Warning: This MOD will void your warranty. You will have to open the device for performing this MOD. Only perform this MOD if you are willing to take a risk.
I took inspiration from Zack from JerryRigEverything to make a clear back MOD of our Honor 8.
It took me around and hour to do this. The only tool I used is a razor blade and scissors.
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Guide:
(NOTE: I am not responsible for any damage you do to your own phone.
1. Slowly remove the rear glass by heating the glass with a heat gun and lifting it with a suction cup.
(You can find many guides on removal of back glass on YouTube.)
2. Remove the connection between fingerprint scanner and the motherboard.
3. Remove the leftover adhesive on the phone.
4. Stick transparent double sided tape around the phone. Make sure you don't cover the camera lens, flashlight and laser.
5. Clean the Glass:
-You can slowly scrape off the lamination by using your finger nails or with tip of the razor blade.
(I noticed that there is a heat shield that is present on the lamination, so by doing this MOD you will loose it.)
-If you use razor blade, the glass might get scratched easily.
-Before cleaning near the fingerprint scanner, remember the orientation of the scanner.
-Use transparent double sided tape to stick the FP sensor back into its original orientation.
-Clean the whole inside of the glass and get rid of fingerprints and stickiness.
6. Reconnect the FP sensor cable back to the motherboard.
7. Stick the glass back to the phone and apply pressure around the glass to make the glass stick firmly.
I am posting this after using the phone for 3 days and as there is no heat shield, there is not much heat on the glass.
This is so head turning that many were curious about this.
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Amazing, been searching for this but only found a Honor9 till now, gonna do it as soon as i found the Clear double side tape, good work.
kmry said:
Amazing, been searching for this but only found a Honor9 till now, gonna do it as soon as i found the Clear double side tape, good work.
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Thanks mate. Do share your results!
Ah, hello, fellow transparent Honor 8 user!
I just did a sin.
This sin. https://imgur.com/gallery/rD6Srsd
I put that on my phone.
But, other than that, I made my phone transparent last year, and have always been screwing around with it. Here's some advice from me:
The honor logo on the glass itself can come off. Just a *little* harder scratching and it'll come off.
The shielding on the motherboard PCB is detachable. It kinda clips in place, so it can be "pulled" off. It looks MUCH better with it removed.
In fact, a lot of things can come off and be fine. The flash diffuser can be replaced with Scotch tape, the fingerprint sensor and screen connector bracket can be removed, some metal can come off...
ok maybe I lost the flash diffuser and fingerprint connector and screen connector bracket but you get the idea.
You can put anything behind that wonderful glass. I used to have a piece of paper with my name on it, but I removed it. Now I put in, uh, an ahegao image, and it's secured nicely.
That's all I have to say. Good job on this, btw, yours looks nice and secured but my back glass keeps detaching from the adhesive, no matter how much I put on. Maybe it's because the plastic layer in between is stretched out and tries to force itself out of the phone...
Noorquacker said:
Ah, hello, fellow transparent Honor 8 user!
I just did a sin.
This sin. https://imgur.com/gallery/rD6Srsd
I put that on my phone.
But, other than that, I made my phone transparent last year, and have always been screwing around with it. Here's some advice from me:
The honor logo on the glass itself can come off. Just a *little* harder scratching and it'll come off.
The shielding on the motherboard PCB is detachable. It kinda clips in place, so it can be "pulled" off. It looks MUCH better with it removed.
In fact, a lot of things can come off and be fine. The flash diffuser can be replaced with Scotch tape, the fingerprint sensor and screen connector bracket can be removed, some metal can come off...
ok maybe I lost the flash diffuser and fingerprint connector and screen connector bracket but you get the idea.
You can put anything behind that wonderful glass. I used to have a piece of paper with my name on it, but I removed it. Now I put in, uh, an ahegao image, and it's secured nicely.
That's all I have to say. Good job on this, btw, yours looks nice and secured but my back glass keeps detaching from the adhesive, no matter how much I put on. Maybe it's because the plastic layer in between is stretched out and tries to force itself out of the phone...
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Thank you so much.
Does removing the RF shielding on the motherboard cause any problem (regarding heat or other)??
vssrinath said:
Thank you so much.
Does removing the RF shielding on the motherboard cause any problem (regarding heat or other)??
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Not that I know of. I've had my phone near microwaves and stuff without any issues. Most of the heat is generated on the other side of the PCB, with the SoC, but that heat gets dissipated through the aluminum frame of the phone with thermal pads. In fact, once I hit a capacitor with my pliers because there's additional metal under there that I tried to remove, and the tiny capacitor got ripped off, but my phone still works fine. No issues of any sort.
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Not that I know of. I've had my phone near microwaves and stuff without any issues. Most of the heat is generated on the other side of the PCB, with the SoC, but that heat gets dissipated through the aluminum frame of the phone with thermal pads. In fact, once I hit a capacitor with my pliers because there's additional metal under there that I tried to remove, and the tiny capacitor got ripped off, but my phone still works fine. No issues of any sort.
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Woah, will remove those shields soon.
I'm thinking to stick a carbon fiber vinyl on the battery (just like mi 8 explorer edition), or anything cool.
Could you suggest some ?
Noorquacker said:
Ah, hello, fellow transparent Honor 8 user!
I just did a sin.
This sin. https://imgur.com/gallery/rD6Srsd
I put that on my phone.
But, other than that, I made my phone transparent last year, and have always been screwing around with it. Here's some advice from me:
The honor logo on the glass itself can come off. Just a *little* harder scratching and it'll come off.
The shielding on the motherboard PCB is detachable. It kinda clips in place, so it can be "pulled" off. It looks MUCH better with it removed.
In fact, a lot of things can come off and be fine. The flash diffuser can be replaced with Scotch tape, the fingerprint sensor and screen connector bracket can be removed, some metal can come off...
ok maybe I lost the flash diffuser and fingerprint connector and screen connector bracket but you get the idea.
You can put anything behind that wonderful glass. I used to have a piece of paper with my name on it, but I removed it. Now I put in, uh, an ahegao image, and it's secured nicely.
