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Clean the DUST out from under the Screen! UPDATED W/ PICS

For those who are/have/and still experiencing specs of dust underneath the touchscreen....
... I will endeavor on a journey using iFixIt.com's Nexus One Teardown Guide. There will be no need to document me taking apart the device, however, I will be taking pictures of the dust, the location of the leak, me cleaning the device, and an attempt to seal the leak. I bought the essential tools from ifixit.com: Phillips #00 Screwdriver, T4 Torx Screwdriver, iPod Opening Tools. This came out to a total of $12.85. I then used a $5.00 coupon code (11221FIXIT) bringing me down to $7.85. There is no sales tax unless you live in CA. Shipping was $3.17.
Long story short - I was tired of looking at the dust, tired of the HTC folks say "sorry, you voided your warranty" and "sorry, we only send you a refurbished device, not your own or a new one". So, I spent the $11 and I'm going to fix it on my own. WISH ME LUCK.
Here is the link to the teardown:
http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Nexus-One-Teardown/1654/1
*******UPDATE*******
Alright folks - I took the time out of my day to open my Nexus One and clean off the dust underneath the screen. I took pictures. Here is my assessment after completing this daunting task.
PROS
-NO MORE DUST!!!!!!
-NOOOOOOOOOOOOO MORE DUSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSST!!!!
CONS
-Takes a lot of time (2.5 hours)
-There is now a smear on the bottom of the screen now - it can only be seen in direct sunlight
-Putting it back together is an ASS-PAIN. Such a pain in fact, by the time I was finished there were still 2 screws left, and 3 weird rubbery pieces that I left out.
The phone is back together and in excellent working shape
All in all, only do this if you have the amount of dust under your screen like I did. I am happy with the results but I think I want a BRAND NEW PHONE. Oh well.. Enjoy the pics.
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jagjr86 said:
For those who are/have/and still experiencing specs of dust underneath the touchscreen....
... I will endeavor on a journey using iFixIt.com's Nexus One Teardown Guide. There will be no need to document me taking apart the device, however, I will be taking pictures of the dust, the location of the leak, me cleaning the device, and an attempt to seal the leak. I bought the essential tools from ifixit.com: Phillips #00 Screwdriver, T4 Torx Screwdriver, iPod Opening Tools. This came out to a total of $12.85. I then used a $5.00 coupon code (11221FIXIT) bringing me down to $7.85. There is no sales tax unless you live in CA. Shipping was $3.17.
Long story short - I was tired of looking at the dust, tired of the HTC folks say "sorry, you voided your warranty" and "sorry, we only send you a refurbished device, not your own or a new one". So, I spent the $11 and I'm going to fix it on my own. WISH ME LUCK.
Here is the link to the teardown:
http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Nexus-One-Teardown/1654/1
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Good luck, can't wait to hear what you find. Can you take pictures pre-doing this all? Specifically of the dust build up?

Ok, most important thing to do. Make sure you are in a clean room! Maybe even a Clean Room. Otherwise you will end up putting more dust in than you take out. Cheapest way is to run a hot shower and let the place fog up and then settle to get the dust out of the air. But probably not a good thing to open your phone while it is still fully fogged up as you'll get condensation inside it

wesbalmer said:
Good luck, can't wait to hear what you find. Can you take pictures pre-doing this all? Specifically of the dust build up?
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Yes, of course I'll take pictures of the dust BEFORE I disassemble the device. And then I'll take the AFTER pictures when it's reassembled.

Clarkster said:
Ok, most important thing to do. Make sure you are in a clean room! Maybe even a Clean Room. Otherwise you will end up putting more dust in than you take out. Cheapest way is to run a hot shower and let the place fog up and then settle to get the dust out of the air. But probably not a good thing to open your phone while it is still fully fogged up as you'll get condensation inside it
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Awesome tip! Thanks.

yeah i cant stress enough to make sure you do this in a claean environment. i tried doing this with my nokia e71, and i never could get the screen lcd clean no matter what i tried! as i put it back together, little particles would just gravitate to it no matter what. i would wipe and try to quickly put it together, more dust. tried again, more dust. over and over.
here at work we have cleanrooms at a extremely high rating. if only i could use them to disassemble my smartphone.

