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[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] ranko09:
Hello, I am considering buying a Htc hd2 from ebay. Will i simply be able to pop in my t-mobile SIM card? I also do not have a data plan and was counting on using the wifi. I also want to install android 2.2 with sense or maybe a cyanogen mod. I am very unfamiliar with android and was hoping for a recommendation. In order to install custom Rom's i understand that it requires accessing the SD card on the phone. Can i simply do this by plugging in my phone with the SD card inside? or do i need a separate cable? Also I used to be into jailbreaking my ipod touch, and I was fearless about it because you could always restore the device if you messed up the jailbreak. Is there an equivalent for the HD2?

Sorry i have so many questions, and thanks in advance for anyone who chooses to answer.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] miclaus_man:
Yeah

Buy a Nokia 5110 man, you will be more happy!!!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] jypdTonga:
+1 for Nokia 5110
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] ranko09:
Lol no thanks... can anyone answer some of my questions?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] songokussm:
first off buy one from craigslist, there about 200 bucks. much cheaper then ebay. Ive bought 8 of them in the past month, never spending over 230. No more Iphones in my family!

I am not sure how tmobile does things, but on att you do not.

Custom Windows Mobile roms Do not require the SD Card, but are required to run android successfully. There are other steps involved in the, its the first sticky in this forum.

Running Android does require an SDcard and cable. Your phone should come with both, if it doesn't, they are ripping you off and look else where.

You can keep the card in the your phone while you do the transfer, there is no reason to take it out.

there are many recovery options available if you break your phone, which is nearly impossible to do.

For android i use darkstones hd2proyo and cm6_leo. both are amazing. I lean towards darkstone, because its faster and has better compatibility with games, however cm6 has many many more features.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] simon_harris:
You can either take the memory card out of the phone and connect to your PC directly, or just plug the micro USB cable in to your PC, active sync will allow you to access the "Storage Card" on your phone within My Computer.

Android is simple to install - just read a few of the chefs posts - just download and unzip, copy to memory card.

I think you will enjoy.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] ranko09:
Thanks for all the help! also is there any downside to dual booting? For example, will texts i receive on android show up on wm and vise versa?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] dhack21:
If you receive a text while in WinMo it will not be in your message list when you start Android.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] ranko09:
what about the other way around?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Jshin:
Which ever os you happen to be using at the time any notification ie missed call, call log , txt etc will stay on that particular os.
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] Taifuuni89:
This topic has clues for replacing the screen. I have not concluded an manual for chancing it yet but reading this whole topic gives you the big picture how it is done. Questions are always welcome and I try to answer them with my knowledge. This 1st post gives you 2 links to follow for pics about changing screen and my own starting point for chancing my own screen.

Has anyone bought and installed a digitizer+screen set which is on sale at ebay? I could not post direct link to ebay because I'm a newbie on these forums. You can find the product searching ebay with these keywords "I9000 digitizer". My galaxy's screen cracked and I need an replacement. Both screen and glass broke. I think that this set includes them both. There is also told in the questions that the set infact includes amoled display and not LCD as the title says.

Second question is that does someone have an service manual somewhere. Would be nice to know how to break apart my phone when replacing screen.

Third question is that doesn't samsung vibrant and galaxy s share the same chassis but different screen with more capacitive buttons. Could it be possible to install vibrant's screen to galaxy s?

PS. The way my galaxy brokedown is very funny. I lay down my phone on the kitchen table and the screen cracked. I was like OMFG when I heard the cracking noise. Phone was like 13 days old. Samsung does not repair it with warranty because they think that it wasn't an manufacturing defect. They said that I have dropped my phone and that's the way it broke. That could not be the case because I handled it like a baby. I would have to pay 255€ for new screen and digitizer. Hell no!! I'm a student so that sum does not fit with my wallet.

New screen installed, see posts http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=7683527&postcount=37 and http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=7710572&postcount=40

Edit: Ebay's prices have rised noticeable in the last couple of months. At the moment the price for these screens is around 100$. I found this site which sells them for 60£. http://www.shineyourmobile.co.uk/ProductDetails.aspx?pid=8128
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] Schmich:
There are 2 videos on the net, both on youtube I think. Just search "i9000 Disassembly" and you'll find one of them.

The Galaxy S has a serious design flaw as the glass goes around the home button (and the call ear/speaker) so it's very vulnerable there to shattering. I had my phone in the pocket and suddenly when I take it out I see it cracked right next to the home button. What had I done during the time it got cracked? The only possible explanation was carrying a _small_ speaker that then probably hit it. I was so surprised when I saw it cracked because even a speaker hit, when I lifted it up, is hard to consider cracking the screen.

