I have a cracked galaxy s3 screen that I want to replace by myself. Searching on ebay, I found several lens glass for sell under $20. Are these gorilla glass 2 or just standard glass material?
I only checked youtube videos and looks fairly straightforward. Any word of advice from people who had repaired their cracked screen by themselves?
There are a couple of good tutorials here on xda, search for those before you start.
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Gorilla glass for $20? I don't think so, it will just be glass. Some are actually plastic.
you can replace just the glass (tutorial with video in general thread) but it is fiddly and needs a bit of skill
blake chan said:
If you want to repair your broken glass, you have to replace the whole lcd assembly cause the glass cannot be separated from the lcd. It's impossible to get a Gorilla Glass 2 under $20. There are always crappy goods on ebay.
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This is false, it has been done and as slappy said there are even videos of it being done successfully right here on XDA.
There is already a thread n video tutorial to replace glass. Just have a look in general section
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blake chan said:
If you want to repair your broken glass, you have to replace the whole lcd assembly cause the glass cannot be separated from the lcd. It's impossible to get a Gorilla Glass 2 under $20. There are always crappy goods on ebay.
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Replaced just the glass, saved the digi/lcd (With video)
Thanks for the replies. That was the exact video I saw on youtube, making me want to search on ebay for lens glass. Actually I think it is the only video fixing the lens instead of replacing the whole lens + digitizer.
What I want to hear from people who had replaced their lens, how is the durability of the new cover glass? How is the thickness? I dont want to replace it only to have it break/scratch even easier than the original gorilla glass 2.
Thanks
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I was wondering if i really need to keep my screen protecter on or is the screen hard glass thanks
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Yes, it does have gorilla glass and the screen protector is just personal preference, I have one just in case...
As far as it says on the gorilla glass website our phone has gorilla glass but I would highly recommend you keeping your screen protector. I already scrached another 3d
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Based on what I've seen, I believe the Evo 3D is listed on the Gorilla Glass website because the glass covering the camera is Gorilla Glass. It's my belief that the glass covering the cameras is GG and the glass on the front is not. I can't prove it but I bet if we looked into it, that's what we'd find.
Mike
Wow awesome help thank you guys . Xda is awesome n the guys in it
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Just because its gorilla glass doesn't mean it wont scratch. It's not worth the risk if you ask me.
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Either way, no screen protector for me. That's what insurance is for
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twiz0r said:
Either way, no screen protector for me. That's what insurance is for
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Have you had any success getting a phone replaced for a screen scratch? I would think they would put that squarely into the "your fault " category...
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Have you had any success getting a phone replaced for a screen scratch? I would think they would put that squarely into the "your fault " category...
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I'm sorry were you under the misconception that the insurance only covers loss or something? Your fault category is precisely what insurance is for slick.
Mechanical or electrical failure, routine maintenance, and failure from normal wear and tear. File your replacement request within 60 days of incident.
Loss, theft, physical or liquid damage and resulting corrosion, and fire or lightning damage. File your replacement request within 60 days of incident.
The screen scratches just as easy as any phone. I had ny EVO screen scratch on me from my earrings. Forgot I had them on while talking on the phone and scratched my screen to all hell. Safe to say doesn't sound like gg to me.
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I actually emailed HTC on this question a few weeks ago..the rep told me that neither the front screen or the back camera cover were gorilla glass..he said that they have used a glass that is comparable or better than gorilla glass.but on the corning site it shows as having gorilla glass
http://www.corninggorillaglass.com/products-with-gorilla/htc
No offense but most everyone knows that the reps aren't exactly the most knowledgeable of people.
If it's listed on Corning's site it must be true, they can't really lie about where their product is and isn't being used, it's bad business.
Also my phone's glass is pretty damn strong, I've dropped it on a metal seat belt and I don't have anything to show for.
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Based on what I've seen, I believe the Evo 3D is listed on the Gorilla Glass website because the glass covering the camera is Gorilla Glass. It's my belief that the glass covering the cameras is GG and the glass on the front is not. I can't prove it but I bet if we looked into it, that's what we'd find.
Mike
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Its been officially stated that the screen is GG and the camera lens protector is just plastic (albeit a strong plastic).
I dont bother with screen protectors. My Evo 4G (not GG) never had a protector for a little over a year and never had an issue. If you treat your stuff right, it should stand upto any "normal" abuse. Of course its preference.
