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[HTC Rezound] repairsuniverse:
This step by step installation repair guide shows how to disassemble the HTC Rezund cell phone quickly and safely. The guide is designed by the Repairs Universe team and will help you install replacement parts to repair your damage phone.

This guide will help you to install the following HTC Rezound parts:

HTC Rezound Touch Screen Glass Digitizer

HTC Rezound LCD Display Screen

Tools Required:

Safe Open Pry Tool

Torx T5 Screwdriver

Small Phillips Screwdriver

Adhesive Strips (For touch screen repairs)

Hot Air Gun / Hair Dryer

Steps:

First, remove the back battery cover, the battery and the sim card. Then remove 6 Torx Screws using T5 Torx Screwdriver.

Next, use safe pry tool then gently pry off all the edges to release the clips then remove the back housing bezel. Take note that the volume button and power button will likely to fall out. Once the back bezel is removed, a small circle covers sometimes fall out too.

The motherboard is now exposed and you need to remove 2 Phillips screws. Then remove the vibrate motor by simply pop it out then gently pull the plug from the socket.

Figure 1​

Next gently lift the dock port to release the small flask bezel. Then simply lift the motherboard and swing to the right to remove the flex cable. The motherboard is now totally separated to the front housing.

Figure 2​

Use a hair dryer or heat gun to heat the front and back cover of the screen assembly to loosen the adhesive holding the touchscreen and the LCD screen.

Use safe pry then gently pry off at the back to loosen the held adhesive. Make sure not to damaged the flex cable. Now pry off the front screen to totally separate the front housing to the digitzer and the LCD screen.

Reheat the digitizer to loosen the held adhesive to remove the LCD screen from the digitizer. Make sure not to dig too far in to avoid damaging the LCD screen.

Your HTC Rezound is now fully disassembled. Reverse the instructions above to reassemble your phone.

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[HTC Rezound] JeramyEggs:
Nice guide. Thanks for sharing this. May finally crack mine to color the pink buttons.
[HTC Rezound] a.mcdear:
Thanks, dude! You are awesome!
[HTC Rezound] griffstert:
There is a video guide on YouTube too just search "htc rezound repair".
[HTC Rezound] V0latyle:
So the LCD is 'permanently' glued to the screen, rather than being held in by tabs and screws as in the Incredible? That sucks...

Hopefully someone will start selling the entire front bezel+digitizer assembly.
[HTC Rezound] repairsuniverse:
It's just a bit of adhesive. They are not "permanently' glued / fused together. They can be easily separated.
[HTC Rezound] repairsuniverse:
Yes, thats our video - You can find the video here - HTC Rezound Screen Replacement Guide
[HTC Rezound] alphabets:
let us know if you decide to do that...would love to see how it turns out1
[HTC Rezound] Apsalus:
Around page 5 in this thread you will find posts about coloring the LEDs.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1362330
[HTC Rezound] patrickgerry:
I think the hardest part is unlatching the ribbon. I tried to repair a broken screen in my previous INC and ended causing permanent damage on the ribbon.
[HTC Rezound] TB13:
Nice guide. My bezel is messed up and I was wondering if you guys will be stocking them any time in the future? If so when?
[HTC Rezound] repairsuniverse:
Thank you for the positive feedback! We do not have the part in stock right now but we are always adding new stock. Feel free to check back on our site to see if we have the part available.
[HTC Rezound] volcaicstrad37:
Thanks for posting this. I just dropped my phone and 1/4 of my lcd screen is out or stuck pixels. I just purchased from your store what I think i need to repair it. This will be my first time dissecting and repairing a phone and these kind of posts make all the difference.
[HTC Rezound] repairsuniverse:
Thank you very much and good luck with the repair! Let us know how it goes!
[HTC Rezound] volcaicstrad37:
well......i replaced the screen. Not thinking that I got this from a warranty claim it had some more adhesive that was not on the video. I got the screen in and it looks great...but....I messed up the touchscreen. It randomly hits and also doesn't register other times....fail. So either ordering the digitizer and hope not to f up. Or try to sell this for someone who knows what they are doing and buy something else. Any advice?
[HTC Rezound] dyetheskin:
for when you get it to come back on

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pQUn2GTymw&feature=youtube_gdata_player
[HTC Rezound] TunedReference:
Thanks for this! Subscribed to keep as a reference in case I need to dive into the phone in the future.
[HTC Rezound] repairsuniverse:
Sounds like the touch screen maybe making contact with the LCD and this is why you are getting the issue.

