yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S II General] jojo2peter:
woot? you throw 30kg on this phone =O?

Okay that's bad, so you gotta replace the amoled =(.

but srsly... when i'm in the gym, i neither put my phone on the ground, nor i'd throw 30kg on it. I know it was an accident...(broke my leg at tabletennis >.< ) went bad =( I'm feeling with you
[Galaxy S II General] Hollow.Droid:
Sounds then like the LCD and digitizer were both damaged. However it seems to be so new that I couldn't find any replacement parts via eBay or google :(
[Galaxy S II General] shidahmid:
funnily enough tht was the first time i put my fone on the ground whilst at gym at thats the last time as well lol

anybody know if its easy to change the screen myself found the digitizer touch screen and amoled pack on ebay for £92 shipped from honk kong
[Galaxy S II General] shidahmid:
heres the link item number:390312055788

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=390312055788
[Galaxy S II General] vizir:
and if all else fails, call samsung and see if they'll repair it for you. might cost you a bit but it'll be cheaper than a new phone.
[Galaxy S II General] landerson07:
I've broke mine to. I was just walking along the street and it slipped out of my hand when I got it out of my pocket and fell to the floor.

It fell flat and the samsung case popped off. When I picked it up there are two cracks on the screen and no response. It turns on etc, just blank screen though.

I've got gadget cover on my house insurance so will be claiming through that
[Galaxy S II General] shidahmid:
lol its ok for some at least u have insurance ;)

i guess this will teach me a lesson to be more careful in future n also maybe buy a protective case for it, not tht it would of helped for me in this instance. But at the same time why would u want to cover up something that feels and looks beautiful?
[Galaxy S II General] Sleepycat3:
You can replace it yourself but you will need the correct tools. And iPhone4 repair tool kit will work. I have replaced the digitiser and LCD on a Samsung android phone before and it is not for the faint hearted. Once you get through all the clips and delicate flexible data cables, you will then have to go up against the dreaded double sided tape which holds the glass to the phone. Do it wrong and you snap the plastic frame!
[Galaxy S II General] shidahmid:
daaaamn not for the feint hearted u mite aswel count me out then seems very fiddly
[Galaxy S II General] kreoXDA:
Did you see the ebay page the OP linked? It looks to me they send you the whole front face with the front frame?
[Galaxy S II General] Arthur Hucksake:
Do your folks have home insurance with cover away from the home?

If that is still listed as your main abode, then it wouldn't be a fraudulent claim.
[Galaxy S II General] themafi:
Oh sorry about that, I would definitely cry if something like that happened to me.

Please let us know if it was possible to fix it.
[Galaxy S II General] k0sh:
pity you buddy , what you want us to tell ya ?

go fix it .. run run
[Galaxy S II General] Digital1325:
I'm glad my gym has a no cell phone rule. That sucks man.
[Galaxy S II General] sohanlon07:
Unlucky. You can get this phone insured with protect your bubble for up to 400 quid for a 5 quid a month. This includes theft/loss. Worth the investment for such an expensive phone. I can send you the details if you PM me your email address.
[Galaxy S II General] tommo123:
have you claimed on it mate? some of these insurances look good till you make a claim and find terms like"manufacturer authorised locations", so that dropping it in the toilet/putting it in the washing machine is void as it's not "authorised". a lot dont cover you for leaving it in public places like trains/buses.
[Galaxy S II General] sohanlon07:
Covered for loss pretty much everywhere and it has no "Manufactured places2 or whatever clause.
[Galaxy S II General] shidahmid:
i cant claim on it buddy as dont have any form of insurance :( but i could always get some
[Galaxy S II General] shidahmid:
thanks for all the comments i seem to have 3 options available to me =

1. Get it fixed with samsung care and pay a hugh whack

2. Buy the parts off ebay which i linked above and try fixing on my own

3. Buy insurance and then wait a month and then claim
[Galaxy S II General] Tiger73:
my phone has also cracked the screen

My phone met the same fate as yours minus the 30 Kilogram dumbbell landing on it. The phone cracked from the top right hand corner diagonally across the screen.

I actually have no idea how the screen got cracked as I had been treating that phone with more love then a first born baby.

The phone is still in working order and I have returned the phone to Samsung to see if they will warranty it. If they don't I will be posting pictures of my phone.
[Galaxy S II General] Kaibosh:
My stomach tied itself in knots seeing that picture.. Yet I can see dead bodies in movies and on tv without it bothering me.

