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[Touch HD Accessories] MAMeingast:
Ah - right. The unit can be removed by pushing it outward from the inside! Towards the bottom of the front half that remains after following the instructions from the manual, there is an opening in the metal shielding (where the wires from the touchscreen and the LCD run through). Through this opening, I carefully pushed against the front screen, seperating it from the shell. The screen unit is glued to the shell, so it's not easy to push both parts apart. You have to be very careful here! And ofcourse I can give you no guarantee, that this is the correct way to do it... ;)

I can make a few pictures of this part as soon as my replacement screen unit arrives and I install it (which hopefully will be by the end of the week)!
[Touch HD Accessories] OliveUK:
that would be great, thanks MAMeingast, at 54 euros seems a great price for a full screen
[Touch HD Accessories] SAman1:
STOP!! DON'T under any circumstances push thru the opening towards the bottom to try to get the screen out. Like MAMeingast, I just tried doing it that way and ended up with a broken LCD :( . I thought I had succeeded then noticed LCD had fine cracks where I had pushed against it from the back, as the LCD glass is very thin.

Best way is to push from the top opening, behind the digitizer (where there's no LCD), while pushing a carpet knife into the gap between the digitizer/touchscreen & the frame and slowly prize the digitizer away from the casing slowly moving the knife in the direction of the VGA camera hole. Once you get to the corner above the vga camera hole, you should be able to push the knife down further until you get behind the silver backing of the LCD screen and it will start to seperate from the casing. Move the knife slowly all the way around & down behind the LCD screen while carefully pulling the digitiser away from the casing with your hand (it should be out far enough from the casing for you to get a grip on it) , except dont run the knife round the bottom edge as you may cut the ribbon cable. Slowly apply pressure and cut any remaining double-sided tape away from the edges of the digitizer until it is free all the way around.

Once the LCD/Digitizer unit is free of the casing, separating the two is fairly easy. Simply run the carpet knife lightly around the edge of the LCD where it meet the digitizer and you will feel the tape coming loose. Push the knife in a bit deeper at places & it will seperate easily ;) .

If I had not first attempted to push at the bottom I would have had a perfect screen, but hopefully I can save someone else from the same terrible fate.

...now where can I find a cheap new LCD on ebay...? :D
[Touch HD Accessories] MAMeingast:
Thanks for the info! :D
[Touch HD Accessories] SAman1:
Sorry that info came a bit too late for either of us :p.

BTW, if I recall correctly you bought the same casing & digitizer as I did, right? Did you also find the quality of the product to be fairly good as I did, but the tools they supplied were of no use since they don't fit the Touch HD screws. Good thing I had my own tools already.

Looks like GBP20 + shipping is about the lowest price on offer for an LCD only.

Regards,
[Touch HD Accessories] MAMeingast:
Don't worry! I would still have broken my LCD: It didn't brake, when I pushed out the screen unit (that worked fine - even the way I described it, although I obviously took a big risk), it broke when I tried to separate the LCD from the digitizer! Sh*t happens! ;)

Yes! The casing and digitizer looked great! I can't make out any difference between the one I bought and the original one! And I'm going to use the rest of the kit I bought first to replace the complete outer shell together with the new screen-unit I recently bought! :D
[Touch HD Accessories] lancemac:
Im just about to replace the digitizer on my touch hd. Ill try and take some pictures and make a tutorial, although i will probs stuff something up.
[Touch HD Accessories] OliveUK:
that would be great Lancemac, In case you haven't seen it I already recorded a video tutorial on the section covered by the HTC Service manual but I am not too sure how to extract Digitizer and screen. I always prefer pictures and video to text instructions despite all the details given by SAman1 (thanks man)

http://vimeo.com/6892707
[Touch HD Accessories] lancemac:
I just removed my cracked digitizer. Sorry i couldn't get any pictures but this is what i did:

Take it apart like shown in the disassembly guide just so the screen can be disconnected. From there i turned the phone over to start removing it from the front. I used a small screwdriver to help peel the front clear plastic bit off. Under that there is another clear piece of plastic that is glued to the glass part of the digitizer. I slowly peeled that piece off as well. Under that was the broken piece of glass which is stuck to the lcd by double sided tape. I just slowly pulled the broken bits of glass off. This just leaves the lcd. This is glued from behind so i cut a plastic playing card and bent it so i could run it down the side and break the glue.