Make sure you used the correct thickness adhesive between the LCD and digitizer to prevent this problem. This is shown in our repair video provided with the part.

Use our contact us form on the web site and we can assist you further if you have more questions.
[HTC Rezound] dogredwing1:
quick question im replacing my lcd screen in my rezound and do i need to purchase adhesive to install it :confused:
[HTC Rezound] repairsuniverse:
Yes we recommend purchasing the adhesive strips also for during install.
[HTC Rezound] :
LED placement

Followed your guide, and it worked great. Digitizer works great and looks like new...but the LED light seems to be glowing too low underneath the red little icons...it's 4 little white LED squares underneath/lower than the red soft key icons...:confused::confused::confused:
[HTC Rezound] repairsuniverse:
If you private message us an image of the issue we will take a look and see exactly what is going on.
[HTC Rezound] Aeroman787:
Is there any way to reuse the original adhesive strips, such as reheating them during re-assembly? I'm thinking of doing this, but am concerned about the thickness of new adhesive strips being slightly wrong. Also, how hot do the strips need to be for dis-assembly?

Thanks
[HTC Rezound] Rubic13:
Heh, I wish you guys came out with this guide about 4 months ago. Put my Rezound in my pocket, pulled it out 30 minutes later with a cracked digitizer somehow. Searched for a tear down guide of the Rezound but to no avail. Went for it anyways being I had experience tearing down the Tmo G2. But thanks for the guide now at least. :)
[HTC Rezound] nosympathy:
Used this guide to pull the phone apart enough to color my LEDs red for the capacitive buttons. Worked great and damn are they red!
[HTC Rezound] repairsuniverse:
We do not suggest reusing the adhesive because the bond will not be as strong as new adhesive.
[HTC Rezound] mylasthope:
Having this exact same problem. Were you able to get it fixed? It's like the white LEDs don't line up the red icons. I noticed that the OEM screen had little tabs going downward, whereas the replacement didn't. Perhaps the little tabs pulled the light up to the buttons?
[HTC Rezound] VTENGR:
I had this exact same issue and also noticed the tabs on the OEM screen but not the replacement. So i took the phone apart again, removed the tabs (figured it was some kind of fiber optic light thing) and replace the tabs on the the new screen. Still getting the 4 white lights underneath the buttons, so obviously what I did didn't work.

Did you ever get yours to work right??
[HTC Rezound] OpAckTool:
Were you guys ever able to figure this one out?

I just replaced my screen and now my capacitive lights are gone. :mad: Sucks. The replacement didn't come with the tabs that are on the OEM one...and it certainly appears those tabs serve some purpose for the lights. Now I've got 4 little white LED lights lit up about 1/10th of an inch below the buttons.
[HTC Rezound] Cares:
Does anyone know how to clean the dust behind the front facing camera?
[HTC Rezound] OpAckTool:
I decided to try this method out. I opened my phone back up, peeled the 4 "tabs" off of the old digitizer and squeezed them between the digitizer and LCD screen. It does work and I'm convinced the purpose of those tabs is to draw the LED light up to the buttons. Two problems though...

-The two buttons on the right are now noticeably dimmer than the two on the left. It might just mean I have to reposition them....I hope.

-I still see the 4 white LED lights beneath the screen. I'm thinking, maybe I can apply some tape to the digitizer in these spots to help mask the light.

And there's actually a third problem...I managed to crack my LCD while I was trying to squeeze these tabs into their spots. :eek: I was rushing and trying to take shortcuts by not separating the LCD and digitizer.

But an important thing to note, that I wish I knew in advance. If you crack your digitizer and you want to replace it...be aware that these capacitive light tabs may not be included on your new digitizer. At least, it wasn't with mine from Repairs Universe and I looked at pics of some on eBay, and I don't see these little plastic tabs on any of them. So...you might have a little more work to do if you want to try and peel the tabs off and put them on the new digitizer.
[HTC Rezound] Cares:
Is this pretty simple to do? I tried to do it for my EVO 4G when I shattered the screen and taking off the old glass took forever.