That's all I have to say. Good job on this, btw, yours looks nice and secured but my back glass keeps detaching from the adhesive, no matter how much I put on. Maybe it's because the plastic layer in between is stretched out and tries to force itself out of the phone...
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I did the same till recently got bored of it and bought a new blue glass cover, if you really wanna make sure the glass stays glued, you have to use transparent b7000 adhesive, and if you lost the plastic flash diffuser like me, with the glue, make a circle arround the flash, so dust dont come in to the camera and destroy it.
Here: http://imgur.com/gallery/iSd5PDp
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Has the outer touch screen been cracked or damaged on your HTC Evo 3D? Is the inner display LCD not functioning properly or become damaged? Or are you just curious of the disassembly process on the Evo 3D? This written repair guide will walk you through all the steps required to disassemble your Evo 3D and repair a damaged screen or other internal parts in a safe, quick manner.
This guide will help you install the following HTC Evo 3D replacement part (s):
HTC Evo 3D Touch Screen Digitizer
HTC Evo 3D LCD Display Screen
HTC Evo 3D Full Housing Assembly
HTC Evo 3D Ear Speaker
HTC Evo 3D Loud Speaker
And Other HTC Evo 3D Replacement Parts
Tools Required:
Safe Open Pry Tool
Small Phillips Screwdriver
T5 Torx Screwdriver
T3 Torx Screwdriver
Adhesive Strips (For Touch Screen Replacements)
Hot Air Gun / Hair Dryer
HTC Evo 3D take apart repair guide:
Separate the back housing cover from the face of the phone with fingers (just as you would to replace the battery). Then remove the battery and set aside.
Using a the T5 screwdriver, remove the two center edge screws just above where the battery was located.
Then, you will use the T3 screwdriver to remove the four corner screws at the edge of the phone. Set all screws aside.
Using the pry tool, slide it into the seam and separate the face of the phone from the back housing as shown in figure 1.
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Using the pry tool and nippers, carefully lift and separate all clips and cables that are holding the motherboard in place. These will often appear as flat pieces of metal, but are sometimes an actual ribbon, such as the camera ribbon cable.
Remove the yellow tape that will reveal two additional cables that are tucked into the motherboard. By using nippers, you can slide these out without damaging them.
The last connective piece looks like an L-shaped piece of metal, as shown in figure 2. Separate this piece carefully.
Figure 2
Carefully separate the motherboard, as it will still be connected underneath by several cables. Two of these cables are located together, and can be removed after lifting the cover tape to reveal the connection spot, as shown in figure 3.
Figure 3
After disconnecting these two cables, you can disconnect the smaller one on the other end in the same manner. Now you can safely remove the motherboard and set aside.
Remove four screws that are located at the edge of the phone with your T5 screwdriver, and lift out the cable.
The bottom blue flex cable can be removed by slowly separating all extending cables connected to it. Demonstrated in figure 4.
Figure 4
If you are replacing the touch screen digitizer or LCD screen solely, you will want to continue in the take-apart process by using your hot air gun or hair dryer to heat up the phone’s glue.
Using your pry tool, you can safely slide it around the seam of the screen to be able to remove the touch screen digitizer from the LCD screen, allowing you to replace either of these parts individually.
Now you will be able to replace any parts on your HTC Evo 3D. Simply replace the damaged parts with the new ones and reverse the order to put your phone back together again.
Nice tutorial.
This needs to be on the stickies
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Indeed... very awesome tutorial, sir! My digitizer's already been replaced once. I couldn've just gotten a new one but I wasn't tryin' to deal with the 1.50 hboot at the time. Kudos to you, my friend!
Thanks for the support guys!
Glad you find it useful we'll be posting more for different models shortly.
Why thread no sticky yet???
Sent in the request. Hopefully a mod will see it worthy enough to be stickied. Great guide!
This is fanf*****gtastic!!!!!
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ohh, I just got an digitizer frm hk. cheap 14$. I will get it by the end of this week. just afraid to do it myself. but with your help it is like DIY
thanks bro.
Guide stuck!
Thanks for compiling all this information. It is always good to have this kind of information handy.
Tanks
Tanks Nice tutorial!
has anybody here done the digitizer replacement? got any tips? do i need new adhesive thing for it?
Hi,
We've done the repair many times. With all these kind of things we always recommend taking it slowly.
You will need adhesive strips to reattach the new screen. We always recommend fresh adhesive over trying to reuse the old adhesive to create a secure bond.
You can find these here - Adhesive strips
Thanks, I just had an LCD replaced and the screen doesn't fit right so I wanted to try and fix it myself.
touch digitizer
So... I got it just about completely taken apart except that the ribbon to the touch screen digitizer wraps behind the LCD and I can't seem to get it or the LCD out. I (unintentionally) ripped most of the digitizer ribbon away from its body while removing it - wasn't too worried about it since I figured I'd be replacing it anyway - but now I can't seem to get what's left of it out or a new one in.. Oops.. a semi-functional digitizer was certainly better than what I have now. Help???!!
biphobip said:
So... I got it just about completely taken apart except that the ribbon to the touch screen digitizer wraps behind the LCD and I can't seem to get it or the LCD out. I (unintentionally) ripped most of the digitizer ribbon away from its body while removing it - wasn't too worried about it since I figured I'd be replacing it anyway - but now I can't seem to get what's left of it out or a new one in.. Oops.. a semi-functional digitizer was certainly better than what I have now. Help???!!
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Hi,
This should be quite a straight forward fix. Can you private message me a photo of the point you are at and I can explain exactly what is required to get your phone back like new again.
biphobip said:
So... I got it just about completely taken apart except that the ribbon to the touch screen digitizer wraps behind the LCD and I can't seem to get it or the LCD out. I (unintentionally) ripped most of the digitizer ribbon away from its body while removing it - wasn't too worried about it since I figured I'd be replacing it anyway - but now I can't seem to get what's left of it out or a new one in.. Oops.. a semi-functional digitizer was certainly better than what I have now. Help???!!
