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Cracked Screen

Dropped my phone last night. The FIRST time I have dropped it too... Anyways, two cracks running through the screen have limited my touch screen capabilities significantly... I have alltel and no insurance. What are the chances of getting a new one?!?! Also, if i find the parts how easy would it be to replace???

The USB port on my out of warranty Mogul broke and I had no insurance. I was sweating the cost and that I had an unofficial ROM on the phone. The rep at the Sprint repair ctr didn't even turn on the Mogul when I explained the problem. It was swapped out with a new unit (not refurb) for $35. I got the feeling that the failed port is so common that they don't even bother to check it. If my screen was cracked, she wouldn't have known (and for all I know, it might have been $35 for a broken screen anyway). Now this was Sprint not Alltel, so ymmv. I would take it in, play dumb and see what they will do for you. Swapping out a screen on this phone will be far from easy!

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buy just the screen + digitizer off ebay its like 50 bucks. i have already replaced mine twice. i suggest you buy a precision screw driver that matches the phones screws so you dont strip them. like 6 buxks at home depot
example: http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-LCD-TOUCH-S...VQQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1638Q2em118Q2el1247
not sure if this comes with the digitizer but yours may still be fine

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

The Bad, and the good of ebay purchases.......

Have a little story to tell about being wary of ebay purchases.....
Bought myself an HD2 from ebay. A faulty phone (stuck on windows loading screen), and advertised as such.
The owner advertised it as a software problem he hadnt gotten round to getting fixed after flashing an upgrade directly from HTC, so I figured 'What the hell' may as well give it a go and see if I could get Android running on it.
Paid £160 for it.....
As SOON as the phone arrived (recorded delivery, so the delivery was timed with my signature), I unboxed it and took off the battery cover to pop in the battery.
As soon as I took it off, I noticed that the 'Water damage' sticker AND the 'void' sticker were gone off the 2 screw heads where they normally sit - EU version has a water sticker covering one of the screws and not just under the camera lens where the TMOUS version has one.
Had a closer look at the phone and noticed a few scrapes around the screen edges. Then had a closer look at the screws and noticed that they HAD been removed, and then marked with a felt tip marker to hide the fact that some of the black colour had been worn off through removing. Not ony that, but one of the screws was actually INSIDE the back cover and not accessible from the outside. This thing had DEFINITELY been taken apart.....
Off to paypal I went and filed an action against the seller and linked some pictures I had taken - these were datyed and showed that I had taken them within 15 minutes of signing for the phone. I demanded either a refund and I would return the phone, or a partial refund of £60 and I would keep it.
Within 15 minutes, the seller responded and refunded me £60.... so... faulty phone bought for £100. Now to see if I could fix it......
HSPL 2.0.8, Task 29 and ROM flash later... still the same problem with booting. Popped on MAGLDR, CWM and an Android rom. STILL the same problem. Phone refused to go past the loading screen in windows or the android setup initial screen. Damn
Time to go one step further. Took the phone apart (just popped out the screen and mainboard, didnt bother strripping it right down. Noticed that one of the cables was loose and also that the screw that had been 'under' the case was actually a silver one that was too small and had slid through the hole...... Popped back the loose cable and took out the screw and put the whole thing back together again.
Still the same boot problem. Damn. Seems to be a fault in the phone storage, OR a problem with quickly over heating
Looks like it was going back on ebay to be resold as a faulty phone.
THEN I decided to look for a few other items... found a sheet of 'Void' stickers, and a sheet of 'water damage' stickers off ebay for about £6 delivered, so phoned HTC and discovered that the phone was still under warranty
Waited 2 weeks for the stickers to arrive from Hong Kong.
Popped the stickers on the screws (and replaced the silver screw with a correct one), sent the phone back to HTC and 8 days later received a nicely working HD2.... Warranty replacement.....
The Moral of this story.....
People should be CAREFUL with the purchases they make on Ebay. (and businesses should be careful about what people can get their hands on from ebay)
Hope thats a nice bedtime story for y'all

