Greetings,
I was wondering. A few weeks back I broke the glass on my HTC HD2. It was only the glass, because the screen and touch capability was working as usual.
Sent it in for repairs same day as it was broken, and this is week 3 now, and they are still waiting to get the parts for it.
Also they told me that they could not just replace the glass, but they had to replace everything, including the LCD and all. Is this correct? Because it's getting quite costly for me, since they estimated that the repairs would be around $420 / 2500NOK / £280.
Is this true? Do you have to replace everything? Or are they just saying it to earn some more $$$. I'm guessing they're not paying that much to buy the parts.
They have to because from what I have read, the LCD is glued to the digitizer.
HTC HD2 Touch Screen
Is this what you are looking for?
http://www.mytrendyphone.no/shop/htc-hd2-reservedeler-58573c1.html
Ivan
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I would check that price mate as I have just had mine in with HTC for a full LCD replacement and it cost £73 for the LCD and £30 labour so im not sure who is quoting you those prices.
Marshall1975 said:
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I would check that price mate as I have just had mine in with HTC for a full LCD replacement and it cost £73 for the LCD and £30 labour so im not sure who is quoting you those prices.
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How did you arrange repair? My brother has cracked his screen and had it replaced under insurance, the company have suggested he get it repaired as a back up or sell it.
tk240381 said:
Greetings,
I was wondering. A few weeks back I broke the glass on my HTC HD2. It was only the glass, because the screen and touch capability was working as usual.
Sent it in for repairs same day as it was broken, and this is week 3 now, and they are still waiting to get the parts for it.
Also they told me that they could not just replace the glass, but they had to replace everything, including the LCD and all. Is this correct? Because it's getting quite costly for me, since they estimated that the repairs would be around $420 / 2500NOK / £280.
Is this true? Do you have to replace everything? Or are they just saying it to earn some more $$$. I'm guessing they're not paying that much to buy the parts.
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that is simply robbery. TMobile US is selling brand new HD2's for that price. can't you find another service center?
On ebay a digitizer for touch hd costs about 50 €. the lcd display alone wouldnt be that expensive too i think.
http://cgi.ebay.de/Touch-Screen-Dig...ting_LaptopAccessories_RL?hash=item414c3bcbdb
And even in the store that other guy gave you the link to there is a huge price difference to the price you were told to pay.
For that price just buy a new one and save that for pieces
It sounds expensive to me. I saw iPhone screen repairs advertised for £39. It's not the same screen, I know, and there are more iPhones around, but I'd expect the cost to be similar.
Hey gang my screen cracked a couple of days ago and the phone looks horrible. the lcd did not suffered but only the crystal/glass is shattered.
no insurance and from T-mobile... Any ideas on what are my options. I really like my phone and don't want to buy or change but don't want to party crazy money for repairs either.
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You can fix yourself. There is a video here somewhere to show you how to diassemble, see if you feel feel comfortable doing it. It will probably cost about $120-160 for a both lcd and digitizer assembly. If replacing the digitizer only around $40-60 but you risk damaging the lcd if you are not careful. At least $200 if you get someone to fix for you. If that is too much I suggest you purchase another phone and sell your hd2. Insurance would have cost you around $130 also. I like the good old days with only $50 deductible.
SDJB said:
Hey gang my screen cracked a couple of days ago and the phone looks horrible. the lcd did not suffered but only the crystal/glass is shattered.
no insurance and from T-mobile... Any ideas on what are my options. I really like my phone and don't want to buy or change but don't want to party crazy money for repairs either.
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If the repairs are the same as buying a used one that isn't broken off craigslist, you should go that route... At least that is what I would do. Not sure about you, but I would not spend a bunch of money on new glass, then trust myself to not mess it up. Looks easy enough on the video, but we all know how that goes.
These guys onsite cellular repair in tx can fix it for $120. They do mail-in also.
Anyone have a link to the video?
I been there!!!
osrhurst said:
These guys onsite cellular repair in tx can fix it for $120. They do mail-in also.
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Hey,
Have you gotten your HD2 fixed there? I just went there yesterday and they said they could fix it for $128. I really hope that they can get the the whole touchscreen replaced and they said they would, that's not too bad. But I just want to make sure that they are true to it.
anyone know how i can get just the glass replaced on my tab? In canada would be better but I suppose the us would work too. I could probably manage to find someone to replace it just need to get the glass in my hand. I searched on Ebay and the web in general, but nothing specific to just the glass.
