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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] PipeHitter:
Not sure how it was dumb idea..While I can see some radio SMC differences between CDMA and GSM who would think a screen would be different? Thanks for giving it a shot and letting us know for future reference. Most likely saved some people $$ and anguish.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Anapmac:
I bought the screen from ebay for $180 from a guy in a nearby city. He says he does returns and I saw some mention around the interwebs that MAYBE the screens were compatible. So I gave it a try.

It is not compatible. I'll put up some pics later. Lots of issues including: miss-aligned screws, the side PCBs are different widths and the case is molded to fit their respective model, vibrator motor in the GSM is HUGE, CDMA has a lot more metal (unnecessarily so, I took the liberty of doing weight reductions wherever I could), and many many more.

But, lemme try to save some face :p I have my wedding in a week, so I needed my phone up ASAP. I have a few nexus S phones from work but ... once you go Jelly Bean on the gnex theres no going back, dammit!!!!! ;) When I received the screen and opened up my gnex it was obviously not gonna fit. Rather than sending back the screen (minus the shipping cost), I decided to do the modification for fun, it's probably the most expensive/high tech/tiny thing I ever cut into. My gnex was free anyway, so I wasnt too afraid of messing it up and I was feeling pretty confident at the start (as guys usually do I guess). Fun project, but i wouldn't do it again. It took like 4 hours to get everything to seat properly and seal up all the shorts I introduced from exposing the aluminum to the pcb. YIKES!

From my experience, GSM screen onto a CDMA phone would of been an easier project. That being said, DONT DO IT!!! Just get the screen made for you phone model. It is ridiculously easy to replace the screen that way. Kudos to samsung for not caging up this phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Fstall303:
Well I bought a cracked nexus 100 bucks and I was gonna fix it then I realized it cost 100 dollars apart and I saw the cheap screens on ebay for 20 dollars in china. I thought I might give it a shot and see if it works so cheap is not much downside
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Anapmac:
If it would work, it'll take some serious modding. If you have to have to have to do it then I'd recommend buying a replacement GSM case, possibly the white ones for $10, so that the tabs will mate properly to the screen. In this way you're pretty much just keeping only the pcb and battery.

Here's a pic of my screens, I'm not sure which one you're thinking of ordering though (link?)

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You can find great tear downs online. Some of the issues are highlighted in the pic:

Red box (cdma) - side pcbs are different widths.

blue box (gsm) - vibration motor is pretty big in the gsm and has a big notch in the metal

green circles (both) - screws are in different places (tabs for plastics are too!)

yellow box (cdma) - the pcb shape down there is slightly different, had to pretty much flatten the area

red arrows (cdma) - These borders were in the way of my GSM components (sim card bay, etc). pretty much flattened this entire top area.

Also notice that there are a lot of connects/components visible on this surface that you're cutting on. Batteries are also different in all 3 dimensions. AND MORE! :eek:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Maui4x4:
:good:

Now this is a great thread for those who were curious like the OP and he even gives pics to state the differences. I tip my hat to you for getting this to work.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] brewty:
Damn, props to you for even getting that back together!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Anapmac:
I think I saw the "screen" you're looking at. If I'm right then that is only the front glass panel of the screen assembly. I cracked my old one for you to demonstrate:

Outside shot of my broken screen (pre-fix, using a crappy camera)

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Pulled apart

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The left side is what is listed on that ebay. In my situation, both glass and screen were broken and needed to be replaced. I didn't impact my phone, it bended. If your display is still working then maybe you can get away with just replacing the glass. On that note,the glass was just glued on along its black border. I just wildly cracked the thing open by sliding a screw driver into the notches at the bottom (and back) of the screen. This scratched the black paint on the border, but you could use a plastic tool or probably just touch up the paint scratches after. I would be afraid to get dust particles trapped in between the layers :p

Here's some close ups:

screen

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glass

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quick edit:

I really yanked the sucker apart. You can notice some of the bits of each half on the other. The glue in the phone is really soft and pliable. You can probably take it off without much damage really slowly. Even better, apply a small amount of heat to soften it up. While I was dremeling on the back side of the screen, the heat would noticeably dissipate through the front side. My screen wasnt damaged from this, so it seems it can take a bit of heat.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] felchi80:
are you saying it is possible to replace just the glass??!!!

careful prying + heat?

so only the surrounding has glue?