Nice story.
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Nice story! I bought mine for 180€ from a friend 2 months ago. It was in excellent condition, barely used and only tiny scratches in the top right corner.
I thought about buying one of ebay before that as well, but didn't want to take the chance to spend a lot of money on a messed up device.
Tl; dr: story was good, ebay is risky

Awesome post and good advice. I hit the thanks button btw

Boradan my first t9193 was similar.
bought it for 280 bucks off of ebay. said he tried to put android on it, but it would freeze up every time he launched haret. so sold as software broken.
When i got it, it had water damage, and had been taken apart. I was refunded $50.
reflashed everything using the new MAGLDR and it has worked amazing ever since.
i do have a question though for you. since i have a t9193 not a t8585 would the warranty service work in the usa for it? or would i have to send it to Australia?
ps if you find this high jacking just ignore it. i was confirming how ebay can work out.

You will need to send it to Australia.
I had a faulty TMOUS HD2 and HTC UK wouldnt take it in for repair. Insisted I sent it to America. Managed to fix it though

Great story....can you pick 6 numbers for the lottery for me please

I got mine from the market here for £190 shipped to Italy, it was flawless, couldn't even noticed it has ever been used.
Regarding your story, I'm glad at least the seller agreed and gave you £60 back and at the end of the story you got a refurbished HD2 by luck .
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I bought my hd2 on Ebay for 390 euros and all was right..the only problem was to unlock the sim ...things done in 5 minutes on http://www.htc-hd2.it/

Digitizer Woes .. Opinions please

Hi Xda
I got my atrix 4g in august 2011 (actually june but that one got run over )
Anyway for the last oh 6 months ive been having mild digitizer problems mild random button presses while sending text and what not and in the last 2 weeks its gotten 10 times worse, So I just called a repair place and they said the only phone they don't replace digitizers on is the atrix because
The digitizer cable is so crappy and you only have about 1mm of play and the glue they used is also crappy so we send them to motorola rather then deal with that **** ourself, the cost is $140.
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I also had product replacement insurance on this one since the other one got run over and it cost me about $700 out of pocket for the phone and an otterbox. The deal with that is I can get a S2, HTC one S or possibly another atrix 4g for $150.
I am also due for an upgrade ( corporate plan upgrade yearly :highfive: ) so I can get a S3 for $99 a Atrix HD, HTC one S for $49 , a Galaxy nexus for $29 or a RazR V and Galaxy S2 HD LTE for $0.
Thoughts?
Oh and I also have a lapdock car dock and charge dock for the atrix...

Random Canadian said:
Hi Xda
I got my atrix 4g in august 2011 (actually june but that one got run over )
Anyway for the last oh 6 months ive been having mild digitizer problems mild random button presses while sending text and what not and in the last 2 weeks its gotten 10 times worse, So I just called a repair place and they said the only phone they don't replace digitizers on is the atrix because
I also had product replacement insurance on this one since the other one got run over and it cost me about $700 out of pocket for the phone and an otterbox. The deal with that is I can get a S2, HTC one S or possibly another atrix 4g for $150.
I am also due for an upgrade ( corporate plan upgrade yearly :highfive: ) so I can get a S3 for $99 a Atrix HD, HTC one S for $49 , a Galaxy nexus for $29 or a RazR V and Galaxy S2 HD LTE for $0.
Thoughts?
Oh and I also have a lapdock car dock and charge dock for the atrix...
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Haha, I've sent my Atrix in twice for digitizer problems. First a section of the screen was unresponsive to touch so I sent it in. Then when i got it back it was good for a couple days but the screen was coming up around the edges so I sent it in again. Screen is still sort of coming up around the edges which is disappointing.

