Buying a digitizer - Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

My digitizer broke a while ago and now that I got a job I was looking to buy a new one, but I can't spend a lot of money on it, yet I have the feeling the ones I'm seeing on ebay for $30 will be pretty cheap and will break easily. Does anyone know how much an official digitizer, or at least a good OEM one is selling for nowadays? A friend of mine is going to the US next month so I will ask her to buy me one there as it will be much more cheaper than buying one on my country. I'm looking to spend less than 100 dollars on it, I wouldn't be able to afford anything more than that.
Thanks!

I've heard there are some quite reputable sellers on Amazon. You should be able to get a decent one for $30-$40. Plus, Amazon has a free shipping option for orders of $25 or more (at least in the US).

I bought a cheap one of ebay from China or Hong kong and its been fine for over 6 months
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Buy one new with a frame (not just the glass). I've done a few. Also, follow a guide that also removes the LCD. Do not fall pray to trying to thread the digitizer ribbon through the whole as you risk ripping it. Figure up to $40 is normal. I had new last week where the new digitizer was no good, so be prepared to do the work more than once and take your time.
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I got one on Amazon 33.00 it didn't work after 3 it works great only played for 1 and they refunded me on the one I have installed now and working they honor the Warranty the ribbons are not genuine tear easy have to be very careful.and remove the LCD makes it easy to prevent damage to digitizer ribbon.
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got one recently from HongKong via ebay. Was approx $30, and was delivered in 10 days. looks OEM, and working great till now atleast.

crack.mech said:
got one recently from HongKong via ebay. Was approx $30, and was delivered in 10 days. looks OEM, and working great till now atleast.
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Can you tell me which one you bought? I need to buy one and I want to be sure to buy one that will work.

I have found that it can be hit or miss and have had both good and bad product from the same supplier. They are all untested digitizers.

pellepropp said:
Can you tell me which one you bought? I need to buy one and I want to be sure to buy one that will work.
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I'm based in India, and the seller was "India" based on the ebay address, but when I got the product, it was shipped from HongKong. I can send the details of the supplier who had send the digitizer to me. I do not know about the authenticity of this HongKong Based supplier though!!
And as said above, it can be a hit or miss from the same supplier too.

i just installed a new digitizer on my atrix, it is a little hesitant at times but it works great. got it on ebay from a seller in New Orleans. I can dig up seller store info if ya want!

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anyone want to buy a pink one?

It's 2 months old, and has just come back from repair at HTC where they fixed an LCD fault by, well, replacing all the innards so it's brand new.
Boxed, with all accessories.
I'm in the UK and before I stick it on ebay, anyone want to make me an offer? Stock ROM but I'll flash the latest and greatest for you if you'd prefer.
Ric
landwomble said:
It's 2 months old, and has just come back from repair at HTC where they fixed an LCD fault by, well, replacing all the innards so it's brand new.
Boxed, with all accessories.
I'm in the UK and before I stick it on ebay, anyone want to make me an offer? Stock ROM but I'll flash the latest and greatest for you if you'd prefer.
Ric
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£32 *new* from eXpansys ( briefly) a fortnight ago
Maybe HTC just bought you another?
Cheaper than an LCD. They want £80 for an Exacliber LCD + fitting...
M.S
£20
But i dont know how to transfer a money to you. Because of there are very difficult to use PayPal or other international payment methods in Russia...
I can offer 40 € if ok for you.Paypal is ok for me.Let me know.
Thanks,Base
bugger
didn't realise how much they'd dropped. going to try ebay then may be back later!
landwomble said:
didn't realise how much they'd dropped. going to try ebay then may be back later!
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Still going for about £50 there. Wish I'd bought more from expansys!

