Hi everyone, I've searched through the forums and thus far everyone has recommended replacing the entire LCD / Glass assembly rather than just the Glass / Digitizer. I've got a beat up I537 that I don't want to spend the $150 to $200 on the LCD assembly whereas I can buy the digitizer / glass off of Ebay for $35. I don't care about the warranty or waterproof so I was wondering if anyone has had any success with replacing just the digitizer and glass? If so, I would really appreciate any guidance or links to videos / step by step videos that you can provide.
Thanks for your help, I really appreciate it.
How did you end up going with this, mate? I just ordered the part and was about to attempt the same thing.
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here is my story: i got a cracked screen and damage housing g1 everything else works fine, so i've decided to purchase an new housing from ebay, when i dissect the g1 i've realize the only crack is the front cover, the lcd and the digitizer is perfectly fine, so i have been looking around for that outer screen part, but unfortunately all that i've fine is screens that already have the digitizer attached to the screen which cost around $50. so here is the QUESTION: anyone know where i can fine that screen piece? O btw the new housing does not come with that piece which is very gay.
Is this all I need?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/OEM-Google-...ltDomain_0&hash=item4a9f14c663#ht_2977wt_1169
Thanks in advance!
as someone who's done the repair twice. Don't buy from ebay as they sell cheaper knockoffs.
Its actually pretty complicated and almost worth the money to send it in for repair.
Really.
i disagree, the repair was fairly easy if youre following a guide. ive done it once and taken mine completely apart twice. the most difficult part was separating the broken glass from the rubber part where it is mounted and getting the bottom part of the phone off without breaking it or leaving marks. I used spray adhesive to seal the new digitizer to the mount. I bought mine from amazon, just about the same price and came with prying tools. it was good quality with only a single miniature air bubble in the glass which is only noticeable if youre really looking for it on a full white screen.
if only your glass is broken that is all you should need, the digitizer. if the lcd is cracked or bleeding you will need that as well.
Has anyone here replaced the glass on the active? I got a cracked but fully working phone and ordered the screen glass. I didn't bother reading about the tft glass being a little different than the amoled blued s3-s4 glass. I am pretty good at doing the S3 and the other S4 but this one is a mystery with no youtube videos showing the residue left behind or if the lcd is damaged easily, cleaning heating etc. So you guys can share any experiences you might have on the subject. Thanks in advance.
Hello guys!
It's my first post on this forum so excuse me for all mistakes that I have made
Some time ago i dropped my LG G Flex from about 0,5m. The screen have "spider webs" so it makes annoying to use it. Luckily the screen and touch layer managed to survive .
I searched web for replacements but i didn't find the glass. I only managed to find a glass with whole display. The cost of whole thing was about 50$-100$. The price of that part was too expensive to make it happen (i bought phone for about 140$).
Soo i have came up with bright idea. I was gonna remove the screen glass like this girl on video (Search YouTube for "HOW TO REPLACE A SMARTPHONE SCREEN!" uploaded by "everythingdiy").
Thing was very easy because LG don't have any physical buttons on front and the whole "frame thing" was attached to bottom layers (With samsung phones the "frame thing" is attached to glass").
After removing broken glass i cleaned everything up with just a tissue.
Next step was the easiest one. I bought online a tempered glass protector and applied it on my screen.
Here you go, everything is working very well !
I have payed for replacing my screen glass about 5$ (+ work with removing old glass)
I think i have helped someone with similar problems.
REMEMBER !! To preform this your display and touch must work !!! You are doing it on your own and i don't take any responsibility if you damage your phone !!!
what tempered glass protector did you buy? please can you send a link
also, when you remove the glass, was it attach to the lcd with glue?
cfli1688c1 said:
what tempered glass protector did you buy? please can you send a link
also, when you remove the glass, was it attach to the lcd with glue?
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I bought the cheapest one Any tempered glass will do the job.
The glass was attached to the LCD with glue. Make sure to warm up the screen with hair dryer or heat gun
You can try removing that glass at any point. Just google "removing phone screen glass" or something like that.
Remember it's not that easy as it sounds, the display is very fragile.
Hello Guys
my Lg ls980 screen smashed and I want to buy a new screen but when I searched in ebay I found a lot of offers but I don't what's the different between the outer glass and full lcd replacement can anyone provide me a link of full Lcd replacement and Thank you
Here you go. https://www.ifixit.com/Store/Guide/28952?display=list&filters[Displays]=on
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Hello Guys
my Lg ls980 screen smashed and I want to buy a new screen but when I searched in ebay I found a lot of offers but I don't what's the different between the outer glass and full lcd replacement can anyone provide me a link of full Lcd replacement and Thank you
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Outer glass is for exactly that, replacing just the surface glass. You have to separate the outer glass and the original, fully-touch-functional, LCD digitizer using a thin wire and 80'C heating source (hotter than that will ruin your LCD) to melt the LOCA (clear optical) glue which cures with UV light source (or out in the sun). It's difficult and time consuming (3-4 hrs labor). The glass is only $10 or so but other equipment is needed as mentioned. There are kits for $25 which includes wire, double-side tape (not as good as LOCA glue due to dust getting in between glass and LCD and not as durable when phone gets hot--glass may raise and separate from LCD, glass may crack easiers).
Full LCD is easier and more durable as you replace the whole thing. Down side is cost ($70-$150 depending on phone model). It only takes about 15' to change out the LCD. It's usually same or even cheaper to buy a used phone than replacing a full LCD. For example you can get a used LG G2 for $50-75 on Ebay and Swappa in good condition.
Remembers replacement parts are NEVER as durable as original screen as they're generic Chinese stuff. Don't think you're getting Gorilla glass for the outer glass. One drop and your replacement screen glass will break. The full LCD replacement usually fail within 1 year due to generic digitizer or recycled digitizer.
If I were you, I'd just buy a good condition used LG G2 and be done with it.
I just replaced mine G2 D802 (from 2013) Lcd, you need to replace the whole thing (screen+lcd)I think, you can buy the Lcd from the Internet. I bought the lcd about $50 and got the shop to replace it for $6. Now my G2 is like new.