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[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] D0cStrange:
Say hello, i also broke my screen...

it fell while i was working...

Anyway, i went to all the repair centers i know, one told me they could repair it for 260€, two others told me they can repair it for 150€, and all the other said they don't have the replacement screens...

Well, it's pretty expensive at this price, i thought about buying another screen, but one of the technicians told me that the screens are different, and the plugs places can be somewhere else, so i am wondering if this is true...

i found this screen replacement : http://cgi.befr.ebay.be/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190442139154

It's about 60€, thats way much better than the repair centers prices, but i'm wondering if it is a Super AMOLED screen or an LCD one...
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] almi88:
Features

* Official Samsung product

* Premium craftsmanship

* Brand new & high-quality LCD

* Quality controlled and tested

* 100% working without dead pixels

* Three in one replacement part

* Perfectly fits your Samsung
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] Taifuuni89:
It's SAMOLED. Almost all sellers sell them descriptioned as LCD but they are really SAMOLED's
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] D0cStrange:
Yeah, but, it says Official Samsung product, so it should be S AMOLED...

Yeah, that's what i thought, but wanted to be sure that there is no LCD equivalent, you know...
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] D0cStrange:
http://www.fonefunshop.co.uk/cable_picker/95222_Samsung_I9000_Galaxy_S_Lcd_&_Digitizer.html

Found this one too, but i wonder if this is a serious shop, did anybody deal with them?
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] candreacchio:
Since buying the replacement screen... i can safely say that my screen did not have the gorilla glass on it... instead it had some other type of glass that scratches much easier.
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] quavey:
Hi Guys, first post but in a bit of a fix. I broke my screen on my Galaxy S a couple of weeks ago. It was in my pocket and I lent against a table... Cracked the screen under the glass pissed of was not the word as I had the phone a week or so and hadnt bothered to take out insurance argh.. Anyway after a bit of searching i found the usual dissasembly guide and I bought a screen from ebay.

Got home to find the screen had come so I set about taking it all to bits, a bit blind I must admit as I hadnt found this guide. So I have now got it all in bits but being a bit eager and not using heat I have managed to rip the comms cable from the back button sensor. (I know I know, well done genius)

Anyway, is there anywhere I can get a spare outer bezel from with the sensor attached, or even the collection of electronic bits in the bottom of the bezel? I cant seem to find anything on ebay But im not sure if I'm looking for the right thing?

Surely there must be someone out there that has been as stupid as me :mad:
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] Taifuuni89:
This could be the sensors for menu and back button: http://www.d2onderdelen.nl/toestell...alaxy-sfunction-keys-ui-board-flex-cable.html
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] quavey:
Brilliant thank you. I had found that website through the thread but I couldnt find the buttons on the website! :)

Give that man a medal... I just wish I had sent to a place, offers on ebay of a repair fee of £60 including the parts, its cost me £45 so far, and then another £25 for the bits i need to fix what I have broken.
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] EarlZ:
@quavey

Gorilla glass is not immune or even resistant to scratches despite that its marketed that way.. you might say that the youtube video showed that they tried several sharp objects to scratch the screen an there were no visible scratches.. in reality that screen was so scratched but its not visible with the light source that they used.
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] D0cStrange:
Do you think that those screens would last?

I mean, i don't know how those screens would last on my phone if i buy one, d'ont want to buy another one one month later...
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] Earthworm:
Has anyone in the UK or Ireland used the services of FoneFunShop?

They are selling replacment screen/digitizers for £22.97:

http://www.fonefunshop.co.uk/cable_picker/95222_Samsung_I9000_Galaxy_S_Lcd_&_Digitizer.html

And for £39.99 you can have it fitted by them!:

http://www.fonefunshop.co.uk/cable_...d_&_Digitizer_Repair_Replacement_Service.html

Sounds a bit too good to be true. Has anyone had any dealings with them?
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] Saha91:
The touch doesnt work????