Also I perm. damaged the connector pin which connects to the LCD ribbon. Will I run this risk? How do I minimize that risk?
[HTC Rezound] OpAckTool:
I've had to replace the digitizer and now the LCD....then trying to fiddle with the capacitive lights for the buttons, so I've had to take my Rezound apart at least 5 times.

Taking it apart wasn't a big deal. RepairsUniverse has a good video on the tear down, it's in this thread. It'll probably take you about an hour to get to the digitizer...mainly because you need to take your time and be careful...especially when you're separating the digitizer and LCD. The adhesive is pretty strong so it really needs to be warmed up and softened. Then you need more 3M tape (I got some from Repairs Universe) and you need to actually cut the lengths and prep the new digitizer with the tape. The only things you need to consider...

1. You most likely will not have the lights for the red capacitive buttons working properly. The LEDs do not shine directly on the buttons...they're about 1/10th of an inch below the buttons and the light is drawn to each button by a clear plastic tab. The tabs are attached to the digitizer (which is likely what's damaged) with a clear glue. I've yet to see someone selling a digitizer that has these plastic tabs attached to the digitizer. So I had to peel the four tabs off and try to reglue them on to the new digitizer. The result? Well, my home button is really bright...the 2nd button over gets brighter when I press down on it...and the two other buttons are slightly dim. I'm better off probably just leaving the lights off.

2. The 3M tape, that's specifically made for gadgets and electronics...is good, but it's definitely not as strong as the adhesive tape the manufacturer used. My upper left corner slightly "flexes" out very slightly. The best thing I've heard is to use regular crazy glue in addition to the tape.

3. I put the adhesive tape around the window for my front camera...but I already notice alot of dust and lint getting in there. I haven't figured out what to do about that yet.

4. Repairs Universe gives you instructions on the tear down and just says to do the reverse to put it back together. This is true, however, they didn't mention the issue with the capacitive lights and you actually need to properly line up the LCD screen to the digitizer or else it's not going to fit snug. On my first try, my LCD screen was put on the digitizer just a smidge too high, so I had to really try to play with it a bit to make it line up. In doing so...some of the tape came loose and it slid down onto the LCD screen. I had to figure out that there are two vertical lines running along the sides of the digitizer and I figured out that the bottom edge of the LCD lines up with the end of these two vertical lines. Hope that makes sense.

All in all...if it's a tiny crack that isn't bothersome...it's best to leave it alone, unless you can at least get your hands on a digitizer that has those capacitive plastic tabs. Outside of my capacitive lights and the dirty front camera window...my phone is now in good shape.
[HTC Rezound] Cares:
Please clarify a little more on the 4 capacitive buttons. There are supposed to be 4 connections on the backside of the digitizer which makes the 4 red lights work? I'm not quite understanding why there's difficulty with these.
[HTC Rezound] OpAckTool:
Sorry about that...I wish I had a pic of it, and I can't seem to find a pic of it anywhere. You can actually see them towards the end of the RepairsUniverse disassembly video...

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If you freeze the video at 6:46...you can clearly see one of the clear plastic tabs at the bottom of the digitizer. And at 6:17, you can see all 4 clear tabs sticking out just below the LCD screen. Those pieces of plastic are attached to the OEM digitizer. The 4 white LED lights aren't directly over the buttons. These 4 plastic tabs literally draw the light up to the buttons. I hope that makes a little more sense.

The problem with ordering a replacement digitizer is that these 4 tabs are not included (or at least, I've yet to fond that sells it already attached to the digitizer. Without these 4 plastic tabs...the buttons won't light up. The LED lights come on, but there's nothing to draw the light up to buttons.

Only option is to peel the tabs off of the old digitizer and reglue them to the new digitizer. But, they have to be lined up perfectly, the old glue has to be cleaned off, and you need to use a clear glue to reattach them. I did all of that...yet it's still not right...the home button is the only one that's bright and one gets brighter when you push it on it. And it's not like you can make easy adjustments...since the tabs have to be attached to a spot that's sandwiched between the digitizer and LCD screen (which is exactly how I manage to damage my LCD screen).