I'm also curious about that. because mine is broken and I can not find anything. only full screens. but everything works just the glass is broken
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ACER-Iconia...151?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item256dddc7ff
3 Left. Looks like the damage will be $145 usd shipped to a U.S. residence, add another $20 bucks or so to get it into Canada.
wow... it is very expensive... i think buy death iconia will be better rational option
Acer charged me $200us to replace the glass, they also replaced the entire housing as part of the repair. I found it a better deal than spending almost the same to do it myself without the new housing...
My brother has the black S7 Edge with a Unicorn Beetle protective case on it as well as a plastic screen protector. This morning, he dropped it on that kind of surface that has a bump on the door step to his room. I don't know what's that actually called, but his screen fell to hit that first. There's no external damages and the screen is fine, but his LCD got cracked with flashing white on the bottom half of the screen.
I have Costco Squaretrade warranty so we just have to pay a deductible, but they tell us to bring it to a local repair shop to fix it while they will reimburse it afterwards. To much of my surprise, I called one repair shop and it costs $399 for parts and labor altogether to fix it!
Do you guys have any other suggestions about how much should the LCD really costs? That's pretty much a good price too buy another phone. Lol
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My brother has the black S7 Edge with a Unicorn Beetle protective case on it as well as a plastic screen protector. This morning, he dropped it on that kind of surface that has a bump on the door step to his room. I don't know what's that actually called, but his screen fell to hit that first. There's no external damages and the screen is fine, but his LCD got cracked with flashing white on the bottom half of the screen.
I have Costco Squaretrade warranty so we just have to pay a deductible, but they tell us to bring it to a local repair shop to fix it while they will reimburse it afterwards. To much of my surprise, I called one repair shop and it costs $399 for parts and labor altogether to fix it!
Do you guys have any other suggestions about how much should the LCD really costs? That's pretty much a good price too buy another phone. Lol
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Mine cost me 275 out the door same deal tho was reimbursed. If you look on eBay the screen cost anywhere from 200 to 300 so I pretty much got a good deal
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They are very expensive because the actual LCD is costly. I personally went with the protection plan from Verizon. It's a $200 deductible if you break or lose the phone for $11 a month.
cadcamaro said:
They are very expensive because the actual LCD is costly. I personally went with the protection plan from Verizon. It's a $200 deductible if you break or lose the phone for $11 a month.
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See, I can't do Verizon's protection plans anymore. $11 a month with a $200 deductible. Let's say you keep your phone for two years with that protection plan. $11 * 12 months = $132 * 2 years = $264. With Squaretrade, especially through Costco, it's $120 for two years with an $85 deductible. $120/2 = $60 a year/12 months = $5 a month. It's a far cheaper insurance in comparison and they will compensate me on the $400 that I guess that I'll have to drop tomorrow minus the deductible....
Anyhow, any good cases to highly recommend against damages like this in the future?
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See, I can't do Verizon's protection plans anymore. $11 a month with a $200 deductible. Let's say you keep your phone for two years with that protection plan. $11 * 12 months = $132 * 2 years = $264. With Squaretrade, especially through Costco, it's $120 for two years with an $85 deductible. $120/2 = $60 a year/12 months = $5 a month. It's a far cheaper insurance in comparison and they will compensate me on the $400 that I guess that I'll have to drop tomorrow minus the deductible....
Anyhow, any good cases to highly recommend against damages like this in the future?
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The difference is you'll get an aftermarket china screen repaired by someone who probably hasn't repaired an s7e screen yet. Will almost guarantee you it wont be water proof anymore, wont be gorilla glass, Digitizer will very likely have or develop dead spots, LCD probably isn't same quality and it'll probably have little to no oleophobic coating to repel fingerprints.
I repair screens daily and am familiar with aftermarket screens. Even buying screens at wholesale with no labor i'd rather use Asurion for my personal phone.
