Busted my S3 screen

[Markbnj]

Bah. Stupid thing only dropped like 2.5 feet onto tile, but it must have hit just right. Still usable if I don't try to swipe the really cracked part near the point of impact.

Are there any really practical solutions other than replacement?

 

[Ravynmagi]

It's not a time for sadness. It's an occasion for joy. You have an excuse to get a new phone!

 

[NikolaeVarius]

Just replace the glass

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1890708&page=80

 

[Oyeve]

S4

 

[Markbnj]

It's not a time for sadness. It's an occasion for joy. You have an excuse to get a new phone!

I just got it for Christmas :'( ... not that I wouldn't like an HTC One.

Just replace the glass

I'll check that out.

Edit: checked out that XDA thread (70 or 80 pages worth!). It looks like it is worth a shot for the cost of the glass and an hour or so.

 

[Chocu1a]

Busted my Note 2 screen this past Saturday. Totally bummed. The local repair shop is out of replacement screens, too. Hopefully they will get more in by this weekend. Gonna buy a GS3 off Craigslist tomorrow for $250, get the Note 2 fixed & sell the GS3.

 

[Chocu1a]

Went back to the GS3 and omfg...it feels like I am using an iPhone 4. The screen feels SOOOOO small. Crazy thing is it is still a massive screen by today's standard, at 4.8"

 

[waggy]

you can buy replacment screens cheap. in fact i have one on my desk! i got it to fix my S3

 

[Chocu1a]

you can buy replacment screens cheap. in fact i have one on my desk! i got it to fix my S3

Don't have the time or patience to do it myself. Local shop does it for $129 installed with 6 month guarantee.

 

[dbk]

you can buy replacment screens cheap. in fact i have one on my desk! i got it to fix my S3

your S3 can't be fixed.. it got run over by a lawnmower

 

[waggy]

your S3 can't be fixed.. it got run over by a lawnmower

before that i broke the screen! http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2315770

 

[Nintendesert]

People sure drop their phone a lot when the new hotness comes out...

 

[Chocu1a]

People sure drop their phone a lot when the new hotness comes out...

lol, seems that way. I really do love the gn2, though. Can't live without the s-pen.

 

[SAWYER]

you can buy replacment screens cheap. in fact i have one on my desk! i got it to fix my S3

I thought Galaxy screens were high, that is why I have been using my busted up gs2 so long.

 

[WelshBloke]

before that i broke the screen! http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2315770

Did you really run over it with a lawnmower?

 

[Chocu1a]

I thought Galaxy screens were high, that is why I have been using my busted up gs2 so long.

Screens by themselves are not that expensive, about $10. Screen + lcd is expensive, about $80-100

 

[waggy]

Did you really run over it with a lawnmower?

yeah..it was not pretty.:'(

 

[WelshBloke]

yeah..it was not pretty.:'(

Pics?

 

[waggy]

Pics?

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2317127


posted one. there was not much left of the phone after.