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Eager to see what sort of luck you have

good luck, also would like to see pictures and hear you findings and the tough parts to tear down.

how big of an issue is this on the nexus ones?
im planning on getting one and i dont want to get one if these problems are frequent

k20a1 said:
how big of an issue is this on the nexus ones?
im planning on getting one and i dont want to get one if these problems are frequent
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if you get a nexus just press down on the bottom by the capacitive buttons. If the screen creaks or feels like it gives just follow what Uansari1 did and heat it with a hair dryer for a few seconds from like 5in. away and the press firmly around the screen. It will help to reseal.

oaky thanks ill keep that in mind
so its a pretty common problem then?

it was for the launch nexus', im sure (hopefully) they have it all sorted out by now.

jagjr86 said:
For those who are/have/and still experiencing specs of dust underneath the touchscreen....
... I will endeavor on a journey using iFixIt.com's Nexus One Teardown Guide. There will be no need to document me taking apart the device, however, I will be taking pictures of the dust, the location of the leak, me cleaning the device, and an attempt to seal the leak. I bought the essential tools from ifixit.com: Phillips #00 Screwdriver, T4 Torx Screwdriver, iPod Opening Tools. This came out to a total of $12.85. I then used a $5.00 coupon code (11221FIXIT) bringing me down to $7.85. There is no sales tax unless you live in CA. Shipping was $3.17.
Long story short - I was tired of looking at the dust, tired of the HTC folks say "sorry, you voided your warranty" and "sorry, we only send you a refurbished device, not your own or a new one". So, I spent the $11 and I'm going to fix it on my own. WISH ME LUCK.
Here is the link to the teardown:
http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Nexus-One-Teardown/1654/1
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Weird. I have called HTC. I am on my second exchange from them with the same issue. Dust under the screen. I have yet to be asked if my bootloader is unlocked and they have not said anything about my warrenty being void. I am getting my second replacement phone tomorrow from HTC. I called them last night about 6PM PST.

k20a1 said:
oaky thanks ill keep that in mind
so its a pretty common problem then?
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i dont think it was a common problem at all. but then i have seen threads with many people havng this issue. so far my nexus has not had this issue at all and its over 3 months old. so i dont know. but i DO know that if you look in the iphone forums, dust under the screen threads are all over there too. even windows mobile forums have the same threads. so it seems like its a problem with most touch screen phones.

futango said:
Weird. I have called HTC. I am on my second exchange from them with the same issue. Dust under the screen. I have yet to be asked if my bootloader is unlocked and they have not said anything about my warrenty being void. I am getting my second replacement phone tomorrow from HTC. I called them last night about 6PM PST.
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They put a $500+ hold on your credit card. They won't tell you that you will lose that money if you've unlocked your bootloader. My guess is, they're hoping you've voided your warranty, sent in an unlocked phone, and now they keep the money. I also asked them how much it would cost to repair it... They estimated $179. BULL****.. I KNOW.

jagjr86 said:
They put a $500+ hold on your credit card. They won't tell you that you will lose that money if you've unlocked your bootloader. My guess is, they're hoping you've voided your warranty, sent in an unlocked phone, and now they keep the money. I also asked them how much it would cost to repair it... They estimated $179. BULL****.. I KNOW.
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Nah. Theres alredy a big thread about this. They do put a $530 hold on your CC. But the hold is gone once they receive the phone. If they WANT to charge you the its usually a $28 repair fee or you have a choice of sending back the replacement phone.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=613115&highlight=dust

Re: Clean the DUST out from under the Screen!
oaky thanks ill keep that in mind
so its a pretty common problem then?
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I have my nexus for 3 months and there no dust under the screen. I have also a hero for 9 months and no dust there also. I saw the threads to maybe people work in dusty places or they have a loot of dust in their pockets
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If it's any consolation, I've had my replacement N1 since the 3rd week it was out... as someone said, as soon as I got it, I heated it up and pressed firmly all around the screen to make sure it was tightly sealed. It's still dust free today.

uansari1 said:
If it's any consolation, I've had my replacement N1 since the 3rd week it was out... as someone said, as soon as I got it, I heated it up and pressed firmly all around the screen to make sure it was tightly sealed. It's still dust free today.
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I will have to do this when I get my replacement N1 from HTC. I didnt do it with the first replacement and now theres just after 4 weeks of use.

k20a1 said:
how big of an issue is this on the nexus ones?
im planning on getting one and i dont want to get one if these problems are frequent
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I have been selling a couple a week at the cell phone store I work for, and haven't seen this on a single one of those. I would say all in all, I have sold about 20 Nexus One now.
Personally, I think the issue goes back to these shipping out during January during the coldest period of the winter, even having freezing temps all the way into Texas... I suspect that that phones got cold enough that through contraction and added brittleness of the adhesive in a cold state, the seal broke.