That's kinda scary :)
[Galaxy S II General] clonednull:
omg, good luck to your kids! :)
[Galaxy S II General] droidluck:
nooooooo this made me more scared. I have ordered a case it's already 2weeks now and still have to receive it... Goodluck to you on repairing this baby
[Galaxy S II General] shidahmid:
to be honest the pics dont do it justice its cracked all the way from top to bottom but because its cracked under the glass u cant see it and also because i took the pics on a night time in a light up room.

Ive been without my poor lil baby for 4 days now n it sucks bigtime, no phone even comes close to it.
[Galaxy S II General] andejx:
ouch man. i had a "OHFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF" moment, earlier today it fell out of my pocket as I stood up and it landed face first down... I was too scared to even pick it up. :P luckily it survived. but i'm getting this sucka a case asap!
[Galaxy S II General] zarzu:
What does a case help against a 30kg dumbell? If this thread makes a case for or against cases, it would rather be against. Since no matter what you put it in, if you're exposing it to potential collisions, it's going to crack eventually. I am sorry this happened to you, but things like this are easily avoided by paying attention to your phone and its environment.
[Galaxy S II General] shidahmid:
i appreciate what your saying but thing is iv been going gym for 4 years now and have always taken a mobile in with me during my workouts and never had any problems whatsoever. It was just an unfortunate freak incident.
[Galaxy S II General] kreoXDA:
honestly, unless you were warming up before some real side lateral raises, you are embarrassing the XDA community. going to the gym for 4 years, and 30 kilo dumbbells is what you exercise with?

[/trolling]

;) cheer up it is just a phone.
[Galaxy S II General] crx16:
flog it on ebay, no doubt someone will pay top whack for it. Probably not far off the price of a new one, sourced properly.

I doubt you would lose much more than the excess of an insurance policy anyway
[Galaxy S II General] qwerty warrior:
Gorilla glass

unbreakable my ass

(it rhymes :P )
[Galaxy S II General] shidahmid:
should i be offended or just laugh
[Galaxy S II General] heatfire:
gorilla glass is just kinda the same that iphone uses.. bendable glass.. nott smashproof. even if they say it's..

well atleast its strong..
[Galaxy S II General] PrimaryComplex:
well lesson learned, don't leave your phone anywhere near areas where you might drop weights on it. at least i won't anymore. i used to leave my phone around the gym but i always lift inside a power cage.
[Galaxy S II General] shidahmid:
Just taken my phone in for repair at a a samsung approved care centre. its costing me £130 for a new amoled screen and digitizer to be replaced.
[Galaxy S II General] salamt:
That's cheaper than buying new phone :)
[Galaxy S II General] parker7:
i once drop kicked my Sony Ericsson piece of garbage (not one of my best ideas) and i didn't even bother to look for where it landed until i got home from work. It took me 30 minutes to find it, it was on the roof off my house two stories up. I just put it back together after fishing it out of the gutter and it worked straight away. They don't make phones like that anymore......

thank god.
[Galaxy S II General] matlacki:
Have a look here: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Samsung-Galax...ltDomain_3&hash=item3cb813c6ee#ht_3520wt_1165
[Galaxy S II General] kreoXDA:
no, no offence man :) was just trying to ease pain with humor that did not succeed.
[Galaxy S II General] shidahmid:
damn wish i had seen this one before but thanks anyway
[Galaxy S II General] jimsey:
another broken screen !

did they tell you how long it will take them to repair?

i've broken my screen also, i've ordered one off fleebay which is yet to arrive, but after opening up the back and removing the main circuit board, i cant see how to remove the screen from the front housing?

it looks like a different fitting to sgs1 - i.e. the frame doesn't just clip off leaving the screen to be "peeled" away from the main housing.

i could take it to the sammy service center, along with the new screen and see if they can do the repair? and could even re-sell the replacement when it eventually arrives if the sammy service center can have it replaced before my fleebay replacement arrives.

