yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HD2 Accessories] hyellow:
Nooooooooooooo! My screen has cracked too, today. It looks nasty, very nasty. The screen still response though and even multitouch works (i would give up on multitouch, if i could have my screen back in one piece).

The upper left corner of the screen is pitch black, while the rest remains visible. So, have i not only damaged the touchscreen, as well as the underlying LCD? I need to know in order to get some spare parts.

No need for pictures, obviously, the screen is just f*cked up!

Can i not put the HD2 under my pillow tonight and wait till the cellphone fairy to pick it up while I'm asleep and leave me some money? :mad:
[HD2 Accessories] edk83:
So when I take my UK branded tmobile hd2 appart should I expect to find a soldered connector or latch?

Only one way to find out i guess!
[HD2 Accessories] makind1:
latch is only on TMO USA version.

If im wrong please correct me.
[HD2 Accessories] hyellow:
I followed the instructions in the 'official HD2 disassmble' video.

Eventually, I put my beloved HD2 in the oven. The oven was preheated at 50 degrees celsius for about 20 minutes. The last two minutes i put in the LCM, the part with the LCD, and eventually let it stay in there for 10 minutes, while the oven is still warm but not running anymore.

I could easily seperate the lcd from the case, but the digitizer was hard to remove. Not because it could not be done, but because it was all shattered glas. I have to replace them both eventually. But yeah, after examining, i can say that the LCD is cracked too.
[HD2 Accessories] jhonniedj:
2 months HD2 + busride = crack

not even 2 months ago i bought a HD2, and the screen is already in 2 pieces.

i didnt sat on my screen, didnt walk againt an object, didnt go hard on the phone, i was very glad with it, and was carefull with it,

and after a normal busride from a few minutes later

and now just a crack from the right to the left got in :eek:

I hope this is a fabrical mistake!

because this was just normal use !!!! :eek:

and i'm very carefull with my phone!

does anyone else got a strange situation like this?
[HD2 Accessories] asterix005:
i can sell you mine if you want.
[HD2 Accessories] tayte2003:
How to take apart hd2

This is a very good video

http://www.crunchgear.com/2010/03/02/official-htc-step-by-step-video-for-disassembling-the-htc-hd2/
[HD2 Accessories] gmatriix:
Hello All,

I bought the HD2 and I love it. However, Its slipped out of my hand and cracked the screen. Touch screen and everything works fine. Is there somewhere I can buy the replacement glass? Not sure what to do about this. I read some of the prev post but I have not I idea how to solder something. I don't want to screw it up even more.

Any suggestions??

Thanks
[HD2 Accessories] Rhinzo:
yep,

let it get repaired. dont put your hands on it, if you have no clue what you are doing.

240$/200€ in my case. it hurts big time, but at least my phone is more than an expensive paperweight right now.
[HD2 Accessories] Fallen_Seeker:
lol, HD2 has to be the best money maker of HTC lol

Mine has fallen and broken too, but I took it to my operator's repair center and payd 190€.

I'ts very expensive but I think it worths the result.

If you try to repair yourselves, you pay more than 100€ to your remplacement parts, you rist to permanently damage your phone, and the final result may not please you...
[HD2 Accessories] hyellow:
I've tried a hard reset, but the screen still is kaput! :o
[HD2 Accessories] Un4GiveN:
accidental thread jack
[HD2 Accessories] FloatHeavy:
Soldered connector because it is not US version!
[HD2 Accessories] edk83:
Sounds hopefull.

I'll pick it up from the mrs's

Also gonna buy a large desktop a4 magnifying glass on a stand etc.

I'll order one of the chinese glass/digiitzers from ebay once its stripped down ok.
[HD2 Accessories] Sayon_6:
got the same problem, unfortunately, my phone slipped from my hand and fell face down from 5ft onto some gravel so u can imagine what it looks like. Still works but im getting the digitizer in these coming days will post full pictorial on how I did it .
[HD2 Accessories] RunnerSP:
Hello dear xda-developers members.

I have a same problem. Yesterday I broken my HTC HD2 digitizer. I bought my HTC from T-Mobile in UK. I ordered digitizer from ebay it cost me 40 pounds. So I have questions, I can easily change a broken digitizer? Or now I can buy lcd + digitzer? My screen is all good, but I can change digitizer or not? Thank you from answers.
[HD2 Accessories] emregezgin:
Changed the lcd but touchpad is now not working :/

I just changed my lcd screen because it was broken.