Yeah, everyone sweats over whether it has Gorilla Glass or not, it's still just glass. Every phone now has hardened glass, they all don't scratch from metal, and they all scratch from the same sand and what not. Who cares if it's officially Gorilla Glass or not?
FYI:
EVO 4G x2. Evo# 1 never got a scratch. Evo #2 (Wifes Evo) scratched......insurance replaced without a deductible (I have no idea how that happened...lol).
EVO 3D's NAKID as well...and will be....for me screen protectors just make the touch screen feel crappy......
jrdoctor said:
The screen scratches just as easy as any phone. I had ny EVO screen scratch on me from my earrings. Forgot I had them on while talking on the phone and scratched my screen to all hell. Safe to say doesn't sound like gg to me.
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Most metal is harder than any kind of glass (Except maybe gold). Specially if you have any kind of gemstone in your earrings. Gorilla glass != Indestructible.
For what it is worth:
I dropped a small hardened steel drill bit from 8 inches and it chipped my screen. (this was by accident as I had it under my work station). The chip immediately turned into a crack the moment I touched the phone. I bought a replacement digitizer to replace myself...
The outcome: The outer glass/digitizer is 1.40mm/0.055in thick. It is fairly tangible. Replacing the digitizer is a b---h, and I mean that as the LCD and digitizer cannot be accessed easily, if at all, from inside the phone.
And, my new screen got a tiny scratch from a razor blade on my work desk. I do not think this is a specialty glass. I would advise caution and possibly a case & screen protector...
i dont know about you guys but my Evo3D has DIAMOND GLASS !!! I have a pure diamond screen. **** gorilla glass !!!!
There are so many reports of broken and scratched Evo 3D screens already, why take the chance. Just search the forums, you'll find a several gouged and shattered screens here. Phone insurance doesn't cover cosmetic issues (like scratched glass), only functional issues.
Taking care of the phone helps, but accidents happen. I had 4 Evo 4G's, 3 were mint, 1 had a scratched screen, they all had screen protectors and cases from the time they came out of the box.
Guys,
I ordered a touch screen digitizer for my broken gorilla glass and bleeding digitizer on ebay.. Would that fix even my broken gorilla glass? I contacted the seller and he is unsure.. Any suggestions guys? Very confused..
Any help greatly appreciated..
Item I ordered is:
http: //cgi .ebay .com /ws/ eBayISAPI.dll?
ViewItem& item= 220717156331
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prudviraj said:
Guys,
I ordered a touch screen digitizer for my broken gorilla glass and bleeding digitizer on ebay.. Would that fix even my broken gorilla glass? I contacted the seller and he is unsure.. Any suggestions guys? Very confused..
Any help greatly appreciated..
Item I ordered is:
http: //cgi .ebay .com /ws/ eBayISAPI.dll?
ViewItem& item= 220717156331
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Gorilla glass and lcd are a glued single unit, i believe you have purchased the right part and it does have the gorilla glass attached.
You are safe
Yup. You are good to go. The glass comes with the LCD. I wont be too sure that its gorilla glass though. It scratches very easily.
Then again the original gorilla glass wasnt too shatter proof anyway.
I see a lot of posts regarding the unbreakable glass on anything that has the gorilla glass. I think the proper term is SCRATCH resistant, not unbreakable?
I think Corning needs to rework it so if you drop it on a corner, it won't shatter
I took the screen protector off of mine over 2 months ago and even as much as it is in and out of the pouch, in the car unprotected, not one scratch. The plastic around it? Now that is another matter
Yup all the screens I have purchased had the gorilla glass. You cannot buy it and if you could I do not see how you would install it.
I have been running withour screen protection and see no need to put anything on the glass.
I did have a screen protector cor months. I do not think it is needed.
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Two Dell Streaks fell at the same time..
Actually guys,
My dad has a dell streak too but that one is with TPU soft case. Both of them fell from the same height. But mine as it was bare bodied, and might have fell on the sweet spot which broke the glass. The other one is scratchless. so now i understand the necessity of the rubber case, also it tends to slip without it from your hands which i have noticed it a couple of times. So lesson learned.. never get off a bigger phone from its layer (case).. Glad it is not an expensive loss though..
Thanks for all your inputs guys..
Raj..
prudviraj said:
Actually guys,
My dad has a dell streak too but that one is with TPU soft case. Both of them fell from the same height. But mine as it was bare bodied, and might have fell on the sweet spot which broke the glass. The other one is scratchless. so now i understand the necessity of the rubber case, also it tends to slip without it from your hands which i have noticed it a couple of times. So lesson learned.. never get off a bigger phone from its layer (case).. Glad it is not an expensive loss though..