$199 Buy.com HTC Flyer 7" Tablet, 16GB Storage, Android 2.3 - Refurb (Dead)

Hey guys, I saw this posted over on SlickDeals and didn't see it posted on XDA. Figured I'd post it here in case anyone is interested.
Buy.com has the 16GB Flyer for $199.99 with free shipping. It is a refurbished unit, so hopefully everything works properly. I'm not sure about international shipping charges, I imagine it is only free to the US (could be wrong though).
I jumped on the View 4G sale a month ago for $230~ so this seems like a pretty good deal. Maybe we'll see a surge in the forums with these recent firesales.
I'm really considering getting one. Not really sure how long the sale is for. I might return my galaxy tab 7 plus and pick this baby up. I am just worried we won't get ICS for it.
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I got one
I bought one of these yesterday at 6pm, paid for 2 day shipping and it arrived today at 2pm - 20 hours!!!
It looks great, like I just took it out of the original wrapper. I tried it for a few minutes, then upgraded (I guess that's debatable) to honeycomb. It's leedroid version, so I suppose it should be pretty good.
Now this is the first thread I read in the general section... what ever happened to the days when I would read for days on how to root a new system
I ordered one also. Should be here today with the "cheap" shipping option. Glad to hear the refurbished ones look like new.
So I've been thinking of buying one, do you guys think it's worth it or wait for the Asus 7" tab to come out?
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Never know when the Asus tab will come out.
If you want something now, grab this. I played with the wimax version of the flyer in the sprint store, it's really nice.
I'm not banking on the flyer/view getting ICS at all though. I'm just going to use it for what it is.
Will the Asus Tab have an active digitizer? I have read conflicting versions about this.
$10 off Coupon for flyer buy.com purchase!
All, here's a $10 off coupon to use towards that flyer purchase, if you're new to buy.com. it's valid til 3.31.12: http://www.dealigg.com/out.php?id=33516
Just bought mine yesterday using it and they just shipped it today!
$189.99 + $7.09 for 3-5 day standard shipping, expected to knock on my doorstep on Wednesday ^_^
Flaco05 said:
Will the Asus Tab have an active digitizer? I have read conflicting versions about this.
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I've never heard mention of an active digitizer for the asus tablet. There's really not enough solid information out there.
Purchased $199 Flyer Arrived Today - NO PEN
Did you all get the pen that comes with the tablet from buy.com? Mine did not and I wanted to check to see if it was not included or just missing?! Thanks
I also picked one up for 189. I really hope to get some use out of this at work. I want to replace a ton of paper I generate travelling around from mtg to mtg. I really don't understand why there aren't more pen based tablets out there. If this doesn't work, for 189, I'll just give it to one of my kids to draw on /watch videos.
Based on slick deals advice I got a pen at b&h for $30 shipped. Its a one button model (I have ho idea what that means yet) arrived in a day. Item number FUFPCPN36AP
twcamc said:
Did you all get the pen that comes with the tablet from buy.com? Mine did not and I wanted to check to see if it was not included or just missing?! Thanks
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Not included, as per the description.
I was going to take advantage of this deal, but now it's $229
5harkology said:
I was going to take advantage of this deal, but now it's $229
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Yep, my order came to $244 total with the 2 day shipping. I think the extra cost is to cover taxes possibly?
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donharden2002 said:
Yep, my order came to $244 total with the 2 day shipping. I think the extra cost is to cover taxes possibly?
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Nah, it's supply and demand. Price went up because people were probably ordering it a lot.
staplebox said:
I also picked one up for 189. I really hope to get some use out of this at work. I want to replace a ton of paper I generate travelling around from mtg to mtg. I really don't understand why there aren't more pen based tablets out there. If this doesn't work, for 189, I'll just give it to one of my kids to draw on /watch videos.
Based on slick deals advice I got a pen at b&h for $30 shipped. Its a one button model (I have ho idea what that means yet) arrived in a day. Item number FUFPCPN36AP
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There are brand new HTC pens on ebay for $54 shipped. The regular 2 button ones, not Fujitsu.
You can get them from snowman -check the accessories forum- for $41 shipped.
5harkology said:
I was going to take advantage of this deal, but now it's $229
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I almost freaked out when it shot up to $229 on the 16th but then I checked about 3 hours later and it was back to $199. Ordered it immediately after, just in case. Wondered if there was a glitch on their site.
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Back to $229.
:-(
I just bought a brandnew bestbuy version off craigslist for $200
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good price for used prime?