With ATT & Asurion insurance if i don't have a claim in 6 months they cut deductible in half to $99, and they normally just send a new phone, and they ship overnight. I've never received a refurb from them, at least that i could tell. Not saying they don't send refurbs, i just couldn't tell, always look brand new. And when i broke my s6e they gave me my s7e as the replacement and mailed overnight. I wish Samsung would do like HTC and replace the screen free 1 time.
If i had to use square trade, i'd send the phone to samsung and let them replace the screen with original samsung parts. It'll be cheaper than local shop using aftermarket parts, but it'll take 7-10 days. I sent them an s6 the other day and they replaced screen for $129. Cheaper than i could buy an aftermarket screen. For some reason they insist on wiping the phone. They say it's so they can test everything properly. I've installed many hundred screens and never needed to reset a phone. And if anything else is broke or damaged cosmetically , they want to replace that too. Tried to charge me for a back glass that i didnt ask for. They said it was their policy to repair everything that's broken, requested or not. They gave me the back glass for free after talking to manager.
on this page you'll see 2 alerts in blue then a show more button below them. Click that and you'll get to the screen repair section with prices and instructions. s6e and s6e plus is $299. they dont show the 7 edge but i'm sure they repair them and its probably same price as s6edge. http://www.samsung.com/us/support/owners/product/SM-G935AZSAATT#
Don't drop you phone... problem solved.
So I walked into a local repair shop and they have the kit from Samsung to replace, but it'll cost $400 plus tax to fix and all. One thing they did advise me is that once it's done, the phone will not be water resistant anymore. Dropping $400 for it to lose a feature permanently is an absolute no.
I called up Samsung to see what they told me and a rep over the phone said that if there are no visible cracked screens or anything, it can be covered under warranty. I'm puzzled by that statement even though it was dropped, but it's true that I find it highly weird the LCD is damaged but nothing on the outside is damaged. What do you all think?
And I have attached a photo of what's wrong with the phone. I'm tempted on purchasing the Ghostek 2.0 Atomic case for full fledged protection.
GigaSPX said:
See, I can't do Verizon's protection plans anymore. $11 a month with a $200 deductible. Let's say you keep your phone for two years with that protection plan. $11 * 12 months = $132 * 2 years = $264. With Squaretrade, especially through Costco, it's $120 for two years with an $85 deductible. $120/2 = $60 a year/12 months = $5 a month. It's a far cheaper insurance in comparison and they will compensate me on the $400 that I guess that I'll have to drop tomorrow minus the deductible....
Anyhow, any good cases to highly recommend against damages like this in the future?
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Paying a lot extra for a higher quality of repair is something I'm OK with. Also being able to use my own case of choice is nice rather than getting a tank case and fearing the day when my screen cracks.
nugzo said:
The difference is you'll get an aftermarket china screen repaired by someone who probably hasn't repaired an s7e screen yet. Will almost guarantee you it wont be water proof anymore, wont be gorilla glass, Digitizer will very likely have or develop dead spots, LCD probably isn't same quality and it'll probably have little to no oleophobic coating to repel fingerprints.
I repair screens daily and am familiar with aftermarket screens. Even buying screens at wholesale with no labor i'd rather use Asurion for my personal phone.
With ATT & Asurion insurance if i don't have a claim in 6 months they cut deductible in half to $99, and they normally just send a new phone, and they ship overnight. I've never received a refurb from them, at least that i could tell. Not saying they don't send refurbs, i just couldn't tell, always look brand new. And when i broke my s6e they gave me my s7e as the replacement and mailed overnight. I wish Samsung would do like HTC and replace the screen free 1 time.
If i had to use square trade, i'd send the phone to samsung and let them replace the screen with original samsung parts. It'll be cheaper than local shop using aftermarket parts, but it'll take 7-10 days. I sent them an s6 the other day and they replaced screen for $129. Cheaper than i could buy an aftermarket screen. For some reason they insist on wiping the phone. They say it's so they can test everything properly. I've installed many hundred screens and never needed to reset a phone. And if anything else is broke or damaged cosmetically , they want to replace that too. Tried to charge me for a back glass that i didnt ask for. They said it was their policy to repair everything that's broken, requested or not. They gave me the back glass for free after talking to manager.
on this page you'll see 2 alerts in blue then a show more button below them. Click that and you'll get to the screen repair section with prices and instructions. s6e and s6e plus is $299. they dont show the 7 edge but i'm sure they repair them and its probably same price as s6edge. http://www.samsung.com/us/support/owners/product/SM-G935AZSAATT#
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Showing $229 for Galaxy S7 Edge Verizon screen repair. Best deal outside of a $200 warranty deductible.
