Recent content by speedy_klaxton

Just to let anyone else who attempts this know I've got the proximity sensor working again. The solution (in my case anyway) was to use two tiny strips of electrical tape and place them horizontally across the sensor with a tiny (1mm at most) gap across the middle. I don't know how accurate you...

Screen repaired, pretty simple job and everything now works as it should..... Except the proximity sensor. It always says "near" when using a diagnostic app and due to this whenever I make/receive a call I'm met with a black screen. I've made it so I can use the power button to end calls which...

Yeah, I've gone for the full front assembly so won't be having any issues with the screen being bonded together. I considered just selling it and getting a new one but I sort of wanted to repair it myself....always handy being able to/confident in replacing components etc!

Last night my girlfriend dropped a plate on my 2 week old Nexus 5 and smashed the screen. Brilliant. I'm going to replace it myself as it's a fair bit cheaper than getting a third party to repair and having watched a few videos it seems easy enough to do as long as you replace the "whole front"...