Hey folks
I need capacitive touch keys and home button flex ribbon cable for my s2...now...i was searching on eBay but couldn't found seller that would ship the keys to Slovenia...so i came up with an idea that i'll ask you guys if anyone owns that flex cable and would be able to send it to me...i can pay with paypal...if price is reasonable as well as the postage fee....
thanks in advance
Cheers
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rkoby13 said:
Hey folks
I need capacitive touch keys and home button flex ribbon cable for my s2...now...i was searching on eBay but couldn't found seller that would ship the keys to Slovenia...so i came up with an idea that i'll ask you guys if anyone owns that flex cable and would be able to send it to me...i can pay with paypal...if price is reasonable as well as the postage fee....
thanks in advance
Cheers
Sent fom my S-II running CM-10 by mcm811 powered with DorimanX kernel 7.35
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Hi mate!
I have one brand new that I bought but never installed.
For your information I can advise you that you cannot change that single piece due to construction of the Galaxy S2.
I can explain you why telling my story. My Galaxy S2 went to bath and home button stopped working, so I realized I needed to replace the capacitive and home button flex module as it got damaged. I bought one original piece from a German seller on ebay and tried to replace it with the damaged one. I can assure you I'm very expert repairing phones and I know well our beloved Galaxy S2, but due to the very thin construction of the phone, the glass is glued hard to the LCD and the home button ribbon cable is between these two pieces, as you have to detach the glass from the LCD to reach it.
Why you cannot change it? You cannot detach the glass from the LCD without breaking the screen as it is truly very thin, imagine about 1mm thickness or less. As the glass is glued very hard to the screen, you cannot distribute the forces when detaching it and you'll end breaking the screen with 90% probability. I broke mine when trying and I did the whole process very carefully, knowing it was very fragile.
So, if your home button or your capacitive keys stopped working I would not recommend you trying to change it as you'll have 90% chance of having the LCD broken too.
Sadly, you'll have to change the whole front module (glass, LCD, front bezel frame and of course home button cable, all included). It's a very expensive repair, but the front module is very easy to replace and you can do it on your own.
I bought one genuine like new without scratches from a salvage Galaxy S2 from Samsung repair centre for about 80,00USD. I can give you the link if you want to buy one too.
Sad to tell you this.
Hope it can help you.
Cheers.
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Hello, i had the misfortune to drop my Arc and having removed the factory fitted protector it shattered the glass and became unresponsive to touch commands. I am pretty certain the actual lcd is fine though. I have looked at a replacement digitizer but i am concerned that the LCD will be glued to it which will need a bit more expertise than i have. i have googled and found a video on an x10 dissasembly but even this is vague as to the build of the LCD/Digitizer..
anyone have any experience with this issue or any advice.
thanks in advance
They're glued together. Apparently you can use a hairdryer to melt the glue and separate the components, but needs patience, a steady hand, and a bit of luck...
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That is so annoying, i have just bought a digitizer from formymobile . com and i really dont wanna attempt it if they are a whole unit. i got hold of a torx 6 and took it apart as by the service manual that was posted on here but to get the screen off they have a specialist clamp and suction pad contraption..
I could fudge it but i am heavy handed at the best of times..
looks like a 85 pound repair bill from my local repair shop.. Better than buying a new phone i suppose.
many thanks for your advice
I recently bought a galaxy s3 off ebay that just needed a glass screen repair. Having done several of these with other models I thought no biggie ill ju st change out the digitizer and have a heck of a deal lol until I started looking into how the phone was made and the screens being fused together like they are. I followed a youtube video and heated the screen with a hairdryer and proceeded to try and carefully tried to remove the outer glass without harming the digitizer or lcd screens fused behind it. Unfortunately when I removed the glass screen the digitizer came with it. I thought id ripped the digitizer's flex cable til I read this phones digitizer doesnt connect that way. It didnt crack the lcd screen in any way tho, so Im pretty sure I can just clean the lcd rly well and make sure all the adhesive and glass is cleaned off and use new 3m adhesive to install a new digitizer then the glass screen over it.
The only thing im questionable about is a thin brown ribbon/wire that was pulled out of its original place iand tore a little while doimg this removal. Some of the adhesive from the factory apparently stuck to it while I was heating the glass and attatched itself to the digitizer somewhat or enough to work its way out and initially tear as I was pulling the glass off. Its not the buttons or the small cable that attatches them but it is right beside them. Can anyone with some experience working on these galaxy 3s please tell me what this hooks up, controls, or what other replacement part I would have to buy that would have this ribbon included in it? Or with this ribbon being the way it is, am I going to have to buy the lcd,digitizer, &glass screen replacement that comes preassembled? I know its not the lcd flex cable amd doesnt go to the digitizer so im at a loss.
Im attatching pics so u will know what im referring to. Thanks for any help its greatly appreciated.
Pics after screen removal.
That's why I paid more and got the LCD+Digitizer. Cost more but made it a million times faster.
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Yeah i understand i was just tryin to save a few. I can still do that and not lose but 10 bucks so notjhing hurt if i cant find a solution to this or just make double certain that ribbon being the way it is in the pic isnt going to hurt anything.
rbroyles528 said:
I recently bought a galaxy s3 off ebay that just needed a glass screen repair. Having done several of these with other models I thought no biggie ill ju st change out the digitizer and have a heck of a deal lol until I started looking into how the phone was made and the screens being fused together like they are. I followed a youtube video and heated the screen with a hairdryer and proceeded to try and carefully tried to remove the outer glass without harming the digitizer or lcd screens fused behind it. Unfortunately when I removed the glass screen the digitizer came with it. I thought id ripped the digitizer's flex cable til I read this phones digitizer doesnt connect that way. It didnt crack the lcd screen in any way tho, so Im pretty sure I can just clean the lcd rly well and make sure all the adhesive and glass is cleaned off and use new 3m adhesive to install a new digitizer then the glass screen over it.