I'm not brave enough to try this and if it fails I will have to shell out 200 bucks for the whole assembly....:rolleyes:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Fstall303:
Well I'm going to try it. I bought this phone broke and a good price and already have mine. If it doesn't work I'll sell for parts and lost about 50. :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] felchi80:
Let us know how it goes!

Good luck!

If it doesn't work I'll buy your screen less gn for 50 bucks :p
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Anapmac:
Crap sorry for the delay, hope your project is goin well if you already started it. The screen under neat is really fragile, but it looks like you can slowly and carefully separate the glass from the screen with a thin, and preferable long, plastic tool. But I pulled them apart quiet violently, some of the screen was stuck onto the glass as a result. You can see int he pick below that the glass goes inter the phone frame a little. You should try to get your tool into that area so you can make sure that the glass wont pull the screen with it. Also, there is a middle layer that is double sided adhesive that doesn't touch the screen, I recommend separating this layer from the glass (leaving it on the screen half). Here's some picks:

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Heat shouldnt be necessary to remove the glass, just an idea.

If you want we can arrange shipping my old screen to you so you can dissect it yourself :p I'm in southern California FYI.

Quick edit! I forgot to mention, the glass (and probably the screen) dont seem to take bend forces well. So try not to peel them apart. Just slide your tool all around the outside until the glass is off the sticker. There was some glass popping and breaking when I yanked them apart (though the glass was already weak from being shattered to begin with). Just be really slow do you don't take bits of the screen off with the glass.

Edit 2: annotated one of the pics.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] biscuitownz:
It's possible to separate them, but nearly impossible to make it look good when putting it back.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] felchi80:
Maybe we need a new double sided tape?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tel033:
So basically you can change ONLY the glass IF the screen is fine right? And carefully doing it will work even without heat right? So CAN YOU BUY ONLY THE GLASS FROM AMAZON?

Why doesn't it look good after?

Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] blackhand1001:
The glue ends up looking like a mess.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] biscuitownz:
There will be dust or smudges on the screen itself. Also it would be hard to align the screen perfectly with the digitizer.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lorin_93:
Did anyone succeed doing that? Just pulling the glass off the screen, and then successfully installing another glass on the screen (the one bought from ebay from example)?

I've got two cracks on the glass, but the screen itself is not affected at all, it works perfectly, so I am planning to hand the phone and the glass to a repair shop to do it (even though the ones at which I've been to refuse to do it and insist that the whole thing must be changed, LCD + glass). They asked me over $270 just do do it!! I'm in Romania, by the way.

I am waiting for your answers, if someone confirms that this can be done even if the result is not 100% perfect, I am ready to do it (maybe some pictures of how it turned out would be great). Thank you very much! :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] felchi80:
So one has tried it yet?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Anapmac:
Going to attempt the glass only replacement on a galaxy note once the glass comes in. I'll keep you posted!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] felchi80:
Any updates?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Fstall303:
If your referring to the lens on eBay for 20 or so dollars , do not do it. The LCD is fused with it and you will end up cracking your digitizer along with the lcd
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] perseofeliz:
the screen that ebay sells is not the one you picture on the left side, the digitizer is still attached on the screen you picture and is there where is impossible to separate, you dont even notice that.... why you did not picture the digi, where is it??

I tried it, and is impossible dont try it....
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ben00:
I see people are selling on ebay the screen complete with back housing from the cdma model. Will that work for the GSM version?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] b1337:
Did u read the op?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ben00:
Yes. If I understood correctly that was replacing just the screen from a CDMA version on a GSM phone. Here (item number: 170933220939) I see someone selling a CDMA screen complete with housing, so I would be able to use that whole assembly and use the hardware from mine (motherboard and all other pieces) My question was if that would work?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] b1337:
READ the op he specifically talks about this.....
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] chepeliyas:
I just bought a second hand Verizon Galaxy Nexus, for $60 with no battery, charger or anything, because I wanted to fix my almost one year old broken screen GSM Galaxy Nexus; but after reading this post I will definetely try to get my money back.