i would prefer to do it myself, - so if someone has any pointers/experience on getting the screen out of the housing - it would be appreciated?
[Galaxy S II General] Acepower:
O....just don't sad any more, are you had been take it to repair?!
[Galaxy S II General] Sleepycat3:
The glass is probably stuck to the frame using strong double-sided tape, which is what I found with the Galaxy Spica. A ***** to remove, but eventually managed to do so. You can confirm when your screen comes in. If it has double sided tape pre-applied onto the replacement screen, then it will probably be similar to the Spica's disassembly.
[Galaxy S II General] shidahmid:
hi, sorry for the late reply i took the phone in for repair on thursday morning and was told it would take upto five working days because they had to order the parts in, i recieved a call monday morning telling me that my fone is now fixed and ready to pickup :)
[Galaxy S II General] wisey38:
Broke my sgs2 screen yesterday. I lost it and someone found it and returned it but with a smashed screen. Im just happy to get it back.
[Galaxy S II General] jimsey:
new screen has arrived, it does have pre-applied adhesive on the back.

i've stripped my phone down twice now but cant get the current screen out of the frame/case...

tried heating it up with a hair dryer, but it's still not moving :(

looks like i'm going to be taking it to my local sammy service center for fitting.

looking really closely at it, there appear to be a few points where you can apply pressure from behind the screen through the frame/housing - the small slots lining the top and bottom of the frame look the best bet for a tool to push/pry the screen off from behind.

if anyone else wants to do a diy repair, i'd recommend getting a screen which comes complete with frame/housing which have just started appearing on ebay - these would be a snap to fit
[Galaxy S II General] mikeinessex:
i just got a 3mm chip off the bottom right edge of mine its only the thin layer of glass its chipped. but i cat seem to get my nail under to pull it away from the bit under it. by any chance is the glass and the digitiser all one? and in that case u have to buy the hole package u cant just get the glass?
[Galaxy S II General] Nyssa1104:
Look here http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Digitizer-Tou...447?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5ae15a1f1f

or http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Touch-Super-A...788?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5ae06953ec prices are cheaper this is just to show you what they look like
[Galaxy S II General] angelomaldito:
If I were walking in your shoes I would definitely go for the first option. Definitely, I wouldn't go for the last, as lawyers will cost you considerably more than a new phone. The second option worth consideration, however you might fail and your loss would be greater.

Go for #1 and you won't regret. Go for #2 and you may regret. Go for #3 and you will regret. ;)

Go for #1 !!!
[Galaxy S II General] holgalee:
Sorry to read about all your misdaventures! I'll have to be extra careful with my phone for now. BTW, I found a page with the Galaxy S torn down; hopefully the S2 isn't that different: http://www.slashgear.com/samsung-galaxy-s-torn-down-and-snapped-1489621/.
[Galaxy S II General] Huupie:
I`m glad that theres a lesson in it for me.. Be very carefull with the Phone.. Just bought a protection sleeve for it..
[Galaxy S II General] me-ayman:
Dear Brother,

you can found the full screen in below website around 30us

please add

www

becouse i am new register to this forum and i cannot post link

alibaba.com/product-gs/466808007/touch_screen_with_lcd_display_full.html

or this seller

alibaba.com/product-gs/470013549/Mobile_Phone_LCD_Screen_and_digitizer.html

hope that this information help you.

regards,

ayman
[Galaxy S II General] jimsey:
Although I bought a new screen on ebay, it proved too difficult to get the broken screen out of the case/frame, so I took it to a samsung service center who supplied and fit a new lens for £70, they also replaced the silver frame which was badly dented.

Ebay seller gave me a full refund on the spare screen so I'm quite pleased, never taking it out of.the case again!

.
[Galaxy S II General] reubenyap:
Hrm no idea how to replace mine....Got up to here but am stuck!
[Galaxy S II General] psp888:
dont u just stick down the new screen and attached the cable?
[Galaxy S II General] chestvrg:
Now that's fraud LOL
[Galaxy S II General] Paper Ape:
very unlucky dude... even a tough case probably wouldnt be enough to protect against a 30kg dumbbell
[Galaxy S II General] reubenyap:
You need to dig out the screen from the housing. A lot of vendors sell it WITHOUT the housing! :/

Found out the hard way but have a solution finally.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=15788569#post15788569
[Galaxy S II General] D79_:
Im prob to late to make a comment but just incase lol

Basically, dont tell ur network or and insurance companys uve broke ur fone, just get the fone insured and wait a month then ring the insurance company up and tell them uve broke ur fone, they will then send u a new one, then in a few months cancel ur insurance, if u cant then drop the price of the insurance and pay for it untill it ends :-)
[Galaxy S II General] FirstNoobToBrickHisPhone:
Won't these protect it from dumbells?

http://www.sgpstore.com/cell-phone/...g-galaxy-s2-screen-protector-glas-series.html
[Galaxy S II General] experia1234:
So is it possible to change the glass lens only and keep the existing working LCD/Digitizer?

