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[Galaxy S II Accessories] hydrasworld:
Thanks for posting the pics.

I used them, for the first half of my re-case effort and used the video below for the other half.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6Y6an6D2PE

I replaced both the back cover, chassis and bezel. I did not replace the glass.

Now my SGS2 doesn't have a giant dent in it.

Also I was amazed at the amount of dust that came out of it by the mic and speakers, people now report they can hear me properly!

This was the one I purchased - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/261072980622?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649

£13.99 for complete new case inc buttons (without glass).
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Rodrigosdw:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?annota...&feature=iv&src_vid=65pvAINg2ME&v=es8gezSdKv4

cheerss
[Galaxy S II Accessories] urine:
the pics helped. thanks
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Yooboo26:
Nice tutorial! helpful
[Galaxy S II Accessories] omayrzanata:
Thanks! using that soon!
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Arjunsm:
Nice done. I hope I don't need it as long I've got my S2
[Galaxy S II Accessories] xristoforosth:
Thanks for the tutorial!!
[Galaxy S II Accessories] EManU3LXX:
Good Stuff!

This helped me out SO much. I found an S2 that had been ran over by a car :P
[Galaxy S II Accessories] koko115:
Thank a lot.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Ba7rani:
Great job!

Thank you
[Galaxy S II Accessories] joeym11:
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Replace-Touc...ultDomain_0&hash=item3cca57c455#ht_517wt_1271

Is this something I want to buy or is that wrong?
[Galaxy S II Accessories] sader0:
This is not screen, just outside layer which is normally glued to screen itself. It is very hard to remove the layer - will require extreme caution. Anyhow this is not a screen.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] sealover1:
great thread, just cracked my screen and looking at this was wondering if this is something i could do myself as repairs on ebay cost loads (£130) plus :(
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Prostheta:
Wow, I can't believe that people are still replacing their screens off the back of this tutorial! Truly glad to have done this. Onwards and upwards :D
[Galaxy S II Accessories] fULL_:
Thanks this helped me alot!:)
[Galaxy S II Accessories] isrmicha:
very nice, but its so expensive :/
[Galaxy S II Accessories] imlgl:
Samsung quoted me £70 for a screen repair. I don't understand why the screens are so expensive from Ebay
[Galaxy S II Accessories] ATTIEQ:
wow. but i can not do this. looks pretty tough but u did it well
[Galaxy S II Accessories] YaPaY:
I need a ebay link for new screen and bezel.

Thanks in advance
[Galaxy S II Accessories] YaPaY:
Hi guys,

What do you think about this Item, Do I need heatgun? What do you think about price?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Genuine-S...arts_Tools&hash=item27cb27aeaf#ht_1632wt_1397
[Galaxy S II Accessories] qlmajk:
For all question about separating the front glass from the digitizer which is founded on ebay for about $11.00!
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Prostheta:
Thanks for the info! That's exactly how I feel about trying to do it on the cheap; "don't!"

Funny how he knows the grammatical contraction for "who's" but blatantly misses "dont/don't", "your/you're". Nothing annoys me more than taxes and simple grammar errors.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] nightrave:
Can anyone please confirm that I am thinking correct. I have dropped my beloved SGS2 and it has a dent on the side of the phone in the frontal part (see the pic). Nothing else is wrong. So after reading 30 pages, I came to the conclusion, that there is no way to change the side plastic without changing it with the screen, right?
[Galaxy S II Accessories] mpetrovi:
:good::good:

Nice tutorial... :D
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Mr.Zombie:
Nice Guide !
[Galaxy S II Accessories] danhnn:
i have been waiting for a long time :) Thanks you very very much ^^
[Galaxy S II Accessories] jbeltre:
Nice Tutorial.... :laugh:
[Galaxy S II Accessories] 2troke:
Hi all I have managed to separate my cracked front screen from the digitizer look up my post on here under my username for link on youtube I havnt received the special adhesives and glass replacement screen yet but it will have cost me about £4 to replace it!!!!!