Hello im new to this thread as i hope i made a wise decision buy a used Asus Prime @ bestbuy for 200$ is this a decent price 32GB model? unit dose have scratches on screen and back housing but works perfectly fine .Hopefully i will enjoy it if not i guess i could always sell it is there anyway to remove scratches from the display ? when the screen is on i cant really tell its there. untill i power off the unit so maybe i should just stick with it.Anywho thanks for your help in advance guys
tokoam said:
Hello im new to this thread as i hope i made a wise decision buy a used Asus Prime @ bestbuy for 200$ is this a decent price 32GB model? unit dose have scratches on screen and back housing but works perfectly fine .Hopefully i will enjoy it if not i guess i could always sell it is there anyway to remove scratches from the display ? when the screen is on i cant really tell its there. untill i power off the unit so maybe i should just stick with it.Anywho thanks for your help in advance guys
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Is it a good deal? That depends on a lot of things. A lot of people seem to have a lot of complaints about this device. I won't go into detail because you can browse this forum and find them. In my case I don't have any real problems. This may be because I just don't use it in the same way as others do so I don't notice. I also have a later production unit. From what I've read, you can tell by the serial number. The oldest ones start with C1 where mine starts with C4. So for me it works fine for everything I need it for and for me $200 would be a good deal. You could get a new Nexus 7 for that or less but I really want the 10 inch screen so an N7 is not the one for me. So the answer is...it all depends.
What the guy above me said.
Except, if the serial number is a "B", serial number, leave. It's a trap.
Buy the Prime at a low price then exchange for a brand new Infinity, good deal!
tedr44 said:
Buy the Prime at a low price then exchange for a brand new Infinity, good deal!
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They'd be able to see on the receipt that he didn't pay full price for it.
That's a great price considering some of us paid full price when it came out at least for me Christmas last year at 545 I believe and the keyboard for 150 then best buy will buy the tablet itself for 150 trade in I believe
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Jayevo said:
That's a great price considering some of us paid full price when it came out at least for me Christmas last year at 545 I believe and the keyboard for 150 then best buy will buy the tablet itself for 150 trade in I believe
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Well i work for Best Buy and they have private auctions for Employees only this is where i bought it. only thing is it has no box or accessories just the charger and the unit.
tokoam said:
Well i work for Best Buy and they have private auctions for Employees only this is where i bought it. only thing is it has no box or accessories just the charger and the unit.
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You got a great deal. Prime normally sold for $499. You saved 300 dollars.
I would pay 200 for one as long as it booted and responded to touch input. Just to mess around with it.
Okay thanks for all the input guys.
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poetic case in europe