GigaSPX said:
So I walked into a local repair shop and they have the kit from Samsung to replace, but it'll cost $400 plus tax to fix and all. One thing they did advise me is that once it's done, the phone will not be water resistant anymore. Dropping $400 for it to lose a feature permanently is an absolute no.
I called up Samsung to see what they told me and a rep over the phone said that if there are no visible cracked screens or anything, it can be covered under warranty. I'm puzzled by that statement even though it was dropped, but it's true that I find it highly weird the LCD is damaged but nothing on the outside is damaged. What do you all think?
And I have attached a photo of what's wrong with the phone. I'm tempted on purchasing the Ghostek 2.0 Atomic case for full fledged protection.
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If there is no visible physical damage they will never know it was dropped. It is unusual for the LCD to die without the glass being busted but it happens. I would take it to Verizon store and have it replaced under factory warranty.
nugzo said:
If there is no visible physical damage they will never know it was dropped. It is unusual for the LCD to die without the glass being busted but it happens. I would take it to Verizon store and have it replaced under factory warranty.
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I actually did this back in May. My phone dropped and there was no exterior damage but the AMOLED screen was going berserk. They replaced it.
Syn Ack said:
I actually did this back in May. My phone dropped and there was no exterior damage but the AMOLED screen was going berserk. They replaced it.
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I had Samsung replace my screen... expensive but maintained water resistance. Takes week -10 days tho as you send it out. if you gonna spend that kind of money then send it to Sammy
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They are very expensive because the actual LCD is costly. I personally went with the protection plan from Verizon. It's a $200 deductible if you break or lose the phone for $11 a month.
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Razzzzer said:
I had Samsung replace my screen... expensive but maintained water resistance. Takes week -10 days tho as you send it out. if you gonna spend that kind of money then send it to Sammy
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I just sent out the phone today. Samsung told me it would be covered by warranty because there are no cracks or water damage, which there isn't. If they do cost something, I'll have Squaretrade reimburse.
GigaSPX said:
I just sent out the phone today. Samsung told me it would be covered by warranty because there are no cracks or water damage, which there isn't. If they do cost something, I'll have Squaretrade reimburse.
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nice to hear
Wish you luck
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Wish you luck
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Just to update the topic, it seems like it's a somewhat common issue for the S7 series that have a damaged LCD whereas the outside body and glass of the phone can remain pristine as out of the box. As you can see here in this video, they're testing out the ruggedness of this phone case for a regular S7. It protected it from everything, but Samsung's build quality within the phone is very lacking.
https://www.facebook.com/ghostekproducts/videos/539751482902263/
Anyhow, I received a notification yesterday that Samsung has received the phone and will be in the care of one of its technicians. And literally before midnight at the end of the day, they notified me that the repair was completed and ready for shipping. The service ticket was expecting the service to be completed by the 30th of this month, and they just finished within the day. No charge too!
I will be waiting to get the phone back and see if the water resistance is still part of the phone's main feature.
GigaSPX said:
Just to update the topic, it seems like it's a somewhat common issue for the S7 series that have a damaged LCD whereas the outside body and glass of the phone can remain pristine as out of the box. As you can see here in this video, they're testing out the ruggedness of this phone case for a regular S7. It protected it from everything, but Samsung's build quality within the phone is very lacking.
https://www.facebook.com/ghostekproducts/videos/539751482902263/
Anyhow, I received a notification yesterday that Samsung has received the phone and will be in the care of one of its technicians. And literally before midnight at the end of the day, they notified me that the repair was completed and ready for shipping. The service ticket was expecting the service to be completed by the 30th of this month, and they just finished within the day. No charge too!
I will be waiting to get the phone back and see if the water resistance is still part of the phone's main feature.
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Was it rooted?
fabulous69 said:
Was it rooted?
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I don't see the relevance in this question pertaining to the LCD repair, but no, it was not rooted.