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If you didn't take out or at least loosen the adhesive under your LCD you need to do this to be able to pull the LCD at least partially out on top so that you can get the digitizer ribbon cable behind the LCD and through the opening behind the LCD.
Thanks alot for the guide!
I was running for the bus and my one week old evo 3d fell from my pocket The front housing was pretty scratched but I had a back case and screen protector on which saved the back and the screen. I just bought a replacement front housing and I'm gonna try put it on now using the guide
ronilzizou said:
Thanks alot for the guide!
I was running for the bus and my one week old evo 3d fell from my pocket The front housing was pretty scratched but I had a back case and screen protector on which saved the back and the screen. I just bought a replacement front housing and I'm gonna try put it on now using the guide
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Hope your repair goes smoothly. Let us know if you have any questions.
Awesome Guide, I just used it to replace my own digitizer and it worked a charm
Thanks
Yeh things didnt go quiet as planned....
Managed to get the phone almost completely apart.
Got stuck trying to take out the LCD from the digitizer so i could replace the front housing, i cant get the friggin thing loose! Basically ill have to get a new digitizer so i can get this one out properly by cutting the wire (Plus i think i might have screwed it up anyway) AND also my hand slipped while taking it apart and the pry tool went over the LCD screen so it's got a little scratch on it
on a side note, i do have insurance on it through a bank which covers accidental and malicious damage, lose or theft so might be able to claim a new phone if things get worse!
This take apart written guide shows how to replace various parts on your HTC Amaze 4G. You will learn on this guide the steps on how to properly take your HTC smartphone apart safely and repair nearly any internal parts of your phone.
This guide will help you to install the following HTC Amaze 4G part(s):
HTC Amaze 4G Touch Screen Digitizer Replacements
Other HTC Amaze 4G Parts
Tools:
Safe Open Pry Tool
Torx T5 Screwdriver
Adhesive Strips (For Touch Screen Repairs)
Heat Gun/Hair Dryer
HTC Amaze 4G Take Apart Repair Guide:
To begin, remove the back battery cover, battery, sim card, and memory card.
Remove the seven (7) Torx T5 screws as located in Figure 1.
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You can now remove the back housing from the rest of the smartphone. Do this by carefully using a safe open pry tool to lift the outer edges, unclipping each clip holding the housing in place.
With the back cover removed, you now have access to the motherboard. The upper portion of the motherboard will have one connection located on the back side of the motherboard. Carefully lift the motherboard away from the rest of the screen assembly and carefully release this connection. It will be a "jaw" connector, so you will need to carefully lift the back flap of the connector and slide the flex cable out of the connection.
Gently fold the motherboard towards the bottom of the phone. There are two (2) flex cables that will need to be released. Both will be covered by mylar tape. Remove the tape and release both jawbone connectors. With these flex cables released, you can remove the motherboard from the rest of the phone.
Figure 2
Now, heat the front of the screen using a hair dryer or heat gun. Use quick movements, not staying in one area for too long. Medium - high heat will be required to properly warm the adhesive holding the screen assembly in place. Take your time and reheat as required. Also be aware of the 2 flex cables that are located under the screen assembly (touch screen and LCD screen flex cables).
Figure 3
Once the screen assembly has been removed from the housing, you can now use a small flat head screwdriver or similar to carefully separate the LCD screen from the touch screen digitizer. Heat may be required.
You can now replace either the touch screen digitizer or the LCD screen.
Simply replace the damaged parts with the new ones and reverse the order to put your phone back together again.
Nice write up
Sent from my HTC_Amaze_4G using xda premium
excellent thread
Thanks guys!
Appreciate the support!! Hope it helps!!
Added this to The HTC amaze all you need to know thread
Sticky Glue
Just a quick q, the digitizer is glued to the lcd screen. When separating the digitizer from the lcd there's a lot of glue residue left on the lcd. So of course the question is how to remove the glue and what do you use to glue the new digitizer to the LCD? Any detail would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks in advance
The best way to remove the adhesive is to heat it. You can use a hot blow dryer, this will loosen the adhesive bond. You can purchase adhesive strips from our website when sealing it back together.
Thanks
repairsuniverse said:
The best way to remove the adhesive is to heat it. You can use a hot blow dryer, this will loosen the adhesive bond. You can purchase adhesive strips from our website when sealing it back together.
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Thanks for your help!
Test Lcd
Paul, I'm interested in purchasing Digitizer and Sticky Strip but am also considering LCD/Digitizer already assembled. Is there any way to test lcd screen once taken apart to ensure I haven't damaged it while taking apart.
Thanks
hooutoo said:
Paul, I'm interested in purchasing Digitizer and Sticky Strip but am also considering LCD/Digitizer already assembled. Is there any way to test lcd screen once taken apart to ensure I haven't damaged it while taking apart.
Thanks
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You can do a visual check if you are worried that you have physically damaged, however the easiest way would be to have it installed in the phone and power on. If it works as normal it is fine.
just got an amaze with a cracked screen, gona take the digitizer apart first before ordering any parts, but i'll post some pics. and i'll connect the lcd to test and make sure that i didn't damage it lol and for the one who wanted to test maybe that will help you
EDIT: Can't change just the digitizer, i did my vivid and sensation (as well as every htc phone i've had) but this one is different, it's done iphone 4 style, can't separate the glass from the lcd. gota get the assembly. i'll post pictures later
Screen / Digitizer
So you can't replace just the screen / digitizer?
You can replace the LCD and the touch screen digitizer as one fused part or you can replace the LCD and the touch screen digitizer separately.
Power button connection?
The repair has gone well so far however i have run into a problem when putting it back together. the cable leading from the power button was just glued to the motherboard and i just peeled it off to remove the motherboard. Now how do i reattach this connector?
parth515 said:
The repair has gone well so far however i have run into a problem when putting it back together. the cable leading from the power button was just glued to the motherboard and i just peeled it off to remove the motherboard. Now how do i reattach this connector?
