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Galaxy S3 glass replacement. Anyone tried it?

  • 26-03-2013 12:08pm
    #1
    darragh o meara
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,237 ✭✭✭


    Im hoping to get my hands on a galaxy s3 in the coming days which has a crack on the glass panel on the front, the touchscreen works fine as does the phone (apart from an intermittant microphone fault )

    My question is: Has anyone bought just the glass from Ebay and fitted it successfully? I'm getting the phone at a very reasonable price and have budgeted for the fact that I may need to replace the whole assembly. But as with everything, if I can get this done a bit cheaper then its money in my pocket :) Im handy enough doing small complicated work but have never had the opportunity to try something like this.

    Does it work out generally?

    Are the ebay glass kits generally a good quality? I doubt they are genuine as the only genuine samsung kits ive seen are full assembly kits.


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  • #2
    irishpancake
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,481 ✭✭✭irishpancake


    darragh o meara wrote: »
    Im hoping to get my hands on a galaxy s3 in the coming days which has a crack on the glass panel on the front, the touchscreen works fine as does the phone (apart from an intermittant microphone fault )

    My question is: Has anyone bought just the glass from Ebay and fitted it successfully? I'm getting the phone at a very reasonable price and have budgeted for the fact that I may need to replace the whole assembly. But as with everything, if I can get this done a bit cheaper then its money in my pocket :) Im handy enough doing small complicated work but have never had the opportunity to try something like this.

    Does it work out generally?

    Are the ebay glass kits generally a good quality? I doubt they are genuine as the only genuine samsung kits ive seen are full assembly kits.

    Don't think it is an easy job TBH....just sayin!!

    see here: http://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/123291/Boken+Front+Glass+on+Galaxy+3

    http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Samsung+Galaxy+S+III+Teardown/9391

    But some good stuff here, on XDA:

    http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1735327

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5IPaCPaY_0


    I replaced the digitizer on my old Sammy GT-i8150 [wonder]

    extremely tedious, required full dismantling, and the cheap china replacement was not very good after all.....

    probs with touch screen sensitivity...launching apps by just lookin at them...almost [joke]


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