fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
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- South Manchester
I've repaired a couple of phones. Tricky indeed, but do-able. I have since bought a hardshell case for my S3 after I'd broken the last phone.
Glass cracked on Galaxy S3
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
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- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Dropped it outside. I think the term gorilla glass is an exaggeration. From pocket height.
They are £280 now.
I know they don't look that cool, but I have my phone in a flip case which cost less than £3, and am fairly confident that it will survive anything that I do to it!
Yes I have a case for it. Ironically I was trying out the larger capacity Samsung battery. Which works really well except the cases don't fit.
matthat
Über Member
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- South Liverpool
Dropped my Sony yesterday whilst watching the bike race!! £10 for screen kit so now just deciding whether to risk DIY or not! 
ian turner
Guru
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- Leicestershire
In an interview with the manufacturers of Gorilla Glass after they put a new even stronger glass on the market they said mobile phone
manufacturers would just make the screen glass thinner . I don't think they want an unbreakable glass (relatively speaking).
I favour a fake rattlesnake flip case myself
martint235
Dog on a bike
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- Welling
My current phone is the first one I've had with gorilla glass. I've yet to break or lose a mobile phone.In an interview with the manufacturers of Gorilla Glass after they put a new even stronger glass on the market they said mobile phone
manufacturers would just make the screen glass thinner . I don't think they want an unbreakable glass (relatively speaking).
I favour a fake rattlesnake flip case myself
I Use this case and my phone has been dropped countless times and bounced down concrete stairs with no ill effect. Worth shelling (see what I did there?) out for a good case.
http://www.seidioonline.com/samsung-galaxy-s-iii-convert-case-holster-black-p/bd4-hkr4ssgs3.htm
http://www.seidioonline.com/samsung-galaxy-s-iii-convert-case-holster-black-p/bd4-hkr4ssgs3.htm
Dropped my Sony yesterday whilst watching the bike race!! £10 for screen kit so now just deciding whether to risk DIY or not!
Yep, same here. Can't find a local company to do it, though there's a company in London that charges £80 for the glass replacement.
Mr Haematocrit
msg me on kik for android
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- Out of the saddle
I've done the screen on a S3 its not to bad imho
ian turner
Guru
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- Leicestershire
If you're using a hair dryer I suspect a certain element of variability depending on whether it's Tesco value or Hair salon grade
and what sort of heat it's churning out. I've read of enough issues with replacing tablet screens and breaking connectors and the like
so suggest you give it a miss.
and what sort of heat it's churning out. I've read of enough issues with replacing tablet screens and breaking connectors and the like
so suggest you give it a miss.
Thanks. Patience and heat seem to be the keys.
The buttons at the bottom are glued to the glass right? Looks like the fiddliest part?
Does the kit come with fresh glue?
oiljam
Active...ish Member
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- West Yorkshire
My wife has a cracked screen on her S3 too and we have been recommended these by a friend. I haven't sent it off because I daren't but I'm going to have a ride to Ilkeston, where their shop is, because its not too far away.
Not sure where you live OP but if you're near enough it might be worth a try.
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=281163573257
Not sure where you live OP but if you're near enough it might be worth a try.
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=281163573257
