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N7 Digitizers Anywhere?

First, i'm sorry if this is the wrong location, I just don't know where else to put this. It's not an accessory, I guess it could be Q&A, but i don't know.
Anyway, my trusted, loyal N7 took a dive last week and cracked its screen. I cannot for the life of me find anyone anywhere with the digitizer in stock! Does anyone know where anyone has these in stock? I need my N7 BAD!
Thanks

Try amazon?
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BlackFire27 said:
Try amazon?
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Yeah, I've checked there, I've checked eBay, I've Googled it, I've contacted local repair locations, and no one can get one. I was hoping someone had some supplier or knows of anywhere that they are in stock.

Try alibaba.com
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There are vendors on Alibaba that will sell you a digitizer for around $100 but you have to buy 5 of them.
However, considering the alternative is to pay $170+shipping to an ebay vendor and there are a number of owners looking for them that you could probably sell the extras to.

Wow!!! You have to buy 5!!!
That way you have to send it off for repairs.
What does the repair cost???
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Actually, I have not heard from any vendors yet on there. The repair shop down the road from me said that he was going to start stocking them once he can find them, so I'l going to point him over to them and see if he has any luck.
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You could always pick up a used/new N7 off of Craigslist for 120.00-170.00 (depending location and condition I suppose). Then sell your N7 as parts for 50.00 or so.
I picked up a brand new sealed 16gb 2 days ago for 150.00 (ad was for 170.00). I wasn't looking for another N7 but I couldn't pass it up when he agreed to the offer. I live in the Phoenix AZ area.
Just be patient and you could probably get a 8gb N7 used for less than 120.00.
Seems like the price of the N7 doesn't warrant replacement part availability for the majority of N7 owners out there.

bigbop said:
There are vendors on Alibaba that will sell you a digitizer for around $100 but you have to buy 5 of them.
However, considering the alternative is to pay $170+shipping to an ebay vendor and there are a number of owners looking for them that you could probably sell the extras to.
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What about this one?
search for "New Latest 100% Original For ASUS Google Nexus 7 Touch Screen digitizer free shipping" on aliexpress.com
sorry I can't post url as a new user...
He sells even one item. I just hesitate because I can't find any guide how to replace it. The last crucial step is missing how to remove the LCD from the broken digitizer / outer frame. Anyone did it? Or herd / read something about?

zhivagodr said:
What about this one?
search for "New Latest 100% Original For ASUS Google Nexus 7 Touch Screen digitizer free shipping" on aliexpress.com
sorry I can't post url as a new user...
He sells even one item. I just hesitate because I can't find any guide how to replace it. The last crucial step is missing how to remove the LCD from the broken digitizer / outer frame. Anyone did it? Or herd / read something about?
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The LCD and digitizer ship as one assembly because the LCD is bonded to the digitizer. The hard part is separating the digitizer from the front frame.
You can post the URL. Just leave off the http://WWW part.
Edit - I just saw the item online. I would be hesitant to get this. You would have to un-bond your LCD panel and that is near impossible without cracking it.
New digitizer - http://m.aliexpress.com/item/733262760.html
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bigbop said:
The LCD and digitizer ship as one assembly because the LCD is bonded to the digitizer. The hard part is separating the digitizer from the front frame.
You can post the URL. Just leave off the hxxp://WWW part.
Edit - I just saw the item online. I would be hesitant to get this. You would have to un-bond your LCD panel and that is near impossible without cracking it.
New digitizer - m.aliexpress.com/item/733262760.html
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At this part of the world (Hungary) Google officially not selling N7-s, so tech support is not available, I have to repair my broken N7 (dropped and screen cracked) myself.
I still in the reading / learning phase. An ifixit video shows step by step instruction to disassemble the N7, but one step is missing from it, how the LCD / digitizer assembly could be removed from the front frame. Then I could order a digitizer / LCD assembly like this:
m.aliexpress.com/item/652472351.html
The other thing holding me back, that on some of the pictures on aliexpress.com the LCD not the original HYDIS but an OEM widh CHUNGHWA labels on.
Do you know how the glass display fasten in the outer frame, and how one can remove a cracked digitizer from it?
Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks a bunch folks! I just ordered from aliexpress just 1 unit for 95 bucks. The free shilling might take a month, and but that is not a problem.
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Please don't forget to report how you replaced your cracked screen.