You can only do this if your digitizer is undamagedand works perfectly under the smashed front glass screen tho!!
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Vatanak:
Replace touch screen

Hi, there, could you please give me some compartable touch screens for this phone ( Sumsung Galaxy SII , M#,SHW-M250L, Korea..). I can't find the screen over here in Cambodia
[Galaxy S II Accessories] lyj8191:
holy....super awesomes bro! thanks for the guide. at least i know if anything happens in the future, its not a dead cause.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Reno29:
I wanna have that skills

Enviado desde mi GT-I9100 usando Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S II Accessories] voltigeur:
I can do it under 9 minutes. (working for a samsung carpoint)
[Galaxy S II Accessories] lambstone:
I am a little confused. My screen (samoled, glass lens, digitizer) are still intact. However the bezel has a little crack. I was wondering could I fix this by purchasing a full housing replacement just to so that my bezel would no longer be cracked.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Gemetria:
There's also a nice video tutorial on youtube

http://youtu.be/65pvAINg2ME?hd=1
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Prostheta:
As mentioned many times previously, this is neither a safe nor easy option.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Prostheta:
My mistake. Thought you were linking to the heat gun method! Apologies.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] serpentlord:
i need to change my back button. but it should open the screen. so this help me a lot. thank you so much.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] coronagrey:
Found this, its for the s3, but it may still apply for the s2. I cracked my screen, everthing still works. Don't want to spend 130 for the new digitizer, so will opt for the $10 screen. I'll post my results when done.

youtube dot com /watch?v=W4Gx5fLy0NQ
[Galaxy S II Accessories] BaraKula:
great tutorial

thanks for that

need to practice my skillz
[Galaxy S II Accessories] AcidSubway:
Thx fot the tut
[Galaxy S II Accessories] pbramberg9:
Thanks!

Great tutorial! Helped my father fix his SGSII using this tutorial.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] tinchomey:
Oh thanks! really needed ^_^

that was easy :P
[Galaxy S II Accessories] kreko:
Nice Guide ! thx
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Mydriaze:
Hello everyone,

I'm not sure about the name of this parts: (picture is not mine)

I dropped my phone and need to replace the damaged part, but what is the name/reference and where to buy official parts, not chinese copy?

Thanks for your help.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] jp10_pogi:
thanks a bunch!
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Nyssa1104:
Here a link for the full housing and its not a copy but original parts.. http://www.samsung.com/uk/support/usefulsoftware/KIES/JSP
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Prostheta:
Ummm. That was a link to Samsung's KIES? Not sure if that was what you intended, Nyssa.

Great to see that a year and a half down the line this thread is still going strong and helping people out. Awesome!

Ah ah ah ah ah!!
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Bart1981:
There are two different screens for the i9100 right? An AMOLED and a LCD screen.

I have a AMOLED screen so I assume it can't be replaced by a LCD screen(?) That would be too bad, because I can hardly find any AMOLED replacement screens +frame.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Prostheta:
I'm not sure about this to be fair. I think that on the basis it would be pointlessly expensive to produce two versions of the mainboard (one for AMOLED and one for LED) they should be cross-compatible. That is not to say that this is the case of course. It might be that some of the subsequent iterations of the S2 might have been marginally redesigned for a change in screen specs.

My direct experience is limited here. If you can get gutshots from phones fitted with both types we can try to examine them visually. Beyond that, it is probably a case of suck it and see.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] beet87:
I'll try
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Mydriaze:
Please check this link before: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65pvAINg2ME&feature=share&list=SPFF45001BDE8794B7
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Nyssa1104:
look here correct link sorry.. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/U-New-Ful...K_Replacement_Parts_Tools&hash=item2c6b3175e1

Screen double sided tape http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2x-Touch-...K_Replacement_Parts_Tools&hash=item5d39132e4b

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Im so sorry I have added correct link to a housing..:o above
[Galaxy S II Accessories] sunrainsky:
Thanks! This was very helpful!
[Galaxy S II Accessories] car_26:
thanks!!
[Galaxy S II Accessories] One B&G:
Post Galaxy S2 screen replacement photo tutorial.

Thanks for the informative tutorial.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] AndroTechGuy:
Hmm thanks mate,I've got a cracked screen right now, might try to attempt to fox my screen using this tutorial.

Thank You
[Galaxy S II Accessories] fox1012:
Cool
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Treybonew:
Prostheta,

What did you look up when you bought your housing? I have done a few searches, but some of the results don't seem to be on the up and up.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Prostheta:
Well it was a good long time ago now so I am sure that the suppliers and the market has shifted somewhat. I probably just searched eBay for "samsung galaxy i9100 screen -protector -film". Equally, "samsung galaxy i9100 screen" and filtering for all items over €30 would clarify the results. I wouldn't search for "housing".
[Galaxy S II Accessories] vantt1:
You might want to notify people about the fact that there are three main types of screens that you can buy off the internet.