On another note...a "strip" of my touchscreen is now not responsive, so I've got to talk to RepairsUniverse and try to get it replaced. This has been a nightmare.
[HTC Rezound] feralicious:
Hm... sounds like I'm not going to be able to replace my cracked screen and take in dead phone for replacement under warranty then, eh?
[HTC Rezound] THE-COPS:
Good thing I found this thread. My digitzer is trashed. Tripped on some wires dropping the phone the frigging fell on it with my knee. You should see my screen. At least 2 - 3 dozen cracks in the digi glass and a couple small pieces of glaass fell out. I have been using it like this for a month.. Digitizer amazingly still works with all these cracks in it. Tho I have to smack the phone on something a few times every once in awhile because it (touches) things onscreen by itself sometimes. I got the new digi and adhesive strip. Just waiting to get future glue so I can glue the bottom tabs back on.

FYI , about the T5 Torx driver... I believe it may be a T5.5. Not T5. The T5 fits the screws but has a bit of slop and is not snug. They do make T5.5 but is usually only found online.
[HTC Rezound] xXCrushLifeXx:
So the 4 soft kes at the bottom of the rezound are of the LCD screen, Correct? :confused:
[HTC Rezound] wlmeng11:
No, they are part of the digitizer, and they light up using an LED on the motherboard that is connected with plastic light tubes.

The LCD is behind the digitizer, and only spans the area containing the pixels of the screen.
[HTC Rezound] xXCrushLifeXx:
OK, just wondering. I cracked my digitizer this morning and my soft keys stopped working 2 weeks ago so. Two birds with one stone. Lol
[HTC Rezound] Krebstarr:
Hello,

Sorry to revive an old thread but I have an issue after replacing my HTC Rezound digitizer. I used the 2mm 3m tape around the outside of the screen and applied the lcd to the digitizer. The problem I have is as soon as I touch the center of the touch screen, I get a nasty spot between the lcd and the digitizer. The more I use the device, the bigger it gets. Its almost like they are static-clinging together.

Both screens were clean and free of dust and nether has a protective film on it. I was beginning to think the tape wasn't thick enough to keep the lcd and digitizer separate, but I haven't read about other with the same problem I'm having. I'm debating stacking 2 layers of tape to give some more room between the 2 pieces, but I didn't know if this would cause issues with the touch function. Has anyone experienced this before? Solutions? Thanks !
[HTC Rezound] repairsuniverse:
Yes the flex cables can often be very fragile. Use caution when releasing parts like this.
[HTC Rezound] RonnieG116:
Awesome, thanks!
[HTC Rezound] repairsuniverse:
You're not the only one. Sometimes double stacking thin adhesive can solve that issue. But you may still get some flex in the screen if push on hard. But adding a second layer of adhesive is not a bad idea.
[HTC Rezound] echolocator:
Does anyone know if it is possible to replace the headphone jack? My left channel is flakey and I have cleaned it as much as possible.
[HTC Rezound] repairsuniverse:
Sorry to say we do not carry that part for this device. However, check back soon as we are constantly receiving new parts in our inventory.
[HTC Rezound] aphlatoon:
thanks for the video but

I followed step by step instructions, replaced my cracked screen (just the glass not the digitizer) and now my phone won't boot up. Re-opened the phone 5-6 times to make sure everything is still connected and that I didn't accidentally unplug something but everything is still there. It won't boot up or take a charge (the charge light comes up for 3-4 seconds and then shuts off). Tried with different battery but same result. :(
[HTC Rezound] repairsuniverse:
If you plug your device into a computer will it recognized the phone? Was your device completely functional prior to replacing the glass? Even if you broke the LCD it should still power on.
[HTC Rezound] Fastbird:
Someone educate me. I tore my phone down recently just to do it after figuring out the logic board is tango uniform. What I didn't immediately see is HOW the screen ribbon cables disconnect from the logic board. Do they just pip out of the retainer, I.E. gently pull them off the board, or is there a latch of some kind?
[HTC Rezound] tholmes8291:
Mine had a white latch that you flip up to unlock the ribbon. Then it slides out
[HTC Rezound] repairsuniverse:
Like stated above, it should be connected with a white jawbone clip. Undo this clip and slide the flex cable out.
[HTC Rezound] kcirtap420:
I replaced my touch screen digitizer last night and there is a little circle toward the top of the screen where they seem to be touching, before I put more tape down to separate them would this have any influence on the touch screens operation? I have a hard time getting the notification bar to pull down, everything else works fine, will separating them fix it or should I get another touch screen digitizer?
[HTC Rezound] repairsuniverse:
It sounds like there is an air pocket in between your digitizer and LCD. Make sure it is sitting plush with the frame, you might have to use a makeshift spacer so keep this bubble from forming.
[HTC Rezound] nmosxda:
Replaced digitizer now won't power up

