Remove glass from touch screen digitizer

Apr 11, 2012 21 Replies

How difficult would it be to remove only the glass(and possibly replace just the glass from a cell digitizer?



Would the appropriate amount of heat soften the adhesive enough to allow removal without destroying the digitizer?



Anyone know how the digitizers are constructed? Glass - plastic - touch screen stuff?


the glass from a cell digitizer?

What's a "cell digitizer"?

removal without destroying the digitizer?

stuff?

I've removed the broken touch screen from a 5" LCD without damaging the LCD.. there was glue between the touch screen and the bezel that had to be heated to soften it.

Fussy, fussy, fussy and the screens break if you look at them sidways. Suggest you replace the entire screen including digitizer if that's what you're asking about.

the glass from a cell digitizer?

You are an idiot. YOU do not have the aptitude to service your cell phone, much less the 'glass' face on it.

Especially since you are unaware of the fact that it is NOT glass.

removal without destroying the digitizer?

Between the amount of personal time and the expenses of parts, you would be far better off getting it professionally serviced.

D'OH!

stuff?

Definitely not something that is serviceable by a dweeb with the aptitude of a snail.

just the glass from a cell digitizer?

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removal without destroying the digitizer?

screen stuff?

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the glass from a cell digitizer?

removal without destroying the digitizer?

screen stuff?

Is Brent attempting to out-wooly WoolyBully ?:-)

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I thought you had filters that selectively screened replies to those who reply to those you have filtered out :-)

the glass from a cell digitizer?

Where are you going to get the replacement glass??? Are you sure it's just glass and not coated with patterned ITO to form the digitizer?

removal without destroying the digitizer? This is confusing. IF you're replacing the glass, it's already defective??? If you're removing the glass from a bad display and putting it on a good display, your chances of getting it right the first few tries are slim and none.

stuff? Multiple technologies are available...so it depends.

Cellphones are designed to be CHEAP and disposable. I don't think any phone designer ever gave a single thought to repairing a display. The smallest replacement sub-assembly you're likely to find is the assembly that's glued together. You and the other two people in the world with this desire are not enough to justify the added cost.

just the glass from a cell digitizer?

removal without destroying the digitizer?

screen stuff?

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Cell phones are repaired all the time. The easiest phone to damage is the iphone. The glass cracks just by looking at it. Worse yet, the iphone 4 has glass on the back, so you have two pieces of glass to crack.

One of many hits:

So, you agree that replacing the touch screen glass is infeasible and you have to buy the assembly that's glued together to fix the iphone.

Apple iPhone 3gS Lcd Glass Screen Cover with Touch Screen Digitizer, Frame, Home Flex Button, Ear Speaker and Tool

It sounds to me like a lot of people here simply do not have a clue but seem to pretend they do. I guess this group all the intelligent and informed regulars are no more ;/

Said the idiot who doesn't even know that this is Usenet, and that line length formatting is standard. Since you access via web interface though, you are clueless about formatting your CRAP before you SPEW it.

This is an electronics group, not a punk too stupid to replace or repair his phone, so he wants to dick with it using his severely lacking prowess in the physical realm.

Bright move, Melvin. Not.

That decidedly makes you the one who is clueless.

Maybe your first move should be to get a phone that has a lanyard on it so you won't drop it, idiot.

Oh, wait... your first move is going to have to be a web search for the meaning of the term "lanyard".

He is too stupid to grasp the concept of a sub-component for a serviceable device made in a non-servicable manner. Shudder to think!

As if he could apply the new one without air pockets or other anomalies surrounding the technologies. He didn't even have the aptitude to see that the component is a pre-manufactured, non-serviceable sub assembly.

Then, he jacked off at the mouth at all the fine folks who helped him decide just how stupid he really is. He is batting 1000.

You're both not being very bright.

to pretend they do. I guess this group all the intelligent and informed regulars are no more ;/

This, from someone using Google Groups? If you're so damn smart, why did you ask in the first place?

You can't have a sense of humor, if you have no sense.

lanyard is an outdoor lan party.

Or three LAN feet.

You can't have a sense of humor, if you have no sense.

4.5 nymbicle slurs? ;-)
You can't have a sense of humor, if you have no sense.

I'm so sorry you are the byproduct of heterosexual anal sex. I guess you can't help being an asshole, given the circumstances of your birth. It just comes naturally, like the s*it that spews from your mouth.

Yeah, go ahead, change your email address. We all know who the real s*it for brains is.

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