I knew there were some issues because of the width of the phone, but I thought it would be possible to arrange the Verizon Galaxy Nexus inside the GSM model. And also because I won´t be paying mor than $100 for a replacement screen, I thought this would be a nice project, but after reading all this comments; maybe I won't give it a try.

Anyone else with a success story of using a Verizon screen inside a GSM model???
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] t1.8matt:
one thing you could try if you're trying to separate the glass from the digitizer or whatever it is, heat it up with a blowdryer or heat gun and if you have a way of holding the glass in place, use some really thin fishing line to kind of saw through the glue. i don't know what the part under the glass is made of, but i would imagine if you get any adhesive on it or to clean up any residual you can use rubbing alcohol or mineral spirits very lightly.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] chepeliyas:
But would the Verizon screen work on the GSM versión work using this way?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] t1.8matt:
I don't know, I just put that out there for people that cracked the front glass if they ever wanted to try replacing it without replacing the digitizer behind it to give that a try to separate the two.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] chepeliyas:
Any other suggestion?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] miguelbaines:
Can you clarify if you are also including the frame, cause the screen and digitizer don't screw into anything. They are bound together by glue to each other and then onto the frame and the frame is what is screwed onto the case.

This is how I see it -

Screen/digitizer (bound together)

Frame (bound to screen/digitizer)

Phone housing (frame screws into it).

Right?

So I bit the bullet and bought a sprint nexus digitizer with the frame for my play store nexus. I placed the frame screen down in the sun for a about 20 mins, then used my girlfriend's heavy duty blow dryer to kept the frame hot. I used dental floss and an old credit card to separate the glass from the frame. It took maybe 10 mins... and, viola!

Tip: start from the bottom, where the glass is thicker, and slowly, very slowly, work your way up.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] chepeliyas:
Gonna try to take to fix my GSM Gnex with a Verizon Gnex I bought, that doesn't work anymore. Gonna let you know how things turn out.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] katamari201:
Any mods that turn the settings color scheme to something dark?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] erwaso:
I couldn't find one but I'd like to know as well
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] redpoint73:
There is a subforum for themes, did you guys not look there?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1713215
[Nexus S Android Development] triosakti:
Finally.. came out version 6 for Nexus S..

gotta download it and try
[Nexus S Android Development] sperelli:
any screenshot?
[Nexus S Android Development] toyface:
Really? You need a screenshot for CWM? It doesn't change much does it, it's all under the hood

Great thanks to the OP!
[Nexus S Android Development] Spidergio:
What's not works?
[Nexus S Android Development] Spidergio:
Thanks.
[Nexus S Android Development] kriskovski:
why there are 2 Threads of the same recovery ?
[Nexus S Android Development] rener78:
Not with your files but I had touch recovery the old one and did the upgrade thru rom manager and I had error couldn't install anything had Status error ( 0 ) and couldn't mount anything had en error saying couldn't open UMS Lunfile, but I flashed your Touch zip and it's working fine now so ppl shouldn't be worried to try it.

Worked for me anyways, Thanks
[Nexus S Android Development] DaXmax:
What you able to do in the latest CWM 6.0 is:

-New Background UI

-Faster Backup & Restore

-And some elements added (only for gnex)
[Nexus S Android Development] kibmcz:
I'm getting "E:Unable to open UMS lunfile (no such file or directory)" on crespo touch recovery when i try mount usb storage. The odd part is it works fine on non touch. On another note the new format is bad for those who use a CWM backup to convert to flashable rom (eg right after an ota).

Other than that they did a cool job on the updated ui.
[Nexus S Android Development] jishnu7:
I flashed 6.0.0.7 with ROM manager. But when I reboot into recovery, it is still showing recovery version as 5.0.2.0.
[Nexus S Android Development] astmacca:
Same here. i9023. Updated from within ROM manager.
[Nexus S Android Development] LibertyMonger:
Something weird happened, after trying the new twrp and now this, I can't restore backups or install kernals, it wont boot, it just reboots into the recovery menu. Anyone know anything about this?
[Nexus S Android Development] baric88:
Worked like a charm this was easier than my HTC sensation putting teamwin touch recovery on it, this just what I was waiting for thanks man, I recommend the touch recovery

Sent from my Nexus S using Trinity-cm9: XDA Premium HD app
[Nexus S Android Development] LibertyMonger:
This is awful and weird. I have tried all of the recoveries and I cannot flash a kernel or a backup now. I can flash ROMs and gapps. When I try to flash a kernel it will only boot back to the recovery menu. Then I have to flash the ROM again to get it to boot. It all happened after trying the new jelly bean ROM and trying the new twrp. I made a backup of jb and tried to restore my ics and that's when it happened. I had to wipe all and flash aokp fresh.
[Nexus S Android Development] alen1901:
So, in 6.0.0.6 touch recovery, usb mount is not working?

