[Bucncane]

So after 12 hours of playing with the phone, I dropped it and my screen shattered in 3 different places. The phone still turns on and everything works except the screen is destroyed.

Ebay has two sets of items available. A replacement screen + LCD for like 250 bucks or a replacement screen for 35 bucks. How do I know if my digitizer and LCD are ok and just my screen is broken? Obviously I'll just go through my ty AT&T insurance if the LCD is broken because why pay 250 when I can pay 200, but if it's just the screen then 40 seems like a much better option.

Any ideas?

PS.

So bummed.

[Bucncane]

Or do I need to change the digitizer as well? Am I better off paying 200 freaking dollars to replace through insurance?

[tndank]

There is an LCD. That is what the picture is displayed on. On top of that is a digitizer. This is what normally breaks. This is what has broken if the picture is fine, you just have cracks above it.

Replacing the digitizer isn't the most difficult repair. You open the phone, use a heat gun or hair dryer to heat up the edges, and then remove it. There's always risk it might break further and damage the LCD. You might stress the LCD and cause a crack while prying it off.

Might be worth the $35 to try and repair it. Things blow up, file an insurance claim.

Here's a video that gives you an idea. He replaced the LCD and digitizer. You would just be removing the top piece. Other videos show just the digitizer.

[Steverl22]

That sucks!! I can't believe it broke so bad after a fall

[Bucncane]

Me either, it was a drop onto gravel from about 3.5 ft but it is just destroyed. Bleh. Thanks for the link tndank. I'll see what I can do with it.

[rabenoja]

I've cracked the glass also from a short 2.5 ft drop. Looks like everything works as it should but there is just major glass breakage.

Please let me know if you end up switching the glass successfully.

[blackberrymamba]

Do they make a good rugged case for this phone? That's the thing with these expensive phones, easy to break, and easy to lose.

[rabenoja]

They do have some cases available, as I've learned after the dropping my phone. It seems that for my particular drop even a soft case would have saved the screen. It landed right on the top right corner. Anyway, lesson learned...I'm ordering a case online.

[webb3201]

I just did the same thing....was in my horizontal jacket pocket and I bent over to pick up something in the garage. Thing fell about 3 feet and screen shattered. Really mundane fall...I have dropped many other phones in much more dramatic fashion!