Once my digitizer arrives ill let you know how i put it in but im pretty sure the hardest part is over.

Not sure if that made any sense but i hope it helps.

Cheers
[Touch HD Accessories] soultime:
i've got my new digitizer and the remenents of my touch hd on the worktop. still can't figure out how remove the old screen and too scared to go any further without photos or videos to guide. help please.
[Touch HD Accessories] kpetrianakis:
Are there any fakes?

Hi,

I put my phone in the washing machine!

It was working after I dried it but inside the screen there was water stains and shadows. So I decided to open the screen and clean it. DONT do it. You will break your LCD.

Anyway.

I'm after a new LCD now. I'm thinking of buying one that comes with the Glass and Digitizer so that I wont have to glue them together myself.

Is that right?? Has anyone tried glueing or attaching the glass to the lcd themselves? Is it easy?

Also! Are there any fake LCDs out there? What is your experience?

I'm looking at these ones...

1. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/i594-NEU-Genuine-LCD-screen-Display-fuer-HTC-Touch-HD_W0QQitemZ150377084209QQcmdZViewItemQQptZDE_PDA_Zubeh%C3%B6r_KM?hash=item23032c3531&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14#ht_3444wt_839

2. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/S-New-HTC-TOUCH-HD-T8282-LCD-PANEL-GLASS-Digitizer_W0QQitemZ120473286071QQcmdZViewItemQQptZPDA_Accessories?hash=item1c0cc475b7#ht_2530wt_1109

3. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/LCD-Display-Screen-Digitizer-for-HTC-Touch-HD-T8282_W0QQitemZ290359238214QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_MobilePhones_MobilePhoneAccessories_MobilePhoneBatteries?hash=item439ac25e46

Thank you
[Touch HD Accessories] MAMeingast:
Ok - here's an update on my experience:

This is the screen unit I ordered (http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150377084209&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT).

It arrived a few days ago and I installed it successfully in my Touch HD. But after pulling off the protective screen on the front (it's there to protect the screen from scratches during transportation and installation), I made a shocking discovery: The dark spot in the middle of the screen was not caused by the protector, but is due to a fault in the screen! :mad: :mad:

Luckily I made a picture of the unit before installing it, because I wanted to show you guys what was included in the delivery. So I could prove that the item was damaged even before installation. (Check pics attached)

I contacted the seller and we've been mailing back and forth the last couple of days. They want me to send back the faulty unit and return the money to me - and I want them to send me a replacement unit (to which I'm entitled according to German law, bought the screen on eBay Germany). Also, since I've already installed the screen, I would like to keep it, until the replacement arrives (otherwise my HD would be unusable for another 2 weeks). Lets see where this is heading... I hope they'll agree to send me a replacement! Until now, they've tried to avoid that by stating that they had sent all the HD screens back to the original distributer to have them checked (which I don't entirely believe since the item's still for sale on eBay)...

This screen replacement thing is turning into a real nightmare! :mad:

Oh well...
[Touch HD Accessories] schiwa:
@ Nguyen Anh Tuan,

My blackstone lcd too got a crack after my son wiped it off in the floor, when I contacted HTC they offered me 350 USD, I was very much shocked to know the price, with another 250 USD I can get a new one.

But Im waiting for the Leo.

Thanks

Shiv
[Touch HD Accessories] kpetrianakis:
Thanks for the reply

Can you send some photos to see the dark spot you're talking about?

Is it on the glass/digitizer or on the LCD? How big is it?

Does it have the htc logo on? Because the pic on ebay has it removed.

Also, other than that, how is the quality of the screen, is it comparable to the original?

Thank you.
[Touch HD Accessories] MAMeingast:
Oh! Completely forgot to upload the pix! I've added them to my above post!

The spot seems to be between the touch screen and the lcd...

The quality seems to be fine (seems to be an original part).
[Touch HD Accessories] lancemac:
When u put everything back in did you use the original double sided tape or did you buy some more?
[Touch HD Accessories] MAMeingast:
You are referring to the point where I had to put the complete screen unit in, right?

