Hi, I dropped the tytn to the floor, which usually doesn't affect it, but this time the plastic lens cracked. Which I guess the the warranty doesn't cover.
Any brilliant ideas on how to fix this?
I've buyed only Touch Screen lens
and not the entire display, I've open the PDA and changed the broken one.
It costs only 15 $. The only problem for you is the Warranty.
Mine broke as well. I took a new CD or DVD case and made a new one. Since it is polycarbonate it won't brake so far but scratch sensitive
edit: it was the rear camera but it should also work on the front cam
Where did you buy a new lens? How did you make a new one?
Just cut it out from a CD case and and file it to a round form.
Is there any cover that covers the camera's lens? I have read about several people having broken glass on the battery cover and now I join the group. I know glass doesn't scratch as easy as plastic, but it's horribly thin
Huh... i didn't realize that the lens cover was actually glass. Well, the Invisible Shield whole device cover comes with a piece that you can apply over the lens cover that has a pre-punched hole to not obstruct the lens.
momentarylapseofreason said:
Is there any cover that covers the camera's lens? I have read about several people having broken glass on the battery cover and now I join the group. I know glass doesn't scratch as easy as plastic, but it's horribly thin
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I had the same issue. I called the store I bought it at and told the manager I noticed mine was missing the back glass piece. I said I never noticed it (I peeled it off) and asked if they could replace the battery cover since I just bought the phone. They did it with no questions asked. If you tell them you cracked it I doubt they will replace it.
afliction523 said:
I had the same issue. I called the store I bought it at and told the manager I noticed mine was missing the back glass piece. I said I never noticed it (I peeled it off) and asked if they could replace the battery cover since I just bought the phone. They did it with no questions asked. If you tell them you cracked it I doubt they will replace it.
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haha...good idea!
The digitizers on eBay prob aren't gorilla glass, right? Can you get replacement that is real?
Did you replace it or not? i am interested in how you brake it considering it is gorilla glass. How much force need to brake it?
dropping Gorillia Glass in the wrong angle will break it!
True. Mine got dropped on the upper left edge of the phone(and it was from the height of 1m or less) and it got shaterd. Now I am searching for replacement. The phone and the screen still work but it just looks ugly.
edit* my post doesn't apply for this thread lol but it seems defy is brickproof also.
yes it can broke, it's just scratch resistant, not broke-into-pieces resistant.
Yep, I can confirm it's not shatterproof!
Hi everyone,
I just received my new digitizer from Ecell and it's glass, not plastic, so so far so good.
However, does anyone know how to fit it to the phone ? I'm not sure if it comes with adhesive or not (didn't look at it in detail) and how to remove the old digitizer without damaging the phone ?
thanks,
Arnaud.
If I'm not mistaken someone here in XDA had already open up the Defy. Search and you find it. But you will need to replace the front casing as well once you opened up your Defy..
Or you can follow this site guide Here
Ok everyone, I looked into this a bit deeper.
The digitizer I got from ebay selle Ecell looks genuine. It has the same serial number as the original and everything looks exactly the same. For those looking for a genuine Gorilla Glass replacement digitizer, I think we've found it.
There is no adhesive though and I am still looking for something suitable.
Farsight, you DONT have to replace the front casing once you've opened up the Defy. Or at least I don't see why you should.
Anyway, I'll keep you up to date as soon as my defy is back in action.
Cheers,
Arnaud.
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Ok everyone, I looked into this a bit deeper.
The digitizer I got from ebay selle Ecell looks genuine. It has the same serial number as the original and everything looks exactly the same. For those looking for a genuine Gorilla Glass replacement digitizer, I think we've found it.
There is no adhesive though and I am still looking for something suitable.
Farsight, you DONT have to replace the front casing once you've opened up the Defy. Or at least I don't see why you should.
Anyway, I'll keep you up to date as soon as my defy is back in action.
Cheers,
Arnaud.
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If I'm not mistaken, the idea for changing the front casing is to ensure the phone remains water resistant.
Trying to replace broken gorilla glass
Here is a video of me trying to replace the broken glass on my Defy. The replacement was successful although the final result got dirty from the glue I used.