Actually, I'll be taking it down to a shop that specializes in mobile phone/tablet repair. I don't trust myself with this fix, and they could not find the part from their suppliers. They were OK with me providing the part.
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Not a bad experience at all with aliexpress. I ordered the digitizer on the 13th, it showed up at my door on the 24th. Considering I used the free shipping option, and it was shipping from China to the US, i have no complaints at all.
The digitizer was well packed, double boxed, and wrapped in miles of bubble-wrap, they included tools for the replacement as well. I dropped my Nexus off at the shop yesterday with the new digitizer, and i'm expecting it back Monday.
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Where can you get speakers?

ghostlobster said:
Not a bad experience at all with aliexpress. I ordered the digitizer on the 13th, it showed up at my door on the 24th. Considering I used the free shipping option, and it was shipping from China to the US, i have no complaints at all.
The digitizer was well packed, double boxed, and wrapped in miles of bubble-wrap, they included tools for the replacement as well. I dropped my Nexus off at the shop yesterday with the new digitizer, and i'm expecting it back Monday.
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Thats good news. What I really wondering is how would the LCD display replaced to the new digitizer? According to other posts I read the LCD is bonded to the digitizer, and nearly impossible to separate them. This is why its adviced to replace the whole digitizer/LCD assembly. Would you ask it from the tech people at the repair shop? Thanks.

zhivagodr said:
Thats good news. What I really wondering is how would the LCD display replaced to the new digitizer? According to other posts I read the LCD is bonded to the digitizer, and nearly impossible to separate them. This is why its adviced to replace the whole digitizer/LCD assembly. Would you ask it from the tech people at the repair shop? Thanks.
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Yeah, I'm wondering about that myself. I have read the same things about the digitizer and LCD panel, but these guys said that they could do it.
We'll see Monday.
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ghostlobster said:
Yeah, I'm wondering about that myself. I have read the same things about the digitizer and LCD panel, but these guys said that they could do it.
We'll see Monday.
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Remember to update us, please :good:

Well, looks like the shop I brought it to was mistaken...they could not replace just the digitizer. Crap!
Anyway, we worked something out together for them to buy from me the digitizer and I went out to the local Game Stop and snagged a new Nexus 7. Lesson learned...I also grabbed a gel case.
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[Q] How To Detect If A Nexus 4 Device Is New

Hey guys,
I bought a Nexus 4 today and I have a bad feeling that it's a used device.
I'm looking for a way to know whether it has been activated in the past.
Any ideas?
Thanks!

bmoshe said:
Hey guys,
I bought a Nexus 4 today and I have a bad feeling that it's a used device.
I'm looking for a way to know whether it has been activated in the past.
Any ideas?
Thanks!
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Did you buy it from the Google Play Store? Or was it a Craigslist/eBay find?

txsizzler said:
Did you buy it from the Google Play Store? Or was it a Craigslist/eBay find?
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Neither, I bought it from a local unofficial retail store (in Israel).
They did promise that the Nexus 4 is brand new, bu it only came with a regular non-wireless recharger (so much for promises).
Other than that, nothing but a strong gut feeling that this device was used for a while and was then cleaned and formatted.

bmoshe said:
Neither, I bought it from a local unofficial retail store (in Israel).
They did promise that the Nexus 4 is brand new, bu it only came with a regular non-wireless recharger (so much for promises).
Other than that, nothing but a strong gut feeling that this device was used for a while and was then cleaned and formatted.
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Try to use an recovery program for usb drives. Scan your mass storage and check for deleted files?
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bmoshe said:
Neither, I bought it from a local unofficial retail store (in Israel).
They did promise that the Nexus 4 is brand new, bu it only came with a regular non-wireless recharger (so much for promises).
Other than that, nothing but a strong gut feeling that this device was used for a while and was then cleaned and formatted.
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they only come with a wired charger(usb cable and wall charger).

Take it out into the sun. If it has about ten thousand micro scratches on the screen, then its been used for a week or two. If not, they could have used a screen protector I guess. . . . .
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bmoshe said:
Neither, I bought it from a local unofficial retail store (in Israel).
They did promise that the Nexus 4 is brand new, bu it only came with a regular non-wireless recharger (so much for promises).
Other than that, nothing but a strong gut feeling that this device was used for a while and was then cleaned and formatted.
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definitely used then or even refurbished.
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lowtje said:
Try to use an recovery program for usb drives. Scan your mass storage and check for deleted files?
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Nexus 4 doesn't appear as a Mass Storage device, so no recovery tool can detect it.

Try verifying your IMIE number with this site http://sndeep.info/en. It gives you the age of the device based on manufacturing date. Although it might not tell you if the device was used on not, it can still give you peace of mind if its a newly manufactured device

shashank_virgo said:
Try verifying your IMIE number with this site.. It gives you the age of the device based on manufacturing date. Although it might not tell you if the device was used on not, it can still give you a piece of mind if its a newly manufactured device
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That was an excellent idea - it says it's 2 month old.
What do you say...? Given that it was the last in their inventory and the shipping from Korea to Israel...?