So I bought the screen from ebay, the digitizer and all that, and I let a local mobile shop fix it for me. What happened is that they installed the screen, and it looked alright, but the touch didn't work! What's up with that?????

They said they wanted to give it an swupdate, but I don't think it has anything to do with that. What u think????
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] Taifuuni89:
I think that they broke the sensors. They are very fragile and are easily damaged when screen is being removed. I hope they gave you some warranty for their work. Someone else could disagree with my opinion.
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] Saha91:
Are the sensor located on the screen or phone? The only way is to buy a new screen or what?? Maybe I can try to reassemble it myself?
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] waldzias:
I haven't dealt with them yet, but they've got quite good reviews:

w w w .reviewcentre.com/reviews151960.html
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] Taifuuni89:
Sensors are not located in the screen. There is a separate part which includes those button sensors. Link to a site where you can buy that part is already posted in this topic.
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] D0cStrange:
Well, i think my sensors are dead, G-Sensor and Compass not responding anymore...

When i got my phone back yesterday i straight flashed froyo and voodoo, and noticed the G-Sensor isn't working anymore when tried to view market in landscape mode, it didn't respond, so i tried composing a message with handcent, didn't respond either, and then i downloaded 3D compass, it doesn't work either....

tried to recalibrate with the tool built in and it dont want to work :

I'm gonna try to flash JM8 and JM9 to see if it change something (it was working before i broke my screen in JM9, so, maybe...)

Edit: Yeah, forget about it, reflashed JM8, then wipe data, wipe cache, than flash JP6, then wipe data, wipe cache, and everything was okay
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] Saha91:
My bottom buttons work, home, back and settings. But the upper screen is totally dead. Guess you've diagnosed it already, so what do you think I need? On the dutch site I found something called: Samsung I9000 Galaxy S Sensor Flex Cable Incl. Earpiece.

Is that what I need?
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] Taifuuni89:
Do you mean the front speaker, proximity sensor etc. ?
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] sonci:
To all those with broken screens, yo`ll find enjoyble this post..
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] sp991:
Yes but it's true. I got my screen shattered and I replaced it succesfuly but once the screen was broken I tried to scratch it with a screw driver on the upper portion still intact.

Guess what...impossible to scratch it. I was unable to make a mark on the glass with my screw driver. (I should have taken it on video) So the screen is really scratch proof but not shattering proof. Dropping it from a good height good make it crack but you won't scratch it in your pocket or on the kitchen table.
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] CaffeineMuffin:
Saturday I went to look at my phone but noticed the screen was cracked and would not display anything. But thanks to this thread and Orcie’s guide I managed to replace the screen on my Samsung Galaxy S.

To replace my broken screen I removed the backplate, SIM card and SD card. Then I put my phone down on a towel and unscrewed the 6 screws on the back and removed the back. Then I disconnected the screen cable next to the SD card slot and laid the phone on it's back. I then used a guitar pick to remove the broken screen starting at the middle top working towards the edges and down towards the buttons. To remove the 2 buttons from the screen I used a hair dyer to heat the glue and slowly used a guitar pick to pry them off. Then once the screen was off I cleaned the glue off the phone using a flat head screwdriver and wiped the area with isopropyl alcohol. I placed the screen on the phone and plugged the screen cable in next to the SD card, put the battery in and turned it on to test the screen before gluing anything. I then turned it off, removed the battery, unplugged the screen cable and removed the screen. Then I glued the buttons down with Unibond Repair Extreme, placed some Unibond Repair Extreme where the screen was located and pulled the adhesive backing off the replacement screen and laid it down on the phone making sure it was in the right place and then pushed down. I then turned the phone over onto the front and put the back on and screwed the 6 screws back into place. I then put the battery, SIM card, SD card in the phone and placed the backplate on. I powered up the phone and tested everything to make it sure worked and left it over night for the glue set.

I bought the replacement screen from eBay seller dmrp for £38.69 with free postage and the Unibond Repair Extreme from my local Robert Dyas.

