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Beware: the camera lens on the back of our SGS II is made of cheap plastic. I learned the hard way.
Yesterday I was using the camera and all was really good. Today all photos were blurred. I checked and noticed a small bend, yes a bend, right in the middle of the camera lens. It is not a scratch, which has been my concern since buying the SGS2, it was a bend. I may be wrong, but glass should not bend, it scratches. Now I don't have a lens anymore, I have a prism.
The phone did not fall, or was treated badly. Most probably, I put it in my pants' front pockets, as I have done for years with my HTC phones (horrible cameras btw, compared to the sgs2), there may have been a contact with a harder surface (a key, maybe, but I don't suppose so), and the lens bended. It's a real pity. I'm considering now removing the "lens" as it is not the actual lens, just a cover I guess, and see if this works.
This may be the best and most expensive cell phone right now, why couldn't Samsung put a real glass (like apple does, btw) to protect the camera?
I hope this warning helps others not to get into the same problem. Maybe using a leather pouch can prevent this from happening (I was using the mesh cover case).
A previously super happy owner, now a very desolate one...
what did you do to your phone? Don't blame samsung for something you physically you did.
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thats strange? a bit of plastic with those dimensions shouldn't bend at all, unless put under direct heat and pressure? :S
can you post pictures taken and a picture of the lens?
I don't have another camera with me to photograph the lens. Besides, it is hard to see the bend, you need the correct angle for the light to hit it and be able to see. But attached is a picture I took with the cell. Kind of artsy...
I would have thought that if it did actually have a bend in it (which seems like an awfully difficult thing to have done), that it would cause a distortion and not just producing a blurry pic like that.
Looks more like something has been smeared across the lens cover.
It's not the lens that bended, it's the protective screen on top of the lense. Looks like glass to me, but it's possible to be plastic. Any way, i doubt it could bend unless you put a lot of pressure on it.
As I said, it was in the front pocket of a not so tight pants, so there might be little pressure, normal pressure as every cell phone suffers in this situation, but nothing exceptional, not much. Nobody sat on my lap as well... That would be a worthy reason at least.
I've had smartphones for the last 6 years, done the same thing since. I'm not asking for a replacement or whatever, so I have no reason to minimize my responsibility.
My point in posting is that it happened. Just trying let others know to not make the same mistake. It is not as solid a construction as, say, the HTC HD2. It needs more care.
Just beware, hope it does not happen to others.
PS: And no heat also, not a teenager anymore to have so much heat near the crotch area...
PPS: Yes, it is the protective screen. My hope is I can get rid of it, and have my camera back. Unprotected, but taking photos, with lots of care from now on...
OP, stupid question: that lens glass out of the box was protected with a transparent plastic film I think, just like the screen. Did you remove it?
Can you make a shot of the lens using a bathroom mirror perhaps, in macro mode?
mbernstein said:
I've had smartphones for the last 6 years, done the same thing since. I'm not asking for a replacement or whatever, so I have no reason to minimize my responsibility.
My point in posting is that it happened. Just trying let others know to not make the same mistake. It is not as solid a construction as, say, the HTC HD2. It needs more care.
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I agree with your here. The way Samsung designed the back of the phone makes it very easy to scratch/ even bend (like it happened to you) the protective screen. I had a HTC Touch HD before and the back of the camera could never touch the surface where the phone was put. With Samsung if you put your phone on a rugged area you might end up damaging the protective screen easily.
Have you been using the LED as a torch or anything like that? Perhaps the heat could have warped the plastic?
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OP, stupid question: that lens glass out of the box was protected with a transparent plastic film I think, just like the screen. Did you remove it?
Can you make a shot of the lens using a bathroom mirror perhaps, in macro mode?
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Sure, I took the plastic out. I saw no point in having a very good phone camera weakened by the plastic.
I tried to take the photo you asked, but was not successful. But as I said it was a very small bend, which makes the light enter the lens like a prism. Very difficult to photograph with a normal camera.
Actually, there was a power outage in the area I'm in now, but I don't recollect to use torch that much... I remember I used it for a while, the used some screen light, then on to Kindle. Id on't suppose it was torch, but could it really be so silly like this?!
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Sure, I took the plastic out. I saw no point in having a very good phone camera weakened by the plastic.