1. Glass only (no digitizer circuit)

They are super cheap (~$10), but super useless. Many unsuspecting customers buy these, only to find out they don't do anything.

2. Whole AMOLED assembly WITHOUT frame

These are the minimum that you need to buy. They are trickier to install than the ones with frame, but slightly cheaper (only by about $10-$20). You need to use a hot air gun to remove the old screen from the frame, then retain the old frame. The new screen needs to be adhered using 3M double-sided tape. There is a risk of damaging the menu/back soft keys while removing the old broken screen.

3. Whole AMOLED assembly WITH frame

The best way to go, although the most expensive. All you need to do is remove the old screen along with the frame and replace it with the new one.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] mali2003:
thx!
[Galaxy S II Accessories] da_Mike:
thx for the tutorial
[Galaxy S II Accessories] ladoslo:
I had my screen broken before 2 weeks (not gorilla glass but display under gorilla glass (gorilla is still untouched)). I send my phone to local servicer and he wants 180 eur to repair it.

Then I saw this guide and it is awesome.

I decided to fix phone by myself. Which way should I choose? The whole AMOLED? I prefer it is the easiest.

I have never "opened and repaired" smartphone before.

Thank you for answers! :)
[Galaxy S II Accessories] 4shm3x:
Hi my sister has cracked her screen. The actual screen and digitizer seem fine so do you think it is just the top glass piece that's what it looks like to me. What do I search to get one and how would I repair it.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] ogs2802:
Thank you just need to replace screen

Thank you just need to replace screen
[Galaxy S II Accessories] wardarkmy:
Cool man... I might try this on my cracked screen SGS2
[Galaxy S II Accessories] jyanta:
Thanks for the great tutorial. Will be good to know just incase this happens.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] tigger69:
Nice tut man. thx
[Galaxy S II Accessories] democratoo:
Thank you!
[Galaxy S II Accessories] kchannel9:
Question

I've got a question, does anyone know why on this auction the seller asks:

Do they just mean SPH-D710? As in not the i9100? Or is there some other serial number that may not be compatible? I could not find any specific S/N other than the D710.

Also aren't the "touchscreen" and "LCD" combined, and isn't that the thing they are selling? Why would I need to ensure compatibility unless they mean USA D710 E4GT vs Euro i9100 GS2

:confused:
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Rizsparky:
very imformative, I recently bought this phone and unknowingly found a huge scratch on the screen, this will come in handy!
[Galaxy S II Accessories] scandiun:
And much more expensive indeed. It's very risky to buy parts on eBay because there's plenty of chinese replicas.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] vantt1:
Actually, it's near impossible to get Chinese replicas of AMOLED screens because of the complexity of the manufacturing process. It's possible to get refurbished ones though; they are (were) broken screens with a working AMOLED panel with only the glass replaced, and maybe a new frame as well. Sometimes these can be faulty, i.e. the bottom 10th portion of the screen is unresponsive.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] scandiun:
I've found a screen with the frame for the S2 i9100. As the listing says, it's genuine from Samsung. I'll tell you more as soon as I get it:

BREND NEW GENUINE SAMSUNG i9100 GALAXY S2 LCD SCREEN DISPLAY & DIGITISER BLACK
[Galaxy S II Accessories] scandiun:
I've replaced the screen and is too blueish. Is that normal?
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Zer0900:
Good tut up until the chasis, removing the broken screen from this was the only part I wanted to see the most and it is not shown, furthermore I snapped the home button ribbon when removing the broken screen, as it wasnt in the tut I wasnt expecting it. Should be ammended.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] scandiun:
Take care when removing front speaker, it has a metal frame attached to the speaker itself. If you separate them, you risk touching inside the plastic membrane and breaking it.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] section17:
Thanks!
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Alrahambra:
People should be extremely careful when taking volume and power controls out, I managed to broke them few months ago when I was replacing the screen
[Galaxy S II Accessories] nobless:
Very nice tutorial! Marked as favorite, need to replace my screen glass :)
[Galaxy S II Accessories] tezzly:
Galaxy S2 Youtube Video to help with this post.