The replacement screen appears to work fine but does not have the Samsung text at the top of the screen.
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] sonci:
thanks for postin this, I`m still waiting for mine to arrive,

do you see the same quality as with the original??

As for unscrachable screen,

well, its glass isn`t it, it can break not scratch
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] CaffeineMuffin:
As far I can tell my replacement screen is exactly the same as the broken screen apart from the missing Samsung text at top of the screen.

The picture quality looks the same on the replacement compared to the broken screen to me. But to be 100% sure as to the picture quality I would need to compare my Galaxy S with an original Galaxy S.

The screen is glass but very strong glass (gorilla glass) it can break like it did for the people in this thread and me. I'm not sure if the glass is unscratchable. I tried to scratch my broken screen after I removed it with some keys but could not.

I have attached some photos of my phone, glue, broken screen and replacement screen.
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] EarlZ:
So this is a 110% guaranteed original SAMOLED from SAMUNG 1:1 with the screen that came with the phone aside from the SAMSUNG logo ??
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] CaffeineMuffin:
The only way I would be able to tell if it was an original screen would to ask Samsung. But as far as I can tell the screen I bought from eBay seller dmrp is an original SAMOLED screen.

The screen looks and works 100% the same as my original screen to me apart from the missing Samsung text at the top of the screen.

It's the same model as my broken screen and has all the model numbers, logos etc on the back of the screen.

I take no responsibility if the screen is not original.
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] Taifuuni89:
Did you notice that if it had different version of hardware than the original? My replacement screen had one component which was 0.1 version higher than the original.
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] CaffeineMuffin:
No sorry I did notice if the replacement screen had any newer versions of components. All the components looked the same as on my broken screen. I only checked the model number which was the same as my broken screen.
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] Earthworm:
UPDATE:

Well I took the plunge and I can totally recommend this company. The from the postage of my phone to them to it's return was 8 days. Would have been quicker had they not gone out of stock of the displays. It's a perfect repair. The screen used does not have the Samsung logo on it but I like that. So anyone in the UK/Ireland with a broken screen you might want to check this company out
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] Pwl10:
Is there any chance to replace the metallic ring around the screen? Mine is bent in the mid of the right side (kind of a small hernia). Is it glued to the plastic base? Is it easy to disassemble this part? Can I fix it in another way? :confused:
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] Taifuuni89:
I think that only way to remove the bezel is to remove the screen. It's not possible to remove bezel from behind because there is so large clips holding the bezel that you just can't stretch the bezel outwards enough to pull it over. Only way to remove it is from the front. Btw. It's very very hard to remove the screen without breaking it in the process.

PS. I don't even know where you can buy only the bezel.
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] sonci:
Mine arrived today,

I started to unscrew the phone that I noticed that they didn`t send me the screen, but just a small piece of?? maybe the digitizer, I dont know

The listing was: for Samsung i9000 Galaxy S * LCD Display Screen + Tools, seller was easyworldwidetrading. 56$

now he has removed that and is selling this: "for Samsung i9000 Galaxy S LCD Display+Touch Screen Set' for 76$

Should I open dispute or this was my mistake?
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] Taifuuni89:
That is only the display screen. It does not have the touch surface attached. You should send it back.
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] LIAMMCDAID:
Omg. Had the phone for like 3 weeks and it fell down stairs at work today. Totally smashed to bits you should see it. My dad is going to KILL me. Just ordered a new screen and that glue worth a try to try n fix it before i gota tel my dad haha :/
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] xExisioNx:
If u can send it back you should, they usually let you if u pay the shipping cost.

Anyways this is your mistake tho, as you ordered lcd screen + tools and thats what you got :P

What you should order is Lcd display + digitalizer(touch screen)
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] Chatboy 91:
Well I managed to crack my screen. I some how dropped my Zune HD from a height of less than a foot, but naturally it hit at just the right angle to shatter the panel. Ironically, the glass is fine as you can see in the picture.

