You ever replace the glass on your modern smartphone?

[disappoint]

I have a cheap smartphone with a plastic screen. Glass screens are fucking dumb. Especially when they cover the entire front of the phone, making any edge hit shatter them.

Have you heard of gorilla glass? Do you consider that glass or plastic? Given the fact that it's called glass I'm going to go with glass.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wT8xI4PEU8c

 

[styrafoam]

I've done and evo 3d and an Optimus G. The one conclusion i drew was that the phones in the video come apart much easier than ones I worked on, almost as if they were prepped for making the video. The glass especially was much more difficult to remove. Both phones were sucessful, but the evo turned out to be a bad logic board so $40 down the toilet. Optimus was a pain in the ass as the glass was completely shattered, like saftey glass in a car window. The top and bottom where most of the glue was used stayed on the frame in 1000 tiny pieces while the center came away easily. Took about 2 hours of heating and chipping the pieces away.

 

[yhelothar]

I replaced the screen for a Sony Xperia X10. It was just a few screws, no need to deal with glue.

Samsung Galaxy S3 is a horrible design. Most phones come with an outer bezel that's beveled out so it'll absorb the shock in a drop so the huge piece of glass covering the screen won't. The S3 doesn't have that.

 

[CZroe]

I've replaced the screens on many phones and devices but never tried to separate glass adhered to an LCD to replace only the glass + digitizer. Usually wasn't necessary. Until Apple started doing it in the last few years they were never adhered to each other. Now that my source of cheap Galaxy Note 2 LCD assemblies (with a single bad pixel) has dried up I am seriously considering getting the equipment to do it myself (molybdenum wire, optical adhesive, etc). I'm not going to invest in an industrial vacuum oven though.

I replaced the screen for a Sony Xperia X10. It was just a few screws, no need to deal with glue.

Samsung Galaxy S3 is a horrible design. Most phones come with an outer bezel that's beveled out so it'll absorb the shock in a drop so the huge piece of glass covering the screen won't. The S3 doesn't have that.

LOVE working on Xperia phones. It's like they were made for easy service!

 

[AnitaPeterson]

I found a cheap Huawei with a cracked glass. Replaced it with a new component bought from Ebay and shipped from China, for about $20. Did all the work myself. Now I have an extra phone that I can use in an emergency, or if I want to leave my expensive Samsung at home...