[Q] Broken Screen - My Options?

[dello]

Hi all,

Firstly - I apologise if this is in the wrong section, mods - please move if you so wish.

OK now to my dilemma. My beloved Galaxy Nexus (stock 4.2.1 yakju - locked bootloader and no root) has had its screen broken by a toddler.

The phone still powers on but no display and there's no tactile response from the screen either so I can't actually see/do anything with it! I have it plugged into my PC and have transferred my photos/documents so data is not an issue.

The handset is not insured so that is not an option either. I have seen prices quoted for around £150 (I am in England) which will replace the LCD panel and digitiser but I do not want my phone going for repair with all my accounts etc still on the phone, ideally i want to completely restore the phone to factory default, is there anyway I can do this from my PC?

I have already sourced another Galaxy Nexus from Gumtree and happily using that... my immediate thought was to replace the broken screen with the one from the working handset but then I run the risk of having two un-usable phones!

Just throwing out there to you wonderful people... is there anything I can do to wipe/control my phone from my PC?

 

[AbhishekS]

I think if you flash a factory image from fastboot then it will also delete all your data including the accounts.

 

[Fury2k6]

Me personally I'd try to open it and check the connections that the screen and digitiser are correct and tight I know in the UK I live here to I've got a crack on my screen and was annoyed when I got quoted 150 for a fix

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[dello]

Thanks for the response guys, I don't think I can even flash via adb as it would still require some screen input to get into fastboot and i just can't see anything on there - its blank.

Fury - yes i was annoyed... especially this close to christmas! no where could repair within 24 hours so decided on a secondhand phone from gumtree which seems to be working perfectly well.

If anyone has a barred or a broken Galaxy Nexus with screen intact then please get in touch :laugh:

 

[slayr76]

Best thing to do is throw it in the garbage as your accounts would be worth far more that what the phones worth in that condition an just get another phone.

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---------- Post added at 06:10 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:06 PM ----------

The cost of replacing a screen is simply not worth it unless of course you do it yourself which is a delicate procedure, most ppl who get screens replaced have insurance otherwise they usually just put up with a broken screen if they can still manage to use the phone until they decide to purchase a replacement or get an upgrade on contract.

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[KennyG123]

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