[Nexus 4 General] boltthrower56:
Hey fellas ;

I just wanted you to know that i cracked my screen and half of my digitizer was not functional.

I used "wm size 768x800" on the terminal to be able to use the screen until i got my replacement lcd assembly. (Frame included.)

Yesterday i got it. I wish i hadn't.

I first realized that the screen is significantly more blue than the original. I thought maybe when i mount it it would go away (It was a long shot.)

I mounted it and it was ready to go , then i received a phone call and i couldn't end it because the screen wouldn't turn on. I immediately knew that there was something wrong with the proximity sensor. i plugged it out and tested it , it works fine but the problem is with the slot. It's significantly higher than it should be , causing a gap between the screen and the proximity sensor. Proximity sensor outputs it as an object in proximity and turns the screen off , never to turn on again unless the other side ends the call. I solved that with power button ends call feature.

Then i got a notification from facebook and i realized there is a circle around the notification led , that circle should have been covered with an optical filter which filters and focuses light. Without that filter you won't be able to get side colors such as purple because there are two sides to that LED which light up differently. One side lights up as blue , the other as red then these lights go through the filter at the same time , they are combined to give you purple.

I harvested my broken screen's filter and cut it so that it fits the circular spot in the frame. The actual shape is a rectangle because it is put between the frame and the digitizer.

So , i got it to a tolerable state then i went to get some cigs. I got a call , talked then when i slid the phone in my pocket , the digitizer fell off and ripped the flex cable.

Then i got home , flamed the seller so hard (politely) , he probably caught fire while reading it , so he accepted paid back my money , didn't even ask for a return shipping , he said to keep it.

I went ahead and bought the original one from a friend who works at LG , and all's well.

I mean not even a hiccup , it's great.

I'm opening this thread so you don't need to live through the same nightmare i did.

First thing to check is the digitizer's IC on the flex cable , it should be wrapped with aluminum foil , if it's not , it's a fake.

LG doesn'T sell the assembly without the frame so those that are without frame , they're fake.

There shouldn't be a circular spot around the notification LED , if there is , it's fake or without frame , still fake.

The screen should be pitch black on medium light , if it's bluer , it's a fake.

If the screen bulges out from the frame so much that it's annoying , it's a fake.

If the proximity sensor isn't working , it's probably a fake as well. It doesn't have anything to do with the purple filter , it does with the gap.

If the lcd does that weird thing when you tap on the screen , it's a fake. (That weird thing is , colors and pixels getting all mixed up like there is some kind of a liquid inside the monitor (there is). It happens because the glass is more flexible than it should be , thus it's not gorilla glass.

I mean i wouldn't mind a nice clone with just the blue of the screen , but this is intolerable.

It was 40 dollars on ebay , should have figured it was a fake from the price tag.

I hope i spared you a nightmare.

Edit : So , i still had the knockoff screen lying around , thought i would buy a broken nexus 4 for 100$. I got it , installed the screen , fixed the digitizer flex cable , everything was fine but out of the blue , the screen started appearing weird , there were lines on the screen and the resolution somehow dropped to like 640x480 , i can see the pixels clearly now , they got bigger. I don't know how or why. Anyways don't buy knockoffs because they're cheap. A week tops , then you'll need to get a new one. OEM FTW!