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191 of 195 people found the following review helpful.
By Anonymous Consumer
My wife's GS3 had the screen shattered into one million billion pieces that somehow remained in place. The phone was perfectly operable and you could still see the LCD ok under the many thousand shards of broken screen. Sprint told her she was S.O.L. and would have to replace the phone outright, and I came across this product when searching for other options.
Others have done a decent job of explaining the product, but I wanted to clarify a few things:
- The kit comes with a bunch of tools, most of which I did not use. The two blue plastic pry-bar tools (included) and a pen-style X-acto knife I already had got the job done.
- Printed on a paper that came with the kit was a youtube link to a video of a guy doing the repair that was pretty good, but other than that there were no printed instructions. It was not clear if the guy in the video is in any way affiliated with the company that I bought the screen from. You would do well to search for a couple videos of people doing this repair.
- Several videos / reviews I have seen indicate that there is no adhesive under the clear part of the glass. I cannot speak for them, but on OUR white Sprint GS3 I can tell you that YES 100% there was definitely absolutely without any doubt adhesive under the whole screen. This was the biggest pain in the ass part of the whole replacement, but was also the reason that the phone had continued to be usable with the totally shattered glass. Clear adhesive held the tiny slivers of glass shards in place from below.
- Most of the videos I have seen have smaller breaks or cracks, where the glass is in 5 or 6 pieces that get lifted off with relative ease in 10-15 minutes. This was not the case with my phone, and as such it took way longer - at least an hour, maybe hour and a half. Totally worth it though.
- Heat! HEAT HEAT HEAT! Heat is your friend, and the crux of making this a successful DIY repair. I used my wife's high end blow dryer. I did not have an infrared thermometer, but here is what I found empirically: Heat the glass. Then keep heating it. Then heat it some more till you think you are hot enough. Then heat it more. You cannot heat it too much, at least not with a blow dryer. You might be able to foul it up with a heat gun, so don't to that - but this is a blow dryer. Like Abraham Lincoln said about the axe and the tree - spend your time on the prep and the actual job goes 10x faster. Still heating? Good. Keep going. Now keep heating it. It should feel like it takes forever. You should be getting bored. Keep heating. You get the idea.
- There are (2) things holding the glass to the phone. 1) There is a thin black adhesive gasket under just the perimeter of the glass. It is flat like construction paper, but sticky on both sides. The bottom sticks to the handset and the top sticks to the glass. You cannot see it while the glass is still on. If you have the white phone, see how the glass is white around the speaker then turns clear over the actual screen? And you see how that white glass on top also has a thin band that comes down the side of the viewscreen? The sticky black gasket is under the white part of the glass. The gasket is wider at the top and bottom, and there are holes cut out of the gasket for the camera, speaker, bottom button etc. 2) There IS a clear adhesive sheet under the entire clear glass screen that holds the glass to the digitizer that senses your touch. Once I thought I had gotten it hot enough, I was able to lift some of the broken glass off - but the clear, rubbery adhesive stayed stuck to the digitizer. This made a lot of extra work and smudgy mess. This is how I learned that I had not used enough heat. Later, once I heated way more, I found that once it is hot enough, you can lift the glass off and the adhesive comes right up on the underside of the glass, leaving a nice clean digitizer. This was way easier to clean up after - waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay easier. What are you waiting for? Get that heat back on there. HEAT!
- WARNING !!! - on the left and right side of the bottom button are the 2 little light up areas - "go back" (u-turn) on the right and "menu" on the left. In these areas, the glass is not stuck to digitizer, but rather a paper thin ribbon cable that starts on the left ("menu") and goes just over the top of the pushbutton to the right. It would be very easy to cut right through this thing with a blade, so don't do it! You should have started prying at a top corner by the phone's speaker, so by the time you get down to the button you have a good amount of the screen lifted already. If you are using enough HEAT you should be able to GENTLY peel the glass off of the ribbon cable. HEAT!
- Once I finally got most of the clear, rubbery adhesive off of the digitizer, I was able to clean off the smudges with a soft cloth and some rubbing alcohol. I spent a lot of time on this since this would not be cleanable once the new glass went on. This step did NOT require heat.