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Usually you will find it still has enough "Stick" to simply put back into place. If however it doesn't you will need adhesive strips. These can be found here - Adhesive Strips
repairsuniverse said:
Usually you will find it still has enough "Stick" to simply put back into place. If however it doesn't you will need adhesive strips. These can be found here - Adhesive Strips
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I just ordered parts from your site, including adhesive strips, i might be pestering you when they arrive if i run into any snags. Thanks for the write up though ,
Replaced Screen - Stuck in Boot Loop (I think)
So, I followed the instructions, was as careful as possible and didn't tear or break anything that I can see or feel. But when I try to turn the phone on, it just vibrates once like it does at normal start up.... then continue to vibrate once at about 15 second intervals and the screen remains black. The LED lights up when I plug it in to power, so that bit seems to be ok. Both pressing the power button and plugging into power starts the vibrating loop. If I attach it to computer, the device does not show up. Any tips or suggestions or where I might be running into an issue?
Edit: The phone software is stock - this is my first foray into doing anything besides popping the back cover off and taking the battery out. Just to double check, I took the new screen out and reassembled with the old one and get the same issue, so it's not the new screen that's defective. The old screen was working just find despite the many cracks from screen-planting on pavement.
[*]Once the screen assembly has been removed from the housing, you can now use a small flat head screwdriver or similar to carefully separate the LCD screen from the touch screen digitizer. Heat may be required.
[*]You can now replace either the touch screen digitizer or the LCD screen.
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So, I followed the instructions, was as careful as possible and didn't tear or break anything that I can see or feel. But when I try to turn the phone on, it just vibrates once like it does at normal start up.... then continue to vibrate once at about 15 second intervals and the screen remains black. The LED lights up when I plug it in to power, so that bit seems to be ok. Both pressing the power button and plugging into power starts the vibrating loop. If I attach it to computer, the device does not show up. Any tips or suggestions or where I might be running into an issue?
Edit: The phone software is stock - this is my first foray into doing anything besides popping the back cover off and taking the battery out. Just to double check, I took the new screen out and reassembled with the old one and get the same issue, so it's not the new screen that's defective. The old screen was working just find despite the many cracks from screen-planting on pavement.
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Hi,
It's hard to say exactly what is causing the issue without seeing the phone but it's sounds like everything hasn't been re-installed correctly. Check over the installation and make sure everything is fully connected.
repairsuniverse said:
Hi,
It's hard to say exactly what is causing the issue without seeing the phone but it's sounds like everything hasn't been re-installed correctly. Check over the installation and make sure everything is fully connected.
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When plugging the three connectors back into the motherboard, how far in should they be? I tried to push them in as far as possible, but I was afraid of jamming something or tearing the tabs on the side. If I check and everything is fully connected, what could other possible issues be? Thanks very much for your time.
Tenar13 said:
When plugging the three connectors back into the motherboard, how far in should they be? I tried to push them in as far as possible, but I was afraid of jamming something or tearing the tabs on the side. If I check and everything is fully connected, what could other possible issues be? Thanks very much for your time.
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No need to force the connection, just press in as far as it will go (with the jaw unlocked). The side tabs should be close to connector itself, but will not make contact. Once fitted, lock it in place with the jaw and try testing again.
So there's been a lot of questions on how to properly replace the LCD and/or Digitizer.
I bought my digitizer (v0.3) from www.all4cellular.com . The SKU for the digitizer I got was 440002396. If you order, call AND email their support to ensure you get a V0.3. I can not guarantee that they have them now. I bought my LCD ( still waiting) from eBay, a Chinese reseller. I've been waiting over a month for it now.
First off, you have to determine if the LCD or digitzer is busted.
1 - If you can't see anything on the screen, everything is full of lines and colorful you have a busted LCD, OR the cable may have come loose. Keep reading.
2 - If you can view the tablet and all it's goods, still use some touch stuff then your digitizer is busted.
3 - If you can't turn see anything on the LCD, the screen is full of cracks then chances are they are both busted.
4 - If you turn on the Prime, the screen is black, or anything else, either it's bricked or the LCD died. Get a mini-HDMI cable, hook to a TV and check it out.
So, you've determined that you have a busted ass screen. Yay
[COLOR=RoyalBlue)"]Disassembling : [/COLOR]
To remove the LCD/Digitizer from the backing you have to look at the 2 tabs that have rubber in them on the bottom of the tablet. There is a thread here on how to do it so I won't go further : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1479664
OK! Now you have that apart. Set your TF201 half with all the goods in a safe place. Might not hurt to use the internal switch to power it off. Post #2 in the above link shows how to do it. It's a small switch. Be careful from here on out. Disconnect the LCD and digitizer ribbons from the rear case. The digitizer ribbon comes off the backing, and the LCD will come off of the LCD screen itself (you have to reuse it, one does not come with any replacement LCD screens).
So now you have your TF201 in 2 pieces. Great
Lay the screen on a flat surface. DO NOT BEND THIS. The LCD will easily crack and bust. I was in a rush to do this and cracked my LCD. If I was to do it over again, I'd find a hardcover book of the same size, place it on the LCD to minimize any bending.
First, unscrew the screen from the digitizer frame (keep these somewhere safe), bend the tabs up out of the way. Take a plastic tool, if you have on, and take it and slip it between the 2 sided tape on the LCD. Here is a picture so you can see just how little you need to pry off.
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I would 100% recommend doing this with a space heater blowing on it to soften the tape, using a guitar pick or other hard slim piece of plastic to go around the edges. DO NOT flex the LCD up to see if it's cutting, do not put pressure on the back of the LCD. If you feel comfortable, you can use a Exacto knife (or scalpel) to cut it off.
When I was taking my busted LCD off after I realized my screen was broken I used a scalpel for part of it. I didn't give a crap as both LCD+digitizer were broken. If both are broke on yours, don't worry about being careful.
Here is a meh video showing a bit of it :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRU3AIWvXGY
Alright! So now you have the LCD and digitizer separated, w00t. If your LCD was broken, put the new one on. If it's still good, and the digitizer need replacing keep going. The hard part is over, now it's just the picky part.