[Manual] HTC HD2 Touch Screen Replace

VIDEO MANUAL HOW TO REPLACE HTC HD2 TOUCH SCREEN
/!\
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdihThJFyz4
2. Photos & Videos [source] (634mb) - http://en.failiem.lv/down.php?i=ujvdnl&n=HTC_HD2_Touch_Screen_replace_photos_and_videos.rar
Other good stuff:
1. Disassemble Official Video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL-jnUKufC4 (Without Touch Screen dis.)
2. Assemble back Official Video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8Q7mXdcJ54
3. More photos from FloatHeavy - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=640328
NOTE
If you have T-Mobile HTC, then buy a touch screen with t-mobile logo !! If you have touch without t-mobile logo, then buy without, because the connectors are different!!! (Buy it on ebay)
Thanks.

Fantastic!

Nice1, thanks

whaou enormous

Bro, I feel so glad that you fixed your screen mate! I spent the last 30 mins watching your old videos and feel sorry for you and your HD2!!!!!!!
Also, thank you for your screen scratch test! I was like WOW. Now, I have taken out my screen protector!
Thanks mate!

no problem )

that was QUITE a big amount of force that you needed to snap the innards out... for a while i thought you were going to throw the whole thing against a wall out of frustration
Props for the courage, and even if i've seen several scratch tests on youtube, the last (very convincing) being yours, I'd still keep a screen protector on.
You should have tried scratching it with a precious stone ring/earring of your wife's or gf's

R.i.p. Htc hd2
Yesterday I cracked the screen of my HD2 and I'm desperate to repair it. The screen itself is still fully functional but the 'glass' is broken. Since I don't want to spend my money on rubbish, I would like to know what's the best place to buy a new screen?

That looks a LOT harder than an iPhone.

got to ebay and search screen htc hd2. you'll get many options. MAKE SURE YOU GET THE SAME ONE as yours. if yours doesnt have a tmobile logo on it then you'll have to do some soldering (be careful, if you don't have soldering experience then take it to an electonics repair shop just to do the soldering because you can very easily ruin your new screen before it's even installed). If you do have the tmobile logo then it's much easier, because there is no soldering between the screen and the lcd.
make sure you read the listing on ebay carefully and that you are getting exactly ehat you have. (behing the lcd there is a p/n number, that will ensure compatibility.
Good luck!

I got a digitizer off eBay t8585 they said it was for tmobile but when i got it it was the soder on one.
wall taking my hd2 apart I damaged the lcd ribincable.
IF i get a international lcd with the solder on connection for the international digitizer will it work with the tmobile hd2.
I put my two digitizers together to see if there is a size difference. I cant see one so maybe if I use both international lcd and digitizer together it will work in the tmobile version?

arlan_jacob said:
I got a digitizer off eBay t8585 they said it was for tmobile but when i got it it was the soder on one.
wall taking my hd2 apart I damaged the lcd ribincable.
IF i get a international lcd with the solder on connection for the international digitizer will it work with the tmobile hd2.
I put my two digitizers together to see if there is a size difference. I cant see one so maybe if I use both international lcd and digitizer together it will work in the tmobile version?
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I think someone (FloatHeavy) has been curious about this and maybe even investigating it but I don't think any conclusion has been reached.

OfficeLinebacker said:
I think someone (FloatHeavy) has been curious about this and maybe even investigating it but I don't think any conclusion has been reached.
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I just whent ahead and bout a lcd we will see if it will work in the tmobile phone i will let you know.

arlan_jacob said:
I just whent ahead and bout a lcd we will see if it will work in the tmobile phone i will let you know.
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That's great, that will be great information once you get it and try it, we await your reply.