I bought a new digitizer and a lcd screen on ebay so i just could change the hole thing insted of taking it apart and i worked fine.

The lcd is now working, but the touchpad does not respond. I cant use the phone :(

I have checked the soldering between the lcd and the digitizer and they look fine.

Can anybody help me? :( I just used around 200$ on this repair because its a lot cheaper than getting it fixed at htc in denmark..
[HD2 Accessories] ViperAMD:
My screen has been broken for about a month, but i've still been using the phone (with a screen protector over the shattered glass).

Is there a good video guide on how to do this? I have a friend who is pretty good with a soldiering iron, so he should be able to lend a hand. How risky is the procedure?

Is the following all i need?

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/LCD-Touch-Sc...ccessories&hash=item3a5a01aae8#ht_1317wt_1137

Cheers!
[HD2 Accessories] thebigyinn:
HTC Screen Issues

I have done the exact same to my phone and from researching this it is apparant for some strange reason the Touch Screen and digitizer is bonded to the LCD screen so if one part breaks.... hey you need to replace them both...sensible.

I have since taken my phone to two repair shops to be told at the outset the initial repair costs will be £50, which I was happy with but then I always received a call 2 days later saying eh.... sorry more like £150-£175.... Ohhh also HTC want £150 to repair it.

So I thought about doing it my self and found these help full videos on you tube (but are hard to find)

Also I have located various part suppliers on ebay and other sites (which are based in the UK)

The problem here I think is because HTC have decided for some unknown reason (probably financial) to bind the two units together there appears to be no cheap fix with parts costing a minimum of £99.98 and then there will be fitting......

If any one knows of a different method ....... then please feel free to help
[HD2 Accessories] FloatHeavy:
In this thread I go into detail on how to separate the digitizer from the lcd. If you have a european verision or australian version. The parts are available to just replace the digitizer, you just have to know how to solder. I also have a thread called "HD2 Disassembly"
[HD2 Accessories] waza123:
My broken too :((

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=6615006
[HD2 Accessories] scrizz:
omg all these broken HD2s scare me.

I hope mine doesn't break

:(
[HD2 Accessories] Sallcho:
Hi,

My phone fell down from a very small height, the digitizer is not broken but my LCD display has black spots now! How can a phone fall from a small height, not break it digitizer but break the LCD? Did any1 had luck with the same problem (digitizer OK, LCD broken) to have it fixed for free by HTC?
[HD2 Accessories] Cirrus9:
Xenept, THANK YOU! That alone, as they say, is worth the price of admission.

Okay, that gets us down to the LCD/digitizer combination, which indicates that HTC purchases this item as an assembly. That doesn't mean that it can't be separated in a repair shop (or my kitchen table), which, now that I know how to get to that point, I will try.

The 60 degrees C temperature data (which is only 140 F) was critical; now we know at what temp the glue will soften sufficiently without damaging the LCD.

I've purchased a cracked HD2 with the intention of disassembling BEFORE I buy parts - if I'm successful getting the digitizer off the LCD, I'll buy a digitizer for $75-ish and attach with a few drops of superglue. If it all goes FUBAR, I'll just buy the assembly, which will bring my total cost up to about $25 shy of just buying a used one ready to go - but I'll have a lot more fun trying to fix it . :o) Contact shouldn't be important, as the devices are cabled together, but alignment will be critical.

The phone should be arriving Friday (6/4) but I won't be able to take on the project until next week some time.

Also, IMPORTANT NOTE! Before you all go out buying parts for HD2s, remember that the "International" HD2 (released last year for Europe and Asia) has a 120.5 mm length, and the USA TMO HD2 is 122 mm. The digitizer screens are NOT the same, and you can tell them quickly because the ribbon connector on the INT is the full width of the ribbon, but the connector on the TMOUS tapers down to about half the width of the ribbon. I've found that even the people selling them don't seem to know the diff, so be sure you check to get the screen that fits your device before you order.

Okay - I'll take some photos of the separation while I'm doing the work, no need to photo the disassembly, thanks to Xenept.
[HD2 Accessories] ljm1715:
to all that asked will a hd2 screen/lcd combo fit a us tmobile and work we will soon find out as I have ordered it for mine...

well today I got mine and to my surprise it said t-mobile on the digitizer put it in and it worked great

here is the ebay user id

jecomgroup

hope this helps...
[HD2 Accessories] edk83:
http://www.mobilephonelcds.com/acatalog/HTC_HD2_Front_Lens_Digitizer.html

Anyone used this bloke before?