I'm ordering a replacement screen, however I'm curious about the installation. There's a repair shop that will preform the labor for $45 CAD, but is it particularly difficult to do? Also, can you tell if the screen has been replaced? I have a replacement plan with Best Buy, which naturally doesn't cover accidental damage, but if the phone fails through normal use, I get a free replacement. If I do any repairs my self though they would probably consider it void.
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] lelo lail:
Hello pekkala89 ,

My lcd and digitizer have arrived from Elcell uk .

it looks like the original one but the screen missing the speaker shield !

what shall I do , shall I replace the shield with the original one or shall I send it back to the shop ?

thank you
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] Maddmatt:
Why would you guys even order from someone that calls it an LCD? Galaxy S uses a Super AMOLED screen. I would question the validity if they couldn't get that right.
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] Taifuuni89:
When my replacement screen arrived, it didn't have the speaker mesh. I just used the old one.
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] EvilNewf:
I have the Galaxy S Vibrant from Bell Mobility (GT-i9000M). I had the phone for 10 days when it fell out of my pocket and I stepped on it :eek: The phone still worked fine but the screen had some nasty cracks. I used the info in this thread to do the repair (Thanks All!!!). The screen is now installed and working perfect. :D

To echo what's been said already; removing the screen around the Menu and Back buttons is definitely the scariest part. Heat is your friend here.

The screen for the GT-i9000 seems to work fine in the GT-i9000M. I got a replacement screen from mobile.brando.com. It was listed as "Samsung i9000 Galaxy S Replacement Super AMOLED Display with Touch Panel". It cost US$ 63 with $3 shipping and seems like the real deal, it even has the Samsung logo. There was a problem with customs the first time they shipped it but I emailed them and they got another sent off to me right away. Definitely recommend them.

The glue I used was "UHU Strong & Safe all purpose super glue". I'm not sure if this is the best stuff to use but it was the best I could find locally (Staples). I tried double-sided tape initially but it just wasn't working for me.

Thanks again Pekkala89 for pioneering this! Now I can use my phone without fear of shredding my index finger.
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] tonyg_253:
Just a heads up, i don't thing easyworldwidetrading are the same people anymore, be carefull... never seem to be able to get what you pay for any more
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] BartT-GSM:
It is possible to replacement the Display without damage the digitizer ?
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] mike_w101:
Hi all, So a similar thing happened to me, dropped my phone while sitting in my chair (only about waist high) and somehow the glass cracked! Looks bad, but everything functions fine.

Anyways, I'm interested in doing the replacement myself, and I've read through this whole thread, sounds like a scary process too me! I've modded my PC a bit but I have no other real experience disassembling electronics, in particular phones. In any case I'd like to give this a try, so if anyone has any tips, please let me know!

And a more specific question, relating to the quote i have above. EvilNewf, Pekkala89, or anyone else who has done this procedure, what do you mean exactly, heat is your friend? I've watched some disassembly videos, but im unsure how to heat, and how heat will even help me, in the removal process? Is it to melt the glue? And how come its especially necessary around the buttons at the bottom of the phone?

Thanks in advance!
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] tarc123:
where can I buy 3M 300LSE double sided tape?
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] EarlZ:
Its funny how brittle the gorilla glass is
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] ImraanK:
I dont think its meant to be stronger.. Just a bit more scratch resistant than normal glass..

If you take care and handle your phone well.. You have nothing to worry about..

Never ever dropped a phone.. not sure how ppl do :p . But i do have hand-strap attached to mine so if it ever slips.. Its not going anywhere :D
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] madsatan:
my 4 weeks old galaxy s screen is broken .... i went to a store in richmond... and the guy told me that he could fix it ... and took him almost like 3 days to call me back and tell me that he put on the screen and it turned on ... but cant get into the phone ... and then he told me must be i updated to 2.2 so all the software is like of fXXked up .. and blah blah ... end up he told me to go other place to get it fix... like hell i know where i should go ......

my question is .... does the update make any different ?? so he cant fix it?? or he just doesnt know what the hell he is talkin about .......

and 2nd ... anyone live in vancouver bc canada... please suggest me a place to go get it fix.....

thank you
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] Neve'o:
Hi there,

I'm a new user from the UK and I have somehow smashed the screen on my 1 week old Galaxy S, the company who supplied the phone will not repair it under warrenty so it looks like I will be ordering a new screen from ebay and repairing it my self.

