was pretty easy. It was like $30 to replace my ipod screen so I thought well it shouldn't be too costly. Ended up the screen would be like $65 to replace...which I don't got that kind of money, I'm 15 with no income lol. I haven't told my mom yet cause I wanted to know what I'm dealing with. So pretty much I'm asking if this is my last resort..to really have to spend $65 to replace it. Or is there a different way of dealing with this...Well I'm looking forward to reading your posts, hopefully I get some good news hah.
Here's the damage.
I did pretty good, right? Haha

dang dude that sucks, that happend to my friends a few days ago too, but yeah dude thats like the last thing you can do, you sure you havent found anything lower priced on ebay? oh and mow some lawns u could get some cash

edsonbarron5 said:
dang dude that sucks, that happend to my friends a few days ago too, but yeah dude thats like the last thing you can do, you sure you havent found anything lower priced on ebay? oh and mow some lawns u could get some cash
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Damn..........ok haha well im gunna go search for the cheapest one I can find, maybe some other people might know. Hahah **** that I dont even get paid to mow my own lawn.

Bump...I'm just curious to know what other people have to say about this.

TrevorMcCauley said:
Damn..........ok haha well im gunna go search for the cheapest one I can find, maybe some other people might know. Hahah **** that I dont even get paid to mow my own lawn.
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Lmao yeah me niether, cheap mom . btw is it just the glass thats cracked or is it your lcd thats busted too?

this happened to my fiances phone. pissed me off pretty good. i have messed with a couple other phones and ipods and such, so i figured i'd try to do the replacement. i watched a 8 min vid on youtube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdihThJFyz4) of a guy replacing the busted digitizer (glass) and it seemed pretty damn involved. the replacements were all about $65 but i figured i'd look into having a pro do it.
i live in the saint louis area, and called a well known local phone repair shop (wireless toyz) and they said they won't even touch the hd2 and evo, and i'm assuming the new droid x as well. the tech claimed their district manager wont allow them to do it because they had only done ONE so far and they screwed up a lot more stuff when they got it opened up. these guys work on A LOT of phones, and they had trouble with it.
i called another repair shop and he said $130 total, and he was actually in the middle of repairing one at the time (digitizer and lcd). he was the only guy i could find in stl that would work on it. another company quoted me $100, but he has only worked on iphones and was 40+ miles away from the house.
good luck, that sucks. hope you've got insurance, nobody will cover that on a warranty. tmobile's insurance (which i canceled!) wanted $130 for the deductable, but they'll just send you a brand new phone with another 1 year warranty. i didnt have insurance, and its costing me $130, and now since a 'non preferred' tech has worked on it, i'm assuming my warranty is void.

edsonbarron5 said:
Lmao yeah me niether, cheap mom . btw is it just the glass thats cracked or is it your lcd thats busted too?
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Its just the glass. Thank god, lol I can still use my phone until I find a way to get $100. Cause I guess If I replace the screen myself it voids the warranty so i'm just gunna save up money and have t-mobile send me a new phone. I'm not even sure what the exact price is gunna be.
mvaughan06 said:
this happened to my fiances phone. pissed me off pretty good. i have messed with a couple other phones and ipods and such, so i figured i'd try to do the replacement. i watched a 8 min vid on youtube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdihThJFyz4) of a guy replacing the busted digitizer (glass) and it seemed pretty damn involved. the replacements were all about $65 but i figured i'd look into having a pro do it.
i live in the saint louis area, and called a well known local phone repair shop (wireless toyz) and they said they won't even touch the hd2 and evo, and i'm assuming the new droid x as well. the tech claimed their district manager wont allow them to do it because they had only done ONE so far and they screwed up a lot more stuff when they got it opened up. these guys work on A LOT of phones, and they had trouble with it.
i called another repair shop and he said $130 total, and he was actually in the middle of repairing one at the time (digitizer and lcd). he was the only guy i could find in stl that would work on it. another company quoted me $100, but he has only worked on iphones and was 40+ miles away from the house.
good luck, that sucks. hope you've got insurance, nobody will cover that on a warranty. tmobile's insurance (which i canceled!) wanted $130 for the deductable, but they'll just send you a brand new phone with another 1 year warranty. i didnt have insurance, and its costing me $130, and now since a 'non preferred' tech has worked on it, i'm assuming my warranty is void.
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I hope I have insurance, if my mom didnt buy it im gunna make her pay for my new phone haha. Cause I wouldve bought it, and she made me pay her back for this stupid phone lol.