Razzzzer said:
I had Samsung replace my screen... expensive but maintained water resistance. Takes week -10 days tho as you send it out. if you gonna spend that kind of money then send it to Sammy
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How expensive - I had Samsung replace a screen a few years ago on a Note, and they were the cheapest and (of course) best replacement I could find - 1/2 of a few local options. It included 2 day shipping going and coming back.
B+ Grade / SBI cheap replacement screen will be the best choice
Yes you are correct, Samsung Galaxy S7 edge screen are very expensive, the cost is almost up to a new phone.
After doing a lot of search and repair guide from ifixit, Finally i bought a "B-Grade-LCD-Screen-Touch-Digitizer-Assembly-for-Samsung-Galaxy-S7-Edge-Gold" at $189 from ebay.
it takes about 2 weeks arrived. after testing it. i found the quality is excellent. it was amazing, there is a little defective spot on the screen, but it is almost $160 cheaper than oem, why not?
Cheapest Silver one I could find was $305. Samsung quoted me $260 including shipping.
Dropped my naked & beloved Note3 onto the concrete.
Screen is cracked, wacom encoder still seems good (, but I'll test it more thoroughly tonight.)
Have any of you replaced (or used a repair service to replace) only the cover glass?
Comments on your experiences are welcomed - costs, places selling parts, bad experiences, things to watch out for, etc.
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Dropped my naked & beloved Note3 onto the concrete.
Screen is cracked, wacom encoder still seems good (, but I'll test it more thoroughly tonight.)
Have any of you replaced (or used a repair service to replace) only the cover glass?
Comments on your experiences are welcomed - costs, places selling parts, bad experiences, things to watch out for, etc.
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Ouchie! Bad! I'd say tongue in cheek, since it's gorilla glass, use gorilla glue... But that'd be bad.... I'd suggest a whole display assembly but have zero experience so can't say for sure.
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First quote I got from a repair service is $190 "out the door". About $130 for the LCD+Wacom Digitizer+Glass assembly and $50+tax for labor.
I understand the issue is that the gorilla glass is glued to the digitizer, so repair shops regard the process of cover glass replacement to be too risky/involved to deal with.
Found a video on youtube of a guy doing it... he said something like "you've got to get the glass too hot to touch in order to melt the glue" and "it takes about 45 minutes to carefully remove the glass". Ugh.
Maybe I'll price out LCD assemblies and do the work myself... anybody know a reputable parts supplier that is NOT in Hong Kong / China / Taiwan ?
bftb0 said:
First quote I got from a repair service is $190 "out the door". About $130 for the LCD+Wacom Digitizer+Glass assembly and $50+tax for labor.
I understand the issue is that the gorilla glass is glued to the digitizer, so repair shops regard the process of cover glass replacement to be too risky/involved to deal with.
Found a video on youtube of a guy doing it... he said something like "you've got to get the glass too hot to touch in order to melt the glue" and "it takes about 45 minutes to carefully remove the glass". Ugh.
Maybe I'll price out LCD assemblies and do the work myself... anybody know a reputable parts supplier that is NOT in Hong Kong / China / Taiwan ?
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I dealt with (Etrade Supply) before and they are pretty good.
I once tried to replace my gorilla glass and it was a bad experience. The Digitizer part was so fragile I destroyed it lol.
so I had to buy a full LCD+Wacom Digitizer+Glass assembly. That was way back.
I think if you are willing to spend a $150 + your time to install it. mine as well buy a used Note 3 from Ebay they run now around $150 to $180.
Good luck to you Sir and sorry to hear what happened to your phone.
Sczar said:
I think if you are willing to spend a $150 + your time to install it. mine as well buy a used Note 3 from Ebay they run now around $150 to $180.
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Thanks. I looked at a bunch of those LOCA gluing vids on youtube and started pricing things (both parts and used phones) last night, and came to pretty much the same conclusion.
I suppose I could buy a used phone and attempt the less expensive (glass replacement) repair method - if it succeded, I could resell either of the two. And there would be no reason to hurry the repair that way.
I'll get it squared away eventually. I'm hoping to find an OEM part number list someplace - I get the impression that there are a ton of grey/aftermarket replacement parts (eg non-laminated, untempered glass lens or even non-Wacom digitizers), and there are sellers that don't pay attention to those details (or just flat-out misrepresent junk as something else).