I'm fairly confident I can manage this task however I have a few questions which you guys may be able to answer to help me along the way.

How much of the phone needs dismantalling to be able to remove the screen, I note 7 screws on the reverse of the phone, do I need to remove them and take all the inner parts out?

To remove the screen its self is it just a case of breaking it out in pieces from the front?

I have read the who thread and viewed all the photos but if the above questions could be answered I would be most grateful.

Kind regards

Neve
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] Neve'o:
can any one help answer my last post? The new screen should be here today and I really want to getting going on it :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] victor79:
I advice you to watch "i9000 disassembly video" on youtube. It is safer to remove every piece as shown on the video before trying to remove screen. Screen removal is not so difficult in fact. If you heat it a bit with an hair dryer, it will be easier. I even achieved to remove it without heating. Use a thin plastic piece, like a guitar plectrum, and force it to go just under the screen where glue exists, starting from speaker side. The only step to be careful is removing buttons part. You can see and reach to rear side of that part after removing other sides. Remove sensors with a thin knife or screwdriver carefully and it is done. This way you can remove screen without breaking it into pieces as shown in some pictures.
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] victor79:
Be careful about thin white cable which is an antenna cable for gsm and be delicate while removing it. My replacement screen is working perfect but can't get gsm signal anymore.
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] Neve'o:
Thank you for your replies, its of a great help!

Neve'o
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] Taifuuni89:
Hey!

Sorry for taking so long to answer. So first you need to remove those 7 screws from the back as you mentioned. Then pry the back cover starting from one corner and working from there. When you get the back cover off, only thing you need to remove from back is that wide flat cable near the volume controls. Just lift it carefully from one end with your fingernail. That's all you need to do for the backside. Then we get to remove the screen. The tricky part. I myself didn't use any heat when prying screen off but I think it could come handy. I started prying the screen from a top corner, near front speaker. I had a blue prying tool which came with the screen. You can see it in some of the photos. I pressed it between the glass and the bezel and started carefully lifting the screen. Little by little I managed to get it off when I noticed that the home and back button were glued to the screen. I used a knife to slowly scrape the sensors of the screen. Luckily the glue used by samsung is soft so it comes off pretty easily. That's pretty much everything to know when removing the screen. After that scrape all remaining glue off. REMEMBER!!! Take the speaker shield off from your broken screen and install it to your new screen. Then add new glue and slide the new screens cable thru the hole and press screen on. Screen pretty much aligns itself correctly. Then but something "heavy" ~500g on top of the screen. Notice that the weight has to smaller than the screen because the screen goes lower than the bezel. After about 30min you can take the weight off and connect the cable at the back. Then put the cover back on and screw the 7 screws back. Then just put battery in. I recommend to connect the phone to a charger before booting up. At the same time you charge you can see your new screen come to life with charging logo ;D That's pretty much everything that comes to mind about installing the screen. Hope you succeed replacing the screen as I did. Good luck!!
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] Taifuuni89:
I don't remember removing that cable when I changed my screen. Was it necessary to remove it for replacing the screen?
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] victor79:
If you remove motherboard then it is necessary. I think it is safer for motherboard and the pieces on it to remove before working with screen.
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] bisserke:
YES!!!

I dropped my galaxy S and the screen was completely shattered. :(

After some googling I decided to search on XDA and look... almost step by step instructions readily available!

I immediately ordered a replacement display through ebay which arrived yesterday.

It took me in total 3 hours (most of the time spent removing the old shattered display) and I am enormously proud of the result! :D:D:D:D:D

I would like to leave a hint too. I used a very sharp scalpel like cutter that I heated with a hair dryer to cut loose the sensors. I cleaned up the residue glue with ethanol.

Thanks a lot guys!!!