[GUIDE] I9000 Screen Replacement

Saha91 · Oct 19, 2010

The touch doesnt work????

So I bought the screen from ebay, the digitizer and all that, and I let a local mobile shop fix it for me. What happened is that they installed the screen, and it looked alright, but the touch didn't work! What's up with that?????

They said they wanted to give it an swupdate, but I don't think it has anything to do with that. What u think????

Taifuuni89 · Oct 19, 2010

I think that they broke the sensors. They are very fragile and are easily damaged when screen is being removed. I hope they gave you some warranty for their work. Someone else could disagree with my opinion.

Saha91 · Oct 20, 2010

Are the sensor located on the screen or phone? The only way is to buy a new screen or what?? Maybe I can try to reassemble it myself?

waldzias · Oct 20, 2010

Earthworm said:
Has anyone in the UK or Ireland used the services of FoneFunShop?

They are selling replacment screen/digitizers for £22.97:

And for £39.99 you can have it fitted by them!:

Sounds a bit too good to be true. Has anyone had any dealings with them?

I haven't dealt with them yet, but they've got quite good reviews:
w w w .reviewcentre.com/reviews151960.html

Taifuuni89 · Oct 20, 2010

Saha91 said:
Are the sensor located on the screen or phone? The only way is to buy a new screen or what?? Maybe I can try to reassemble it myself?

Sensors are not located in the screen. There is a separate part which includes those button sensors. Link to a site where you can buy that part is already posted in this topic.

D0cStrange · Oct 21, 2010

Well, i think my sensors are dead, G-Sensor and Compass not responding anymore...

When i got my phone back yesterday i straight flashed froyo and voodoo, and noticed the G-Sensor isn't working anymore when tried to view market in landscape mode, it didn't respond, so i tried composing a message with handcent, didn't respond either, and then i downloaded 3D compass, it doesn't work either....

tried to recalibrate with the tool built in and it dont want to work :

su
# /system/bin/sensorcalibutil_yamaha
/system/bin/sensorcalibutil_yamaha
=====================================
Sensor Calibration Utilities
Copyright (c) 2009 Yamaha Corporation
=====================================
Starting calibration utilities...

Starting measurement of the G-Sensor's fine offset...
To operate manual calibration of the acceleration sensor,
place your phone horizontally and set still.

Hit Enter key to continue:

fgets: Unknown error: 0
msmachdep_SaveGsOffset failed
calibration utilities failed
#

I'm gonna try to flash JM8 and JM9 to see if it change something (it was working before i broke my screen in JM9, so, maybe...)

Edit: Yeah, forget about it, reflashed JM8, then wipe data, wipe cache, than flash JP6, then wipe data, wipe cache, and everything was okay

Saha91 · Oct 21, 2010

pekkala89 said:
Sensors are not located in the screen. There is a separate part which includes those button sensors. Link to a site where you can buy that part is already posted in this topic.

My bottom buttons work, home, back and settings. But the upper screen is totally dead. Guess you've diagnosed it already, so what do you think I need? On the dutch site I found something called: Samsung I9000 Galaxy S Sensor Flex Cable Incl. Earpiece.

Is that what I need?

Taifuuni89 · Oct 22, 2010

Saha91 said:
My bottom buttons work, home, back and settings. But the upper screen is totally dead. Guess you've diagnosed it already, so what do you think I need? On the dutch site I found something called: Samsung I9000 Galaxy S Sensor Flex Cable Incl. Earpiece.

Is that what I need?

Do you mean the front speaker, proximity sensor etc. ?

sonci · Oct 22, 2010

AllGamer said:
that doesn't make any sense at all, the phones screens are super strong and anti scratch out of the box from factory without any add-on.

if you cracked yours like you described, you must to have put it over a very hot surface, or with saline/acidic solution.

i've seen the video where the guy repeatedly intentionally drop the screen with no problem, until he tried to smash it over 1.5m high, anything less than 1.0 drop is safe for the screen.

i can see why samsung doesn't believe you, as it's physically imposible for it to break in the way you described it.

all that aside, if you can find a replacement screen, usually it is a plug and play piece.

i've done many of those on my old Treo and Blackberry phones, the SGS will be no different.

