Hey guys
So i cracked my touch digitizer and decided to chance it myself.
I have taken some pictures of the phone disassembled.
So if anyone is curoius to see the inside of their phone, here it is...
If there is something you want a closer look of, just tell me and i will take a picture.
I haven't put it back together yet, cause i didn't know you needed some special tape to mount the digitizer...
Pretty neat. I rember taking my Nexus One apart. I got the digitizer and screen together. Didn't want to deal with the tape/glue aspect.
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Great job!
I was in the same shoe as you. Mine was a badly cracked LCD while the touch screen didn't even have a single scratch. Don't ask how I did it
Dismantling the LCD and the touch screen assembly was the toughest part. Seems like all newer and slimmer phones are using glue to fix their parts together. A nightmare for DIY.
I used normal double sided tape to put mine back together. Seems to be holding well so far. However, I am still looking around for better alternatives. Let me know if you find one!
I love my INCS!
could you make close-up pics from the bottom leds that are being used?
im actually thinking of replacing them for blue or orange
Was it hard to do because I have some dust under my screen and maybe give it a try.
How did you manage to crack the gorilla glass??
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Yeah, i'm gonna try to replace my digitizer as well, i'm kinda scared to pull the screen & digitizer apart... I've read that you can heat it up using a hairdryer and that the glue will get loose, but i'm not sure if i have the guts to heat my screen up
So how did you manage to get the screen off?
Don't think it is worth the effort and risk to just get rid of a few dust particles.
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Guys, using a hairdryer f***s the phone up. You don' need lot of time to overheat any metal parts and circuits and stuff break...
You think it isnt that hot, but works the same way like when u are in the sauna and your necklace burns your neck when it hangs apart from your body for a couple of seconds.
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Hawkysoft said:
could you make close-up pics from the bottom leds that are being used?
im actually thinking of replacing them for blue or orange
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I'm afraid i cant to that. I'm afraid of braking it when removing the tape wich is on it. The button "display" is 0,5 mm thick or so. Im not even sure it is possible to replace them.
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Was it hard to do because I have some dust under my screen and maybe give it a try.
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Dont do it just to remove some dust. Not worth the risk. Its not that easy to take it off.
RicarduZonta said:
How did you manage to crack the gorilla glass??
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6 feet drop on concrete floor with the corner first. Even Gorilla glas cant survive that
VaalNL said:
So how did you manage to get the screen off?
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After removing everything on the back i was able to push at the back of the screen in the top of the phone, and then get a little plastick tool in and pulled it of.
Its quite hard to pull off but the glass was already cracked so i just pulled a bit hard.
I was a little bit more carefull with the LCD. Its also quite hard to remove. Just took my chances and hoped the glue would give in before the LCD craced
Cool story bro, I always wanted to know what's inside!
Can you post a high res picture of just the mother board particularly the NAND flash of possible
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I'm also looking for what I need to re attach the digitizer. Any ideas
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What did you use to glue the digitizer back on? I broke mine and waiting for new digitizer and housing to come in. But i have no idea what is used to glue it back on. Also wondering if the digitizer gets glued back onto the lcd or onto the housing or both? Thanks guys!
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What did you use to glue the digitizer back on? I broke mine and waiting for new digitizer and housing to come in. But i have no idea what is used to glue it back on. Also wondering if the digitizer gets glued back onto the lcd or onto the housing or both? Thanks guys!
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Hey
I answered in the other thread
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Hey,
I was wondering weather it's possible to replace the silver stripe which is around the SGS ??
If any one have done it or knows how to do it, please let me know...
I have tried searching, but didn't find anything useful...
Thanks in advance
Hey.. Anyone... Please help...
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hi
I was interested in that too, I've got some dents and scratches on mine but
I don't think thats a job for the faint hearted.
I watched a youtube disassemble job and it looked to me like the silver bezel is bonded to the screen, that and the fact it scared the hell out of me how much it took to take the phone apart made me give up on that idea.
UP!
Anyone ?
Thanks
It's called a bezel. Think I remember seeing a thread in the accessories section.
replacing the front bezel involves removing a backing plate behind the screen, which most likely is glued to the screen/digitizer assembly.
Its much harder to remove than what you see in the below video.
Chances are you will break the screen or the glass. I had a spoilt home button and accidentally cracked the screen while trying to remove the screen to access the button assembly :crying:
I would avoid doing this I thought I could and ruined my phone there's they fragile Aileen mesh like strips under there ended up costing me £80 for a new screen unit!
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Good afternoon,
I dropped my bionic the other day shattering the glass. I don't have the 100 for insurance so I was looking for a quick way out till I replaced it.
Now, I know I can buy the glass/digitizer online, I even have the how-tos.
This is where my question gets unique. My coworker just out of the blue handed me his broken bionic. It was water damaged a few months ago.
Could I take the glass from this and put it on mine?? Or would it not work because of his damage? Could I rewire my good wires to his glass? I just figured free fix is better than sitting on a broken phone. Just don't know if it will work or not.
