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Need new housing

Scratched my phone on my keys need new housing for it does anyone know a service to replace or where to buy
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One place (out of many probably): http://cnn.cn/shop/i9300-galaxy-c-1425_26_1412.html

Thank you looking for UK screen all ok just scratched externally
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chrisully said:
Thank you looking for UK screen all ok just scratched externally
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Try being helpful......What exactly are you looking to replace?

The external housing and thank you for the reply I have Google and looking on ebay has got me nowhere
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chrisully said:
The external housing and thank you for the reply I have Google and looking on ebay has got me nowhere
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so you need the back cover?

The back is fine
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so which bit do you want? The glass, the bezel?

The external housing the screen is scratched
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the screen and digitizer are glued together, expensive
It is possible to separate them but it is fiddly, hit and miss, and requires skill and patience.
There is a thread in s3 general about doing it, with a video.

Ahh I thought was separate sorry for misunderstanding
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chrisully said:
Ahh I thought was separate sorry for misunderstanding
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They are very hard to prise apart so my suggestion is live with the scratch and get a screen guard.......always, whenever you get a new phone!

Depending on your phones colour, this is what you will need. He is a UK seller and trusted i can confirm his item is legit. I was playing Basket ball with my brother near my house and the floor was concrete floor. Anyway i took a shot and the phone fell out my jacket pocket and landed face down. The screen protector got totally f'd up and i still got a scratched and a cracked screen.
I was looking at youtube videos on how to replace the screen it looked hard till i found these two items on ebay.
Blue touch panel and metal frame with hardware buttons.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ORIGINAL-...arts_Tools&hash=item5aea0d4273#ht_3037wt_1163
White touch panel and metal frame with hardware buttonss.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ORIGINAL-...arts_Tools&hash=item5aea48657e#ht_4474wt_1163
Anyway so i have a white phone i ordered the white digitizer metal frame thingy it is quite expensive, When it arrived all i did was take my phone apart and take the important parts like the mic, motherboard, front facing camera and etc and swapped it into the new one and it works great again looks brand new as well.

Thanks that's what I'm looking for
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You're most welcome

I googled i9300 housing eBay
And got quite a few.
Managed to dent my side metal frame.
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Does anyone need/want a replacement screen and/or housing?

Couple weeks ago I rendered my Fascinate useless. I was able to salvage the screen and the housing.
So I'd figure I'd give you guys first dibs before I put it up on eBay.
Looking to get around $80 - $90 for the lot.
Screen comes with a screen protector on it. So its pretty much just swap and go.
If anyone wants pics just ask and I'll post em.
EDIT: I also have the camera-sdcard assembly available if anyone needs it. Just let me know.
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times_infinity said:
Couple weeks ago I rendered my Fascinate useless. I was able to salvage the screen and the housing.
So I'd figure I'd give you guys first dibs before I put it up on eBay.
Looking to get around $80 - $90 for the lot.
Screen comes with a screen protector on it. So its pretty much just swap and go.
If anyone wants pics just ask and I'll post em.
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I need the screen bad, I'm gonna try and come up with enough to get it from ya. Hopefully in time...

Bump, added camera-sdcard assembly if anyone needs it.
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Is this still available?

[Q] Smashed my Nexus 4

Hey there, long time lurker here but now I really need your help. I managed to drop my Nexus 4 this morning from about 3 foot onto lino flooring in my bathroom. It landed smack bang on it's back and the back glass is shattered.
Are there any cheap solutions to repairing this? I saw some glass on the bay for about £20, I don't know how easy it will be to repair though. Also thought about getting a skin from dbrands and just sticking it over it, hoping it holds.
Thanks, Ben.

I guess there aren't any alternatives.
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I hope u fix it :s

xbenjiiman said:
Hey there, long time lurker here but now I really need your help. I managed to drop my Nexus 4 this morning from about 3 foot onto lino flooring in my bathroom. It landed smack bang on it's back and the back glass is shattered.
Are there any cheap solutions to repairing this? I saw some glass on the bay for about £20, I don't know how easy it will be to repair though. Also thought about getting a skin from dbrands and just sticking it over it, hoping it holds.
Thanks, Ben.
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You might wanna take a look at this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSe1I0MlpLI&feature=youtube_gdata_player
The link to purchase the back cover is in the description. Good luck!
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klvnhng said:
You might wanna take a look at this video:
The link to purchase the back cover is in the description. Good luck!
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It's not the screen, it's the glass on the back.
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their are 2 options you will find the one with NFC with be more expensive if you dont use NFC get the one without it and i got one for a friend off of ebay just search" nexus 4 back housing".