- The new double-sided black sticky gasket that came with the screen was real thin - REAL thin. I was not able to get it to lay totally flat along the edge side, but lined it up pretty good on the top and bottom. Once it was in place I pressed the new glass firmly into the gasket, and make sure that the edges of the new glass are slightly recessed into the silver bezel. I hit it with the heat for a bit and pressed some more. Lots of pressing and rubbing, until the phone was cool - I really wanted that new adhesive to set.
All in all, this did take quite a bit longer than I was expecting (1 to 1.5 hours), but my screen was especially destroyed. I am extremely happy with the results, especially for the price. They could charge double for this kit and it would still be worth it. If you are patient and meticulous you should have no trouble doing this repair. Based on the fact that you have read this far down this review, I would say you are qualified! Good luck!
200 of 210 people found the following review helpful.
By Matthew
The kit arrived quickly and contained all items advertised. I had been perplexed about the blue adhesive sticker pictured (not realizing that the the blue film merely is the transport mechanism for the thin black strip of tape that follows the outline of the phone, which peels off of the blue film.
The process, when done correctly, only takes 10-20 minutes. I ended up breaking the digitizer in the process of removal and now am onward to other steps, but thought I'd share my tips from the newbie point of view. There are several youtube videos- and I knew the risk I was taking. That said, the videos I saw did not cover enough preparatory understanding of how the glass is attached by an adhesive strip along the *edge* of the phone frame only. I think it would be helpful for the seller of this replacement product to show a step by step video of their own to ensure higher customer satisfaction. My 3 star rating is due to lack of adequate documentation.
1. The glass is attached to the phone by a thin black seal around the *edges* of the phone frame. The underside of the main glass is not sticky and does not need help being separated from the digitizer. The seal is about as thick as a small rubber band. There is not a layer of adhesive under the main screen glass itself. That little piece of knowledge would have prevented the error that led to my breaking the digitizer.
2. Before getting started, I tapped the front of my phone so the broken glass would not get all over the place. I removed battery and sim cards in advance.
3. I used a regular hairdryer on low / hot. It does not take long to heat the adhesive along the phone edges.
4. After a minute or so, you can start sliding the tools under the edge of the frame (kind of like changing a bike tire). Start at the earpiece end (the top) of the phone near the center and start working your way around.
5. Gradually slide the two levers along the edge of the frame as you heat and separate more adhesive along the edge of the phone. If you can use tweezers, pull the adhesive strip out as you go.
6. Do not slide the tools into the main screen area - keep it to the edges only. MY ERROR: I thought there was an adhesive film layer under the glass that needed to be pried loose. The only adhesive is at the edge of the phone frame. My ignorance (and failure of adequate mention in the youtube videos) led to me breaking the digitizer when I slightly levered the glass away from the frame early in the process.
7. Also -- do not wedge your tools *under* the digitizer and pry it loose. I did that too and cracked it in another spot.
8. When you get to the speaker end you need to know in advance that there is a small flap of electronics that IS glued to the underside of the glass -- the left and right buttons (that light up to the left/right of the main button). Be careful and gradually separate that flap from the original glass. Do not accidentally tear or remove that flap!
When I was done removing the glass, I knew I had broken the digitizer and failed. I powered it up just to see what would happen. The startup sound played and the two lights at bottom worked, but the screen did not illuminate i.e. was broken.
66 of 76 people found the following review helpful.
By Zak
My galaxy S3 felt and the screen glass broken ... I searched the internet for a proper glass and decided to buy this one because : 1- it had Samsung logo, 2- it have the tools required for the process , 3- it have the pre-cut adhesive .... I was lucky that this screen glass returned my phone to it's original condition ....
Note: I failed to install the glass on the first time and I felt disappointed, but then I fount that I didn't remove the old adhesive and installed the new one above it so I opened the glass again and removed the old one... and the touch works great
thanks for this product. don't buy this product if your touch screen do not work properly .. this is only glass replacement
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