[Wylug-help] Crunched phablet screen

[Christopher McLean]

John beat me to it - the only other thing I would add is that a cheap-ish gadget repair kit is invaluable - something that has all th bits you'd need e.g. (I have one of these and it's great, but there are heaps on the market)


http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00DXZ5PE0

Chris


-----Original Message-----
From: Wylug-help [mailto:wylug-help-bounces at wylug.org.uk] On Behalf Of John Hodrien
Sent: 21 September 2015 10:28
To: Darren Menachem Drapkin
Cc: wylug-help at wylug.org.uk
Subject: Re: [Wylug-help] Crunched phablet screen

On Sun, 20 Sep 2015, Darren Menachem Drapkin wrote:

> Recently, my no-name phablet got its screen broken.I was leaning 
> against a sofa, with the phablet in a pocket.
> I have gone round shops trying to get it repaired.
> Most have said that they can not do it in Leeds and are going to 
> charge me £100, at least, to have it repaired somewhere else. One 
> plucky guy broke ranks and admitted  that it was a generic part and 
> that I could get them online.
> I have looked online and found a place that sells the part/assembly in 
> question for $18.00. Now  the hard bit is how to get the old screen 
> off and replace it with the new one. If I look up the procedure, can 
> the regulars show me what I am doing wrong as I do it? This will 
> probably be at October's meeting at the earliest,though.

If it was a case of replacing the digitizer/LCD as a unit, it's a piece of cake, and I've done that with a Nexus 7.  In my case the flash failed and I bought a broken 7 with a smashed screen to frankenstein for less than twenty quid off ebay.  If you've never done it before, it's a 30 minute job being careful not to damage any ribbon cables as you take it apart, but it's not too tricky.

If you're looking at separating the front glass from the LCD, good luck with that.  Lots of fun with guitar wire and heat guns seems to be the norm, as you need to soften the glue, and then remove the fragile (and already broken) glass from the front.

jh