OfficeLinebacker said:
I think someone (FloatHeavy) has been curious about this and maybe even investigating it but I don't think any conclusion has been reached.
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OfficeLinebacker said:
That's great, that will be great information once you get it and try it, we await your reply.
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arlan_jacob said:
I got a digitizer off eBay t8585 they said it was for tmobile but when i got it it was the soder on one.
wall taking my hd2 apart I damaged the lcd ribincable.
IF i get a international lcd with the solder on connection for the international digitizer will it work with the tmobile hd2.
I put my two digitizers together to see if there is a size difference. I cant see one so maybe if I use both international lcd and digitizer together it will work in the tmobile version?
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arlan_jacob said:
I just whent ahead and bout a lcd we will see if it will work in the tmobile phone i will let you know.
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Got all my parts size looks the same and all wires will plug in but i broke my gps wire that i eather need to fix or replace. The wire is the white wire that go's from the main board to the gps antana anyone have parts or sugjestions here is a pic. Thanks
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That's a tough one, Arlan. The only thing I can think of is to try to buy a dead HD2 for parts, maybe a water damaged one or something. I don't know what the construction of that antenna cable is to know if one can crimp the end back on successfully yourself.
Anyone know?

waza123 said:
VIDEO MANUAL HOW TO REPLACE HTC HD2 TOUCH SCREEN
/!\
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdihThJFyz4
2. Photos & Videos [source] (634mb) - http://en.failiem.lv/down.php?i=ujvdnl&n=HTC_HD2_Touch_Screen_replace_photos_and_videos.rar
Other good stuff:
1. Disassemble Official Video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL-jnUKufC4 (Without Touch Screen dis.)
2. Assemble back Official Video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8Q7mXdcJ54
3. More photos from FloatHeavy - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=640328
NOTE
If you have T-Mobile HTC, then buy a touch screen with t-mobile logo !! If you have touch without t-mobile logo, then buy without, because the connectors are different!!! (Buy it on ebay)
Thanks.
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can someone repost the source files, the link is dead:/
Thanks

Success
Hey everyone
first i wana say thanks to waza123 for making this thread and video, i couldn't have done it without your help (without you even knowing lol)
i took a chance by buying a Tmobile HD2 with a cracked screen (really bad) for a really cheap price I think. then spent another $55.85 on ebay to get a screen glass with digitizer and i have to say i was very spectacle cuz i've replaced lcd screens and digitizers on my old MDA, Tilt, Touch Pro and Touch Pro 2 and my friends iPhone 2g (which i demolished) and i can easily say i've ran into problems with all of them but thank god this one went smooth
i saw a video on youtube that looks to have been leaked from HTC on how to disassemble and the nice lady in the video said to bake the phone in the oven at 60 degrees C (140 F) for 5 mins so i figured that would be a safer bet then using a blow dryer not mention alot quieter at 2am in the morning lol
so all went smooth thank god. only minor issue is that i couldn't save the adhesive tape from the old glass so im gona buy the 3m roll on ebay for like 5 bucks and take apart again and glue it right
here are some shots

Nice posting! Thank you.
I always wondered: when you take off the battery case, and you look at the phone facing the battery, you will notice that on both sides of the phone, by the bottom side of the battery, there are 2 metal round metal bolts that would touch the battery cover when it closes.
From the youtube clips listed, I couldn't figure out what is the purpose of those bolts and how important are they? Does anyone know?

What doble sided tape can I use for assembling? Can u give me some link from ebay?
Thanx in advance!
I am tried with one but not holding well enough: (

Quick disassembly and potential touch unresponsive fix thread.