This is gonna sound crazy, try running fix permissions. Had the same problem and it worked for some reason.
Edit: Oops. My typing sucks.
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Replacing the digitizer is stupidly easy.
A $5 cell phone repair kit that includes a t5 torx and a plastic opener tool is all you need. From there buy a digitizer with frame from ebay for around $30. Search ifixit.com for a teardown and you'll see what you need to take it apart. Seriously, this is the easiest device I've ever taken apart.
The company you talked to is full of crap.

Random Canadian said:
Hi Xda
I got my atrix 4g in august 2011 (actually june but that one got run over )
Anyway for the last oh 6 months ive been having mild digitizer problems mild random button presses while sending text and what not and in the last 2 weeks its gotten 10 times worse, So I just called a repair place and they said the only phone they don't replace digitizers on is the atrix because
I also had product replacement insurance on this one since the other one got run over and it cost me about $700 out of pocket for the phone and an otterbox. The deal with that is I can get a S2, HTC one S or possibly another atrix 4g for $150.
I am also due for an upgrade ( corporate plan upgrade yearly :highfive: ) so I can get a S3 for $99 a Atrix HD, HTC one S for $49 , a Galaxy nexus for $29 or a RazR V and Galaxy S2 HD LTE for $0.
Thoughts?
Oh and I also have a lapdock car dock and charge dock for the atrix...
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Cool, S3 for $99 sounds like a good deal. :highfive:

Deggy said:
This is gonna sound crazy, try running did permissions. Had the same problem and it worked for some reason.
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what is did permissions?
tapeworm_george said:
Replacing the digitizer is stupidly easy.
A $5 cell phone repair kit that includes a t5 torx and a plastic opener tool is all you need. From there buy a digitizer with frame from ebay for around $30. Search ifixit.com for a teardown and you'll see what you need to take it apart. Seriously, this is the easiest device I've ever taken apart.
The company you talked to is full of crap.
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I may look into fixing the atrix myself then but I also may as well use my upgrade
windozeanti said:
Cool, S3 for $99 sounds like a good deal. :highfive:
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Got the HTC one S ... already NOT in love with uh .. touch wiz is it?
I think I may have to exchange it for a Atrix HD or a nexus

I'm going to second Mr.tapeworm here, I recently replaced my digitizer and it was extremely easy. Only cost me 40 for the replacement and took less than half an hour to change, and I have little to no experience with phone repairs
And to the quote from the repair company you posted, that is exactly what happened to mine, the glue holding the wire let go after a small fall. Nothing visibly wrong with the device on the outside.

If you are going to get a digitizer make sure it is oem. i bought a cheaper one and it broke easy and didnt have tint for the sensors which really annoyed me... I got an oem one from here and broke the ribbon cable, but i emailed the seller (seller1on1) and they issued an RMA The digitizer looked flawless. I hadn't seen my screen so nice and clean in so long Just have to wait for the replacement now...

Haze028 said:
I'm going to second Mr.tapeworm here, I recently replaced my digitizer and it was extremely easy. Only cost me 40 for the replacement and took less than half an hour to change, and I have little to no experience with phone repairs
And to the quote from the repair company you posted, that is exactly what happened to mine, the glue holding the wire let go after a small fall. Nothing visibly wrong with the device on the outside.
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Is it possible if we add more glue if its because of the glue tear off?
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benem3000 said:
If you are going to get a digitizer make sure it is oem. i bought a cheaper one and it broke easy and didnt have tint for the sensors which really annoyed me... I got an oem one from here and broke the ribbon cable, but i emailed the seller (seller1on1) and they issued an RMA The digitizer looked flawless. I hadn't seen my screen so nice and clean in so long Just have to wait for the replacement now...
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I just got an Atrix with a shattered screen from a coworker. Looking at the seller name it appears that you bought your digitizer from ebay? If not, please clarify where you got it. I figure for $40 I'll have a backup phone, mp3 player, home voip phone, and lapdock dedicated phone all in one.