Hello I thought some user would be helped with a video tuturial on how to repair the S2, The S2 that was repair was from Boost Mobile but should be very similar to At&t, T-Mobile, Sprint, Verizon or any of the little carriers also. Here is the video and hope it helps some of us on XDA: http://youtu.be/pU1ah1UIT3M
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Some Tenth:
Great tutorial, thanks!
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Lopess:
Thanks for the tutorial.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] NJ_78:
Worked just as described

Many thanks for the instructions. Just changed my sister in laws screen.

Only difference being that the part I brought needed the charging port and headphone jack etc swapping as well.

But thanks, all working well.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Mandraquinet:
Thank you for this fully explained tuto !

Very helpful ;)
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Csap27:
Thanks for the information. Really appreciated
[Galaxy S II Accessories] jaswinprakash:
I have a problem on amoled burn in how to fix this?
[Galaxy S II Accessories] fiz:ik:
Where did you bought the new screen? Is it a used one from Ebay or did you bought a complete new one for 150€?

---------- Post added at 07:38 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:26 PM ----------

Mine is burned in, too. You can't do anything than replacing the screen. Several apps which should fix that problem didn't work for me
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Ganjax:
Galaxy S2 build is real easy to repair without special services, but one thing is digitizer/frame, is most terrible thing iv'e ever seen to replece, just impossible, if u broke glass, then u need replace all .. screen, frame, and digitizer, you think it's intentional move by samsung?
[Galaxy S II Accessories] CrazyKnight:
I'm going to have to replace the screen myself soon, Funny story how it cracked with a bunch of friends
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Sliovic:
tnx

very helpful

thanks alot
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Radelos:
Thanks helps a lot :) going back onto this if i need to replace mine, hope i wont need to do it :silly:
[Galaxy S II Accessories] felix_w:
Well, i am reading through this post that it is a no-go if only your glass broke, but i have seen at least 2 videos in youtube of professional services that repair with molybdenum wire and heater beneath the screen/front bezel assembly...and after cleaning the remaining glue, they attach the new glass with UV glue ( i think the name was Loca or Octopus something...)

I have broken the front glass but the only place that has small shattered pieces is the lower left corner...the rest of the glass has only one crack up to the transverse mid, but cannot be seen with ease...all the functions of the screen remain intact, so i am not sure if a replacement screen will give me much use value, while the phone's price is lower than 150€...

I may try myself with the wire and the heater ( got some equipment) when i retire the device as a replacement/second...
[Galaxy S II Accessories] FailixDD:
thx

you saved my life
[Galaxy S II Accessories] rajat2010:
Screen replacement

1+:o

Nice guide, thanksrajatnandi@gmail.com
[Galaxy S II Accessories] LpWeb:
wow, awesome post :angel:

Thanks
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Prostheta:
You're perfectly welcome. I still use my i9100 (albeit with a new battery) as a backup phone for my Tab S 8,4. Nice slim down the line phone.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] ma11221:
Thanks good to see this there :)
[Galaxy S II Accessories] kabinbabu:
This is fake you can easily **** her in her asshole
[Galaxy S II Accessories] rudolf895:
Great Tutorial man,

Though i wish i dont have to use it anytime in my life ;)
[Galaxy S II Accessories] sasha007:
Where to find a replacement screen n fr hw much .???
[Galaxy S II Accessories] cez10:
ditto

the desire I had for 18 months is in 99% perfect condition, will do my best not to drop below this number with the sgs2 :)
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Prostheta:
Frm eby lnk abv. Ur othr optn is 2 srch ggle. Try "smsng glxy s2 rplcmnt scrn".
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Timi91:
Thanks a lot, i hope i will never have to use it but it is very clear !
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Masami1975:
Proshteta thank you... but I want to separate only digitizer from front bezel?? can I heat a little with warm air?
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Prostheta:
I've not tried that yet, however since I have a spare dead screen, I could have a look. Same goes for the mic also I guess. I'll have a look this weekend.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Prostheta:
That last post was a total lie. I had a look half an hour ago.

This is the mic area:

The rubber covering came off very easily. The mic is attached my a tiny ribbon cable, so take care not to twist the component during removal.