He says he will repair broken digitizer for £60 inlc the part if the lcd isnt damaged in the process. Its about £90 if the lcd needs changing as well.

Seems super cheap to me and might be my first port of call.

How many of you have managed to separate the lcd and broken glass without breaking the lcd?
[HD2 Accessories] ratchi128:
I got a different quote from the same website T-T. Mine was 99 pounds for digitizer and 149 pounds including lcd.

Still searching around trying to find the cheapest quote.

My local mobile company said that separating the digitizer from the lcd would be too risky, so any update on the separation?
[HD2 Accessories] cakira:
Hello!

I've broken my LCD when I separated it from the digitizer. But I must confess that I did it as a monkey would do --I warmed up the phone to separate the carcass from the LCD, but as I forgot to separate the LCD from the digitizer, I did it cold.

And still in my monkey way of working, I created a micro-fissure in the flex cable of the buttons, so I had to use a wire to resold it. It was a really hard work.

And when I assembled up everything, I guess I didn't position the volume button very well, since the the volume up doesn't work.

My advice: if you have a soldering station (to connect the digitizer and the LCD), it's possible to do it yourself (even I did! well... kind of), but be very careful. I wasn't.
[HD2 Accessories] Ahil:
Is the digitzer and glass surface seperable?

Because i can see what looks like a thin layer of glass from the bits of glass which has fallen off on the bottom corner where it took the hit.

And since the screen still responds as per norm.

Picture is listed below:
[HD2 Accessories] easybusiness:
1. for the touch screen there has two type.

2. it should be original one now in the market.

3. you can search in youtube "Disassembly Instruction Guild for HTC Touch HD 2 II HD2 LEO T8585 " for the instruction.
[HD2 Accessories] slardar:
new victim here =(

the phone slipped out of the leather case, full impact on at the lower left corner..

phone is still fully functional, touch screen still working perfectly. seems like a glass screen is not necessary good..
[HD2 Accessories] jaszek:
New victim guys. lol. Dropping it in the middle of Manhattan yelleying everycurse you know out loud in the rain is not awesome. lol
[HD2 Accessories] slardar:
HTC should compensate us =(

my local HTC distributor told me there's shortage of the glass screen. at least 2 to 3 weeks before stock arrive. Was told it will cost about 150 USD. =( im not confident to get 1 off ebay and DIY it.
[HD2 Accessories] jaszek:
Well I'm about to order a digitizer off ebay. I'll try to remember to take photos at every step. Already thinking of doing the hairdryer instead of over. Remember when same thing happened with my iPod touch, pulled the digitizer too hard and the LCD cracked. lol
[HD2 Accessories] tiabosch:
Hello everyone. I am a materials engineer. I think I can give you

explanation for these frequent breakdowns, since I had the

opportunity to analyze a piece of glass of the display of HD2. As

you know the display consists of two parts, plastic, and glass.

The glass part is a special type of glass called HR

(Alkaline resistant) utilized in all applications where glass

can get in contact with human skin. This glass, however,

is very difficult to chemically or thermally temper, and often

this treatment to make it more resistant generates surge

that instead of making it more brittle toughened. For this just a

small blow to break it. It 's a glass by itself is very good but can

happen is more fragile than normal.

It 'happened to me to break the glass on a Samsung SGH-i710 and I

replaced, nothing impossible but it takes a lot of attention.

1. Remove the phone, until you are holding the display complete

Digitizer.

2. Heat gently all with a hair dryer to soften the glue that

combines LCD and digitizer

3. Put a very thin blade between lcd and digits and slide

slowly in order to divide the two parties. A lot of attention because

at this stage it is easy to further break the glass.

4. desolder the connectors with a very thin welding station

5. Clean well and remove the remaining adhesive using the

neutral detergent. NO alcohol.

6. application of thin strips of adhesive tape to the edges of the LCD

7. apply the new glass and carefully align

correctly

8. solder contacts with care

9. assemble the device.

I spent about 2 hours. my samsung continues to run, uses

my girlfriend. I hope not to have to redo operation because

extremely delicate, but I guarantee that you can do.