My Xoom has been rather unfortunate since I got it. I take it with me everywhere and that includes when I go out drinking with friends... It's taken many a fall. This has shown me what I deem a rather major flaw in the Xoom's design, internally. Allow me to demonstrate:
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What you'll need to start... Pardon the crapola pics, I took more than this but the SD card on my Droid is going caput so most of them are just empty jpgs... Luckily the ones I salvaged were able to show the general idea. Anyways. The bit you'll use to take the back shell off is a T-5. The one I have is a T-5H but you don't need one of those, these screws don't have a pin in the middle. That's just for the first 2 screws and the screws that hold the plastic half on, you'll need a T-6 for every other screw in the Xoom. You'll also want some kind of sturdy plastic shims, I used clippings from an old debit card. The tool kit I have pictured can be bought at an auto parts store(I think I picked it up at O'reilly's).
Unscrew the 2 screws that hold the USB/HDMI/charging plate on, this will come off. Keep your screws in a secure location so you don't lose them!
That's what it looks like without the cover.
From here, slide the back cover down, you'll notice it stops at a certain point, just enough to expose the expansion card Moto will replace for the 4G upgrade. They've made this thing super easy to upgrade in the future. Slide the cover back towards closed just a tiny bit so the clips aren't resting on the stop.
Slide those 2 pieces of plastic into the grooves, as illustrated, until you can't push them in any further, you've disengaged the stops, now, with the plastic still there, slide the cover the rest of the way off.
Here's where my SD card crapped out but it's no big deal. Moving...
The touchscreen controller is located in the lower right hand corner of the Xoom if you're looking at it from the back. As you can see, mine is dislodged and there's nothing actually securing it inside the Xoom besides double stick tape. The Xoom has like 57 screws inside it and they couldn't screw the touchscreen controller down with even one? No, it's got an adhesive on the back and then it's just pressed onto the metal frame... Not secure in the slightest, even a slight drop can dislodge it. I've already tried to use a better double stick tape, but that came undone, hence I'm doing this write-up.
This is my new solution, using a thin piece of foam doubled over itself. It's about a 2" by 2" square, maybe 1/8" thick or so, couldn't tell you where I got it, I just had it laying around. From here, with it sitting there, it's kind of tricky to get the Xoom back together, what I did was start lining up the back cover with the foam squished down against the touchscreen controller, then slid the cover back to its fully closed position. My foam happened to stay in place during all of this. It may not be that easy for others, YMMV.
So I boot up my Xoom, test it out, touch works again.
I'm still not certain I'm going to stay with this solution but we'll see. For now it's working perfectly. Even exchanging your Xoom for a new one isn't going to resolve this until Motorola actually resolves it themselves, which I doubt they will. Hope this was helpful, I'm not interested in getting into the gory details of full disassembly, that's beyond my pay grade.
I also just realized this solved the problem I was having with the right half of my screen thinking any kind of touch was a multitouch and pinch-zooming constantly. Win.

Fixed images, messed up the numbering when I posted.

Good, good stuff. Thanks for the write-up - these are the threads that used to differentiate xda from the hoards of other android forums.
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8 days later and not a single issue with touch on my Xoom.

Bump, Xoom still working great.

Elysian893 said:
Bump, Xoom still working great.
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Good to hear it..you've gone where no man has gone before...

Awesome! Thanks for the information. I'll be sure to fix this once my touch screen stops working.

I've got a crazy idea....how about not getting ****faced and dropping you xoom multiple times?!

No need to be rude. Sometimes devices take falls. You gonna tell everyone not to let their kid watch cartoons on it?

SlCKB0Y said:
I've got a crazy idea....how about not getting ****faced and dropping you xoom multiple times?!
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....My Xoom is pretty much brand new and has a touchscreen problem.

SlCKB0Y said:
I've got a crazy idea....how about not getting ****faced and dropping you xoom multiple times?!
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I he was just being funny. I laughed.

So I got the cover off, got some foam in there
but I can't get the cover all the way on... its hairline just about to close up but Im afraid to use pressure
too much foam?
quick edit:
It was a slot on the bottom i kept hitting, i got it back on!
Will update with results tomorrow
edit2: most definitely still having the same problem after adding some foam to press down on that touch panel controller. Took me like 10 tries just to unlock the damn thing
WTF MOTOROLA !...anyone have any other suggestions? this is really pissing me off now.
edit3; so I took a deep breath and decided to investigate more... I have it open again, and holding down the actual connector seems to be improving the situation GREATLY. Im going to shift the foam from the controller to the connector and close it back up, and try again

Great thread. An idea of paint the back cover (white spray) are growing in my mind.

Hello,
I just wanted to share my solution for the unresponsive screen issue with the Motorola Xoom device:
reddit.com/r/xoom/comments/sytk0
I hope this helps anyone having a similar issue. Thank you.