Ideas?
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Well unless water penetrated the display (which, I think, I think, is a fairly well sealed unit) you should be able to use it. If your friend already gave it to you, just try it out
I mean, attempting to power on the unit with a potentially water logged display can't be any riskier than a cracked one imo
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The display on mine works great, just spiderwebbed glass. I would only really need the glass for it.
I am hoping it works, just don't want to waste (x) hours on my phone to have to turn around and take it apart again haha
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Ohh ok, well, i'm certainly no expert on phone repair, I do know that the digitizer is a sealed unit, so, unless it stayed under water for a very very long time, I can't personally see why it wouldn't work for you
However, to be on the safe side and avoid wasting hours of your time (cause it does suck wasting time IMO) I'd hold up for a more experienced opinion.
sorry I couldn't be more assertive in my input
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Replacing the digitizer on the Bionic is incredibly simple, the only thing you need to be cardful with is removing the motherboard - be sure to pry the bottom away from teh LCD (small amount of weak adhesive there), because the digitizer cables (there are 2) run between the LCD and the board, so if you pull the LCD and the board out together, there's a pretty good chance of snapping those cables. Even easier than trying to swap digitizers is to just swap motherboards and LCDs. You might not even need to switch LCDs, but water isn't easy on them, so it's safe to assume that the water damaged one is trashed.
Anyway, all you need is a T4 screwdriver and about 15 minutes. The only other minor difficult area is the earpiece speaker area, but all in all, this is one of the simplest phones I've ever worked on.
Yeah it doesn't seem like a hard phone to work on. Just hope all the water damaged pieces work alright with this phone. I'll post up when I get home with results
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Just google the ifixit for bionic its only 11 screws and 2 ribbon wires
I know how to do it. That's not what this thread is about. Haha.
The whole reason for this thread was would a digitizer from a water logged phone work as a suitable replacement for my screen.
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Worked great, new screen is on, all the connections are solid!
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Congrats
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OK so first off I know I'm a cheap sod :angel:
My SG Nexus got wet and I'm waiting for the LG N4 to become in stock again...
So I've got myself a SG Note off eBay in perfect working order apart from one long crack that runs though only the glass (the OLED is fine).
I've looked into replacing the glass and tbh even thought I'm an engineer, nope.
My cunning plan is to fill the crack with superglue (let it dry) then slap on a zagg screen protector on it.
Any comments or ideas? Maybe lose the super glue? Maybe use something else other than superglue?
All ideas welcome - photos to follow when it gets here.
Just lose the super glue. The screen protector is enough. I would recommend the SGP screen protector maybe even the glass one.
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Just lose the super glue. The screen protector is enough. I would recommend the SGP screen protector maybe even the glass one.
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Thanks, I have a long history with Zagg and all ready got one on order. Bit worried about the crack edge creating a refractive boundary hence the super glue... maybe I'll do a run with out the screen protector... maybe I'll stop over-thinking it
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Thanks, I have a long history with Zagg and all ready got one on order. Bit worried about the crack edge creating a refractive boundary hence the super glue... maybe I'll do a run with out the screen protector... maybe I'll stop over-thinking it
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I'd skip the superglue since it's vapours will possibly stain the digitizer... In other words, it will make a mess!
Rayan said:
I'd skip the superglue since it's vapours will possibly stain the digitizer... In other words, it will make a mess!
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Now that is something I had over looked. I had thought the glue would chemically react with anything. Have a digital cookie mate
Also if the glue sat proud when dry even a tiny bit the screen protector wont follow the contour & will have that nasty "lifting" look to it along the crack that you get at edges of screens some times.
I would fit a glass even if its involved, the part is about £15 & if you continue to use the phone cracked you risk pressure on your LCD & that's not cheap.
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Also if the glue sat proud when dry even a tiny bit the screen protector wont follow the contour & will have that nasty "lifting" look to it along the crack that you get at edges of screens some times.
I would fit a glass even if its involved, the part is about £15 & if you continue to use the phone cracked you risk pressure on your LCD & that's not cheap.
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Thanks, but installing the glass involves separating the glass and OLED and there glued together. You have to heat the glass with a heat gun then pull them apart. I'm thinking that's going to crack the OLED.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1487716
That thread is a bit scary isn't it, its one of those jobs where having seen one done & exactly what's involved drastically increases the chances of success but most people haven't got that luxury.
But, if i wanted the phone repaired i would see risking the cheap way first as a worthwhile gamble.
But hope your screen "protector over crack" method works for you.
seems legit.
also, please send us step by step pics.
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Bit worried about the crack edge creating a refractive boundary hence the super glue...
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Use oil mixture in the crack??
http://gr5.org/index_of_refraction/
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What about the car windsheild repair kits ? The ones that Auto-Glass (UK) use to fill cracks and chips on car windsheilds ? It leaves no residue either, Its basically like liquid glass until it sets.
worth looking it to surely ? would be cheaper than a whole Screen replacement.