So international model Galaxy S owners, be careful at the bottom and top of the screen. They're the weak points of the glass. For me only the glass cracked and not the screen so it will be interesting to see how much it will cost to fix.
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] Taifuuni89:
I think that you can't change only the glass. Amoled screen is so thin and I believe it's glued pretty thight to the glass. Separating them may be impossible without tearing the amoled.
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] gallaxya:
the same...

i had a similar unfortunate event ... my screen cracked when i hit the phone to the metallic frame of a chair (it slipped out of my hand :( )...

it cracked exactly like you people said... near the home button.

i ordered the display + digitizer and i anxiously await its arrival to see if i can replace the damaged one.

it is quite tricky to dissassemble the display part but hope to succed...

keep you posted with the outcome

respect
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] Schmich:
Yeah that's my fear but I presume they just heat up the glue. That's how some industries do for other products. I think dental bracers (& its glue) have a different technique as well. So, will be interesting to see.
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] ivas75:
Where did you order it from? :confused:
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] karakake:
If you were asked to pay more than $250 for screen replacement, then why don't you send it to Samsung in Korea? They will replace your SAMOLED for mere USD $100ish and ship it back to you for free (or may be not). This way you get a genium quality from original manufacturer and absolutely no hassles!
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] Lamatrast:
I dropped mine from around 4ft onto a concrete floor and its fine. Maybe I just got lucky.
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] Taifuuni89:
Digitizer+Samoled set ordered from ebay. I should get it in two weeks. If possible I try to take pictures of the changing process and make an manual. I hope it's not glued tight to the chassis.
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] Will.1:
please do, i have some f***ing little scratches all over the screen, thought it was supposed to be scratch resistant.

Worst part is that it's in it's protective pouch all the time (maybe that's the probleme, dirt/dust might get trapped and rub against the screen).
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] yrizan:
Got my digitizer and amoled screen t

oday. I will report back if its a hard job or not to replace it.
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] Taifuuni89:
I tried to remove broken screen for 2 hours and no luck. Removing the motherboard is problematic because power button is glued to the chassis so I could only turn the motherboard aside and not remove it completely. I tried also to remove metal edge but I could only separate it from the left and right edge, not from top and bottom. I hope you have better luck and report how you managed to overcome my problems.
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] yrizan:
Sorry to say got in to the same problems

Looks like the phone is build around the screen. Be careful with the metal ring, on top and bottom its between the screen and chassis, so if you brute force to much the screen cracks even more. The screen is glued to the chassis all around with superglue. I am not sure if its even possible to repalce the screen. It let me thinking that samsung wont repair broken galaxys , just replace them. :(

Ill keep working on the phone and keep trying, but compared to changing the screen on iphone is this like changing the screen on a iphone as a blind man without arms.

People thinking of buying this screen kit on eBay, don't do it. Just contact samsung for a repair.

Ill keep you posted.
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] yrizan:
I got the screen off.

No need to loosen the metaling ring around. The screen in dropped in the chassis from the front.

On the mainboard, just pop off the screen cable, long and flat next to the SD card slot.

The next step is very strange, just use brute force and crack the screen off the chassis, start from the top

When you get around the home button, be careful. Samsung has clued 2 sensors to the screen and chassis for back and option button. Best thing to do here is bend the screen back a little and cut loos the sensors from the digitizer with a sharp knife/scalpel. Samsung has used insane amount of clue on this phone.

Both the digitizer and amoled screen was clued to the chassis.

The next step is to clean off all the clue, buy loads of glue. Fill the chassis with glue and press the new screen on.

Wish me luck.

Ill keep you posted.
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] galaxysman:
Making me a bit scared reading this thread, I`ve just bought phone Insurance just in case.Good luck fitting your replacement screens, sounds a bit daunting.
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] yrizan:
YES!!!

New screen in place and everything is working perfectly. Took about 3 hours first time (give or take). Its possible to do it a lot faster. The biggeste problem is the glue. Melting at about 120 celsius, but i was scared to heat the glas as i didnt know how much heat the mainbord could stand. All in all a pain in the a**, but doable.

I can also confirm this screen from ebay to be an orginal samsung amoled screen.

Best of luck too others trying a screen replace.
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] android53:
amoled or samoled though?
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] yrizan:
My mistake. Its a samoled screen :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] AllGamer:
Awesome!!! thanks for the review

did you manage to snap a few pictures meanwhile you were working in your phone?
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] yrizan:
Im sorry, no pictures :(

The charger is missing to my canon camera, new one incomming from ebay. I'll post pictures next time ill change the screen ;-)
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] AmoKe:
It took me 3 hours for first time since I didn't know procedure.

I've followed youtube video for disassembly (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt9XNnjAcBc).

You have to be very careful and use non-metal tools so you don't damage case.

It's not so scary with keypad sensors on bottom (just at the 85% of disassembly be very careful).