The only thing im questionable about is a thin brown ribbon/wire that was pulled out of its original place iand tore a little while doimg this removal. Some of the adhesive from the factory apparently stuck to it while I was heating the glass and attatched itself to the digitizer somewhat or enough to work its way out and initially tear as I was pulling the glass off. Its not the buttons or the small cable that attatches them but it is right beside them. Can anyone with some experience working on these galaxy 3s please tell me what this hooks up, controls, or what other replacement part I would have to buy that would have this ribbon included in it? Or with this ribbon being the way it is, am I going to have to buy the lcd,digitizer, &glass screen replacement that comes preassembled? I know its not the lcd flex cable amd doesnt go to the digitizer so im at a loss.
Im attatching pics so u will know what im referring to. Thanks for any help its greatly appreciated.
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I'd go check out this thread and ask some of these guys. A lot of them seem to have attempted repairs already, and many of them have had to troubleshoot different issues. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1890708&page=78
Hi,
I just attempted to repalce the screen of my E975. I bought a complete replacement assembly with housing, to make things easier for myself.
However, on the original phone there is a little metal plate where the volume flex cable connects to the motherboard. On the repalcement part, there is no such thing(see pics). I took the volume flex cable and moved it to the new screen assembly and put a piece of doublesided mobile tape on the replacement part, to make it hold and elevate the connector to the same hight as with the metal plate. But now my volume buttons arent working anymore?
Has anybody had some similar problems or could someone help me out how to get my volume buttons to work with this new screen???
I looked everywhere, and all the complete screen assemblies you can buy for the e975, look just like the one i got. So there are none that have that metal plate?
I have the same problem! I thought I broke the flex, so I bought a replacement, but it doesn't work either. ¿Did you resolve it in anyway?
Hi ! I broke the lcd on november haha, I ordered a new assembly lcd. Please ask me your problem, I dont understand that hehe. I think I could help you ! Haha
PD: Works volumen buttoms !
Please give a better pictures
robotzki said:
Hi,
I just attempted to repalce the screen of my E975. I bought a complete replacement assembly with housing, to make things easier for myself.
However, on the original phone there is a little metal plate where the volume flex cable connects to the motherboard. On the repalcement part, there is no such thing(see pics). I took the volume flex cable and moved it to the new screen assembly and put a piece of doublesided mobile tape on the replacement part, to make it hold and elevate the connector to the same hight as with the metal plate. But now my volume buttons arent working anymore?
Has anybody had some similar problems or could someone help me out how to get my volume buttons to work with this new screen???
I looked everywhere, and all the complete screen assemblies you can buy for the e975, look just like the one i got. So there are none that have that metal plate?
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Hi. I've got the same problem as you. How did you manage to solve it ?
hardcorekb said:
Hi. I've got the same problem as you. How did you manage to solve it ?
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The little metal plate is supposed to sit on the flex volume cable. Turned out i had separated it from the volume flex cable when disassembling the phone.... I bought a cheap replacement volume cable and that did the trick
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I have a SGH-M919 Galaxy S4 that works fine except for the touch screen (digitizer). There are no cracks on the screen and the display is fine. I see that there are a lot of guides for replacing the LCD/digitizer combo, but none that show only replacing the digitizer. Is that possible? I assume the combo consists of a front glass, the digitizer, and then the LCD. Can these be separated?
I swapped the motherboard from this S4 with the motherboard on a working S4 and the touch screen remained inoperative, so I know it is just the digitizer. Is it possible it is just the flax cable that connects to the motherboard? If so, can it be replaced by itself.
There are a lot of vendors on eBay selling LCD/digitizer combos for $100 - $200, but I hate spending that much when the screen is working fine. Any suggestions from the forum would be greatly appreciated.
Craig
CraigLD said:
I have a SGH-M919 Galaxy S4 that works fine except for the touch screen (digitizer). There are no cracks on the screen and the display is fine. I see that there are a lot of guides for replacing the LCD/digitizer combo, but none that show only replacing the digitizer. Is that possible? I assume the combo consists of a front glass, the digitizer, and then the LCD. Can these be separated?
I swapped the motherboard from this S4 with the motherboard on a working S4 and the touch screen remained inoperative, so I know it is just the digitizer. Is it possible it is just the flax cable that connects to the motherboard? If so, can it be replaced by itself.
There are a lot of vendors on eBay selling LCD/digitizer combos for $100 - $200, but I hate spending that much when the screen is working fine. Any suggestions from the forum would be greatly appreciated.
Craig
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I also would like to know this; if anyone can explain the steps or point towards a guide that would be very helpful.
I have had a bad luck and my phone fell out of my pocket and got cracks on the screen, i think its digitizer because the picture is all perfect inside the screen otherwise the liquid would have defiantly came out of the LCD!!!
I have tried pressing on the cracked class and see if liquid comes out or it forms a black spot or anything but nothing happened!!!
The combo of LCD & Digitizer costs 2500-4000 Indian Rupees while only 800Rs for Digitizer so i am thinking of only buying figitizer from ebay but i dont know any way to separate the LCD & Digitizer
Anyone have any idea on doing that and how can i put the digitizer back on LCD?
Thanks!
P.S. The touch is working perfectly even when cracked heavily!