I tried to take the photo you asked, but was not successful. But as I said it was a very small bend, which makes the light enter the lens like a prism. Very difficult to photograph with a normal camera.
Actually, there was a power outage in the area I'm in now, but I don't recollect to use torch that much... I remember I used it for a while, the used some screen light, then on to Kindle. Id on't suppose it was torch, but could it really be so silly like this?!
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Wow, I just tried pushing on mine with my nail, it moves a teeny tiny bit, but it springs right back up Maybe something in your pocket just happened to touch the middle of that little piece of plastic, and just managed to apply enough force to bend it beyond the recovery point, so your plastic piece did not spring back up.
I fully understand what you mean now. But not sure what your options are. It is clearly a physical damage. I would not advise trying to take that piece out and bend it straight, you will mess up the actual lens.
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A previously super happy owner, now a very desolate one...
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flash back stock firmware, reset custom download counter with jig, return under warranty saying the camera takes blurry pictures
godutch said:
flash back stock firmware, reset custom download counter with jig, return under warranty saying the camera takes blurry pictures
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I believe warranty doesn't cover physical damage though.
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I believe warranty doesn't cover physical damage though.
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they wont know if you dont tell them plus they wont inspect the phone in that detail closely at the camera, worth a try. IF you bough it from a store, bring it back there and get a replacement.
Hi,
I have the same issue as yours.
Where is your SGS2 made in when you take out the battery and look at the back sticker?
Mine says "Made in China"
Wonder if yours is made in Korea or China.
Please share~
I would send it in too, your chances are good to get it repaired!
Mine is made in: Korea
I would try to replace it if I had bought it in my country. I bought it through a friend from Xpansys US (a UK phone), and I'm now in Brazil. I guess I would have so many troubles with customs here to send it out and back with no guarantee to have it replaced...
My idea is not to take the plastic out, and try to fix it. It is to just take out. I will have a hole there, but there will be nothing distorting light that comes into the lens. I will have to be extra careful, but considering how easy the plastic which was supposed to protect the camera was damaged, extra care is the name of this phone for me.
And I'm not complaining about SGS2's plastic finish as opposed to the metal/glass ones of iPhone or HTC. I actually like this, including the back cover. After you get used to it, it is kind of cool. And it is light. I just wished there was a cover or that Samsung used a hard glass on the camera, or perhaps that the plastic was so tiny and receeded that nothing could reach it. I always like the way Sony and Nokia used to put a sliding cover over the camera lens in their phones. With such a thin phone as ours, I wouldn't mind the extra thickness. Or like my HTC Kaiser, where the plastic was actually on the cover. If it was scratched or broken you could replace the back cover... Sorry, just venting my frustration.
Don't leave that hole uncovered. Your lens will get dirty in no time. Pocket lint , dust and dirt will accumulate in there and break the lens autofocus mechanism. Just don't even think about leaving that hole uncovered.
Is it possible to JUST replace the back glass on the battery door? Has anyone attempted this? Ive looked and seen that the whole part (glass and door) is around 60 dollars which is kinda pricey and just the glass is around 20 which is alot better in my book so I was wondering if it is at all possible? Thanks for any info!
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Is it possible to JUST replace the back glass on the battery door? Has anyone attempted this? Ive looked and seen that the whole part (glass and door) is around 60 dollars which is kinda pricey and just the glass is around 20 which is alot better in my book so I was wondering if it is at all possible? Thanks for any info!
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Yes its possible, you just have to be careful with the NFC and inductive charging coils
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Yes its possible, you just have to be careful with the NFC and inductive charging coils
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Thanks thats good to know. Is there a guide or anything that shows how and where to be careful and whats the best way to remove the glass from the back?
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Thanks thats good to know. Is there a guide or anything that shows how and where to be careful and whats the best way to remove the glass from the back?
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Not to be jerk but it's not rocket science. There is no best way to open it. There's only one way to do it. Just take off the back case and replace it with the new one and that's it. don't worry about the stuff inside the back cover. It's glued tight.
Here's a video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZDAIgwbXk4
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scream4cheese said:
Not to be jerk but it's not rocket science. There is no best way to open it. There's only one way to do it. Just take off the back case and replace it with the new one and that's it. don't worry about the stuff inside the back cover. It's glued tight.
