Save on Costly Screen Replacement Fees If you'd prefer not to pay a high price to have your damaged or cracked S3 screen replaced, this kit prov
B**O
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El producto llego tal como se muestra en la imagen y es exactamente lo que buscaba, lo recomiendo.
K**3
Amazing piece of kit really glad I took the risk, phone is back to new for £12.99!
Bought this to try and replace my S3 phone screen by myself as I had been quoted £150 in shops and it definitely wasn't worth the value of the phone which is nearly two years old anyway. My phone was really badly smashed, the glass was in thousands of tiny pieces across the phone and also all around the edges it had smashed into a dust so initially I thought it wouldn't work because it was such a complex break - but persevered anyway because the phone was not usable without a new screen.I followed the instructions really carefully and also watched the video (which is recommended by the seller in an email after you purchase). I used a hairdryer to heat phone, did it for about 10 minutes I then used the tweezers to try and pull some of the glass away. I wasn't worried about it getting too hot because everytime I turned the hairdryer off it cooled so quickly that it could never be getting that hot. After doing it for a while, I tried to loosen the screen but here i made a slight mistake because I thought that you had to remove the shards of glass (which i thought was the screen?!) but you actually have to peel away the backing which the glass is mounted on - this isn't made entirely clear in the instructions and I only realised after watching the video a few times. This was made easy with the tweezers and the wire as is done on the video, I got someone else to keep heating me with a hairdryer whilst I was doing it to keep it hot.**Once the screen was off you are supposed to clean the lcd with an 'alchohol based cleaner' which isn't provided in the kit to remove glue and dust**. I tried white spirit and nail varnish remover which didn't work - so resorted to straight gin which was the only alchohol I had. This worked well - but I think that there probably is something more suitable which you should buy at the same time as this kit. That said, vodka and gin would probably work just as well if you are ok to use it....Putting the glue strips on the phone is easy and placing the screen back on is pretty straight forward to put back on - the glue strips are really sticky and there's loads of tape left which may come in handy for something else! Unfortunately I didn't wait until the alcohol had evaporated off of the screen so i now have a tiny bubble of air/gin on my screen - but you can only see it when the phone is locked (not when the screen is on) and I really don't mind because the screen works perfectly otherwise. The buttons work, everything on the screen responds correctly and I am just so happy because I can now keep using this phone until it software eventually stops working. Saves me a few hundred pounds as I didn't really want a new phone yet.It's a risky, nerve-wracking process but if your screen is badly smashed then you don't have much to lose so give it a go!
G**L
Some hassle but final result is good
The replacement process takes a long time and requires a lot of patience, but now my phone is working perfectly again, almost as good as new. This is much cheaper than having it replaced professionally and works almost as well, I don't regret purchasing this product.That said, there are some drawbacks- The tools are not durable: the plastic picks very quickly deform, the pliers bent and the wire broke ~4 times for me. I ended up using a stanley knife to get under the screen which worked much better. The wire was extremely useful despite it breaking a few times (they supply multiple pieces).- The screen itself is not as good, it feels a little worse and is not fingerprint resistant like the original S3 screen. However, a nice screen protector should solve this problem.These are small problems and easily resolved. Overall I am happy with the purchase.Tips for anyone about to do this:Make sure the screen is very hot, 200'c is hard to exceed with a hairdryer, having the glue hot is very important.I used my finger to get off most of the glue residue from the lcd, then a microfibre cloth with some ordinary olive oil followed by a microfibre cloth with alcohol based cleaning fluid to get the remaining pieces of glue.
M**S
Clear instructions plus an online video
The kit arrives nicely packed in a box. Everything you see in the picture is included, screwdrivers, roll of double sided tape, tweezers, various other plastic tools. There is a clear step by step instruction book but even better there is a link to an on-line step by step video. The easiest way to carry out the repair is to sit by your computer and play the video, pausing at each step whilst you perform the necessary action. Upon doing this repair I discovered that your phone has 3 screens. Screen 1 (The deepest or lowest of the 3) is the actual LED screen. On top of this is the touch screen. The top screen is the glass - the part which this kit is designed to replace. If the two levels below the glass are intact then you are in business and this kit will repair the phone. If the levels below the top layer of glass are broken then you will need to replace the front of the phone - this kit is not designed to do that but you will find other kits available on the internet.
M**R
All the tools needed - you just need patience
I was a bit wary of 'having a go' at my cracked screen but I decided to dive in and have a go. Apart from the hair dryer, scissors and scotch tape (which I didn't need as my screen had had a protective coating) everything that I needed was in the kit. I found the video that they have on you-tube very helpful and I viewed it all the way though before I started. It well worth doing that. The other tip I would emphasise is patience. They say it will take time to loosen the glue and it did. I was just using my wife's hair dryer and I suppose I was heating it all over for about 20 minutes (being careful I didn't heat any particular part up too much) for about 20 minutes before I felt the first little movement of the underlying glue. Then, having got the wire through and over the speaker (that was the only thing not referred to in the video and the wire was snagged until I realised why) it was relatively simple (although slow) to get the old screen off. You have to be very careful with the clean up and putting the new tape on, but its not difficult. The only thing I did wrong was that I didn't line up the button exactly. The phone works perfectly, but the lights don't fully light up as they're not perfectly aligned. The kit is well boxed and if I broke my screen again I'd only need to buy the screen as the kit is reusable and there's bags of tape over.
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