Sunday, Mar 22, 2020 at 21:10
Frank, it's a piece of cake to replace a broken LCD screen on the Samsung.
All the components are just simply screwed and clipped together - if you can change a tyre, you can do it.
I've smashed the screen on both my earlier Note 3 and current Note 4. In the case of the Note 3, I made the mistake of buying a knock-off Chinese screen for it (from eBay).
While it fitted perfectly, the screen colours were washed out, as compared to the original genuine screen.
I sold the rebuilt Note 3 on eBay, and then bought a new Note 4 off eBay (Australian model).
After a few months, I managed to break the screen on that, too (despite a solid clip-on cover - they always manage to land face-down on sharp stones set in bitumen!)
For this repair, I purchased a genuine Samsung screen off eBay from a seller in Germany.
This screen performs like the original. There's only 9 screws and a heap of clipped-on components, to replace the screen, they're just so simple, designed for easy production line assembly.
Have a search of YouTube, there's plenty of instructive videos there.
The only thing I found, was that tiny screws and tiny components need good light, great care with all tiny screws and parts, and sometimes, a magnifying glass to see what you're doing.
If I was 50 yrs younger, I wouldn't even need glasses!
Cheers, Ron.
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