To all those with broken screens, yo`ll find enjoyble this post..

sp991 · Oct 27, 2010

sonci said:
To all those with broken screens, yo`ll find enjoyble this post..

Yes but it's true. I got my screen shattered and I replaced it succesfuly but once the screen was broken I tried to scratch it with a screw driver on the upper portion still intact.

Guess what...impossible to scratch it. I was unable to make a mark on the glass with my screw driver. (I should have taken it on video) So the screen is really scratch proof but not shattering proof. Dropping it from a good height good make it crack but you won't scratch it in your pocket or on the kitchen table.

CaffeineMuffin · Oct 28, 2010

Saturday I went to look at my phone but noticed the screen was cracked and would not display anything. But thanks to this thread and Orcie’s guide I managed to replace the screen on my Samsung Galaxy S.

To replace my broken screen I removed the backplate, SIM card and SD card. Then I put my phone down on a towel and unscrewed the 6 screws on the back and removed the back. Then I disconnected the screen cable next to the SD card slot and laid the phone on it's back. I then used a guitar pick to remove the broken screen starting at the middle top working towards the edges and down towards the buttons. To remove the 2 buttons from the screen I used a hair dyer to heat the glue and slowly used a guitar pick to pry them off. Then once the screen was off I cleaned the glue off the phone using a flat head screwdriver and wiped the area with isopropyl alcohol. I placed the screen on the phone and plugged the screen cable in next to the SD card, put the battery in and turned it on to test the screen before gluing anything. I then turned it off, removed the battery, unplugged the screen cable and removed the screen. Then I glued the buttons down with Unibond Repair Extreme, placed some Unibond Repair Extreme where the screen was located and pulled the adhesive backing off the replacement screen and laid it down on the phone making sure it was in the right place and then pushed down. I then turned the phone over onto the front and put the back on and screwed the 6 screws back into place. I then put the battery, SIM card, SD card in the phone and placed the backplate on. I powered up the phone and tested everything to make it sure worked and left it over night for the glue set.

I bought the replacement screen from eBay seller dmrp for £38.69 with free postage and the Unibond Repair Extreme from my local Robert Dyas.
The replacement screen appears to work fine but does not have the Samsung text at the top of the screen.

sonci · Oct 29, 2010

CaffeineMuffin said:
Saturday I went to look at my phone but noticed the screen was cracked and would not display anything. But thanks to this thread and Orcie’s guide I managed to replace the screen on my Samsung Galaxy S.

To replace my broken screen I removed the backplate, SIM card and SD card. Then I put my phone down on a towel and unscrewed the 6 screws on the back and removed the back. Then I disconnected the screen cable next to the SD card slot and laid the phone on it's back. I then used a guitar pick to remove the broken screen starting at the middle top working towards the edges and down towards the buttons. To remove the 2 buttons from the screen I used a hair dyer to heat the glue and slowly used a guitar pick to pry them off. Then once the screen was off I cleaned the glue off the phone using a flat head screwdriver and wiped the area with isopropyl alcohol. I placed the screen on the phone and plugged the screen cable in next to the SD card, put the battery in and turned it on to test the screen before gluing anything. I then turned it off, removed the battery, unplugged the screen cable and removed the screen. Then I glued the buttons down with Unibond Repair Extreme, placed some Unibond Repair Extreme where the screen was located and pulled the adhesive backing off the replacement screen and laid it down on the phone making sure it was in the right place and then pushed down. I then turned the phone over onto the front and put the back on and screwed the 6 screws back into place. I then put the battery, SIM card, SD card in the phone and placed the backplate on. I powered up the phone and tested everything to make it sure worked and left it over night for the glue set.