Thanks for all your inputs guys..
Raj..
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Buy a Otterbox Commuter or Defender case, the screen protector is crap, but the case itself is very good, should save you the price of buying a new screen. Does make the device quite big, but then its not a small phone.
has anyone bought replacement glass from fleabay? ive broken the glass but the touchscreen is fine
just wondering about the quality of replacement from the auction site, i presume its not the gorilla glass?
thanks
grakon said:
has anyone bought replacement glass from fleabay? ive broken the glass but the touchscreen is fine
just wondering about the quality of replacement from the auction site, i presume its not the gorilla glass?
thanks
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Replacing just the glass is hell on earth. You have to unglue the glass from the digitizer and if you're not careful, you'll end up cracking it. You're better off buying a full LCD + Digitizer assembly and replacing it entirely than mess around with replacing just the glass... Just my two cents.
if i was to do that mate id send the phone back as its still under insurance but that return would cost me about £30 and be without my phone for at least 2 weeks.
no one else bought this glass and know what the quality like?
Hello. I have had a galaxy s3 with cracked glass and tried to replace it. I have seen many videos on youtube how to replace it. Basically people on these videos heat the screen and then remove the front glass easily, because the digitizer is glued to the lcd. But when I tried to remove it it came off quite easily, but only then I noticed that the digitizer was glued not to the lcd but to the front glass, so when i tried to remove front glass I accidentally broke the digitiser connector and somehow damaged the lcd. You can see photos here:
http://i.ebayimg.com/t/Samsung-galaxy-S-III-/00/s/MTYwMFg5MDE=/z/N0AAAOxylpNTUq5H/$_58.JPG
http://i.ebayimg.com/t/Samsung-galaxy-S-III-/00/s/MTYwMFg5MDE=/z/QREAAMXQ74JTUq67/$_58.JPG (in this photo you can see that the digitizer was glued to the front glass very strongly)
I would like to ask, do you know why the digitizer could have been glued to the front glass but not to the lcd? And why the lcd could have been damaged while removing front glass??
I would really wanna know the answer myself, as I ordered one that should have reached yesterday, but as they do not work on weekends, it will be here tommorow, and I don't wanna brake my display forever, especially because mine is not that damaged.
Any ideas?
my advice don't bother with a glass replacement. I HAVE TRIED TWICE and as the op said the digitizer is glued to the front glass. this has been the case with both the original screen and two replacement lcd/digitizer/glass assemblies that i personally took apart. each time the glass was fused to the digitizer . i used a heat gun and a laser thermometer and still i failed. I was successful replacing the whole screen assembly twice . but those cost about $130 from amazon,com. These replacements may seem at first like oem but the ones i got cracked very easily. they dont use the gorilla glass and the quality is not as good. one replacement was really bad in sunlight. could not see anything. after my screen cracked a third time i got a galaxy s 5 . and started using a case and screen protector.
Anyone here knows how to replace the camera cover glass lens? Do you have any guide? Thanks.
remove the back cover.. remove screw, remove the top part carefully .. using some safety pin remove the glass n done i just remove by myself just before 2 days .. its easy ..
Bought mine some days ago.... Waiting the good moment to do the swap...
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Another question. I removed the coating from the lens glass cover last time that's why I'm getting glare on strong lights. Are the replacement parts available online includes the coating that is applied on the original package or just the glass? Thanks.
Ok, just changed mine. Definitively better than the old one scratched/polished, no more halo. Probably the original made by sapphire glass is better when new, but almost the camera is usable..
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You mean the replacement is not a sapphire glass but it has a coating that reduces halo?
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Another question. I removed the coating from the lens glass cover last time that's why I'm getting glare on strong lights. Are the replacement parts available online includes the coating that is applied on the original package or just the glass? Thanks.
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the one I bought did include the coating. Bought on aliexpress:good:
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You mean the replacement is not a sapphire glass but it has a coating that reduces halo?
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My replacement seems to be policarbonate (2€ shipped.......) but the overall image quality is better than before.
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Thanks a lot, maybe I'll try to replace mine.
Could anyone provide a link to the part they ordered please. I need to change mine also but I'm curious what you guys have found.
Alexander1988 said:
Could anyone provide a link to the part they ordered please. I need to change mine also but I'm curious what you guys have found.
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http://www.ebay.in/itm/171660662035?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649