Here's a video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZDAIgwbXk4
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Thanks but I emphasized JUST the glass cause thats what I want to do JUST the glass not the entire back cause its potentially cheaper to go that way not the entire back which I know is easier to do but it costs more. I havent seen anyone actually replace JUST the glass which is what I was asking about. Idk if its glued to just plastic and i can break it apart and pry it off then clean and re-glue or stick, or if the nfc and wcharging contacts are glued to the glass in some way or what, thats where I want to be careful
it is possible. the best bet is to go ahead and remove all the glass pieces and that will determine which part to order. be carefule because the nfc and wireless charger are glued directly to the glass so if you rip the nfc or wireless charger you need to buy the whole thing. there is a foil attached to the inside of the back that is extremely easy to rip. mine was shattered into a lot of tiny pieces so it took a long time to remove all of the glass. so now i can just buy the glass instead of the whole back cover. it is a pain but it can be done.
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it is possible. the best bet is to go ahead and remove all the glass pieces and that will determine which part to order. be carefule because the nfc and wireless charger are glued directly to the glass so if you rip the nfc or wireless charger you need to buy the whole thing. there is a foil attached to the inside of the back that is extremely easy to rip. mine was shattered into a lot of tiny pieces so it took a long time to remove all of the glass. so now i can just buy the glass instead of the whole back cover. it is a pain but it can be done.
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ok interesting i thought it may be like you described. My back isnt completly shattered just by the speaker grill and then its spread out in large cracks so its not a terrible shatter. Do you think it would be easier to remove the glass since it isnt completely shattered? And should I use heat to soften the glue and lessen the chance it rips off the nfc sticker? And would you happen to have pics or know of pics of what it looks like under the glass or with the glass removed? Thanks for your help and info!
I can pull the back off mine later and get a pic. But I'll have to wait until I get off work.
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ok interesting i thought it may be like you described. My back isnt completly shattered just by the speaker grill and then its spread out in large cracks so its not a terrible shatter. Do you think it would be easier to remove the glass since it isnt completely shattered? And should I use heat to soften the glue and lessen the chance it rips off the nfc sticker? And would you happen to have pics or know of pics of what it looks like under the glass or with the glass removed? Thanks for your help and info!
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heres some pics. i outlined the foil so you can see where its at. i have a wide peice of clear tape where the glass was at to hold the wireless charger in until i get a new glass. heat definitely helps to soften the glue.
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heres some pics. i outlined the foil so you can see where its at. i have a wide peice of clear tape where the glass was at to hold the wireless charger in until i get a new glass. heat definitely helps to soften the glue.
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Oh wow thanks man! Looks like there's a few gaps for the glass and the nfc charging coil is loose without the glass. Interesting. I wonder how it will look on the inside after the new piece of glass is placed like messy or as clean as the original look. Do you know what should be used to stick the new glass? I'm still debating if I should do this lol
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Im not real sure what to use either but I'd say to use some epoxy of some sort. I don't know if it would eat away at the paint on the back side of the glass or not. So I'd test it on something besides your phone first. I don't think two side tape would stay very well.
I know this is a silly question. But I cracked the back of my nexus 4 from a 1 foot drop, (out of my pocket while I was crouched down spray painting in the garage). Just before I did this I was starting to have battery issues, basically under 20% the phone doesn't charge unless its off. Even on the stock charger, it just loses power and then dies and turns off again. Its frustrating now because I lost my warranty due to cracking it.
So My question is, if I go on (Ebay) and buy that glass, will I be able to do a clean enough install that they will take it as warranty and not notice? I don't want to buy the whole back assembly because its rather expensive with all the antennas to keep everything working.
I'd like to hear your opinions, or from people who have replaced just the glass before. Thanks.
AlwaysDroid said:
I know this is a silly question. But I cracked the back of my nexus 4 from a 1 foot drop, (out of my pocket while I was crouched down spray painting in the garage). Just before I did this I was starting to have battery issues, basically under 20% the phone doesn't charge unless its off. Even on the stock charger, it just loses power and then dies and turns off again. Its frustrating now because I lost my warranty due to cracking it.
So My question is, if I go on (Ebay) and buy that glass, will I be able to do a clean enough install that they will take it as warranty and not notice? I don't want to buy the whole back assembly because its rather expensive with all the antennas to keep everything working.