I had bad luck and bought faulty display with bad touch (left side of display was always active, numbers are being dialed by self). I just return back and got a new one.

Don't glue anything or take off screen protect until you try if everything is OK.

*See image if you want to know where you need to use glue.
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] Homebrew76:
Great thread guys!

I have a cracked screen so I ordered the new screen + digitizer from repairsuniverse. It got here to Canada pretty quick. I quickly read down through the posts and gave it a shot. Unfortunately I didn't really pay close enough attention to the posts on removing the screen down around the buttons and ended up cutting off the cable ribbons.

I've got a new piece ordered now from flexqueen. My repair just got that much more complicated!

So a lesson learned to anyone else attempting this. Be extremely careful around the buttons. Glued to the screen itself are very delicate sensors that are connected to the main body by very small and fragile cable ribbons.

Start removing the screen on one side at the middle of the body. Go up from there and then down around to the other side. Save the area of the screen next to the buttons for last. When you get to them, do not pry under the screen very far to loosen the glue or you may cut the ribbons like I did. A hairdryer or heatgun for that part of the screen may help loosen the glue that keeps the sensors attached to the screen.

The piece I now have to replace sort of wraps around the bottom of the frame and then the home button gets reattached over it. Promises to be complicated. I'm not looking forward to this.
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] Rik4rdinh0:
I have the same problem , i have a new flexcable of the buttons , but now i dont know what i need to do , i need glue "back" and "options" buttons at the Screen again ? or glue the flex buttons on the chassi? and what kind of glue i have to use ? sorry about my bad english.
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] Rik4rdinh0:
please helpme
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] ofk88:
:)

Hello, i broke my sgs's screen few days ago on a accident... Thnx god i'm fine except my phone :)

What you are doing is really amazing guys and inspired me so much :) So i ordered a new screen on ebay from easyworldwidetrading user. I took off broken screen acording what you told in here it was pretty easy and took 10 minutes :) now i'm waiting for new screen excitedly...
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] lightmaker22:
great thread guys already disassembled the old screen successfully just need to put the new one in.

edit: replaced and working great, thanks for everyone who contributed.
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] Rik4rdinh0:
please guys help me , i need glue the sensor´s ( buttons) again ate the screen , or glue at chassi ?
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] Taifuuni89:
Glue them to the chassis.

Sent from my GT-I9000
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] Nate River:
Thanks for the guide, but i hope, i never have to replace my screen (when it breaks)
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] GizzmanSL2:
Yeah i dropped my phone from quite a height the other day by accident but not 1 scratch, i was very lucky
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] Homebrew76:
Recap: Screen broke, and in taking off the old screen I cut the cable ribbons on the back and menu buttons.

Well I finally have my new screen replaced as well as the circuits for the home, menu and back keys. The good news is the screen replacement turned out great! The bad news, is that none of the buttons work. I must have screwed something up there.

Now I'm pretty friggin frustrated. After shelling out close to $200 for parts, I'll just have to trash the phone and look for a whole new one. No one around these parts does repairs on these new phones.... well one group does but they tell me they haven't actually worked on a new Samsung droid before so I'd end up paying them twice as much and they still wouldn't know what they are doing either.
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] wiruzman:
Hi everyone,

I broke my screen and threw my old screen in the trash. Guess what, I forgot to take the speaker shield, do you know where I can get a replacement?

Thank you
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] Nikel2011:
Film protection écran et d'autres accessoires Samsung Galaxy S:

revebox.com
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] dehem333:
Today It also happened to me that the phone fell and the screen is now full of big scratches , after reading this thread atleast I know where to get a replacement. But I'm worried about replacing. Im really young and I never did something like this before. Another question is why I search for ''I9000 digitizer'' I find alot of digitizers and there is only one for 55 dollars and the rest is double as much , can someone explain that or confirm that they bought from the same guy for a price like that.

Pekkala89 , in the opening post your saying that you can buy it for 55 dollars , when I look at ebay I can only find 100+ stuff and some weird 50$ en 30$ stuff but that doenst like the whole screen > http://cgi.ebay.com/Digitizer-Touch...Accessories&hash=item27b9b6e268#ht_1210wt_905.

Anyway , I guess the prices went up because of shortage maybe? Or do you have a link where its cheaper. Maybe you change your opening post if so else people will search for something that isnt there :P
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] alixy:
Thanks for the guide
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] Taifuuni89:
Could someone confirm that is this shop any good? http://www.shineyourmobile.co.uk/ProductDetails.aspx?pid=8128 68€ and mail.
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] gowger:
Has anyone managed to replace the lens only?

Mine finally smashed after the fourth time working it's way out of my pocket while cycling!! Yes I know it's pretty unbelievable that I let it happen again :o amazingly it had survived the previous three times with only dents around the edges.