Wow!!
Just loaded my mp3 from atrix onto One S and it didnt work with 2 sets of headphones 3rd time it worked but I did compare same song same headphones on atrix (PA2.0 appolo player DSP enabled) to One S same headphones same song and the atrix ****s all over the One S, When beats works all it does is wash the sound with more bass and when it doesnt it plays about 2-3 seconds of a song then skips 15-20 seconds and plays again.
(yes I know I can fix this by flashing a JB rom but the phone is 1 day old and I'd like to keep warranty for a while at least)
Also Sense 4.0 has the same if not more lag then our beta JB builds, the stock keyboard has 10000 buttons and a small space bar.
In short the Atrix still rocks unless you are a benchmark whore but for daily use its still awesome, maybe I will just return the One S and look for a digitizer.
Oh and battery dropped to 73% in about 2 hours after full charge and I sent about 12 txt and a couple talk msg.

cerps said:
I just got an Atrix with a shattered screen from a coworker. Looking at the seller name it appears that you bought your digitizer from ebay? If not, please clarify where you got it. I figure for $40 I'll have a backup phone, mp3 player, home voip phone, and lapdock dedicated phone all in one.
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I got it from amazon... http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B0053EYGEO/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new
I recommend seller1on1 as I have seen some bad reviews about the product, but I do not know which seller they got it from. I am just going off of my experience with that specific seller.

Second time for me for the digitizer to fail. Not messing with it anymore. I ordered a nexus to hold me over till the next gen phones come out. Currently carring around my mouse cause screen is a fail :silly: I have an HD dock and really am gong to miss it's capabilities. I thought is was not so easy feeding the digitizer cables and then getting one of the MBoard connectors to hold. And the glue for finger scanner contact came loose. My phone was a refurb, and it looks like the tech that worked on it didn't know what he was doing, bent contacts, and dirty inside.Some piece of metal came out when I seperated the case. Never could figure what it broke off of. Now just waiting for nexus to arrive... C-Ya'll!

Honestly, my atrix has a dead, horizontal line down the left side and I'm due for an upgrade in Feb 2013. I'm waiting. I am not spending any more money on this phone; I figure I might as well take action like Motorola and ignore the need for an upgrade. My next phone will NOT be a Moto

Here is the deal guys and gals. Its simple patients, a clean work space and a how to video from YouTube .
I change out digitizers 3 times a week on average from phone builds. eBay is a great source for the money. ONLY BUY OEM. Its it doesn't say OEM or just says "replacement" then its probably a cheep reproduction. Be sure it has adhesive on it or with it. Not glue. The phone must be fully dismantled ALL THE WAY. Atrix is simply one of the easy phones to take a part and put back together .
So making sure you keep the above in mind I'll state the golden rules of small electronic repair. "Do not be in a hurry, take breaks, be sure your work space is grounded, NEVER USE FORCE, and ask questions before you guess." You can't go wrong . Happy tinkering !
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Need a hardware expert!

Ive been living with a stupid freaking blackberry style for the past 2 months. I CANT TAKE IT ANYMOREEEE I want my evo back sooo badly but no matter what I do to repair, nothing works. I have been working on this for a while now.
3 digitizers and lcd's have been used. My problem right now is that i believe that the digitizer port is somehow messed up. The annoying thing is that sometimes, randomly, the digitizer/touch panel will work and the phone will work perfectly. Which is what happened a couple of days ago after i finally got a new lcd after some wait and everything was going perfect until it happened again. What happens is that in hboot i get a touch panel fail, the phone will not boot past splash, and recovery is inacessible. If i remove the digitizer cable altogether it will boot and it will let me go to recovery. I have tried the 2 others i have and rarely, one will work.
You guys have ANY ideas? I tried cleaning with 91 alcohol and that didnt help.
PLEASEEEE I miss my 3 year old child.
EDIT and yes i am up at 4 like i have been to fix my evo