Man i must say ur a brave heart...i cant even think of letting mine fall...seems kinda fragile....plus all the drop test videos screw around with your head
Sent from my MZ601 using XDA

thanks for this tip, i know how to dissasemble my xoom now! lol

Nice post. I'm having exactly the same problem and it's very easy to see reports for this same issue all around. Crappy Moto! This is the first "how to" post on this issue. Thanks a lot. I'll give it a try. put
EDIT: Following your "how to", I did exactly the same you did. The touch controller was a bit loose so I tight it with a small piece of foam. The hard part was putting the case back in place with the foam inside, but with a bit of patience I could eventually close the whole thing and now it's working again. Will see until when. Probably this device is one within many that fits in the planned obsolescence industry standard. FKU Mr. Bernard London.
EDIT 2: I actually have a big compulsion on acquiring new geeky stuff, but I hate to spend money because this is the industry standard. I hate to buy crap, and if I want to, I'll buy chinese stuff from Deal Extreme. Paying hundreds of dollars in goods from a well established and named company should be a warrant, at least, that it was built to last!
EDIT 3: I'l be moving soon to a Sammy Note 10.1. Hopefully not based on the planned obsolescence of the Xoom, but because I want it to!
EDIT 4: My XOOM "caput" for good. As I said before, I'm on Sammy note 10.1 and the XOOM will eventually go to repair.
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Got my Xoom back, and it's great. Even after rooting, re flashing, opening, messing around, it was fixed for free, under warranty. It seems Motorola knows they have a case of premature obsolescence in this case.
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HTC ONE Dis-assembly , by me (16 year old)

Hello guys .
I had my htc one for 3 months now , and today i dropped it having a dent on the edge which prevented me from using the volume buttons ; So i finally i made my mind to tear it apart . Took me several hours (have an exam on monday so was not giving full attention on the phone)
It was easy to take apart .
used a hair dryer to heat up the phone and removed the bottom speaker cover and it was pretty easy and using a blade moved up on both sides for several times , but nothing was separating , so i did the same thing on the top and using a guitar pick inserting the guitar pic on the top pushed back the white poly-carbonate and then after some efforts the back housing finally separated . Everything is working i did damage the poly-carbonate. But i did not have a new housing to change with , will post a video and pics once i have it . I dont have the money to buy one today . Will borrow from parents and order one on monday

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Taking it apart was never the problem, the problem was taking it apart without damaging the phone, mostly by prying it open and damaging the finish.
John.

Try putting it back together now.
Disassembling stuff is mostly straightforward, however assembling it back can be a PITA..

If you are able to take apart the phone without damaging anything except for the back, then you are absolutely awesome.
That's all we need to be able to do. The replacement back is only 25 dollars. If it is easy to remove the back and put on a new one, then this will come in handy for people who scratched or dented their backs or cracked their camera lenses. Also, once OEM parts for the red and blue are available, we'll be able to change the colors of our phones to our liking.
Again, awesome.

If you look at the op`s photo in post 2, the right hand side of the back case looks like something has been chewing at it.
John.

Tinderbox (UK) said:
If you look at the op`s photo in post 2, the right hand side of the back case looks like something has been chewing at it.
John.
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To me, it looks like glue.

The whole thing is like it! Absolutely fooked!
Looks like my dog ate it.

Actually I AM postong all this via the same phone put it back together .. . Just the right side looks ugly hidden it under a case .
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So it was your dog that chewed the back cover, bad dog, bad dog
John.
backfromthestorm said:
The whole thing is like it! Absolutely fooked!
Looks like my dog ate it.
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I only need a new back housing .
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Taylor_Swift said:
Why is your age in the title? What is the point.
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HTC One Repairability Score: One out of 10 (10 is easiest to repair)
Very, very difficult (possibly impossible?) to open the device without damaging the rear case. This makes every component extremely difficult to replace.
The battery is buried beneath the motherboard and adhered to the midframe, hindering its replacement.
The display assembly cannot be replaced without removing the rear case—this will make the most common repair, a damaged screen, nearly impossible.
Copper shielding on many components is difficult to remove and replace.
Solid external construction improves durability....
See for them it's difficult -.- . Just wanted to say it's not
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aditya. said:
HTC One Repairability Score: One out of 10 (10 is easiest to repair)
Very, very difficult (possibly impossible?) to open the device without damaging the rear case. This makes every component extremely difficult to replace.
The battery is buried beneath the motherboard and adhered to the midframe, hindering its replacement.
The display assembly cannot be replaced without removing the rear case—this will make the most common repair, a damaged screen, nearly impossible.
Copper shielding on many components is difficult to remove and replace.
Solid external construction improves durability....
See for them it's difficult -.- . Just wanted to say it's not
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knowlege is power, power is will! nothing imposible...