I can not stress this enough : Any digitizer you buy will NOT come with the frame. The frame has the wifi + GPS antennas on them, as well as the screw holes for the LCD screen. If you've thrown out your digitizer without separating them, good luck in finding another.
So now you have the Digitizer and frame to separate. This was indeed a hassle as both are paper thin. Here is a picture showing how they are assembled (Although mine aren't yet, I have them laying together). This shows them separated so it gives a really good idea of what needs to be done :
Front view :
Rear view :
OK, if the tablet were together, pic 1 would be the screen facing up towards you, pic 2 shows the rear. The digitizer glass sits on the frame, held by glue. If your digitizer is broken (shattered) or just cracked, having it sitting in front of a heat source helps TREMENDOUSLY. The glue on the tape heats up and separates nicely.
Important to remember when doing this step : If you crack the frame it does NOT matter. If you break it it does NOT matter.
Why do I say this? Simple...the frame sits behind the digitizer. When you get the double sided tape to put on it to hold the digitzer in place it will also keep the frame held together without fear of anything happening. If it breaks in 2-3 pieces just tape them back up, this is not an issue as the digitizer and LCD are what gives the front it's strength. This is the reason why the front flexes and parts break. It's a design issue (imo) and should have been made much firmer, not flexible.
When I was separating the frame and digitizer, I went in from the back first to create an opening on the outside of the frame. I held the whole thing in front of my trusted space heater, let the tape warm up then slid my exacto knife between the 2 close to a corner, and twisted the knife a bit to get them to lift off eachother. Once I had a small gap, I pulled the knife out from the back and went in from the front around the edge. The reason I did this was the seam that you have to go into is a ***** to find, going in from the rear negates busting the frame and marking it up, plus it's a crapload easier to start this way.
Note : When doing this, it helps to keep a few pieces of paper the same length of the sides you're cutting (or cards). The tape glue resticks, sticking the paper or cards in keeps it separated nicely.
Here is what you'll be left with :
So now you have the LCD off the back of the digitizer, the digitizer and frame separated. It's at this point where you have to decide : Do I want this to be stuck back together like it was when I got it, or shall I use something a little more workable in case it decides to pull the same breaking stunt?
Pick your tape to re-assemble accordingly. I myself am using double sided permanent scotch tape. It's nice and sticky, but if necessary I can remove it easily in the future to fix any problems. Jgrimoldy suggested this because when you put it back together dust might slide in between the digitizer and LCD, and I 100% agree.
Putting back together :
Easy enough. Lay the frame down, apply the tape where it needs to be. Trim as necessary. Don't worry about having to touch the tape while trmming it, or it sticking out a bit. As you can see in the Rear View photo up there, you have plenty of lee-way. I would suggest leaving the plastic on the digitizer backing right up until you are ready to seat the LCD back on.
When you get to placing the LCD back on, a can of air might help a bit, or a cloth use to wipe off glasses. The LCD on the digitizer appears to have a foam type tape on it, it's your discretion if you peel it all off to clean it up nice (meh) or leave a layer of foam on it, place 2 sided tape over it and reassemble it. Personally, I'd leave the old foam tape on it (peel off any glossy layer showing) and put 2 sided back on it. Screws hold it in place and tighten it down anyways. The foam closes any gaps that let in particles.
If it's a new LCD and has plastic on it, hold the LCD upside down above the digitizer, remove the plastic off of it then off of the digitizer. Any dust in the air should be blocked off from falling on the digitizer. Have a quick peek at both, then stick them together. I am not totally sure on this step yet as I do not have a LCD to try with (yet). Most eBay LCD's I find appear to have some sort of trim around the edges, so I imagine all that's needs is a bit of tape placed around it, remove the plastic and slap it on.
So there you have it, how to take it apart and put back together.
I came to post a new topic but this might be what im after.
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Maybe yoy could suggest if its the digitiser or not?
Thanks
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I came to post a new topic but this might be what im after.
Maybe yoy could suggest if its the digitiser or not?
Thanks
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The digitizer cracks could be seen easily and do not affect the LCD display. Looks like the LCD ribbon is loose on that. Open it up and try to see if playing with the ribbon fixes it. Usually if the LCD is cracked the whole screen is gone bonkers.
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I came to post a new topic but this might be what im after.
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Maybe yoy could suggest if its the digitiser or not?
Thanks
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It apprears that your LCD got damaged. It's definitely NOT your digitizer. Your digitizer would be visibly cracked and it would not affect the image.
Most likely, your LCD got cracked. In my experience, and I've been a professional tech for decades, it's not a connection issue. Usually when you have a bad connection, your screen will have a substantial tint (red, green, or blue) or it would not work at all. When you have an isolated issue like you have shown in your picture where the whole screen isn't affected, it's a damaged LCD. Depending on where the LCD gets damaged, it can affect all or part of the screen (and it's often much more likely to be just a part of the screen).
Sorry to say.
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It apprears that your LCD got damaged. It's definitely NOT your digitizer. Your digitizer would be visibly cracked and it would not affect the image.
Most likely, your LCD got cracked. In my experience, and I've been a professional tech for decades, it's not a connection issue. Usually when you have a bad connection, your screen will have a substantial tint (red, green, or blue) or it would not work at all. When you have an isolated issue like you have shown in your picture where the whole screen isn't affected, it's a damaged LCD. Depending on where the LCD gets damaged, it can affect all or part of the screen (and it's often much more likely to be just a part of the screen).
Sorry to say.
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I had that happen to mine with the ribbon loose Jgrimoldy (what you see in the pic), then it'd turn green randomly. Pushed the cable back in and problem solved.
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I had that happen to mine with the ribbon loose Jgrimoldy (what you see in the pic), then it'd turn green randomly. Pushed the cable back in and problem solved.
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I'd, of course, check the cable first. And definitely before ordering a replacment LCD. I have strong doubts and hope for the best.
Thanks for tge reply. How much is a replacement lcd going to cost?