ebay.
i know fixing it by hand is a path you have gone a long way down and if that's something fun for you (and I realize it is for some) by all means keep on going down that path.
but times have changed from the days when evos were $450 on ebay.
now you will probably pay less for a mint condition clean esn evo than you would for all the parts you described, to say nothing of the value of your time.
i have personally repaired front speakers, rear speakers, camera lenses and digitizers/LCD assemblies, just about everything but the vibrator. i once loved tearing apart evos. but now i just buy evos whole.
intermittent connection problems are the worst. do you really want to spend more late nights fighting this thing? craigslist, ebay, swappa, whatever. get this behind you.

100% what NxNW said.
If it is in fact the connector on the board, then this will be no fun at all. The solder points on that are far too much work AND risk for the reward. Although, you can find a good board, just the board alone. Same part# as the one you got and just exchange whatever it needs, if anything. But it really is better to ebay the whole device. I got one for under $12 that needed a new charge port. Another buck and some soldering and BOOM.
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Wambo_Bomb said:
100% what NxNW said.
If it is in fact the connector on the board, then this will be no fun at all. The solder points on that are far too much work AND risk for the reward. Although, you can find a good board, just the board alone. Same part# as the one you got and just exchange whatever it needs, if anything. But it really is better to ebay the whole device. I got one for under $12 that needed a new charge port. Another buck and some soldering and BOOM.
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You guys are right; just looked on ebay and theirs mobo's on here auctioning with no bids. 20$ for a fully functional one? Ill take it!
Thanks for the advice

my very quick survey of recent "completed auctions" for plausible looking phones with clean ESN's shows the current price for a non-janky Evo you could just activate and use as-is is around $60
i am seeing a range of $40 to $100 depending on whether it is in below average condition on the low end, or pristine condition plus some accessories on the high end.
basically 60 bucks for a ready-to-go evo with just a battery, no charger or usb cable, possibly no sd card.
a lot of auctions with reserve prices of $70 and higher are closing with the seller not getting any bids that meet the reserve.
on the flip side if you are "winning" an auction at $20, that phone is just "for parts".
actually i have bought phones described as "for parts" that *already* had parts harvested from it (usually the USB/charing port). sometimes you just get a picked-over carcass.
if the description doesn't *say* clean ESN, it's not. i even had to send back an evo once because the ESN was bad even though the seller said it was ok. they refunded my money claiming someone *else* told them it was clean. whatever. ebay can be a hassle but there's an endless supply of cheap clean evos out there, you just have to be observant.

If the seller is in your area, I would also HIGHLY suggest meeting them in person at a Sprint store to activate it on your line. I have seen dozens of posts in the S3 forums recently about people getting stuck with a blacklisted phone because the seller reported it stolen after selling it to them. So beware.

NxNW said:
my very quick survey of recent "completed auctions" for plausible looking phones with clean ESN's shows the current price for a non-janky Evo you could just activate and use as-is is around $60
i am seeing a range of $40 to $100 depending on whether it is in below average condition on the low end, or pristine condition plus some accessories on the high end.
basically 60 bucks for a ready-to-go evo with just a battery, no charger or usb cable, possibly no sd card.
a lot of auctions with reserve prices of $70 and higher are closing with the seller not getting any bids that meet the reserve.
on the flip side if you are "winning" an auction at $20, that phone is just "for parts".
actually i have bought phones described as "for parts" that *already* had parts harvested from it (usually the USB/charing port). sometimes you just get a picked-over carcass.
if the description doesn't *say* clean ESN, it's not. i even had to send back an evo once because the ESN was bad even though the seller said it was ok. they refunded my money claiming someone *else* told them it was clean. whatever. ebay can be a hassle but there's an endless supply of cheap clean evos out there, you just have to be observant.
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The one for 20 said it was in fully functional form. I only need a phone for a couple more months. Unfortunately, i forgot to bid before the auction ended I need to get better at ebay lol