Taylor_Swift said:
Why is your age in the title? What is the point.
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Just to let you know this isn't costing him a thing and if you dont have parents to buy you new toys you probably shouldn't try this.

aditya. said:
Hello guys .
I had my htc one for 3 months now , and today i dropped it having a dent on the edge which prevented me from using the volume buttons ; So i finally i made my mind to tear it apart . Took me several hours (have an exam on monday so was not giving full attention on the phone)
It was easy to take apart .
used a hair dryer to heat up the phone and removed the bottom speaker cover and it was pretty easy and using a blade moved up on both sides for several times , but nothing was separating , so i did the same thing on the top and using a guitar pick inserting the guitar pic on the top pushed back the white poly-carbonate and then after some efforts the back housing finally separated . Everything is working i did damage the poly-carbonate. But i did not have a new housing to change with , will post a video and pics once i have it . I dont have the money to buy one today . Will borrow from parents and order one on monday
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Service center started to repair htc one but you destroy your one
You waste your one now your parents take you new phone then you after 1 or 2 month broke another phone
Why you edit your age in title
You broke your one I can also brake my one very easily
Use less thread
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japjit100 said:
Service center started to repair htc one but you destroy your one
You waste your one now your parents take you new phone then you after 1 or 2 month broke another phone
Why you edit your age in title
You broke your one I can also brake my one very easily
Use less thread
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No just a new housing is needed . 39$ if I want to change full housing. This is not broken. Its working perfectly
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Can we have pictures of the current state?

japjit100 said:
Service center started to repair htc one but you destroy your one
You waste your one now your parents take you new phone then you after 1 or 2 month broke another phone
Why you edit your age in title
You broke your one I can also brake my one very easily
Use less thread
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Its information for which some people may find useful............so why is it useless?
You may also wish trying to learn how to spell as well. At least the 16 year old OP gets that correct.

Cracked my Pixel XL Screen

Lol today I dropped my phone literally only about a foot onto a screw that was pointing up and shattered the screen pretty bad.
Anyhow I did a claim with Verizon's insurance and it's on backorder so I said f that and bought a screen from DIYMobileRepair so I can just fix it myself...but after I ordered it I realized it's not a OEM replacement screen..man I hope the screen looks just as good as the OEM the specs are the same..anyone bought screens from there before and the quality is still the same as OEM? I'll have the replacement screen Monday so I can fix it myself
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Did you break the digitizer? I dropped mine and shattered the corner everything still works though. I'm with Verizon so I don't want to use my insurance. I'm afraid I'll get my/different phone back with a locked bootloader. I think I'll eventually shell out the cash and take your route.

DR3W5K1 said:
Did you break the digitizer? I dropped mine and shattered the corner everything still works though. I'm with Verizon so I don't want to use my insurance. I'm afraid I'll get my/different phone back with a locked bootloader. I think I'll eventually shell out the cash and take your route.
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No digitizer is good..it barely fell..it just fell on a screw facing up just right when I was at work

I love how you started your OP with "lol".

I don't possibly see how it could NOT be an OEM replacement screen. Who else in the world could possibly make the exact same display? It's not like you're swapping out a light bulb here... I wouldn't worry.

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I don't possibly see how it could NOT be an OEM replacement screen. Who else in the world could possibly make the exact same display? It's not like you're swapping out a light bulb here... I wouldn't worry.
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You're probably right

Nitemare3219 said:
I don't possibly see how it could NOT be an OEM replacement screen. Who else in the world could possibly make the exact same display? It's not like you're swapping out a light bulb here... I wouldn't worry.
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You haven't replaced many screens then, have you?

Nitemare3219 said:
I don't possibly see how it could NOT be an OEM replacement screen. Who else in the world could possibly make the exact same display? It's not like you're swapping out a light bulb here... I wouldn't worry.
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Thats what I was thinking too.
mrjaydee82 said:
Lol today I dropped my phone literally only about a foot onto a screw that was pointing up and shattered the screen pretty bad.
Anyhow I did a claim with Verizon's insurance and it's on backorder so I said f that and bought a screen from DIYMobileRepair so I can just fix it myself...but after I ordered it I realized it's not a OEM replacement screen..man I hope the screen looks just as good as the OEM the specs are the same..anyone bought screens from there before and the quality is still the same as OEM? I'll have the replacement screen Monday so I can fix it myself
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OMG, I was just about to post how I had to order a replacement phone yesterday.
I got so lucky!!! My phone started to have issues withe the microphone. Not bad but just slightly annoying. I called VZW and they shipped it out overnight. Got the new one today and... It had 7.1 on and not 7.1.1. Unlocked as quickly as I could run!
Weird how both our phones went down at the same time.
I was thinking about your issue. There are only so many companies that can make that type of screen so odds are you will get a decent one.