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Use oil mixture in the crack??
http://gr5.org/index_of_refraction/
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Dam good link. I like the idea of one of those oil. Maybe baby oil would be to viscose (runny) so I'm thinking that a drop of two of that corn sirpe could do the trick... maybe even some wax? I got some clear natural beaswax... I feel some experimentation coming on....
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What about the car windsheild repair kits ? The ones that Auto-Glass (UK) use to fill cracks and chips on car windsheilds ? It leaves no residue either, Its basically like liquid glass until it sets.
worth looking it to surely ? would be cheaper than a whole Screen replacement.
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again good shout. My only heastitaion is thats a one way street, no going back. But I think if the screen protector doesn't work then that can be dam good plan B!
Today, after my XZ fall of my nightstand on the carpet, my backscreen broke.
Does anyone know how I can get the screen out, and a new screen in?
Hope someone knows it....
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Here all infos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNrtamZuf7E&feature=endscreen&NR=1
Your great.... How could I look over this movie....
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Daaaaang... I think ure the first one who achieved a broken xz
I'm sorry, did you say backscreen? Does that mean the glass panel on the back, or something behind the screen? I've just never heard that term before.
Also, you mentioned... falling off a nightstand onto CARPET?
how could that have possibly broken anything, given the videos we've all seen of the XZ dropping on far worse?
Don't know why it broke, think landed just wrongly...
Its the back case,
Sorry, it's not clean, just wiped the broken corner....
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Don't know why it broke, think landed just wrongly...
Its the back case,
Sorry, it's not clean, just wiped the broken corner....
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Wow. The back is gorilla glass. The front is asahi tragontrail. You broke gorilla glass!
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Here all infos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNrtamZuf7E&feature=endscreen&NR=1
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Really cool video, can't believe the back would break landing on carpet, at least it looks easy to replace
Did you replace your glass?
or has anyone else had the back open and could perhaps comment on the technique, temperature needed ( it looks like a hairdryer rather than heat gun in the video) , how and where does the glass adhere? etc
thanks
Does anyone have this problem? My Xperia SP, when you looked in a room with lots of light (or in an outdoor environment) it is possible to realize a lot of sand between the touch screen and the LCD panel.
Not to mention my touchscreen, which displays a little "loose" the arc of the phone.
Someone managed to solve it? I've been thinking about dropping my touchscreen without removing your phone (with all care of the world, go through a credit card around the edges to loosen the glue) and then clean the LCD screen and the touchscreen using a soft brush, removing any sand present in that place. Is this a good idea?
Thanks in advance..
I saw a teardown of the phone and the lcd is not glued to the touchscreen this device is really easy to teardown but you won't get further then removing the back cover because of the side screws
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noahvt said:
I saw a teardown of the phone and the lcd is not glued to the touchscreen this device is really easy to teardown but you won't get further then removing the back cover because of the side screws
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I can partially remove the touchscreen without disassembly the phone? Without removing any connector, just to clean the screen.. can i do this?
You have to completely disassemble the phone to separate the digitaliser and the LCD as with most phones manufacturers tend to start with the screen and build up from there is RMA an option because that's the sort of thing covered by warranty
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You have to completely disassemble the phone to separate the digitaliser and the LCD as with most phones manufacturers tend to start with the screen and build up from there is RMA an option because that's the sort of thing covered by warranty
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Is really easier? More than disassemble a Xperia Play?
@zenug I have never tried the play but from looking at photos I would say the SP is easier. It's not a difficult phone to disassemble nothing like as hard as certain fruit based phones. Just make sure you go slow there's nothing more frustrating than waiting for a new ribbon to arrive because you damaged one. There are videos on youtube of the teardown. One last thing vv important if it is sand or dust in between the LCD and digitaliser use a can of compressed air to blow it away sand will scratch the glass and ruin the LCD. Fingerprints and smears from cloths are almost impossible to remove. Think fitting a screen protector but cleaner, much cleaner. Try and avoid touching or wiping either surface if possible.
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Well, I've cleaned the screen using my ninja technique (passing a card around the screen edges to loosen the glue, I used a brush to clean properly) and not to the problem appears again, I used a kind of "glue" to stick the edges and prevent the entry of dust on the screen. I do not think that is a definite "fix", because it is a McGyver technique that should be resolved by Sony.
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Even i have got the same prob
If i take it to service centre(phone still in warranty)
Will i be charged?
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Even i have got the same prob
If i take it to service centre(phone still in warranty)
Will i be charged?
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No you will not be charged its a hardware failure and make sure they reseal the screen not just clean it or the dust will get back in
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dipesh1502 said:
Even i have got the same prob
If i take it to service centre(phone still in warranty)
Will i be charged?
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I had this problem and they totally changed the screen under warranty
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pec0ra said:
I had this problem and they totally changed the screen under warranty
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Wow if i am not buying the z i will do it too