I bought the replacement screen from eBay seller dmrp for £38.69 with free postage and the Unibond Repair Extreme from my local Robert Dyas.
The replacement screen appears to work fine but does not have the Samsung text at the top of the screen.

thanks for postin this, I`m still waiting for mine to arrive,
do you see the same quality as with the original??
As for unscrachable screen,

well, its glass isn`t it, it can break not scratch

CaffeineMuffin · Oct 30, 2010

sonci said:
thanks for postin this, I`m still waiting for mine to arrive,
do you see the same quality as with the original??
As for unscrachable screen,

well, its glass isn`t it, it can break not scratch

As far I can tell my replacement screen is exactly the same as the broken screen apart from the missing Samsung text at top of the screen.
The picture quality looks the same on the replacement compared to the broken screen to me. But to be 100% sure as to the picture quality I would need to compare my Galaxy S with an original Galaxy S.
The screen is glass but very strong glass (gorilla glass) it can break like it did for the people in this thread and me. I'm not sure if the glass is unscratchable. I tried to scratch my broken screen after I removed it with some keys but could not.

I have attached some photos of my phone, glue, broken screen and replacement screen.

EarlZ · Oct 30, 2010

So this is a 110% guaranteed original SAMOLED from SAMUNG 1:1 with the screen that came with the phone aside from the SAMSUNG logo ??

CaffeineMuffin · Oct 30, 2010

EarlZ said:
So this is a 110% guaranteed original SAMOLED from SAMUNG 1:1 with the screen that came with the phone aside from the SAMSUNG logo ??

The only way I would be able to tell if it was an original screen would to ask Samsung. But as far as I can tell the screen I bought from eBay seller dmrp is an original SAMOLED screen.
The screen looks and works 100% the same as my original screen to me apart from the missing Samsung text at the top of the screen.
It's the same model as my broken screen and has all the model numbers, logos etc on the back of the screen.

I take no responsibility if the screen is not original.

Taifuuni89 · Oct 30, 2010

Did you notice that if it had different version of hardware than the original? My replacement screen had one component which was 0.1 version higher than the original.

CaffeineMuffin · Oct 30, 2010

pekkala89 said:
Did you notice that if it had different version of hardware than the original? My replacement screen had one component which was 0.1 version higher than the original.

No sorry I did notice if the replacement screen had any newer versions of components. All the components looked the same as on my broken screen. I only checked the model number which was the same as my broken screen.

Earthworm · Nov 2, 2010

Earthworm said:
Has anyone in the UK or Ireland used the services of FoneFunShop?

They are selling replacment screen/digitizers for £22.97:

http://www.fonefunshop.co.uk/cable_picker/95222_Samsung_I9000_Galaxy_S_Lcd_&_Digitizer.html

And for £39.99 you can have it fitted by them!:

http://www.fonefunshop.co.uk/cable_...d_&_Digitizer_Repair_Replacement_Service.html

Sounds a bit too good to be true. Has anyone had any dealings with them?

UPDATE:

Well I took the plunge and I can totally recommend this company. The from the postage of my phone to them to it's return was 8 days. Would have been quicker had they not gone out of stock of the displays. It's a perfect repair. The screen used does not have the Samsung logo on it but I like that. So anyone in the UK/Ireland with a broken screen you might want to check this company out

Pwl10 · Nov 5, 2010

Is there any chance to replace the metallic ring around the screen? Mine is bent in the mid of the right side (kind of a small hernia). Is it glued to the plastic base? Is it easy to disassemble this part? Can I fix it in another way?

Taifuuni89 · Nov 6, 2010

I think that only way to remove the bezel is to remove the screen. It's not possible to remove bezel from behind because there is so large clips holding the bezel that you just can't stretch the bezel outwards enough to pull it over. Only way to remove it is from the front. Btw. It's very very hard to remove the screen without breaking it in the process.

PS. I don't even know where you can buy only the bezel.

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