Interestingly, there was no double-sided tape used on my device. There was some sort of glue utilized - and enough of the glue stayed behind which I could use with my new screen (the glue was soft, rubber-like). But I'm afraid it won't be enough glue when I replace the screen again after a flawless one gets here! So I'll have to figure out something else then!
[Touch HD Accessories] swolkat:
i just replaced my digitizer on my HD. It was a bit of a nightmare. If i were you, i would go on ebay and get the digitizer/lcd/front faceplate combo. Those parts are all basically fused together and werent meant to be removed. I broke my LCD trying to seperate them!!!! Anyway, i think its totally somthing you can do by following the service manual, providing that you but the combo kit (do yourself a favor). Doesn't take long and you could save yourself a bunch of $$$ by doing it yourself with Ebays help! Good Luck!
[Touch HD Accessories] MAMeingast:
Oh no! The same thing happened to me! Pity you didn't read my warning (http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=4694859&postcount=77)... :(
[Touch HD Accessories] WaveyKat:
yep when removing the LCD you might aswell Replace, Glass Touch Screen, LCD, and everything..
[Touch HD Accessories] henv:
phone wont turn on

Hi, i have the next problem and i hope some one can tell me if i can fix it with a spare part.

The problem i have the phone wont turn on. I was using rss hub. When i came back, the screen wont go on when i pushed the power button (thought it was in standby). So i pust the reset button, still nothing happens with the phone. Put out the battery wait 5 minutes. Still wont turn on. So i put it away and bored one from a friend. 2 days later i tried again to turn the phone on and i went on. After a hour phone went off again (in once) and till now i wont go on. I noticed that if i plug in the charger the battery is charging. The led on the power button wont go on (also no orange on charging). I tried another battery, another charger, turn it on with battery out and on the charger. Nothing works. Stupid me the hour it went on i dont spend it on make it back to stock rom. So i think i can send it to htc. So someone think i can repair it with a spare part is mentioned here. OliveUK thanx for the video. Will help me much with anything i must do to repair the problem
[Touch HD Accessories] MAMeingast:
Can you get into the bootloader?
[Touch HD Accessories] lancemac:
Yeh i just had that soft rubber sticky stuff. I still havnt received my replacment digitizer but im not sure if it will be sticky enough to hold everything together.
[Touch HD Accessories] henv:
No. If i press the power button nothing happens.
[Touch HD Accessories] smartin:
Display with strange colors

Hi,

My Touch HD got a weird rainbowy colors on the display.

It's kind of like oil or gasoline on the water.

the mechanical thing for if i switch it off I still see in.

Could it be moisture between display and touch resistive film ?

Any experience of fixing this ?

Thanks
[Touch HD Accessories] MAMeingast:
Could very well be water or some other liquid - do you have a picture?

If you read through this thread, you will see that it is possible to take the device apart and even separate the screen components - but I wouldn't recommend doing the last part! Several users have broken their screen unit while trying to disassemble it (including me!)! :( Maybe you can find a shop that is willing to take the unit apart and clean the screen for you?
[Touch HD Accessories] hrcro:
There is already lots of threads about this. This effect is called rainbow effect/newton rings.

I had that effect, and after a while my screen stopped responding on touch. My phone is at HTC service center and we are still arguing whether they will repair it under warranty.

I think that there are too many phones with that effect produced by htc, so i think that it is production error, or error in design. I had lots of phones with resistive screens, but only this one (my HTC hd) is faulty.
[Touch HD Accessories] smartin:
Thanks,

This is what I experience,

I got corporate phone so hopefully they will treat me a bit better.
[Touch HD Accessories] OliveUK:
MAMeingast did you get your replacement LCD in the end?

I have to replace my screen and I guess I will go for the whole thing then. Any recommendations?
[Touch HD Accessories] MAMeingast:
Yes: Don't buy from the ebay-seller "e2shop"! Another user on the forum has a problem with a screen unit he bought from the same seller (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=4930925) and in an email they even admit:

"Wir verkaufen diesen Display nicht mehr. Wir haben schon mehr als 100stk verkauft,und 10% davon hat immer irgendwas Problem."

"We don't sell this display any more. We have already sold more than 100 of them and 10 % always had some problem."
[Touch HD Accessories] kpetrianakis:
Screen repaired

Wow, didnt know that... I ordered from them and luckily my screen was perfect.