Realize your local phone repair specialist was hired off of Craigslist for $9 an hour because he could solder. Its not surprising they screw up more hten they fix. I think the reason they don't mess with these phones is 1. The LCD prices are higher then normal phones, 2. Its pricey as hell if you screw up and have to replace the phone, 3. Not to many manuals or walkthroughs out yet. Chances are your just as qualified as they are. If they had someone that really knew their stuff repairing phones they would go out on their own and just buy broken phones then sell them themselves and make 6 times the money.

the shop i took mine to is called green mobile (greenmobileman.com)
the guy knows his ****. he's the owner of the franchise, theyre trying to expand nation wide. all they do is sell phones that they've parted together from other broke phones. he doesn't buy new parts on the phones that he sells, they're completely recycled. i understand what you mean by "the guy hired off craiglist," but i believe this guy isn't one of them.

No insurance I assume? This is exactly why I pay 6 bucks a month or whatever for the insurance because they replace it no matter what you do.

I've done this too, but I had insurance through my credit card and they replaced my phone at no charge (going through T-Mobile's insurance costs a deductible, but it's well worth it if you don't have a better option). Sorry for your misfortune..

I had the same thing happen to me. I called HTC and they were able to fix it for $50. Good luck.

Evo For Sale [Q About Fair Price]

I have a rooted HTC Evo, well 2 of them really, my girl friend and my own. My Evo was dropped and I broke the glass, but it works amazing still.
The only reason I'm getting rid of our Evos, is the simple fact I got a new job with AT&T and they are giving me free phone service.
So my question is this, what would be a fair price?
Phone 1
Fully Rooted Evo with a cracked screen
Phone 2
Hardly used Evo in perfect shape
Cables and Charges
They both have cases, black and red as well some cables and charges I'd throw in.
I was thinking $200 for the broken one and $350-$400 for the one in perfect shape. I'm just looking to cover my ETF with Sprint.

When I have something to sell I'll usually check Craigslist to see what other people are asking and Ebay to see what other people are actually getting. I personally think $200 is overly optimistic for any phone with a broken screen, but that's only based on what I'd be willing to pay.
Pete

I would take the broken one in to Sprint and have them fix the screen before you sell it.

_MetalHead_ said:
I would take the broken one in to Sprint and have them fix the screen before you sell it.
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Or if you're feeling confident, a friend of mine got hold of a broken Evo from another friend of his. (This other friend just went and bought a whole new phone, so the old one was fine ESN-wise, it just had a cracked screen.) Anyway, we scoured ebay and found the right replacement front panel (digitizer, lcd, and front panel housing) for about $65, it took less than 10 minutes to install and reassemble the phone and now it's good as new.

revx said:
Or if you're feeling confident, a friend of mine got hold of a broken Evo from another friend of his. (This other friend just went and bought a whole new phone, so the old one was fine ESN-wise, it just had a cracked screen.) Anyway, we scoured ebay and found the right replacement front panel (digitizer, lcd, and front panel housing) for about $65, it took less than 10 minutes to install and reassemble the phone and now it's good as new.
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Why spend the money and take the risk when you can just bring it in to the store and have them do it for free?