So far I've heard that separating the glass from the samoled layer is impossible, but it's so frustrating because it's obviously a valuable part and it actually all works perfectly despite the huge cracks throughout the screen.

Incredibly even the swype works fine apart from detecting a slight bump occasionally as the finger bumps over one of the cracks.

I'm going to get one of these : http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Black-Alumini..._MobilePhonesCasesPouches&hash=item35ab4c174e
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] Aaron96:
I too use screen digitizer and after two days from the day I bought it and due to my carelessness I got my screen cracked…from then onwards I bought a nice attractive Samsung Galaxy i9000 case that suited ma phone while preserving it from damage especially screens and its shiny surface.:)
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] gowger:
I ordered from these guys and the unit arrived the very next day. Now to try the epic repair! won't manage it this weekend maybe next. Seems like too big a job for weekday evening!
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] erturkmen:
Hi,

is item real oem, do you satisfy the item?
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] ed!:
Hi there!

I'm just a newbie in this community so firstly i'd like to say hello to all of you. I'm Eduardo, greeting you from Spain :)

I've just found this thread as most of you did when i was trying to find the way to replace my broken screen. Some sort of DIY, i didn't want to bring the phone to the technical service. I came over the place just to ask and i was completaly puzzled when the guy told me "yes, i can replace the screen with a brand new one in 15 minutes. 130€ for good!".

There is too much valuable information through all the pages. Thank you guys! As far as i understood, it's an easy procedure. You just have to watch out when you pry the screen from the "frame" due to the glued buttons, right? Is there anything else i should care of? I've found a video of an italian guy which gives you step by step all the job to work out (sorry i can not attached external links since it's my first post here :( ).

By the way, i forgot to say that i just have the glass of the screen broken. Any expirience of replacing just that glass?. There are several ebay sellers currently selling that spare part

Since it seems for the time being the cheapest option... Could you please tell us if it's worth? :)

Thank you in advance
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] from.insider:
Well, now i learnt that stupid screen cost more that the phone...??:confused:
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] xdafann:
Thanks for the informations, a friend of mine has just broken his screen recently :s
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] Leesko:
Hello,

I also cracked my phone recently and what I want to know is if I buy the screen with front plate, display and touchpad like I see it on ebay. Sorry I can't post the link but it cost around 100EUR.

I don't need to separate the plate and the buttons from the screen only to change it easily without glue anything and to be scared for my phone. Am I right?

Thanks
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] Leesko:
Please,

Have anyone expiriance with this part:

Genuine Samsung I9000 GALAXY S LCD Screen, INCLUDES ENTIRE FRONT/DISPLAY AND TOUCHPAD

Thank you.
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] gowger:
It looks the business but I have to admit I still haven't got around to do the job, seen as the phone is actually still functional, amazingly. But I have had the occasional shard of glass stuck in my fingers! :eek:

Hopefully get around to it this weekend!
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] ed!:
Hi again!

Last weekend i finally recieved my brand new screen and managed to replace the broken one. There are few easy steps to follow but you have to take care and pay attention with the prying phase. I dind't imagine that i was going to find so much glue sticked between the screen and the metal case between it and all the circuitry of the rear of the phone.

It took me almost one hour to warm up all the glue and remove the screen, step by step and taking your time in order to procedeeing safely. It actually had thousands of tiny glass pieces around the left button (where it crashed). Moreover, the screen was breaking into more pieces while i was prying it off.
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] ed!:
By the way, i still can't post links and pics. I have 10 pictures of the replacement i made that i could share with you. If you're interested, i can forward you the link by a private message.
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] ertangun:
My friend broke up his SGS screen :) i will share this knowladement..

Thanks
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] potternaruto:
Hi,

Could you please share the pics?

I'm waiting for my parts I bought from eBay, maybe it will take several weeks to arrive.

And I'm currently searching every reference I can get to disassemble the phone.

Thank you.
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] kar200:
Hi guys,

already posted a few threads around. My home button stopped working and Vodafone told me to get lost due to water damage (never dropped it in water though).

Now every place I call quote me for the whole LCD assembly. apparently the home button is glued for starters but also Samsung part is one big chunk.

No one wants to separate the button from the rest let alone they probably don't have that part on its own - annoying.

Was it hard to remove the button? My button works fine to enter recovery and download mode so I suppose it is the part where the button pushes that need replacing.

Anyone knows if it can be sourced somewhere?

K.
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] meanmf:
Is it posible to change only the glass (it's about 17 $ on ebay)

Display and touch work only the glass is broken
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] ed!:
Due to phorum rules i can not post links neither pics here in the threads till i reach 8 posts. I'm still in 6 with this. Despite all i believe i could send you the links to view the pictures by a private message

There are cool videos of an italian guy that explain you the whole proccess

Greetings