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Thanks for tge reply. How much is a replacement lcd going to cost?
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In the neighborhood of $100. If your order from China, significantly less, but the delivery delay will be measured using the geologic time scale. If you order from the U.S. (assuming you're in the U.S.), prolly a bit more, but you'll likely have it the same week.
If it turns out that the LCD is broken (which I hope is not the case), the MUCH harder part will be dis-assembling your Prime and removing the current LCD while not breaking your current digitizer.
If you have patience, reasonable dexterity, and are mechanically inclined, it's not a difficult job. Let's put it this way: If you can change a tire, replace a light switch (safely), or put RAM in a desktop PC, this should not be a big deal. If you usually find friend/neighbor/relative to do these things for you, well...
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In the neighborhood of $100. If your order from China, significantly less, but the delivery delay will be measured using the geologic time scale. If you order from the U.S. (assuming you're in the U.S.), prolly a bit more, but you'll likely have it the same week.
If it turns out that the LCD is broken (which I hope is not the case), the MUCH harder part will be dis-assembling your Prime and removing the current LCD while not breaking your current digitizer.
If you have patience, reasonable dexterity, and are mechanically inclined, it's not a difficult job. Let's put it this way: If you can change a tire, replace a light switch (safely), or put RAM in a desktop PC, this should not be a big deal. If you usually find friend/neighbor/relative to do these things for you, well...
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Im from ireland... and think I'll try find someone to fix it for me as I have a history of making things worse when trying to fix them.
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I ordered one from China well over a month ago, still have yet to see it but that's no surprise seeing as I'm in Canada. The bad thing about ordering from China is that they never want to give your money back. If you do go this route, order from eBay, then after the shipping time is over demand your money back on the first day that way they know you mean business.
I can't figure out whether my lcd or digitizer (or both) are broken. The screen is fully responsive, the colors are perfect, but if you look closely you can see the crack. You can also feel it with your fingers. The crack arised after clashing against a wall.
Atm it's not very disturbing, but i fear the crack might grow...
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I can't figure out whether my lcd or digitizer (or both) are broken. The screen is fully responsive, the colors are perfect, but if you look closely you can see the crack. You can also feel it with your fingers. The crack arised after clashing against a wall.
Atm it's not very disturbing, but i fear the crack might grow...
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It's the digitizer. If you can feel it with your fingers, it's definitely the digitizer. It's impossible to crack the LCD without having a significant effect on the image. Sorry to say that the crack will likely spread. Unless you're unrealistically careful with your TFP, it's almost guraranteed to spread.
The saddest thing happened today.
Took my TFP out today, had it sitting in the back of my car. My brother got in, his snowshoes TOUCHED my ****ing TFP and the digitizer broke. Again.
I'm replacing it 1 last time, going to sell the PoS once the case gets to me and get a different tablet. The weakness of that asshole digitizer just astounds me.
There's a nice tough looking Acer Iconia tablet with a Tegra 3 in it, it's 7" though but I'm through with this tablet.
So a few weeks ago I cracked my phone and like all others I was pretty pissed.... The digitizer worked it was just the glass I did my research and found that I would need to replace the entire thing..... But hell I bought a new glass from amazon for 10$ a dollar set of playing cards and a razor blade for another buck and used my girls blow dryer and used up half an hour of my night and presto the phone looks like new the reason for this post is to let you know that it's possible to change the glass what makes it easy is that my girl held the blow dryer as I used the cards to pry the glass of your up for the task and need help let me know
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Wow. That is good to know.
So, you were able to heat the screen until the digitizer/LCD came off clean from the glass? How did you stick the glass back on to the digitizer/LCD?
Congrats! That is really good news. Would you be kind enough to provide more detail on the process. There are many of us that would benefit from new glass but there really isn't much in the way of tutorials. I already hit your Thanks button.
P.S. If you are kind enough to write something up I recommend a better title. Maybe something like "How to replace your glass on the Original Note" or something similar.
Yeah you usually got to heat up that glass to help it come out lose. I also got a cracked screen and I'm also waiting for it. I got my adhesive tape from China yesterday. My ? Is before I do this does the glass come with any adhesive or it will just pop right into the note?
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There are three layers : glass, LCD, digitizer.
When I replaced my entire screen, I had to stick glass, LCD, digitizer into one piece. There were adhesives on them (at least the ones I bought did).
Then, you need few pieces of double-sided tape to stick the entire screen to the housing.
Kudos
I immediately hit the Thanks button because, as others have pointed out, it's really nice to know it can be done. Thankfully, my note is in pretty good shape. I did have a cracked screen on my BB back in the day and was able to replace the screen/digitizer. Maybe someone can post a video tutorial one day.
how i replaced the broken glass part on my note
ok guy im going to write this as best as i can and please be kind this will be the first diy post i have ever done.......
1. ok step one taking apart the phone... this is very easy you can youtube this step its really simple.....just take out the battery cover battery sim card and sd card
2.now remove all the screws in the buttome there are 9 screws .
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.....8 of them around the phone and one of them in the middle around the part where you insert the battery....
3. this is where it gets just a bit tricky you must "pop" off the screen i used a plastic razor blade around the bazel work around the phone it should pop out without much struggel but be very careful not to bend the digitizer it can break..
4. ok once u removed the screen out of the back cover there are 2 screws connecting the motherboard removed them and disconnect all ribbon connections
5. ok this is where the tricky part begins........first of all i want to say and just to be safe that im just typing this to help out because like most i dont want to pay 200$ for a new screen and digitizer so if you try this and fail im sorry and please dont blame me...
ok start of by using your blow dryer(what i used) or heat gun and work it over the phone not to close and dont just aim it in one certain spot work around it up and down laft and right.... once you do this about a minute or two very ooh so very carefully incert ur blade at the top this is the best approach so i think...and lift up if need to ask someone to keep using the heat gun while you do this it will save you lots of time..once you start to pry up the glass it will start to crack more and more that fine....once you start to remove the glass pieces (use tweezers) try to wedge a playing card inside (the card helps out soooo much you can work it in between the broken glass and the digitizer with out harming the digitizer)....now if you can with one hand more the card down the phone and use the heat gun you will start to see the glue separate from the digitizer....just move slowly and carefully.... just keep wedging the playing card and using the heat gun.
