Looking for replacement front glass on S3

rock99rock · Aug 14, 2012

Howdy all!

Not sure if this would be considered the proper place for this but I figured I'd give it a shot.

I cracked the front glass of my S3. It sucks, as the part is very scarce in the US currently. I have found a few replacement parts on Amazon, but the starting price is about $210, a far cry from the $50 I used to pay for my EVO. I know its still early in the game, but does anyone know of a seller that has these replacement touchscreens for something a little more reasonable than 1/3 of the price of a brand new phone?

EDIT: Has anyone tried replacing just the glass, with one of these? http://www.ebay.com/itm/White-Digit...ultDomain_0&hash=item5895542a9b#ht_2317wt_906

Thanks!

OTAw · Aug 14, 2012

Sorry but that might be the best you can get it for, for the gs3, because LCD replacements for the t-mobile sgs 2 is still $149 + shipping as the sgs 1 (Samsung vibrant) is still about $80 plus shipping (both on amazon) and these are all the cheapest prices I've found on the net over the span of a couple weeks of research.

So yeah, $210 is probably the best you're gonna get right now

-Sent from my T999 / T-Mobile Galaxy SIII

scarrmrcc · Aug 14, 2012

rock99rock said:
Howdy all!

Not sure if this would be considered the proper place for this but I figured I'd give it a shot.

I cracked the front glass of my S3. It sucks, as the part is very scarce in the US currently. I have found a few replacement parts on Amazon, but the starting price is about $210, a far cry from the $50 I used to pay for my EVO. I know its still early in the game, but does anyone know of a seller that has these replacement touchscreens for something a little more reasonable than 1/3 of the price of a brand new phone?

Thanks!

it is still new, and CURVED. It isn';t a simple cut and sell situation, they need to mold them.

rock99rock · Aug 14, 2012

OTAw said:
Sorry but that might be the best you can get it for, for the gs3, because LCD replacements for the t-mobile sgs 2 is still $149 + shipping as the sgs 1 (Samsung vibrant) is still about $80 plus shipping (both on amazon) and these are all the cheapest prices I've found on the net over the span of a couple weeks of research.

So yeah, $210 is probably the best you're gonna get right now

Thanks for the feedback, I'm starting to see that my LCD and digitizer are fine, just need to replace the glass with something like this: http://www.ebay.com/itm/White-Digit...ultDomain_0&hash=item5895542a9b#ht_2317wt_906

Have you seen that process anywhere? All the video I've seen are to replace the full glass/digitizer/amoled assembly.

scarrmrcc said:
it is still new, and CURVED. It isn';t a simple cut and sell situation, they need to mold them.

Thanks for the reply! What of just replacing the glass with this: http://www.ebay.com/itm/White-Digit...ultDomain_0&hash=item5895542a9b#ht_2317wt_906

johnnilsson · Aug 14, 2012

Not sure if you can use this the glass and digitizer are fused together. I think this is just if you buy the screen and digitizer.

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raiderep · Aug 14, 2012

I wish it was that simple, then I could put a white face on my blue phone and have a hybrid. Maybe I'm wrong but that seems too easy...and cheap.

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Five0nIt · Aug 14, 2012

From my experience with other phones. The digitizer and glass are glued together... could be wrong for the gs3, but I would just replace the whole front end.

http://cnn.cn/shop/i9300-galaxy-c-1425_26_1412.html

$269 for the international white and blue.

$219 for the atnt red.

Shipping can take a little while but I've bought from this place before with no complaints.

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rock99rock · Aug 14, 2012

Five0nIt said:
From my experience with other phones. The digitizer and glass are glued together... could be wrong for the gs3, but I would just replace the whole front end.

http://cnn.cn/shop/i9300-galaxy-c-1425_26_1412.html

$269 for the international white and blue.

$219 for the atnt red.

Shipping can take a little while but I've bought from this place before with no complaints.

Thank you for your feedback, this sucks! From your experience, is what I'd be receiving the actual Corning Glass face, or a 3rd party knockoff from cnn.cn?

raiderep said:
I wish it was that simple, then I could put a white face on my blue phone and have a hybrid. Maybe I'm wrong but that seems too easy...and cheap.

You're most probably correct, especially after seeing all the responses here regarding it. Easy and cheap though preferred, is not always the best approach unfortunately.

m.nassy.uk · Aug 14, 2012

Well this happened to mine on Sunday, i looked for every way possible as mine was only the front glass too. It is possible to replace just the front glass but it is very very difficult to do! you have to use a heat gun or a hair dryer to separate the glass front from the lcd/digitizer video here http://galaxys3root.com/galaxy-s3-root/how-to-replace-broken-lcd-screen-on-galaxy-s3/
I just got it repaired on Monday for £150 as a local phone shop had everything in stock and did it n a hour there and then, insurance wanted £100 excess so didn't bother with it. Anyway good luck and i hope you sort it soon as i know the feeling and it sucks

Jeffbucc · Aug 15, 2012

I know how you feel, it sucks how expensive it is, it dropped 1 inch from my pocket to the cement. Luckily it only cracked a little in the corner, so I won't replace it for now until prices come down.

mmmalas · Aug 15, 2012

amoled screen have less layers than normal LCD's its because the amoled pixels are infused within the glass.

so they have to be replaced together

hondasr · Aug 15, 2012

I ordered one from this seller on August 3 and receive it 5 days later they ship same day after place an order. I installed it and work fine looks original.

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=170884092019

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Albieri[SPAM] · Jan 29, 2013

m.nassy.uk said:
Well this happened to mine on Sunday, i looked for every way possible as mine was only the front glass too. It is possible to replace just the front glass but it is very very difficult to do! you have to use a heat gun or a hair dryer to separate the glass front from the lcd/digitizer video here http://galaxys3root.com/galaxy-s3-root/how-to-replace-broken-lcd-screen-on-galaxy-s3/
I just got it repaired on Monday for £150 as a local phone shop had everything in stock and did it n a hour there and then, insurance wanted £100 excess so didn't bother with it. Anyway good luck and i hope you sort it soon as i know the feeling and it sucks

after seeing this video, I think the best thing to do is not let your S3 dropped.

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