I hope to be state aid. Sorry for bad English

M @
[HD2 Accessories] Fif23:
SO BASICALLY, If one breaks his T-Mobile HD2, he can just get this:

http://cgi.ebay.com/HTC-HD2-T-MOBIL...AU_MobilePhoneAccessories&hash=item230814bfff

Connect it to the phone easily, without any soldering work, put it back together, and that is it ?

No need to get the entire unit with the US HD2 ?

Thanks for confirming...
[HD2 Accessories] kpyhere:
I f****d mine up 2 days ago.

That's great :D

This will do the trick ?

http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-OEM-HTC-HD2...ccessories&hash=item5193c224e6#ht_1837wt_1137
[HD2 Accessories] Fif23:
I'm wondering if anyone ever managed to break the screen while the phone was in a hard protective case like the Otterbox or something ?

All of you who posted broken screen pics just put it naked in your pocket ?
[HD2 Accessories] kpyhere:
Dude, protective cases are gay... ;)
[HD2 Accessories] nisbne:
:(

hi guys i cracked my screen (only the glass not the lcd) on my telstra htc hd2 t9193 i think they are

does anyone know which screen they use

and would this work.

http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-OEM-HTC-HD2-HD-2-TOUCH-SCREEN-DIGITIZER-T-MOBILE-US-/350371325158?cmd=ViewItem&pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item5193c224e6#ht_1837wt_1137
[HD2 Accessories] OfficeLinebacker:
OK I have read this thread with great interest. I repair cell phones for a living and this is a pretty difficult repair. FloatHeavy knows his stuff, if you have any questions, go back and read his posts in this thread. He's done the hard work of figuring this stuff out. I love sharing information like this, so I'll add my experience to the knowledge base.

My personal experience: I live in the USA so all my experience is with the T-Mobile version. I had an HD2 with a cracked digitizer but it no longer worked. I ordered a new digitizer and put it on. The digitizer did NOT have the T-Mobile logo on it but it was the non-solder kind. I separated the LCD and put it all together--it was hard and a bit messy but I got it together OK. The digitizer still did not work. I tried to save money on the digitizer and I think I paid about $20 less than the other vendors for it.

I got another HD2 with cracked screen that still worked, touch sensor wise. I purchased another Digitizer, this time with T-Mobile logo, so it was definitely non-solder kind, from a vendor I often use. I put everything together, but now the LCD only works intermittently and when it does work, it seems to be displaying only in 16 colors or something. If I turn on the phone without pushing the LCD/digi in fully, it seems to work fine, but when it's pressed back into the frame, it acts dodgy.

I've tried resetting the phone both soft and hard and no luck.

The only other thing that I'd like to add is that I believe there are actually THREE different versions of the digitizer:

1) T-Mobile logo-non solder

2) No T-Mobile logo but still non-solder

3) Solder kind (never has T-Mobile logo).

Any help in my case is greatly appreciated.
[HD2 Accessories] jaszek:
Ok, I should have my digitizer any minute one. I'll try to write a how to as best as I can.
[Touch Cruise General] Pusch3l:
hi everybody,

i have an issue with my polaris device...it wont sync my email accounts.

here a little closer description:

i have 2 mail accounts in my device, the standard "Outlook-E-Mail" account

and an POP3 account added by hand from myself.

Now i tried to sync the POP3 acc. with outlook on my PC cause there are some

important mails for me, and i dont wanna loose them in future..

i tried to move the mails from the POP3 account to the "Outlook-E-Mail" but that

wont work, i only can move them inside the POP3 Account.

i also tried to make the same account in outlook on my PC, but that doesnt work too..

im a bit pissed ;) did anyone knows how to get my mails from my POP3 account on my

PC outlook so they are safe?

forwarded thanks

Pusch3l
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] ohyeahar:
I'm probably preaching to the noobs here since most of you seasoned veterans should already know all this. I just thought I would contribute something by consolidating a couple of easy tricks.

Sure, there are numerous themes out there. But these days, there's so many versions of Manila that it can get frustrating to find which theme works for your ROM. So, here's a couple of tips to personalize your device regardless of Manila version.