I'd like to hear your opinions, or from people who have replaced just the glass before. Thanks.
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You can do it, you just have to take off the entire back cover, peel off the NFC and charging coils, and gently pry out the glass. Look up the thread where someone put in a second battery (total of 4200 mah) in his Nexus. He has removed the (shattered) back glass off of his phone, and replaced it with a plastic housing for the 2nd battery. You could see how he got the glass off without damaging the cover. The hardest part I would think would be getting the glass to stick on while keeping the stock look. I don't know what kind of adhesive LG uses to glue on the glass, but ideally you would want to use the same kind.
lopezk38 said:
You can do it, you just have to take off the entire back cover, peel off the NFC and charging coils, and gently pry out the glass. Look up the thread where someone put in a second battery (total of 4200 mah) in his Nexus. He has removed the (shattered) back glass off of his phone, and replaced it with a plastic housing for the 2nd battery. You could see how he got the glass off without damaging the cover. The hardest part I would think would be getting the glass to stick on while keeping the stock look. I don't know what kind of adhesive LG uses to glue on the glass, but ideally you would want to use the same kind.
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Sweet man thanks for the input I'll go take a look at the thread.
I picked up a cracked glass/working LCD S4 for $100. I've ordered replacement glass and watched several videos of the process and I've done this kind of thing before (careful delicate work with electronics that is.) Phone works fine, just the glass is cracked - but touch, lcd and all features seem ok.
The only aspect I'm unsure of is whether I really need to re-glue the new glass using something like this: LCD Glue
It sounds like a lot of people have just done the glass, no new glue and heated the phone slightly afterwards to re-adhere the tape. I'd rather not use new glue if I don't have to - looks like a messy step and one that could easily go wrong with too much glue and I don't have a UV curing light so that'd add to my cost of doing this.
Does anyone have firsthand experience with a phone whose glass has been successfully replaced either with or without new glue?
Thanks!
Loca is about the closest your gonna get to a oem experience, but if I was you, I would pay Samsung to fix the display.
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Andrew149 said:
Loca is about the closest your gonna get to a oem experience, but if I was you, I would pay Samsung to fix the display.
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I've completed the operation without adhesive and it was largely a success but there's a small bubble spot on the display. I like it better than the cracked glass but it's not perfect. I've got an S4 for slightly over $100 - even if I just have an S4 with a spot for $115, I can live with that. And I may redo it and use adhesive. I just got it because it was cheap - I have a Note 2 I'm still quite happy with and don't intend to switch over. If I pay Samsung for anything, it'll be a Note 3.
Considering how I felt part way through getting the glass off - I was fairly sure I'd destroyed it - I'm very happy with the result.
Thanks for the reply!
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I've completed the operation without adhesive and it was largely a success but there's a small bubble spot on the display. I like it better than the cracked glass but it's not perfect. I've got an S4 for slightly over $100 - even if I just have an S4 with a spot for $115, I can live with that. And I may redo it and use adhesive. I just got it because it was cheap - I have a Note 2 I'm still quite happy with and don't intend to switch over. If I pay Samsung for anything, it'll be a Note 3.
Considering how I felt part way through getting the glass off - I was fairly sure I'd destroyed it - I'm very happy with the result.
Thanks for the reply!
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That's great glad you had some success!
This is from my personal experience with replacing glass on my S3.
1) replaced JUST the outer glass and all was well with how the phone worked. With just replacing the glass there were a couple cons to it. First con was it was VERY HARD/almost impossible to see anything on the screen when out in the sun. Second con was that you would either have what looked like a bubble under the glass. This was caused because the glass was touching part of the lcd and would look like it was wet in the middle of the phone. When you press on the screen the WET LOOK got worse. But heck for the $20 I spent on the new outer glass I had a functioning phone. Third the outer screen is now not sealed and you can get dust/debris/liquid in between the glass and lcd which in time will look bad.
Now onto the SECOND TIME I broke my glass on my S3. I used LOCA that cured using Uva light. Well it looked great but I did not have a Uva lamp with me at the time when I did it and the sunlight didn't cure it fast enough. So the phone LOOKED and WORKED perfectly like it was brand new for a few days . Then my lcd stopped working. Pulled phone completely apart and found that the uncured LOCA had made it in between the lcd and the electronics part if the phone and shorted it out. So this is where I went wrong and LEARNED from it.