Hi,
please is there a way to get poetic slimcase in middle europe without those ridiculous shiping prices? I dont mind to spending around 20$ for the case, I think it's worth it, but to spend nearly the same amount for shipping seems bit odd to me.
I tried to find something on ebay, but all poetic cases are marked as "may not ship to your country..."
Or maybe is there something similar to slimcase, that is easily accesible on ebay? Or some other eshop shiping to europe?
About month ago, I ordered some cheap one from china, but it still didn't show up, so I decided to find something else instead.
Thanks for any advice
I've bought the labato case and have been using it for a few months now. It's not perfect, but definitely worth it. There is a really good review in this forum!
Had the same problem! Bought it from "aliexpress.com". Give it a try!
Got mine on amazon.co.uk
Amazon send only in UK. I also ordered one from China
Ok thank you moesus, I will give it a try.
Exactly that is the problem, I've seen hundreds of nice cases on amazon, but they don't ship to Czech Rep. The only case that is aviable here is the original sony, but the price for it is unacceptable for me.
I've just ordered poetic case via Amazon.Co.Uk and it's on its way to Czech Republic from smartstore online right now. So there should be no problem. Cost me around 20£ or so.
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mirek54 said:
Amazon send only in UK. I also ordered one from China
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Amazon should supply to any country within the Union. Single market. I often buy from amazon.de from the UK.
I finally ordered from amazon as well, the case is already on its way and the shipping wasn't that bad after all thank you.
fipsix said:
Hi,
please is there a way to get poetic slimcase in middle europe without those ridiculous shiping prices? I dont mind to spending around 20$ for the case, I think it's worth it, but to spend nearly the same amount for shipping seems bit odd to me.
I tried to find something on ebay, but all poetic cases are marked as "may not ship to your country..."
Or maybe is there something similar to slimcase, that is easily accesible on ebay? Or some other eshop shiping to europe?
About month ago, I ordered some cheap one from china, but it still didn't show up, so I decided to find something else instead.
Thanks for any advice
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I'll sell you mine for 20 bucks plus shipping Canadian funds, barley used. I personally don't recommend using it but hey, if you want it,sure thing!
hi guys
I ordered a few weeks ago a bunch of slimline cases for the XTZ directly from poeticcases.com to Germany.
I gathered in 2 other forums (android-hilfe.de, hardwareluxx) a few people, i think we were 11 cases, and ordered centrally.
I got an overall price of 26,40€ for the slimline case in the end.
amazon.co.uk order to germany would be 27,14 pounds / 34,31€...
so my suggestion is to do a collective order...
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I'll sell you mine for 20 bucks plus shipping Canadian funds, barley used. I personally don't recommend using it but hey, if you want it,sure thing!
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Thanks but I've already ordered one. May I ask why you don't recommend it?

xperia z4 tablet : 549E preorder on amazon.de (wifi)