1. Make your taskbar more interesting and useful

There's really no reason to stick with the default WinMo taskbar. It's bland, boring, and you can only see battery level in 4 increments. There are numerous custom taskbars out there but I find this one the most eye-pleasing to me. Brian's Taskbar

2. Make your wallpaper visible on all tabs of Sense. And don't let landscape orientation mess up the image.

If you use Manila/TouchFlo3D/Sense, don't bother setting your wallpaper via the Settings tab. Your wallpaper will look alright on your Home tab in portrait mode. But you won't be able to see your wallpaper in your other tabs. And if you switch to landscape orientation, your wallpaper will look horrible. This tool solves all these problems. You can also use a completely different wallpaper for landscape if you choose to. HDWall

(The program is easy to figure out. Take the time and patience to do so. It is worth it.)

3. Keep your Today background beautiful in both landscape and portrait orientation

Those of you who use the default Today screen (instead of Sense, Mobile Shell, etc) will know that you set your wallpaper by doing one of the following:

Option A:

-go to "Today" settings

-toggle on "Use this picture as the background"

-tap "Browse" and then select the image file.

-tap "OK"

Option B:

-open the "Pictures & Videos" application

-Browse to the image file and open it

-Tap "Menu"

-Tap "Set as Today Background..."

-Move the selection area according to your own preference.

-Keep transparency level at 0% (This is an odd setting. I can't fathom a reason for not setting it at 0%)

-Tap "OK"

Rather than using a 480 by 800 image. Try using an image that is 1333 by 800 (width by height).

For WinMo 6.5 users who use HTC Sense, this tip still applies to you. This affects the lockscreen image and the background image of the Start Menu.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] KalynSS999:
Awesome! Thanks! Yes there are noobs out there (...me). I definitely appreciate this. Can't wait to try it out!
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] fp1908:
Thanks, I am a noob and am trying to decipher all these options. Maybe there can be just series of Noob Stickies...?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] ButtonBoy:
And I thought I would find out about lipstick and thong undies here...
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] omganinja:
I just use an 800x800 image... works just the same.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] ohyeahar:
You're absolutely right. If you use an 800x800 image, the wallpaper displayed will not be scaled down and will be shown in full resolution.

However, here's the reason why I suggested using a 1333x800 image:

See the first attachment named 800x800jpg.

The blue represents the part of the wallpaper visible to you in portrait mode.

The red represents the part of the wallpaper visible in landscape mode. (Of course, imagine that the red extends behind the parts covered by blue in the middle.)

But as you can see, there's some chunks of white areas. Those parts of the image will never be displayed.

If you use a 1333x800 image, every pixel will be displayed in landscape mode. See 2nd attachment named 1333x800.jpg.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] sporting_exodus:
800x800 vs 1333x800

I agree entirely with the post above (very useful illustrations).

The only thing I would point out is that the 800x800 wallpaper misses out the corners of the picture in both orientations, whereas the larger wallpaper misses nothing out in one, but huge amounts in the other.

So I think it all depends on the composition of the picture really - if most of the picture is interesting then go for 800x800, if the best bits are in the centre third then go for the larger dimensions.

Of course it also depends on which orientation you spend most time using your phone in...
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] carhigh:
Just what i was looking for since Energy changed taskbar icons.

Brian's Taskbar looks awsome on the phone and ALSO seemed to make many other icons look more stylish such as storage card and folder icons. Im sure i will run into more stuff from this. Thanks
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] rorytmeadows:
I have to say thanks for this post. I was unaware of another stable taskbar aside from Tsowen's work and Brian's definitely rocks.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] catcraig:
Great post. I'm not exactly a noob, but I haven't spent any quality time with my phone for the last couple of months. I was waiting until some of the bugs got worked out on the programs I was hoping to use. And besides, hubby just got a Verizon Palm Pre so it renewed my interest in making my phone that much better than his. :p

Your directions were so complete and easy to use. My phone looks great now. That 3rd step was one I hadn't thought of. Last night I installed Brian's taskbar and HDwalls. The wallpaper looked wonderful. I thought I was stuck with the default background for the start menu until I got up this morning and tried your step 3. Now I'm a very happy camper. Thanks for the effort you took in writing this post.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] pwisseh:
Maybe a bit of a silly question, but I love those tomatoes on the lock screen. Is there any possibility that you could post that picture here?

Thanks in advance :D
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] dappie:
Thanks! was looking to change the default taskbar, but didn't know how.. now i do :)

BTW: also like the tomatos!
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] ohyeahar:
Thanks for the kind words!

Here you go fellow tomato-lovers! I'd also suggest to check out the rest of the site for more cool images.

http://interfacelift.com/wallpaper_beta/details/1990/solanum.html