[Android General] henrykins111:
Possibly very lucky?

Okay, here is the story. I was using this phone until it suddenly went all stripey on the screen. That ticked me off, so I went ahead and opened it up to see if there was any way to fix it. Long story short, somehow, a microcrack developed in the corner of the lcd only, and ruined it. However, my lcd looks exactly like yours, except there are numbers etched on the bottom, right above the home and soft touch buttons. I am very hopeful that this is the model number, since I have not even had this damn thing a month, but I don't know where to look. I would take a picture, but my only camera is my broken phone. So, here it is:

A109E333K

KLM0050W 06 1306

Best of luck to any that can use this information. I don't know if you guys just somehow missed it, or it isnt what you are looking for, or I am just damn lucky, but that's what I got.

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Okay, new here, so I don't know how to edit. THis is definitely it. I searched the bottom first block of text, KLM0050W and came up with a website weibodig (sorry I cannot post links) in google. It has various lcds, including ones for this phone and others. It also has entire front assemblies and stuff. So if somebody can look into this more that would be fantastic.

EDIT: Sorry guys, figured a little more out. This is important to me and, I'm sure, others, but the weibodig site that I talked about lists the lcd only for 280 yuan. I believe I am on the right track, because the seller I contacted on dhgate, from who I sourced my phone, quoted me 45 usd for a replacement lcd. That is just about spot on equal to what is listed on the website, but I have no idea how to use it. So, again, I call for anyone else who can make use of this information. Right now, I really need to get some sleep.

Also, totally on a tangent, I have seen some people say that the screen is fragile. I put a glass screen protector on mine so I could do some damage tests, and the protector took all the damage. It got cracked, but my glass is still fine. So for 12 bucks on ebay, it is worth a shot. It also does not scratch like other protectors would.

Another Edit:

I have just woken up, so I decided to take another look at my phone. I went ahead and separated the lcd and digitizer/glass, and the thing separated much more easily than I expected it to. Obviously, that is easier because it is broken so I was being more careful with it. Anyways, it all got separated, but the digitizer is fused with the glass, so there isn't really any hope there. The soft touch buttons are also a part of the digitizer and screen, if anybody was wondering. However, there are more numbers scattered throughout it. So, here we go:

On the ribbon, right next to the plug, above some diode/resistor looking things: C1R1C2 D1+ C3LC4

On the ribbon, by the plug, under the chip: MET-S4-V1 U1

On the flexing part of the ribbon: G

On the bottom, below the soft touch buttons, printed backwards on the front side of the digitizer: S-025 A2

On the chip itself: FT5316DME and below it, ERG0348

On another note, I did find the lcd required for order on taotao, indeed selling for $45. I have yet to find the digitizer though, so I don't want to take anything of that apart until I do, in case I have to re-use it.