I heated up the screen with a hairdryer and tried several ways of trying to part the glass from the bezel. The LCD screen underneath the Gorilla Glass developed several additional cracks to the one that originally damaged it before I even managed to part the glass a little way from the bezel. For what its worth, I think that replacing the screen as a component is nowhere near worth the risk given that £61.89 can get you an entire new SAMOLED+ front panel which is almost as easy to replace as it is to play "Smoke On The Water".
[Galaxy S II Accessories] wasiimabbas:
thnx for the nice tutorial , will now know where to look when i need one.:D
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Nyssa1104:
Much thanks for getting back on the mic...

Now I know whats below the rubber/silicon thanks once again.:)
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Equinox102:
Thanks for the tutorial! Hopefully I won't have to use it. ;)

I haven't seen the digitzer offered seperately from the AMOLED panel anywhere so I'd assume they are manufactured as one unit.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] colbad:
removing screen glass, LCD and digitizer

Hello Prostheta,

why doesn't the tutorial show how to replace LCD and digitizer?

I saw a seller on ebay who sells also screen glasses for the galaxy s2, picture is attached below. That's really strange :/

I thought digitizer and screen glass are always built as one part (called touch screen).

So when touching on the galaxy s2 , i only touch the screen glass and underneath is the digitizer and then the LCD.

Or do i misunderstand? My phone has only scratches on the screen glass.

So how to replace the screen glass? Any pictures how to do so?

Thanks and best regards

COLbad
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Technoboi:
Wow great stuff just hope I NEVER need to do this!
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Prostheta:
MODS: Any chance of a sticky on this? Can rewrite the article to make it more digestible in this regard if needs be.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] colbad:
replacement of LCD and Touch Screen

why don't you answer to my questions?

how to replace the touch screen?
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Prostheta:
Because I don't know. I haven't tried it. The glass is tightly bonded so I imagine it wouldn't be worth the risk.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] joso30:
Thanks for the tutorial!
[Galaxy S II Accessories] kanu1and:
great tutorial!!!!!!!!!!!
[Galaxy S II Accessories] alexcold:
great tutorial, thanks,

can you post a video guide?
[Galaxy S II Accessories] ashb0mb:
Great tutorial. Does anyone know if this works the same for the ATT version of the Galaxy II?
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Prostheta:
I have a short answer and it isn't the one you're looking for I'm afraid. This photo guide is better in detail than a video anyway.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] majinbooo:
awesome, already helped a friend of mine who broke his screen. from dropping it only from 40cm, so unlucky.

thx a lot for sharing
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Prostheta:
Awesome. I'm sure he was relieved to have it repaired. The wait for a new screen was absolutely killing me. :-(
[Galaxy S II Accessories] imani:
Thank you very much. These are mad skills you have. Pondering on getting a new screen to fix that yellow tint once and for all.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Dezignah:
Thanks for the guide, im sure it will come in handy one day.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] bearzila:
Great Skills you had! Is there a way you could post a video tut on it?

Cheers
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Prostheta:
This.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=18307653&postcount=41
[Galaxy S II Accessories] trt44:
Great tutorial, can you tell us if the screwdriver you used was a Phillips PH000 or a PH00. Also did you used the same screwdriver for all the removed screws

Thank you
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Prostheta:
Larger actually. It is a #0 PH. Large enough to cope and kind enough to care.

*cough*

Smaller would have been more appropriate I guess, but in my mind smaller means finer and sharper. Just what you don't need around expensive SMD boards.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Albadros:
Great tutorial !! I keep it in my favs !!!

I had to change the screen on my last Nokia n82 and a tutorial like this is really useful !

Don't forget to keep the pictures somewhere in the case of you stop your server. ;-)
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Prostheta:
Thanks Albadros. I moved everything over to Photobucket, although I keep backups of everything on the NAS. Good to hear it is helping people out. Something positive coming from my big cracked negative I guess.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Skv012a:
Very nice tut, but jesus is this "simple" phone a pain to disassemble.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] fl1pp3r:
Hello,

I have used this one: http://www.ebay.com/itm/17069152024...X:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649#ht_2154wt_1396

It is 100% original.

100% samsung branded.

serial model is exactly the same as the original.

the seller ships in 3/4 days :))
[Galaxy S II Accessories] dannysheimy:
tanks for ur tutorial, u take how long time to change it?
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Prostheta:
20 minutes including photos, although I can't remember now. Should take 10-15 if you're not lumbered with photography :-D