For the rest of you: I ordered the screen and digitizer together, as one.

I used super glue gel (not liquid!) to glue the whole screen to the housing after I cleaned it well. I put some double sided tape as well to raise it a bit because removing the tape/glue it had before made the screen sit dipper.

Good luck.
[Touch HD Accessories] alexis_p3300:
which ebay shop can i trust ??i need a new lcd..
[Touch HD Accessories] pzucchel:
positive experience

Hi to All,

Literally, my touch HD went under the wheel of a car - useless to say that the lcd cracked. In fact, only the digitizer cracked, but t is so tightly connected to the LCD that i would have never succeded in separating them without damaging the LCD. On top, the bad cracks generated a number of glass fragments that would have damaged the LCD during the disassembly procedure. So, I ordered one complete LCD+digitizer on ebay from a singapore vendor, for 63.99 USD:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260499184431

and repaired the touch HD myself. A positive experience, after all: now my blackstone is even more solid than before (eheheh, a good amount of biadhesive tape!).

For your information, i fully documented the disassembly and the reassembly on VIMEO:

disassembly procedure:

http://www.vimeo.com/7623264

assembly procedure:

http://www.vimeo.com/7623676

with the right guidelines, it is almost "a piece of cake" :D - but please be aware that the service manual doesn't teach how to replace a broken screen! :o

At the end of the procedure, i had the doubt if putting the protective film on the screen was necessary: for 63 USD for the screen, and 10 USD for a good protective film, i could almost replace the entire screen every time it is damaged...

DISCLAIMER: these operations void the manufacturer warranty.
[Touch HD Accessories] MAMeingast:
This should be a sticky! ;)
[Touch HD Accessories] Tai Chi:
@pzucchel THANK YOU !! for your "walk trough". You are great. I have broken my touch screen, and your procedure will help me a lot. Once again thank you. Your post should be sticky !!

I bought only touch screen, so I have to use my "old" LCD (first disconnect it from broken touch screen and then connect LCD with new one). So I have a question. How did you remove broken LCD from the housing??
[Touch HD Accessories] xsesiv:
That's classic. The exact same happened to my HD. Ran over by my 2 ton hilux. All that was damaged was the digitiser was smashed and the glass on the camera smashed. I actually attempted ot get the glass off the thing without ruining the LCD. It was a complete success. The only thing i stuffed was not gluing the new sreen/digitiser back in properly so now it's filled with dust etc. Today's job - pull the screen back out clean it

and GLue the sucker in again so it's not a vacume cleaner :)

UPDATE: I have just re-glued the screen in properly. Gel supa glue and BEAR Double Sided Tape (this is real similar to what was there originally). If you don't use the tape your screen will sit lower than the housing. Thanls for the gel Supa glue tip pzucchel
[Touch HD Accessories] MAMeingast:
I'm afraid you're mistaken: The walk-through ist not by me, but by pzucchel! I just quoted it! The original post is right above mine! All thanks are owed to him! ;)

Not sure if I understand your question correctly: Are you wondering how to remove the screen unit from the housing? That is covered in pzucchel's videos! Or are you wondering how to seperate the screen unit, e.g. separate LCD and touch screen? Because that is alot trickier... I ruined my LCD doing it, but others have managed to pry both parts apart VEEEERY carefully!
[Touch HD Accessories] WaveyKat:
VERY GOOD Video .. it should be a sticky!!!!! i did the same a few months ago i use Clear Silcone Glue instead of Tape tho...
[Touch HD Accessories] pzucchel:
wrong entry
[Touch HD Accessories] pzucchel:
Hi to All,

indeed - i didn't try to replace the digitizer only. my digitizer was in hundreds of pieces, i am not sure i would have succeeded in recovering the LCD without damage. Next time i will break it, i will try to do it! :p

BTW, this is why i didn't use any glue, because i want to be able to repair it again!
[Touch HD Accessories] jrgmarsh:
Scunnered

Tried to replace digitizer only very dead LCD as a result...

Very tricky if you do have a go suggest remove Digitizer and LCD from case then VERY gently seperate the two.

Best to just get both together though...