http://www.amazon.de/dp/B00TX5T4A0/...G?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&tag=affilizr-de-111-21 - translation : https://translate.google.fr/transla...G?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&tag=affilizr-de-111-21
no availability date though ...
source : http://forum.hardware.fr/hfr/gsmgpspda/tablette/unique-tablet-tablette-sujet_29199_2.htm#t1940567
ps : lte is 649E : http://www.amazon.de/Sony-Tablet-PC-TFT-Display-Octa-Core-Prozessor-Megapixel-Kamera/dp/B00U14TNF8
http://forum.hardware.fr/hfr/gsmgpspda/tablette/unique-tablet-tablette-sujet_29199_2.htm#t1940567
Being that people are having trouble getting their hands on one I advise giving eBay a shot.
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_fro...blet.TRS0&_nkw=sony+xperia+z4+tablet&_sacat=0
Also when does this ship in the US!?!?!?
johnmayfieldjr said:
Being that people are having trouble getting their hands on one I advise giving eBay a shot.
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_fro...blet.TRS0&_nkw=sony+xperia+z4+tablet&_sacat=0
Also when does this ship in the US!?!?!?
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I'm afraid of the low feedback count. Otherwise I'd be all over it.
kookahdoo said:
I'm afraid of the low feedback count. Otherwise I'd be all over it.
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Don't waste your time and risk your money on eBay. Expansys is already selling the LTE version for $700 including shipping. For another $35, they'll extend the warranty they provide from six to 18 months. (With their warranty, if Sony USA refuses to cover the device, Expansys will return it to the country from which it came, handle the warranty repair for you, and then return it to the USA once more.)
http://www.expansys-usa.com/sony-xperia-z4-tablet-lte-sgp771-black-unlocked-32gb-278961/
http://www.expansys-usa.com/sony-xperia-z4-tablet-lte-sgp771-white-unlocked-32gb-278962/
I've bought my last three phones from them, and have had a great experience every time. Other than as a customer, I have no relationship with them:
knoxploration said:
Don't waste your time and risk your money on eBay. Expansys is already selling the LTE version for $700 including shipping. For another $35, they'll extend the warranty they provide from six to 18 months. (With their warranty, if Sony USA refuses to cover the device, Expansys will return it to the country from which it came, handle the warranty repair for you, and then return it to the USA once more.)
http://www.expansys-usa.com/sony-xperia-z4-tablet-lte-sgp771-black-unlocked-32gb-278961/
http://www.expansys-usa.com/sony-xperia-z4-tablet-lte-sgp771-white-unlocked-32gb-278962/
I've bought my last three phones from them, and have had a great experience every time. Other than as a customer, I have no relationship with them:
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Awesome. Thanks for the info. I was about to pull the trigger lol.
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Awesome. Thanks for the info. I was about to pull the trigger lol.
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No problem! I know Clove.co.uk is another site some folks recommend for buying from overseas, but I've never used it myself. They do seem to have it in stock as well, though...
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No problem! I know Clove.co.uk is another site some folks recommend for buying from overseas, but I've never used it myself. They do seem to have it in stock as well, though...
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I hope you're right, cuz expansys has some bad reviews. I just placed my order though.
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I hope you're right, cuz expansys has some bad reviews. I just placed my order though.
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Good luck! All I can tell you is that I bought my HTC One X, my wife's HTC One X+ and my Xperia Z2 from them, and every one was a good experience. The One X+ was the only one where I had any problems at all -- I'd actually ordered a One S, but they couldn't source it and so after waiting a while, they offered me the much better One X+ at well below their retail price.
And for my Xperia Z2, I ordered the phone, two docks and headphones, then they contacted me to let me know I could save money by buying a new, unopened Z2 UK kit that a customer bought and returned without opening, with that specific kit including the headphones I'd bought separately. They actually saved me a good bit by doing so, when they could've just filled the order I had made and got more money out of me...
So yes, three good experiences and I'm very happy with them. Hopefully you will be too! I'm pretty certain once I can afford the Z4 Tablet, I'll be getting it from Expansys, unless somehow Sony USA miraculously sets a reasonable price for the tablet. (Last time around, I paid less to them for the phone, two docks, headphones, extended warranty and expedited shipping than I'd have paid to Sony USA for just the phone by itself.)
We'll see. Here's to hoping. I'm not overly concerned with the timeframe as much as I am just getting it.
Anyone know where I can get the Keyboard seperately? They never released the keyboard for the Z2 Tab Internationally so I'm going to use this. The only one I have found is this one: http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/301652441507?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT
But $288 AUD for a keyboard alone IS CRAZY. I was expecting to spend like $100...
*EDIT* Found it a bit cheaper on http://www.expansys.com.au/sony-blu...or-sony-xperia-z4-tablet-black-qwerty-275344/ $240 + 18 Postage AUD
http://www.amazon.de/Sony-BKB-50-Bl...&qid=1433574303&sr=1-1-catcorr&keywords=bkb50 Comes to $214 AUD but no shipping to Aus.
http://www.mobilezap.com.au/53608-official-sony-xperia-z4-tablet-bluetooth-keyboard-case-black.htm $233.50 + $30 postage AUD :/
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But $288 AUD for a keyboard alone IS CRAZY. I was expecting to spend like $100...
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You're not going to find it for $100 or even anything close to that. The keyboard alone, direct from Sony, costs 15,880 yen in Japan. That's the equivalent of AU$166 in their home market, and you've got to add the cost of international shipping PLUS a profit margin to make it worth their while for any company selling you one as a parallel import. I'd figure $220 is the absolute minimum you're going to find it for anywhere...
I bought at Clove - 482.50 GBP, but it bundles BKB50 Bluetooth Keyboard!

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