Fix it for free? Seriously? So I can take it to my Sprint Store in Folsom, CA and have them fix it? I have insurance on the phone, but that company is insane to try to work with.
eBay Screen
http://cgi.ebay.com/HTC-EVO-LCD-TOU...Cell_Phones&hash=item4aa63f2cce#ht_658wt_1139

Landmine said:
Fix it for free? Seriously? So I can take it to my Sprint Store in Folsom, CA and have them fix it? I have insurance on the phone, but that company is insane to try to work with.
eBay Screen
http://cgi.ebay.com/HTC-EVO-LCD-TOU...Cell_Phones&hash=item4aa63f2cce#ht_658wt_1139
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Yeah, as long as you have TEP on that line, they will fix a broken screen for free. It came with the new changes in Sprint TEP coverage last month. It's $35 for a new screen if you don't have TEP, which is still an awesome deal, big win for everybody. I'm about to go try it out myself, as I just got a crack in my screen a couple day ago.
Also, $200 is way too much for a broken phone, I'd say $100-$150. So, it's very worth it to get it fixed first. It may be different where you are, but here, NIB Evo's get about $350 and like new one's go for $300. Remember, the phone is in stock everywhere now, so anyone can go buy one from Sprint NIB for $450. I see them go for $425 on Ebay, but with Paypal fees, Ebay fees and shipping, ur back down to $350

Cheap digitizer?

So today i dropped my vibrant. Screen cracked so im a sad panda . I really dont feel like dishing out 200-300 bucks to asurion to fix this, so im going to buy the parts i need and fix it myself.
What i need to know is, is it possible to just buy the glass part of the screen by itself? The screen and Digitzer both still work 100%, so the only thing bothering me are the ugly cracks. Are the digitizer lcd and glass plate only sold as one part? because i really dont want to dish out 70 bucks to fix a piece of cracked glass...
If they are only sold as one part, can someone link me to the cheapest one available? like is there anything under 60 bucks?

The deductible for T-Mobile customers should be $135 at the most

kingkurry said:
So today i dropped my vibrant. Screen cracked so im a sad panda . I really dont feel like dishing out 200-300 bucks to asurion to fix this, so im going to buy the parts i need and fix it myself.
What i need to know is, is it possible to just buy the glass part of the screen by itself? The screen and Digitzer both still work 100%, so the only thing bothering me are the ugly cracks. Are the digitizer lcd and glass plate only sold as one part? because i really dont want to dish out 70 bucks to fix a piece of cracked glass...
If they are only sold as one part, can someone link me to the cheapest one available? like is there anything under 60 bucks?
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It isn't going to be 'Cheap'
And where did you get $200-$300 from asurion? It only costs like $135 like the other guy said..

Deductible is $130.
Get a body glove for your next phone, as well (dropped mine ~10 feet off a short ladder and it was fine in that case - not even a scratch).

I will spare you the what you should have done...
But searching here will find you plenty of similar threads...
The digitizer/glass/AMOLED is all one piece. No way to NOT replace the whole piece. Samsung will charge you $170 direct to replace BTW if you send it to them.
You can find some on EBAY of course some may or may not be AMOLED as one of the awesomely friendly sellers let me know of his own product.
I ended up picking mine up from a stateside seller, and it was $77 with overnight shipping (used a coupon code and google checkout). Missionrepair.com was the place.

woodshampoo said:
I will spare you the what you should have done...
But searching here will find you plenty of similar threads...
The digitizer/glass/AMOLED is all one piece. No way to NOT replace the whole piece. Samsung will charge you $170 direct to replace BTW if you send it to them.
You can find some on EBAY of course some may or may not be AMOLED as one of the awesomely friendly sellers let me know of his own product.
I ended up picking mine up from a stateside seller, and it was $77 with overnight shipping (used a coupon code and google checkout). Missionrepair.com was the place.
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Was it AMOLED or LCD (website says LCD)? How hard was the replacement? It may be worth the extra $30 to have them replacement.