LOCA is great and I would recommend it with these instructions. 1. Before applying LOCA remove EVERYTHING from the phone. And I mean everything. So you only have the front glass, lcd, frame/bezel. This is very easy to do and only held together with 10 or so screws. Then use LOCA and MAKE SURE to have a UVA LAMP on hand before attempting. Once it is full cured with the lamp (only takes a few minutes under the Uva lamp to fully cure) then you can reassemble the phone and it will be like brand new. Still for only about the price of $50 for the outer glass and LOCA.
Read in the ATT S3 forums and you can learn a lot before attempting it. You will see where things can go wrong and where things go right. I was one of the first guinea pigs to test out the LOCA and after making my mistakes other learned and we're able to complete it correctly.
When my lcd went out I just bought the S4. Finally I recently bought a lcd with a cracked outer glass, new outer glass, and already had some local still. Now my S3 looks brand new again and functions perfectly.
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RockRatt said:
This is from my personal experience with replacing glass on my S3.
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Now onto the SECOND TIME I broke my glass on my S3. I used LOCA that cured using Uva light. Well it looked great but I did not have a Uva lamp with me at the time when I did it and the sunlight didn't cure it fast enough. So the phone LOOKED and WORKED perfectly like it was brand new for a few days . Then my lcd stopped working. Pulled phone completely apart and found that the uncured LOCA had made it in between the lcd and the electronics part if the phone and shorted it out. So this is where I went wrong and LEARNED from it.
LOCA is great and I would recommend it with these instructions. 1. Before applying LOCA remove EVERYTHING from the phone. And I mean everything. So you only have the front glass, lcd, frame/bezel. This is very easy to do and only held together with 10 or so screws. Then use LOCA and MAKE SURE to have a UVA LAMP on hand before attempting. Once it is full cured with the lamp (only takes a few minutes under the Uva lamp to fully cure) then you can reassemble the phone and it will be like brand new. Still for only about the price of $50 for the outer glass and LOCA.
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LOCA, 2mm double sided tape and a UV Light on the way. Even with all that my cost on the phone isn't bad. And I can cure nail polish too!
I do plan to remove as much as I can from the phone to prevent the glue shorting anything.
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LOCA, 2mm double sided tape and a UV Light on the way. Even with all that my cost on the phone isn't bad. And I can cure nail polish too!
I do plan to remove as much as I can from the phone to prevent the glue shorting anything.
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Sounds like you checked out the thread and are all ready to go. Good luck and let us know how it went for you
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Sounds like you checked out the thread and are all ready to go. Good luck and let us know how it went for you
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Well the patient lived but he isn't entirely his out of the box brand new self...
I did remove the mid-frame and motherboard and I'm glad I did because if I hadn't, I'd have had adhesive in between the mid-frame and display assembly I suspect. I didn't use enough adhesive at first so before curing it, I pulled the glass back off and put more adhesive in. When I did this, it introduced a few bubbles and worst of all, some adhesive got up where it's barely obstructing the front facing camera. It still notices when you wave your hands at it and I haven't played with it a lot yet.
I didn't fully understand how LOCA cures - you can hit it with UV for a few seconds and it sort of "pre-cures" and then wipe away excess and whatnot. I didn't do that, put the UV on and left it curing the excess and gluing the phone to the bench with adhesive than ran out lol. A bit of scraping and clipping later I got it unstuck and cleaned up but had I just pre-cured, wiped up, then long cured it'd have been better.
Not unhappy considering it had broken glass, now it doesn't and it looks decent and is functional and I don't have much $ in it for having an S4 to play with!
Update: I took the phone apart again and removed the front facing camera and did a little cleanup with acetone & some q-tips. Front facing camera is now fine. Only diff between this phone & stock/new is there are several bubbles - but several bubbles is a hell of a lot better than broken glass! Touch is very responsive and contrast looks great.
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On larger phones, like Note etc. LOCA glue is NOT an option! If you don't use it,you will almost certainly have problems with the touch sensor. Part of the glass will touch the sensor, usually near the middle of the screen. This will cause all kinds of random behavior and can even cause the phone to appear to lock up or freeze.