Sent from SpeedMachine i9023
[Nexus S Android Development] cinek1987cinek:
Not working ;/
[Nexus S Android Development] szk5230:
thanks a lot
[Nexus S Android Development] dEris:
Love the new recovery - but I miss the black! We have Super AMOLED screens! :cyclops:
[Nexus S Android Development] original21:
Just in case someone wants to go back to CWM touch 5.8.0.2 until the sd card issue is solved.
[Nexus S Android Development] rasengan82:
So it looks like the regular CWM is the way to go? Touch CWM is having usb mounting issues?
[Nexus S Android Development] albundy2010:
I suggest putting the .img fastboot versions in the op. I am assuming there is one. I haven't looked
[Nexus S Android Development] albundy2010:
No. A custom recovery flashable zip and a .img for fastboot are not the same. Fastboot .img is not inside the zip ....
[Nexus S Android Development] nitroxt:
I updated to the newest (non-touch) version of CWM by just updating it in the Rom Manager. I would like to try the touch version. How can I flash that one? Once the touch version is flashed, can I autoupdate it directly from the Rom Manager like I did with the non-touch version?
[Nexus S Android Development] spider623:
Just flashed the touch version and works fine but the clockwork mod app doesn't recognize that I install it is it a custom version?

Sent from my Nexus S
[Nexus S Android Development] spider623:
I do have the pro version but the touch cost an additional €2 and my card is currently empty :( , any way I fixed it be flashing the latest non touch from rom manager and reflashing the touch

Sent from my Nexus S
[Nexus S Android Development] nd4spdbh:
why would you buy the cwm app.... or even use the free one... you have to boot to recovery anyways... and recovery does everything those apps do.
[Nexus S Android Development] spider623:
To support dev and also I flash every 7 days(miui) and I use the advanced options like bunch install and web connect

Sent from my Nexus S
[Nexus S Android Development] :
Just flashed the 6.0.0.7 touch version.

I can't use anymore my Home button and search button !! Very strange.

(AOKP M6 and Matr1x kernel)

EDIT : flash back to the 5.8.0.2 touch version and everything work fine lol

I will wait before flashing the new recovery =)
[Nexus S Android Development] safendi:
what is the blobs directory?? can i delete?? backup is 20mb but blobs 1.35gb
[Nexus S Android Development] sperelli:
6.0.0.7 nontouch working pretty good so far..
[Nexus S Android Development] ezio84:
Tried now, it's fixed ;)

Now the nandroid backup is incremental (you can find the changelog HERE):

