[G2 General] tiguy99:
Well got the new screen yesterday. Under time pressure to finish the project I got excited and put too much pressure on the ribbon for the light box and ripped one section.

Was so pissed considering I've done this successfully numerous times before! How could I miss it?

Just wasn't my evening...well until I said to myself...lets grab the polarizer out and reuse it with the other light box I have.

That worked until I found out the black tape was basically affixed to the LCD side and didn't come off on the light box itself.

So I spent a good part of 2 hours painstakingly reapplying new black tape to this light box. Grrrrr

Now if any of you have ever had to use double sided 2mm thick tape you'll know how great it can be especially when dealing with LCD repairs of various disciplines!

However when you have to trim it down to 1 mm wide to fit the ledge of the LCD light box for the LG G2 & cover all the edges properly, you'll begin to hate your life and wonder why you didn't listen to your wife and just buy yourself a new phone considering how much time you've put into repairing its screen, taking pictures and documenting it on XDA!!!!

Only to find yourself reassuring her that you love her and it'll all be worth it in the end :) and see the look on her face as you say that lol

Okay...I digress...

Once it was done I had 1 small snag when some tape got stuck under the right side of the polarizer and I had to remove it. After removing it and cleaning it as best I could ( keep in mind polarizers are hard to remove stains from for some reason) I stood back and rejoiced!

I finally completed the taping process, reassembled the LCD/digitizer assembly and prepped my new 3M LCD frame LG G2 screen adhesive to affix the entire screen to the frame

All was well until I got too excited and we'll hit a snag at the top of the tape where it folded over.

Mind you I sound like a rookie now with all these mistakes especially considering all the work I've done on this repair, how many times I've redone it to perfection and other countless phones I've repaired over the years to OEM standard...

Well all that went out the window after I saw how clear and good the screen looked after the light box repair went well and rushed into affixing the screen onto the phones frame only to screw up the 3M adhesive in the top left corner of the screen.

This caused me to have to remove the screen to refix that corner and totally screwed up the 3M adhesive :(

Note to self...do not be emotional as you repair your G2!!!

You will go through soooo many ups and downs with this glass only screen repair you'll lose your mind!!!!

Become a robot at least until you finish everything and you'll be golden!!!

Don't get me wrong my work is excellent and is done right the first time...ALL the time.

With this repair...I've learned the HARD way that my excitement to finish this repair and post results last night cost me another night or two without my G2.

Take my advice...go slow and be robotic with your repair....

You'll save both time AND money with your repair if you ever decide to go that deep into replacing the glass on this phone.

Will post back with final results when my replacement light box from the weekend arrives later this week