6. by this point you should have more then half the glass removed that part took me about 10 mins.. ok one thing you have to look after once you get to the buttom is be careful once you get to the buttons (home back search menu) try not to damage the connector under the screen what i did once i got to that part was i lifted the last of the glass and carefully pulled with tweezers.....then voila!!! the glass should all be off the digitizer...
7..to clean off all the glue off the digitizer i started by using a new playing card and using the edges i scraped the screen not using to much pressure once i got off what i could then i honestly used 2 microfiber cloths one i sprayed windex multipurpose on it(the cloth not the phone) and started to rub it gently that should help remove just about all of it then i made sure the edges where clean no glue on sides no little broken pieces of glass on buttom or top of the phone where the adhesive is...then used a clean micro fiber cloth to just give it a final wipe...
8. for putting on the new glass i did not use new adhesive....nore any type of new glue....i just made sure i had everything ready to go made sure i was not missing anything...every clean no glass pieces no glue on digitizer..MADE SURE DIGITIZER WAS 100% CLEAN....theni grabber my brow dryer heated the adhesive on top and buttom of the phone got it sticky again then i quickly BUT carefully placed the new screen on applied a little bit pressure and help it for about 2 mins let go and BAM!!!! stuck on to the phone...im sure you can use new adhesive but mind my cheapness to not spend that much money...lol.....
9.now its time to connect all the ribbons back on screw the 2 screws holding the motherboard....snap back the screen onto the bezel.....screw back on the 9 screws insert your sim and sd cards power that bad boy up and hope for the best.....
so like i said before i have no prior knowledge on taking this phone apart... i have changed one other phone screen and that was an iphone but if you have done that before you know thats easy as pie...i really really hope i helped someone out there...i left my iphone to this phone and i am in love with it i compared it to an iphone and the iphone looks like a play phone my son would play with....so a crack on this beauty is a no-no.... so if your up to it buy a new glass about 15 bucks including shipping on amazon... razor blade a blow dryer and about 5 playing cards and patience and you have a new screen.....now if you live in arizona and are close or whilling to drive to my town of queen creek i can help you with this and if your screen is super bad and i mean where theres no way of using it because the glass is shattered and have a video camera and are whilling to come to my place to record a how to video i will attempt to repair your phone free of charge i have an extra screen i bought just incase i messed up but pm me and let me know for all others good luck and i hope i helped
i just used the old one
How is it that some people say is nearly impossible to get the LCD and glass separated? I got my glass screen today but u no what sucks? Apparently my wife threw away my stupid adhesive tape. I'm screwed now
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I thought it was nearly impossible, because LCD is so fragile. Any slight pressure/bend can ruin the LCD.
Technically, it is possible to separate them, cuz it is just glued together. And OP proved me wrong and everyone else who advised against the idea.
So... why don't you just buy another roll of tape?
I just did mine look took me 3 hours but works. I did scratched up a lol the lcd and overheated a part an oopsie from me but managed to place the screen back using the old adhesive on the sides heated that junk up and now I'm good since this yr I got an upgrade so I can wait lol but for future ppl trying to do this be cautious as to what object you use for the putting apart also I used wd40 to clean out the excessive adhesive
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Best if u just use rubbing alcohol
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It's definitely nice to know a bit about the process required to fix the screen if my luck ever catches up with me. Thanks for that guide.
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ok guy im going to write this as best as i can and please be kind this will be the first diy post i have ever done.......
1. ok step one taking apart the phone... this is very easy you can youtube this step its really simple.....just take out the battery cover battery sim card and sd card
2.now remove all the screws in the buttome there are 9 screws .
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.....8 of them around the phone and one of them in the middle around the part where you insert the battery....
3. this is where it gets just a bit tricky you must "pop" off the screen i used a plastic razor blade around the bazel work around the phone it should pop out without much struggel but be very careful not to bend the digitizer it can break..
4. ok once u removed the screen out of the back cover there are 2 screws connecting the motherboard removed them and disconnect all ribbon connections
5. ok this is where the tricky part begins........first of all i want to say and just to be safe that im just typing this to help out because like most i dont want to pay 200$ for a new screen and digitizer so if you try this and fail im sorry and please dont blame me...
ok start of by using your blow dryer(what i used) or heat gun and work it over the phone not to close and dont just aim it in one certain spot work around it up and down laft and right.... once you do this about a minute or two very ooh so very carefully incert ur blade at the top this is the best approach so i think...and lift up if need to ask someone to keep using the heat gun while you do this it will save you lots of time..once you start to pry up the glass it will start to crack more and more that fine....once you start to remove the glass pieces (use tweezers) try to wedge a playing card inside (the card helps out soooo much you can work it in between the broken glass and the digitizer with out harming the digitizer)....now if you can with one hand more the card down the phone and use the heat gun you will start to see the glue separate from the digitizer....just move slowly and carefully.... just keep wedging the playing card and using the heat gun.
6. by this point you should have more then half the glass removed that part took me about 10 mins.. ok one thing you have to look after once you get to the buttom is be careful once you get to the buttons (home back search menu) try not to damage the connector under the screen what i did once i got to that part was i lifted the last of the glass and carefully pulled with tweezers.....then voila!!! the glass should all be off the digitizer...
7..to clean off all the glue off the digitizer i started by using a new playing card and using the edges i scraped the screen not using to much pressure once i got off what i could then i honestly used 2 microfiber cloths one i sprayed windex multipurpose on it(the cloth not the phone) and started to rub it gently that should help remove just about all of it then i made sure the edges where clean no glue on sides no little broken pieces of glass on buttom or top of the phone where the adhesive is...then used a clean micro fiber cloth to just give it a final wipe...