bmoshe said:
Neither, I bought it from a local unofficial retail store (in Israel).
They did promise that the Nexus 4 is brand new, bu it only came with a regular non-wireless recharger (so much for promises).
Other than that, nothing but a strong gut feeling that this device was used for a while and was then cleaned and formatted.
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Was there tape on still sealed on the box? And were you expecting it to come with the wireless charger?? That's a separately purchased accessory. Its supposed to come with the wired charger.
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bmoshe said:
Nexus 4 doesn't appear as a Mass Storage device, so no recovery tool can detect it.
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You could still dump the partition on the phone and look at the dump on a pc. There is a tutorial for doing that here on xda meant for galaxy nexus, but it worked for N4 when I tried.
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bmoshe said:
That was an excellent idea - it says it's 2 month old.
What do you say...? Given that it was the last in their inventory and the shipping from Korea to Israel...?
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Well, I would say that if its just two months old, then it doesn't matter even if its slightly used given:
1) You dont see any dents, scratches e.t.c
2) No water damges on screen(if the colors are not distorted on some parts of screen)
3) Microphone, Speakers sound ok.
Atleast you are confident that you have 10(Out of 12) months of Google warranty on this phone, if we calculate it from date of manufacturing.

bmoshe said:
They did promise that the Nexus 4 is brand new, bu it only came with a regular non-wireless recharger (so much for promises).
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What does this have to do with anything?
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[Q] Broke battery jack

By accident while pulling the battery, I broke the logic board jack where the battery plug connects. I can't find the 16gb logic board online, does anybody has have any experience buying it online? from where?

muchelaguito said:
By accident while pulling the battery, I broke the logic board jack where the battery plug connects. I can't find the 16gb logic board online, does anybody has have any experience buying it online? from where?
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Hmm thats gonna be a hard one to find...your best bet is to go to a local Phone repairing service and ask them if they can get it for ya. Or you can contact LG themselfs and ask for a replacement .
Goodluck mate.

Cheapest would be find a broken up nexus 4 on eBay for like 150-200 and switch the boards or become a master solder
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[Q] Replace 3G version Display with other model?

Dear all,
I couldn't find any related topic yet with a quick search so I hope I wont get blamed for not finding the correct thread.
Sadly my Display from my 3G Nexus 7 broke yesterday. (A ****ty day for many reasons... not only this one)
Now I was thinking to buy a used or broken Nexus 7 to replace the complete front part.
Does anyone know if I could use just any of the Nexus 7 models to do that, or if I have to stick to the 3G model?
Of course it might be cheaper to buy just a small 8GB version and use that panel.
Thank you for any help regarding that topic.
Regards
Brotsalami

There's another thread somewhere asking this same question, sadly the display of the WiFi model won't work on the 3g model because the screws are in the wrong places and stiff just won't fit right. Best bet is pay Asus to fix it or a local repair shop
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I've been scouring eBay trying to get a non cracked screen for my WiFi 32gb. Long story short it's been dawn near impossible to get a "will not boot but has an intact screen" auction for under a $110 shipped.
Contact ASUS, they will do it for around $200 based on my chats with their employees online.
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200$ is quite a number. Then I could almost buy a new one. Why do they change the screw position for almost the same product???
Scheiße.

Anybody knows this?
Is the Display of the 16GB or the 32GB without 3G compatible with the 32G 3G model?

Samsung's Note 4 replacement motherboards actually fixed? (EMMC)

Does anyone know if Samsung's Note 4 motherboard replacements actually have a proper EMMC chip? Or are they simply giving you another defective motherboard with a short warranty?
I'm asking because Samsung in Canada wants $390 to replace the motherboard. Even the service staff guy rudely recommended against it. It only comes with a three month warranty.
So, I'm inferring they don't actually change the motherboard. They most likely just give you another Note 4 and hope it doesn't go bad in three months.
Also - Any suggestion of a robust android phone would be much appreciated. I seems like Samsung is the Ford of phones.

$390 seems excessive. In EU a used Note 4 is ~$150. Note 4 with a broken screen ~$90.
I plan to do the motherboard swap myself and would suggest you check out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUDgGaFcCNY&t=287s and decide if you want to try it yourself.

kosmarnik said:
$390 seems excessive. In EU a used Note 4 is ~$150. Note 4 with a broken screen ~$90.
I plan to do the motherboard swap myself and would suggest you check out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUDgGaFcCNY&t=287s and decide if you want to try it yourself.
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Yes, $390 is excessive, but that's Canada for you..
If you're planning to do a motherboard swap, how will know if the new board has a good emmc chip? Are you buying the board directly from Samsung?

Pvt Joker said:
Yes, $390 is excessive, but that's Canada for you..
If you're planning to do a motherboard swap, how will know if the new board has a good emmc chip? Are you buying the board directly from Samsung?
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I'm planning to buy a used Note 4 with a broken screen. Possibly even N910C. Now, I cant know for sure the state of the eMMC chip, but it will be better than mine, that is dead