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submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

So recently I posted about cracking my back glass and wanting to do the repair myself. So after ordering new glass, and all the adhesives that are required, as well as the iOpener kit, I got set to work.

I heated the screen and was almost done taking it off until I got to the top. I slid the opening pick and saw it go under the screen, like as in I saw it through the glass... I knew instantly that I had made a grave mistake.

Sure enough I booted it back up and the screen was instantly splotched with flashing white until it eventually just straight died. Since I had the rest of the stuff I figured I'd get the shell swapped and put everything mostly back together. I was able to use scrcpy to view whats going on my phone without the screen and I verified everything else works with the diagnostic tool, but now I'm out another $220 to replace the screen.

So lesson learned, be very very careful when getting those opening picks under your screens!

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[-] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

I had that happen with a Samsung Note many years ago. First and only time I shattered a screen, and it was a work phone, so I didn't want anyone to know.

They ended up finding out.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Yikes, hopefully you didn't get into too much trouble. It's pretty wild how delicate these screens are. I hope future pixels are easier to take apart that reduce the potential damage from mistakes.

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