I'm in the same boat as aphlatoon. The soft keys on my Rezound were getting less and less responsive so I decided to replace the digitizer. I'd done this procedure successfully in the past on another Rezound and it went smoothly but upon reassembly the phone won't turn on. If the phone is unplugged with the battery inserted and I press the power button I can feel the vibrator react for a second but that's it. If I plug in the charger the charge LED will light up for about 8 seconds but nothing else. If I plug the phone into my computer the computer doesn't notice at all. The ribbon cables are fully inserted (BTW the contacts should be facing up correct?). What the heck could I have screwed up?

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[Nexus S General] Edpolis:
Hello,

I am having a weird problem since upgrading to ICS 4.0.4 (IMM76D stock): My battery suddenly drops to 0%, and phone turn itself off. However, I can turn it on again, and battery will show correct charge (sometimes a little less before turning itself off).

On the battery graph, there is a sudden drop to 0%, and when turned on, battery percentage will return to normal level. (Sorry can't yet post images, I am a new member).

Has anyone experienced something similar? Thanks!
[Nexus S General] teoserio:
Wow That's pretty crazy... Did you tried to wipe battery cache then pull off battery from the phone then wait few minutes and check again?

Inviato dal mio Nexus S
[Nexus S General] Edpolis:
Right now I am charging the battery to 100% before wiping the stats. I will try your suggestion!
[Nexus S General] Edpolis:
Ok, tried your suggestion, phone stills shuts down randomly... Any other ideas?
[Nexus S General] 309041291a:
This is odd... You may have to to root, flash a new 4.0.4 ROM (like brain masters), and a new kernel... It's worth a shot...

Nexus S (GSM i9020a)

GummyNex (9.0)

Air Kernel (3.45)

OC 800/100 (Lionheart)

Live OC (100 -Noop)

v6 Supercharged
[Nexus S General] Sejmir:
Yep just flash clean new rom with wipes and if it doesnt fix return to stock rom lock bootpoader and unroot then send it on repairs coz that seems to ke like samsung or google mistake..cheers m8
[Nexus S General] Oogway13:
You can try doing a factory reset (I've seen a lot of problems being solved by doing this when the upgrade was done). Or, you could try install the update again (through recovery).
[Nexus S General] Edpolis:
Thank you guys I will try the factory reset and the re-flashing! Will get back with the results.
[HTC One X] ozym:
Does anyone one know if anyone has done one of those "cracking open" vids for the HOX yet ? I would be interested to see how it's set up inside. I'd also like to know if the 32GB internal memory is actually a micro-SD card that could be swapped for a 64GB at some point :)
[HTC One X] Hemlocke:
I would be shocked if the internal memory was a MicroSD and not soldered to the board. It kind of defeats the purpose to make it non-removable and NOT give us the performance of a dedicated connection.
[HTC One X] ozym:
Shocked or not, it's what they did with the HD7. I wouldn't be surprised at all. A good, high speed SD card?...you'd never know the difference ;)
[HTC One X] Arthur Hucksake:
Whatever is the cheaper option. That is what they did. Can pretty much guarantee it.
[HTC One X] ozym:
From a diagnostics, servicing & repair point of view it would be much cheaper and easier if it was an SD card.

Not sure about manufacturing. Probably about even.
[HTC One X] lukesky:
Just wondering if the only way to open up the One X is to remove the LCD screen? If yes then what's the point of knowing if it's a 32mb SD card? Is the average joe able to open it up anyway?
[HTC One X] ozym:
A) Curiosity.

B) This is not about the average Joe. The average Joe does not crack open his phone, or root it, or install custom ROMs, or visit xda-developers.com. The average Joe has an iPhone.
[HTC One X] tadman2010:
Average Joe

do you not mean peeps with iphones are like sheep and scared to get a real phone LOL
[HTC One X] CbIP:
Is there a doctor among us?

Put a HOX under X-ray (Turn it OFF first) and post a pic here.

We'll find out, if there is a memory card or something. Also, may be we'll see how to disassemble a HOX.