8. for putting on the new glass i did not use new adhesive....nore any type of new glue....i just made sure i had everything ready to go made sure i was not missing anything...every clean no glass pieces no glue on digitizer..MADE SURE DIGITIZER WAS 100% CLEAN....theni grabber my brow dryer heated the adhesive on top and buttom of the phone got it sticky again then i quickly BUT carefully placed the new screen on applied a little bit pressure and help it for about 2 mins let go and BAM!!!! stuck on to the phone...im sure you can use new adhesive but mind my cheapness to not spend that much money...lol.....
9.now its time to connect all the ribbons back on screw the 2 screws holding the motherboard....snap back the screen onto the bezel.....screw back on the 9 screws insert your sim and sd cards power that bad boy up and hope for the best.....
so like i said before i have no prior knowledge on taking this phone apart... i have changed one other phone screen and that was an iphone but if you have done that before you know thats easy as pie...i really really hope i helped someone out there...i left my iphone to this phone and i am in love with it i compared it to an iphone and the iphone looks like a play phone my son would play with....so a crack on this beauty is a no-no.... so if your up to it buy a new glass about 15 bucks including shipping on amazon... razor blade a blow dryer and about 5 playing cards and patience and you have a new screen.....now if you live in arizona and are close or whilling to drive to my town of queen creek i can help you with this and if your screen is super bad and i mean where theres no way of using it because the glass is shattered and have a video camera and are whilling to come to my place to record a how to video i will attempt to repair your phone free of charge i have an extra screen i bought just incase i messed up but pm me and let me know for all others good luck and i hope i helped
This is the glass I got
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00ABYYD62/ref=ya_aw_oh_pii
Hopely it comes with adhesive though I also bought the 2 sided tape which I received over the mail yesterday.
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hate to say it doesnt come with the adhesive ived check all of them none do :/
Thanks cobrien13. This should help lots of us.
Dang that sucks
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It does but just reheat the adhesive it will work perfectly
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So I'm supposed to warm the screen first before putting it in the phone?
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Just the top part where the adhesive is
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ok guy im going to write this as best as i can and please be kind this will be the first diy post i have ever done.......
1. ok step one taking apart the phone... this is very easy you can youtube this step its really simple.....just take out the battery cover battery sim card and sd card
2.now remove all the screws in the buttome there are 9 screws .
.....8 of them around the phone and one of them in the middle around the part where you insert the battery....
3. this is where it gets just a bit tricky you must "pop" off the screen i used a plastic razor blade around the bazel work around the phone it should pop out without much struggel but be very careful not to bend the digitizer it can break..
4. ok once u removed the screen out of the back cover there are 2 screws connecting the motherboard removed them and disconnect all ribbon connections
5. ok this is where the tricky part begins........first of all i want to say and just to be safe that im just typing this to help out because like most i dont want to pay 200$ for a new screen and digitizer so if you try this and fail im sorry and please dont blame me...
ok start of by using your blow dryer(what i used) or heat gun and work it over the phone not to close and dont just aim it in one certain spot work around it up and down laft and right.... once you do this about a minute or two very ooh so very carefully incert ur blade at the top this is the best approach so i think...and lift up if need to ask someone to keep using the heat gun while you do this it will save you lots of time..once you start to pry up the glass it will start to crack more and more that fine....once you start to remove the glass pieces (use tweezers) try to wedge a playing card inside (the card helps out soooo much you can work it in between the broken glass and the digitizer with out harming the digitizer)....now if you can with one hand more the card down the phone and use the heat gun you will start to see the glue separate from the digitizer....just move slowly and carefully.... just keep wedging the playing card and using the heat gun.
6. by this point you should have more then half the glass removed that part took me about 10 mins.. ok one thing you have to look after once you get to the buttom is be careful once you get to the buttons (home back search menu) try not to damage the connector under the screen what i did once i got to that part was i lifted the last of the glass and carefully pulled with tweezers.....then voila!!! the glass should all be off the digitizer...
7..to clean off all the glue off the digitizer i started by using a new playing card and using the edges i scraped the screen not using to much pressure once i got off what i could then i honestly used 2 microfiber cloths one i sprayed windex multipurpose on it(the cloth not the phone) and started to rub it gently that should help remove just about all of it then i made sure the edges where clean no glue on sides no little broken pieces of glass on buttom or top of the phone where the adhesive is...then used a clean micro fiber cloth to just give it a final wipe...
8. for putting on the new glass i did not use new adhesive....nore any type of new glue....i just made sure i had everything ready to go made sure i was not missing anything...every clean no glass pieces no glue on digitizer..MADE SURE DIGITIZER WAS 100% CLEAN....theni grabber my brow dryer heated the adhesive on top and buttom of the phone got it sticky again then i quickly BUT carefully placed the new screen on applied a little bit pressure and help it for about 2 mins let go and BAM!!!! stuck on to the phone...im sure you can use new adhesive but mind my cheapness to not spend that much money...lol.....
9.now its time to connect all the ribbons back on screw the 2 screws holding the motherboard....snap back the screen onto the bezel.....screw back on the 9 screws insert your sim and sd cards power that bad boy up and hope for the best.....
so like i said before i have no prior knowledge on taking this phone apart... i have changed one other phone screen and that was an iphone but if you have done that before you know thats easy as pie...i really really hope i helped someone out there...i left my iphone to this phone and i am in love with it i compared it to an iphone and the iphone looks like a play phone my son would play with....so a crack on this beauty is a no-no.... so if your up to it buy a new glass about 15 bucks including shipping on amazon... razor blade a blow dryer and about 5 playing cards and patience and you have a new screen.....now if you live in arizona and are close or whilling to drive to my town of queen creek i can help you with this and if your screen is super bad and i mean where theres no way of using it because the glass is shattered and have a video camera and are whilling to come to my place to record a how to video i will attempt to repair your phone free of charge i have an extra screen i bought just incase i messed up but pm me and let me know for all others good luck and i hope i helped
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Cool guide. Where did you buy the replacement glass? After using it for a while, does it seem as scratch-proof as the original glass? Hard to verify if some of the replacement glass I see sold is actually OEM or even the same quality.