so the blobs folder should include those incremental files (a nandroid backup is much greater than 20MB :D )
[Nexus S Android Development] LibertyMonger:
I was wondering if returning my Nexus back to stock and locking it and unroooting it to start over might fix my horrible issue? Ever since flashing Jelly Bean and the new Clockwork Recovery I cannot flash kernels or backups. I will really appreciate any help. I have tried reflashing all the different recoveries.
[Nexus S Android Development] rener78:
Not really helping here I think but you can't even reboot in Recovery mode from RM or if you have them enhanced power menu ? That's what I did when I had the error .But this .zip file here actually solved my problem when it came out.
[Nexus S Android Development] LibertyMonger:
Yes I can reboot into recovery, and I can flash ROM's and GAPPs but when I try to flash a kernel or a backup and click reboot system it reboots me into bootloader menu, the system will not reboot and I have to reflash the ROM over again to get it to boot.
[Nexus S Android Development] rasengan82:
Guys recovery is suuuuper slow making backups...takes longer than previous version...
[Nexus S Android Development] rasengan82:
Second backup takes super long on Freeing Space...
[Nexus S Android Development] GallStones:
Same here...It takes 5 minutes only for "freeing space" . Even in the 2nd and 3rd backup I made.
[Nexus S Android Development] rasengan82:
Seriously I almost pulled battery because it looked like it was frozen.
[Nexus S Android Development] Logomotph:
it's nice & all, but it isn't much faster and uses up a lot of space on my SD.... maybe it's just me, but I would've preferred a faster 5.8.0.2. in any case, great job, and thanks for supporting the Nexus S!
[Nexus S Android Development] demo23019:
New background is ugly liked better black looks much better on amoed
[Nexus S Android Development] LibertyMonger:
I don't know what the heck happened, since I tried this new recovery and Jelly Bean, I cannot flash kernels. It always bootloops back to bootloader screen and I have to reinstall the ROM to get it to boot. I just finished restoring factory img and removed root and everything to start all over and same thing happens. This really sucks does anyone have any clue about this? I even tried all of the recoveries.
[Nexus S Android Development] rasengan82:
Can you flash kernels when you are not on Jellybean?
[Nexus S Android Development] MrBigWaffles:
Most kernels won't work with jb.more specifically those with bigmem.

Hopefully this helps.
[Nexus S Android Development] LibertyMonger:
I have only tried flashing a kernel after jellybean, on ics.

I never tried with jellybean. I just flashed jellybean long enough to just try it. Then I made a backup and tried restoring my ics backup and that's when the problem happened. My backup did the same as kernels, it flashed successfully then when I clicked reboot it would only reboot the bootloader. So I had to restore everything fresh and it worked, until I tried flashing a kernel. Then again, wouldn't boot system, booted into recovery. I tried reverting back to the old CWM and no luck. So I guess I should ask if anyone else went back to ics after jellybean, I think that and/or the new CWM recovery caused it. Its an awful feeling lol.
[Nexus S Android Development] simonb255:
Latest touch work fine just flashed cm9 rc2
[Nexus S Android Development] LibertyMonger:
Yeah Thanks Bud but I went as far as flashing factory image back to stock and it didn't fix it. I have completely lost the ability to flash kernels. Everything else is fine. Well except I haven't tried restoring a backup yet after returning to stock. It may be kernels and nandroids. Unless this becomes a known issue I guess I will be stuck with stock kernel from here on lol. It must be something to do with the JB ROM I flashed. I knew kernels wouldn't work with JB so I went back to ICS and the new CWM and thats where it started. So I guess I can only patiently wait and hope for a solution when JB is official.
[Nexus S Android Development] JokerAce:
Actually, under "system\lib\", removing the "hw" folder will make the kernel work on JB.
[Nexus S Android Development] LibertyMonger:
Yeah thanks I seen that. I am on ICS now I guess jb wrecked my ability to flash kernels on ICS as well without removing that folder? Oh well. Will be on JB soon. Sorry for posting it here, I first thought it was cause of the new CWM.
[Nexus S Android Development] Lordofminor:
Is there a way to make touch keys work again? Please, my Volume keys are not in good shape, nor is power button... Or I guess Ill switch back to 5.8
[Nexus S Android Development] caliban2:
Nice new feature: :)

After flashing jb-ota containing stock-recovery, when rebooting cwm (6.0.0.7-touch) prompted me with something like this: "system may try to replace recovery upon reboot. Prevent it from doing so? Yes/no"

And it actually works, I still have clockworkmod. :)
[Nexus S Android Development] ezio84:
True! And this new cwm can re-root after the ota update :cool:
[Nexus S Android Development] ironia.:
OT could you provide a guide for flash the ota?
[Nexus S Android Development] cinek1987cinek:
CWM Touch 6.0.0.7 ->> I have problem with the restore 'backup'. Schows me error [/data] ;//

Any ideas ?
[Nexus S Android Development] 309041291a:
WRONG THREAD. Sorry
[Nexus S Android Development] plphung:
Flashed this just now, tried to make a backup, got this error:

Anyone know if this'll be fixed if I just delete any old backups I have (due to the new backup system) or if it's another problem entirely?
[Nexus S Android Development] damnmisur:
Check your available space. I got this when I didn't have enough room