The glass lens costs £70 and the full LCD/Digitizer/Glass Lens £130 at Samsung?

Thanks
[Galaxy S II General] psp888:
no it's not, it's glued on.
[Galaxy S II General] odevans:
One thing to consider, is the fact that it could have come out a lot worse.
[Galaxy S II General] MarkSkov:
Also fraud; besides they would be able to see that the phone hasn't been used for a month and it would look a little suspicious.
[Galaxy S II General] cz.marcin:
It costs £79.99 to get a screen fixed in Carphonewarehouse. Seen screens on ebay for £55 so its a obvious choice... no point doing it yourself
[Galaxy S II General] Nyssa1104:
Outer Screen Lens & Full housing

How go this route works out much cheaper..

Outer Screen Lens

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Black-New-S...979?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item27c0a1682b

Full Housing Battery Cover

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Full-Housin...244?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1e647efecc

All for $18 there about
[Galaxy S II General] experia1234:
Only £79.99 at CPW? The LCD screens are about £100-110 on ebay...

---------- Post added at 05:16 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:14 PM ----------

That is what I meant but apparently you cannot detach the glass lens from the LCD/digitizer assembly... Will keep searching to see if anybody has manage it..
[Galaxy S II General] Blueshadow91:
heres mine.. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1432373 did this on new years eve.. hell of a way to end the year!
[Galaxy S II General] aguerito:
I have almost the same problem, my phone fall down and i broke the glass, the entire phone is working perfectly as always, i ordered only the glass on ebay but i dont know how to change it. Is there any way?
[Galaxy S II General] Bade90:
Why?

why have you order the glass on ebay if you dont know how to change it? :P

I think you have not even the right tools.

There are a LOT of video on youtube, try to look for something.

(sry, i cant put links on my message yet).
[Galaxy S II General] aguerito:
Becase the shipment delays 30 days to my country. I found tonz of videos but NO ONE says how to change only the glass.
[Galaxy S II General] Bade90:
30 days vs useless piece of gorilla glass :p

However, there is a nice guide here. Look in Galaxy s II Accessories. (sorry again, i cant put link :mad: ).

ps: i have no looking for really well but, reading around this problem, for me is impossible to change ONLY the glass.
[Galaxy S II General] aguerito:
i hope you are wrong, but if this is true, why sellers sell only the glass?
[Galaxy S II General] valentinrascu:
ebay is your friend.cost 5 euro the glass only.use youtube tutorial for change

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[Galaxy S II General] valentinrascu:
Replacement Front Cover * Glass Lens + Tools for Samsung i9100 Galaxy S2 ZQGS076 Link: http://www.ebay.it/itm/Replacement-...Samsung-i9100-Galaxy-S2-ZQGS076-/360436267842 (inviato dall'app di eBay per Android)

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[Galaxy S II General] teemotee:
condolence bro
[Galaxy S II General] aguerito:
And? What do you suggest?
[Galaxy S II General] TehH4rRy:
That's why I pay the Insurance for my phone, I don't normally take it out on my things but with this phone I felt it neccessary (and due to the low cost of my tariff it felt justifiable) So if I bugger my phone I pay a small excess and get a new phone :).

But Ebay is your friend with this, buy a replacement digitiser and see if any local phone shops will fit it for you
[Galaxy S II General] pjonezki:
friend on facebook just posed this. thought i would share LOL

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[Galaxy S II General] Bade90:
Nice job! :D
[Galaxy S II General] chris2busy:
honestly...u can only do that with extreme force, massive stupidity, or the combination of those 2.
[Galaxy S II General] aguerito:
So, nobody can tell me if i can replace only the cracked glass? My two gorilla glass pieces arrived yesterday, and i dont know how to change it.
[Galaxy S II General] autumn33:
i just broke my screen also :( no idea how i did it, the glass seems intact but the screen under has lines running through it.