I just pulled "your" deductible through Asurion here at my store. It's $130 and that includes express shipping so you'll have it pretty much overnight.
If you want to verify that you can check out: http://www.phoneclaim.com/t-mobile-program
To make a claim: http://www.phoneclaim.com

[Q] Sprint's repair service (Screen repair)

H'okay. So. I recently pretty much shattered my Evo's screen, though everything still works and the phone is still fully functional. Therefore I've been a little lazy with going and getting it repaired.
Now that I have the day off tomorrow, I'm wanting to go to go into my local Sprint repair center and having them switch out the screen for me.
I just had a couple questions:
1. I do pay $7/month for insurance on the phone, will they charge me for the screen? If so, would it be worth it to just pay my $50 deductible for a new phone? (This is what I've paid in the past for a blackberry through insurance, I want to assume its more for a smart phone, but I have no clue). I've read mixed things on this, where screen repair costs $35, free, etc.
2. Should I unroot and factory reset my phone before I take the phone in? Again, I've read mixed things on here/google. I've heard that they no longer care, especially for a simple screen repair. I've read people have had their warranty revoked. I'd just like some insight on the issue?
Sorry if these have been answered several times, like I said, I did some research before posting and never really got a straight forward answer.
Thanks.

bosswick said:
H'okay. So. I recently pretty much shattered my Evo's screen, though everything still works and the phone is still fully functional. Therefore I've been a little lazy with going and getting it repaired.
Now that I have the day off tomorrow, I'm wanting to go to go into my local Sprint repair center and having them switch out the screen for me.
I just had a couple questions:
1. I do pay $7/month for insurance on the phone, will they charge me for the screen? If so, would it be worth it to just pay my $50 deductible for a new phone? (This is what I've paid in the past for a blackberry through insurance, I want to assume its more for a smart phone, but I have no clue). I've read mixed things on this, where screen repair costs $35, free, etc.
2. Should I unroot and factory reset my phone before I take the phone in? Again, I've read mixed things on here/google. I've heard that they no longer care, especially for a simple screen repair. I've read people have had their warranty revoked. I'd just like some insight on the issue?
Sorry if these have been answered several times, like I said, I did some research before posting and never really got a straight forward answer.
Thanks.
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First... The deductible on an Evo is $100. and Insurance no longers covers screens as far as I know. They did for a little while but when my wife broke her screen we found out they no longer did... Because they felt bad for her not knowing they replaced hers for free and she didnt have to pay the deduct. She also did not unroot prior to taking it in... some people say you should... some will say not so... I personally wouldnt...

They changed the policy. Now any physical damage will cost you $100 for a new phone, they wont just replace the screen for 35 anymore. I would unroot it or snap it in half. Just don't want to take the chance of telling you no because its rooted. Either way your looking at $100 or eBay and replace it yourself. Good luck.
Edit: just checked eBay and you can snag a screen and all the tools for $17. I would go that route lol

Damn. Looks like I was late on the good repair service. ><
Hmph. I've been looking into repairing the screen myself. The only problem I could see me having is getting the current, shattered screen off. I don't have any type of tool to apply heat to break the adhesive down, and I'd see it as being VERY tedious getting all the glass shards of screen totally off. Literally the only thing keeping my screen together and probably on my phone is my screen protector, haha.
Well, I guess it's time to look into ordering some tools and a LCD display, cause I'm not gonna fork over $100 for a refurb'd Evo when mine works perfectly and has done so for the past year. :/

I don't know when they changed that policy... but I brought mine in on monday, guy thought it was a cracked screen, so he was just going to replace it... but he broke something when taking it apart, so he ordered me a brand new one...
But the point is... he was in the process of taking it apart and replacing it... he asked beforehand if I had insurance... so I'm pretty sure they still cover that... Try a different store maybe?

Ask for a one-time courtesy replacement, we're allowed to do that. Otherwise, it's $100 to Asurion unless you want to attempt it yourself.
It may be a little bit more expensive but spring for the complete front panel kit instead of just the digitizer. The LCD may be damaged underneath without showing it, so you could run into problems if you replace the digitizer. Plus, it's a lot easier.
I've only done one digitizer replace and it's not the best thing in the world. Front panel is way easier. Just remember to move the earpiece speaker and front camera.