Tablet repair
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Looking at buying a samsung tab a 9.7 with a cracked screen for dirt cheap. Found some pretty cheap replacement screens online and was gonna repair it myself. Any one ever tried this? Is it easy to fuck up?
>>53798577
I tried this and fucked it up.
>>53798625
Anything break?
>>53798577
The problem is that it may not just be a bad screen. It really depends on how the touch screen is implemented.
>>53798577
Replacing phone screens is hard enough. 10 inch screen? Good fucking luck.
>touchwizz
I have a note 10.1 with a cracked screen and said fuck it after hearing how difficult fixing the screen was. Just gonna be recycled until I get a surface pro 4 or something.
>>53798720
yes... multiple things broke. rendered completely unusable. it's not worth it
Would think its easier to repair a tablet than a phone, less smaller parts to deal with
Speaking of which, I have a tablet now where half the screen doesn't work. It does come with a micro HDMI slot so I was going to repurpose it as a android TV box (kodi, mobdro etc) is there a good app for me to control my tablet from another device
>>53798577
I got a nexus 7 (2012) with a cracked digitizer and I tried fixing it. I ended up cracking the screen trying to separate it from the broken glass and then and I gouged my thumb on some broken glass. Even though I got the tablet for free, I only made like $8 selling it. I lost money once you factor in my time to repair it. It was very not worth it.
If it is a laminated screen (which I believe it is), you need to replace both the digitizer and the lcd with a laminated replacement unit. If you buy two separate units, you will have a very bad looking screen when the glass makes contact with the lcd itself (which looks like having liquid trapped in between the layers or delamination of a top layer)