the lights at the bottom still work & i can still feel the vibration of touching the screen/unlock it ect but i have a black screen :(

guessing ill need to buy a hole new screen assembly
[Galaxy S II General] Joshnz:
oh man i feel sorry for you :(
[Galaxy S II General] a67543210:
My Friend had his galaxy S2 screen broken by his sister flinging his phone to him from the other end of the house. He was fortunate to have Samsung repair it for him for free. Try your luck, otherwise, screen replacement is about £150
[Galaxy S II General] autumn33:
I have insurance on it but its running HyDrOG3N-ICS :(

should i try my luck or not
[Galaxy S II General] screamworks:
Go for it. Just flash a stock ROM and reset the binary counter first :D
[Galaxy S II General] OrionCarl:
if its out of warranty and you have insurance, do you have to flash it back to stock to get it repaired if you break the screen?
[Galaxy S II General] Hawlery:
Yup, it's a must.
[Galaxy S II General] 89dogg:
if the waranty is expired and you have no insurance, the best way would be to repair it by your-self.

there are about 8 screws and the original glass/font could be ordered in the web ;)
[Galaxy S II General] snowwhite007:
Full lcd digitizer must be replaced unfortunatly heres a tutorial

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1253969

Mod or Die
[Galaxy S II General] diggedy:
My personal opinion would be that insurance is valid for as long as you pay the premium and own the phone. Insurance and warranty are two separate things.

Also, although its always recommended to flash stock software, for a hardware damage claim, it shouldn't matter one bit what software is running as its irrelevant to the claim.
[Galaxy S II General] Paradoxxx:
So sad... a man as been taken down...

Sent from my i9100. No HyDrOG3NICS? No SWAGG..
[Galaxy S II General] Casterina:
I thought the SGS2 couldn't be broken :(
[Galaxy S II General] 89dogg:
it's difficult, but of course possible ;)

compared with the risk to break an iphone it's smaller but every thing can be broken
[Galaxy S II General] IronMit:
i once dropped 10kg dumbbell on my toe. was bare foot. nail cracked. nasty.

Im grateful it wasnt 30kg!
[Galaxy S II General] gazzaman2k:
parting the gorrilla glass and the digitizer is more or less immpossible by the average joe and even most phone shops, easier to replace the whole lcd, but tis not cheap a minimum of £120 for sure, my white s2 has a replacement screen in and it doesnt say samsung on it which is quite cool :)
[Galaxy S II General] felixg123:
I broke mine leaning against a hockey table...was only £70 to fix though
[Galaxy S II General] tlc76:
This happened in august 2011 to my S2... and it did cost me 120 euros to get the screen replaced (at the officially-agreed Samsung service).

Look at the leather case (this is the screen side)...:D
[Defy General] paschko:
Hi guys!

At first I was surprised by the Defy after switching from a iPhone 3G. It's much faster, better camera and battery etc. Although don't get me started on syncing the Defy to a Mac...

Now I do have some problems that really give me headaches:

1. GPS not working

I think the GPS stopped working when I took the phone to the US (I'm from Germany). Which sucks because I wanted to use it for navigation. I Installed the GPS Test App, erased and refreshed the A-GPS Data. Doesn't help. I switched it on and off several times, went into Airplane mode and so on. Nothing.

GPS Test tells me that there are usually 1-4 satellites in view but non in use.

Any help here?

2. Wi-Fi won't connect sometimes

It feels like the Wi-Fi has worse reception that the iPhone anyway but it sometimes just won't connect. Might take 10 minutes until it suddenly does.

3. Music player

This is a minor problem but it's still really bugging me because I'm a big music buff. I have a couple mixtapes and compilations on the phone but I'm not able to play them as they're supposed to be, since the phone splits the Albums into several albums due to the Interpret-tag being different. It still does that after I edited the Album Interpret-tag.

I'm happy for any help. Right now I'm a little frustrated since with the iPhone everything has been so easy and, you know, just worked!

Pascal
[Defy General] salingpusa:
What rom are you in? Rooted?
[Defy General] paschko:
The regular motoblur that comes with the phone. I just updated to 2.2.2. and at least the GPS is working again. That's the most important thing.

Any recommendations for a slick looking music player that gets the tags right?
[Defy General] paschko:
Ok, so GPS again not working anymore. Only finds one satellite and does not use it. I crossed the border from Canada to the US, could that have anything to do with it?
[Defy General] kin912:
which rom have you flashed？:confused:

GPS with problem maybe your rom is broken.
[Defy General] paschko:
As I said, it's the default ROM. Recently updated to 2.2.2, not rooted or anything.
[Defy General] salingpusa:
You're using default froyo not rooted? Are you using tmobile usa? Have you check the settings-location and security, make sure gps and network are checked. What app are you using for gps, because some app turn gps on/off so you hane to check again.