As far as buying a new back, I've heard a lot of people going on eBay, but where you get it is up to you.
As far as how to replace it once you obtain a replacement back, check out this thread. It has pictures and a nice step-by-step guide on how to do it. Scroll down a few posts and the OP also tells you where he got his replacement from.

Call LG
LG charged me $69.00 to replace the back glass.

Personally I'd save myself some money and time and go with a dbrand skin. The carbon one actually looks very nice on the N4 IMO (look at Taylor Martin's posts on www.pocketnow.com if you want to see it).

Nigeldg said:
Personally I'd save myself some money and time and go with a dbrand skin. The carbon one actually looks very nice on the N4 IMO (look at Taylor Martin's posts on if you want to see it).
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It's whether it will stay on though, with the glass being shattered and all I thought it might peel off with the shattered glass.
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rpaloalto said:
Call LG
LG charged me $69.00 to replace the back glass.
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I rang them in the UK and they said they don't do repairs.
The people they referred me to (Carphone Warehouse) quoted me £79.99.
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Decided to get a dbrands skin and a ringke fusion case. Maybe some superglue to hold that glass together.
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xbenjiiman said:
It's not the screen, it's the glass on the back.
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Sorry, that was the wrong link. This is the correct one, if you're still interested: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZDAIgwbXk4 (the first 2:30) and the oem back: http://www.etradesupply.com/oem-lg-nexus-4-e960-battery-door-nfc-version.html

Dropped 185 lbs on my nexus

Phone is cracked on front and back what're my options here?

send it in to LG for repair... i know when my screen cracked it cost $140 to repair, i'm unsure as to what the cost would be to repair the back as well.
alternatively you can buy the glass itself and replace it yourself but in my case it was cheaper to just have lg fix it.

silver456100 said:
Phone is cracked on front and back what're my options here?
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Buy a new phone?
Am I close? Maybe get virgin mobile and build your way back up to the nexus.

silver456100 said:
Phone is cracked on front and back what're my options here?
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When this happened to me I just bought another one that had the opposite damage. You could probably get away with a water damaged phone if the digitizer isn't sensitive to a little h2o.

Is that all that's damaged?

Pictures? Did you fall on it or something, I mean, 185 lbs, lol...

Picture or it didn't happen :thumbup:
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Lol yeah if 185lbs was dropped on it I feel like more than just glass was damaged.
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You can give it to a hobo to eat
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silver456100 said:
Phone is cracked on front and back what're my options here?
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get the front and back replaced rough estimate= 150+60=210 $ best of luck

well i took it in to get repaired.. the guy came out half way through the repair and said that they put a new screen in but that it wasn't responsive.. i'm thinking more than just the screen and back broke.. the guy said it was for sure their screen though.. he told me that they'd order a new one and have it done tomorrow.. hope it was actually a faulty screen...

Leave us an update. I got my pop corn nearby
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Cracked back

So I just took my phone out of it's case and noticed that the back glass was cracked. I read in one of the threads that apparently a back repair from Google is free? It's kind of hard to believe but does anyone know anything about it? If it's not free, how much would it be to have the back fixed? Thanks.

Its not free. You can find the back piece for about $60 online
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spaceman860 said:
Its not free. You can find the back piece for about $60 online
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Yeah I didn't think so :/ but is there anyway I could buy just the glass and change it? That's only $20. I don't want to pay $60 for a back lol.

realtalker said:
Yeah I didn't think so :/ but is there anyway I could buy just the glass and change it? That's only $20. I don't want to pay $60 for a back lol.
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There is a lot of post explaining this particular question in detail for simple and short no or at least it's very hard due to things actually being hooked up to the glass
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jonapunk said:
There is a lot of post explaining this particular question in detail for simple and short no or at least it's very hard due to things actually being hooked up to the glass
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Okay I guess I'll just get one of those carbon fiber stickers for now... Thanks for the info

Did you read the other threads on this? I would before settling for a cover or film
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