My Ex droped her Phone and it had Spider Webs all accross. Her Provider send it in to see what it would cost to fix. The Phone also would stop working correctly in the middle of calls.
It turns out buying a new one would have come cheaper atleast thats what came back as a answear.
So I decided to bite the apple and try replacing the Screen myself. My Ex was not happy because she thought with the second Problem it is not worth the effort to fix the Screen and maybe loose everything. My reasoning was that when the Spider Web Screen touches the Digitizer it will react strangely. So I went ahead and searched the web on how to do it. I ordered a Screen for $9 on ebay (free shipping) which came with a couple of Tools. More on those later.
One of the first Problems I found was that all instructions that I found showed the beginning and the end. But in the middle how the phone will look like when the glass is finaly taken off, I was unable to find much Information about it. Also doing it Redneck style without Special liquids and or a heat guns was no where to be found.
I decided to just try it. Disasembly is well documented and easy enough to do on this device. Atleast to the Point where most electronics are removed so that you can apply heat without too much problems. I decided on using a blow dryer to heat up the Display. I layed the Blow Dryer on the Counter turned it on and Held the phone up to it. Thinking if my fingers get too hot chances are it is too hot for the Display too.. Might be a little incaccurate to read the temperature like that but hey it worked. But soon after I started to remove the first pieces of broken glass I ran into Problems.
As per instructions I found, I put a Piece of tape accros the Screen so that the individuall pieces stayed ogether. That did not work at all for me. It just made the individual pieces push against the valuable digitizer below it. My next Problem was that the Tools that came with the replacement glass, especially the Little plastic Tools did not hold up to the Job und the tip was soon useless. I had to Switch to a Raizor blade. A couple of times I sliped and hit the Digitizer. Thinking oh well I guess I Need to get a new one. Luckely on the end it all worked out much better then I would have hoped. The left over glue I rubbed mostly off with my finger which worked out nicely. To clean it completely from ist glue took some time. The black rubber allong the side of the phone allso suffered. You might want to look out that that does not get riped out completely. I had enough left over so that the glass would sit on it good enough luckely.
Take a look at these Pictures and remember it works perfectly again for $9. While it is not for everyone to seperate a Glass from a Digitizer it is acctualy less fragile as you might think. The third Picture Shows you how it looked with all the scuff marks from taking off the glass. You can still see a few little marks on the end but hard to notice and much better then before. I am sure next time I will be more carefull and use the blade from the beginning on.
I got more Pictures and will improve this Thread for others that have to go through it. Feel free to PM me if you have any Questions. A list of other resources will also be included. This is only to explain and Show the bare state.
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Do you know if we can replace the metal frame on the side?
My device is bent. I mean. I fell on a rock with my device in my pocket and the rock directly hit the phone. Luckily I had a hsrd case and the device is still alive.
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Do you know if we can replace the metal frame on the side?
My device is bent. I mean. I fell on a rock with my device in my pocket and the rock directly hit the phone. Luckily I had a hsrd case and the device is still alive.
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You should be able to find a new Frame for a resonable Price. Now to remove the digitizer from the Frame that is another Story. Not sure if it was the Glue or what Held it in place but I could not figure out how to get that out. luckely the two Buttons at the bottom survived the Screen removal and so I did not hat to take the Digitizer out.
Useful information and explains why repair shops will usually only replace the complete assembly. Read many complaints that those cheap ebay screens are plastic and easily scratched, not genuine gorilla glass replacements?
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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/150998824149?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT
I've ordered one of these as mines a bit scuffed and what looks like a small crack in it.
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Useful information and explains why repair shops will usually only replace the complete assembly. Read many complaints that those cheap ebay screens are plastic and easily scratched, not genuine gorilla glass replacements?
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It is definetly cheaper then the original but if you have done it once. Chances are You will be able to do it again much easier. So if the $9 Glass only holds for example a Year. You can just replace it again. Or spend a little more for a original replacement glass.
Now I should Point out if the rubber seal around it gets damaged in the process and if the 3M Tape that should come with the Screen is placed wrong it will Impact the sensitivity of the sreen touches. I guess I did it right because my Ex is happy how it performs and that is saying allot.
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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/150998824149?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT
I've ordered one of these as mines a bit scuffed and what looks like a small crack in it.
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If you get down to removing the digitizer from the Frame take a couple of Pictures and post them here.