Scott said:
Thats what I was thinking too.
OMG, I was just about to post how I had to order a replacement phone yesterday.
I got so lucky!!! My phone started to have issues withe the microphone. Not bad but just slightly annoying. I called VZW and they shipped it out overnight. Got the new one today and... It had 7.1 on and not 7.1.1. Unlocked as quickly as I could run!
Weird how both our phones went down at the same time.
I was thinking about your issue. There are only so many companies that can make that type of screen so odds are you will get a decent one.
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Since there is basically no new XL's easisily available, my guess is they are replacing with returned phones or repaired phones. I doubt they update the firmware. I think once stock levels rise and time goes by, all replacement until will likely have 7.1.1

Scott said:
Thats what I was thinking too.
OMG, I was just about to post how I had to order a replacement phone yesterday.
I got so lucky!!! My phone started to have issues withe the microphone. Not bad but just slightly annoying. I called VZW and they shipped it out overnight. Got the new one today and... It had 7.1 on and not 7.1.1. Unlocked as quickly as I could run!
Weird how both our phones went down at the same time.
I was thinking about your issue. There are only so many companies that can make that type of screen so odds are you will get a decent one.
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I did do an insurance claim but I'm not willing to wait months because of the back order...but ended up canceling the claim and ordered a new screen to fix it myself...didn't want to chance not being able to unlock boot loader as well. getting the screen to fix myself is 60 bucks cheaper than that assurian insurance bs through Verizon. Plus to replace the screen is easy as hell...took apart my screen today to see how difficult it would be lol
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Mike02z said:
Since there is basically no new XL's easisily available, my guess is they are replacing with returned phones or repaired phones. I doubt they update the firmware. I think once stock levels rise and time goes by, all replacement until will likely have 7.1.1
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Yep, thats what I think as well. But for now, I am supper happy :highfive:

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Google teamed up with Ubreakifixit..They will fix it for 150. If you have them do more then one repair , one repair price will be half off. I'm going to have them replace my screen and back cover

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That almost made my cry
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Google teamed up with Ubreakifixit..They will fix it for 150. If you have them do more then one repair , one repair price will be half off. I'm going to have them replace my screen and back cover
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Wow, that's awesome! Too bad they didn't use HTC's "Opps" policy.

Scott said:
That almost made my cry
Wow, that's awesome! Too bad they didn't use HTC's "Opps" policy.
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Haha yeah...tomorrow I'll have it fixed up

jordy787 said:
Google teamed up with Ubreakifixit..They will fix it for 150. If you have them do more then one repair , one repair price will be half off. I'm going to have them replace my screen and back cover
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They told me when they replace parts, it will still have the one year warranty from google.

Fixing my screen was a success

chapelfreak said:
They told me when they replace parts, it will still have the one year warranty from google.
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That is true ! I've asked if I would still have warranty if I had them do a whole conversion from black to white and Ubreakifixit said nope. I contacted google and they said that is fine , if there is no physical/water damage then I still will have the 1 year warranty. So I'm going to have them change my pixel to white since mine is cracked on front and back. Then have google swap my Verizon model for a Google play model.:fingers-crossed:
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Fixing my screen was a success
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Congrats !:fingers-crossed:
It's easier replacing the whole LCD assembly since you don't have to worry about cracking the old lcd under the old glass. Oh and don't forget to buy tempered glass protector now haha.

I have to replace the LCD on my Pixel. Can anyone tell me what kind of adhesive I need? Is 3m double sided scotch tape good enough, or do I need some other one?

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I have to replace the LCD on my Pixel. Can anyone tell me what kind of adhesive I need? Is 3m double sided scotch tape good enough, or do I need some other one?
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That'll work. Most of the screen replacements come with some sort of adhesive