A better solution would be to replace the whole front housing with speaker, glass and digitizer. Anyone knows where one can by a complete Defy front housing?
I bought mine from no.1-tech on ebay and it looks genuine to me, too. Did yours come in a plastic bag that says "resealable" and has a sort of glue strip to close it?
Btw, globaldirectparts has everything, the digitizer, the adhesive, complete front and back housing etc. but the minimum amount of 5pcs per item is kind of a turn-off...
Yes, mine came in a resealable plastic bag with a glue strip as well.
I ended up buying some two sided tape and I cut strips to fit where the original adhesive was. It all looks very clean but now the proximity sensor doesn't work properly and the screen turns off whenever I make or answer a call. It turns back on when I press on the screen in the top left hand corner. I tried searching for a way to recalibrate the proximity sensor but I haven't found anything that works on the Defy.
If anyone has any idea on how to do this (and I'm pretty sure it's possible), could you please let everyone know?
Thank you
Cheers,
Arnaud.
I found this one.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Motorola-Defy...K_Replacement_Parts_Tools&hash=item3cb8dd71f8
Don’t know anything about the dealer though
nice info, i dont know if we can change the glass. i thought before if we broke the glass, means we broke the LCD
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True. Mine got dropped on the upper left edge of the phone(and it was from the height of 1m or less) and it got shaterd. Now I am searching for replacement. The phone and the screen still work but it just looks ugly.
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Happened the same to me. from 1 meter. i got the glass from ebay yesterday.
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Here is a video of me trying to replace the broken glass on my Defy. The replacement was successful although the final result got dirty from the glue I used.
A better solution would be to replace the whole front housing with speaker, glass and digitizer. Anyone knows where one can by a complete Defy front housing?
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From the video. Best still to change the whole front casing together with the glass screen. It's very dirty in the end and surely the water resistant would not work anymore.
Did your Defy managed to power up? I see the video look like it's dead??
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Yes, the phone did power up - battery was empty.
The phone is working ok but, as you mentioned, the glass got very dirty. Using another type of glue and being a bit more exact when fixing the new glass to the front housing might have given better result.
As for the water reistance I'm already convinced that the defy is water resistant but the front speaker is not. Already got two front speakers replaced because of water damage.
I'm looking for a front housing with glass and speaker. I've already tried to replace the speaker om another defy but that was not so easy because the speaker is glued to the front.
Hi guys, so I have a Galaxy S10+ for like 2 months now and the problem is that I have these little visible specks on the front and rear camera covers of the phone. They don't interfere with the quality of the images taken but it bothers me because I thought that the phone was supposed to be IP68 water and dust resistant. Can the phone still be returned to where I bought it? And is it still under warranty?
I live in the Philippines and I got the Prism Green version.
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Hi guys, so I have a Galaxy S10+ for like 2 months now and the problem is that I have these little visible specks on the front and rear camera covers of the phone. They don't interfere with the quality of the images taken but it bothers me because I thought that the phone was supposed to be IP68 water and dust resistant. Can the phone still be returned to where I bought it? And is it still under warranty?
I live in the Philippines and I got the Prism Green version.
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The question I'd be asking myself is, would I want some tech tearing apart my device to remove dust or not. Not unless they will swap it out for another unit.
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My S8 had dust in front and rear camera lens as well but only after servicing.. two times repaired.. first time it had fingerprint mark on rear camera glass and dust specks on both front and rear camera glass. Second time they cleaned the fingerprint mark but still the dust speck was there when they returned it to me. Also, there was adhesive sticky sounds coming from my s8 when I pressed it on right side. They said it is not possible for them to create a factory like scenario to do a supertight sealing under vaccum and dustfree conditions but ensured that my phone will stay dustproof and waterproof after repair.
My iPhone X came out of the box with scratches and scuffs on the metal frame + dust specks inside both rear and front glass.
My s10+ luckily didnt had any dust specks inside either of the camera glass but had a minor scratch on the backside (seemed to be due to dust) inside the box or during manufacturing. They didnt had any return or refund policy so had to accept it.