Good Luck and Many thanks for all the Help
[Touch HD Accessories] MAMeingast:
I managed to fix my display! :D

For all those who don't want to read through this whole thread to find out what happened: I broke my LCD trying to replace the front screen. Disassembly went well until I had only the screen unit left, but when attempting to seperate digitizer+LCD, the LCD broke. So I ordered a new complete screen unit off of ebay. When the new unit arrived, I managed to install it just fine. But then, when I removed the plastic sheet covering the screen, I was shocked to realize that the dark spot in the center of the screen was not due to the protecting plastic sheet (which I thought was the case prior), but actually a fault within the screen. :mad: After a half dozen emails between me and the seller the state of things was that he couldn't supply me with a replacement and only offered me my money back if I sent him the faulty unit. Not a very satisfying option, because I couldn't find another screen unit for a comparable price and didn't want to wait for 2 weeks until the unit arrives from Hong Kong... But then, magically, the screen fixed itself - sorta: I got off the plane after flying 2,5 hours from Madrid and voilà: The dark spot got smaller!?!? After contemplating for a while, I concluded that this had to be due to the lower air-pressure on the plane. And that got me thinking... I used a suction cap and placed it right on top of the spot, applied a bit of pressure to fixate the suction cap and then gently pulled: And the spot was gone! :D

Not sure if anyone else will ever have this problem, but atleast now there is a solution out there! :D
[Touch HD Accessories] OliveUK:
first thanks a lot Perio for those great videos you posted. Removing the LCD seems way more scary now.

MAMengeist, the pictures you just posted where before or after fixing it? I am glad it worked out and I might end up buying a screen from the ebay shop you used
[Touch HD Accessories] MAMeingast:
Before! You can see the dark spot at the center of the screen - now everything is perfect!
[Touch HD Accessories] OliveUK:
ok I just ordered a Full housing + LCD + Touch Screen from those guys

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=390081929023#ht_2167wt_1166

for £70, roughly 100 euros.

Fingers crossed, I am really scared of Ebay
[Touch HD Accessories] MAMeingast:
Yeah... And there is reason to be sceptical of ebay - but hopefully you won't have any issues! :D
[Touch HD Accessories] SimoDJ_78:
i've just buy a new original touchscreen for HTC HD but i dont't feel that i can do the dismount operation and i've decided to sell it for just 25€ + shipment

If someone was interested please contact me at simoeeva@tiscali.it i can show photo or live streaming by msn of the piece
[Touch HD Accessories] pzucchel:
Look here, breathe deeply and give it a try, coraggio!

...life is easy... :p

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=4950742&postcount=113
[Touch HD Accessories] SimoDJ_78:
video don't show how to separate digitizer from LCD.....and i think that's the most difficult operation
[Touch HD Accessories] vidojajce:
my cracked too
[Touch HD Accessories] OliveUK:
ouch.... that's nasty Vidojajce! Did you drive on it! Luckily it is only cosmetic.

I am still waiting for my Ebay package. I received an email from the vendor saying it was coming though.
[Touch HD Accessories] MAMeingast:
Check out this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=5112494
[Touch HD Accessories] pzucchel:
i agree...so just avoid it!
[Touch HD Accessories] caavid:
hi was jus wondering if that item comes with the digitizer and lcd stuck together or would i have to stick it my self.

and many many many thanks to pzucchel thats video was awesome and if i hadnt seen that i wouldnt be attempting the repair myself.
[Touch HD Accessories] MAMeingast:
I recieved the whole thing assembled - the complete screen unit was one piece! Of course this is no guarantee that every seller does it this was...
[Touch HD Accessories] pzucchel:
thanks. the screen i put in my post arrived with an already assembled digitizer+lcd. Frankly, i gave a careful look and, in my opinion, the digitzer+lcd are an irreversible assembly, e.g. they are not designed to be separated after they are assembled together. If you succeed, you are really, really lucky (or good!) and it is not a "normal" routine repair.
[Touch HD Accessories] caavid:
I emailed that seller he told me that the touchscreen and lcd would come as two separate parts. I was wondering if it would be easy to put them together myself as he wants an extra 30 for the assemble unit.
[Touch HD Accessories] MAMeingast:
You should read this and maybe contact the OP:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=5112494

:D