Samsung Galaxy S Ii Front Glass Digitizer Replacement Repair Guide

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Very difficult

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Time Required

                          25 - 35 minutes

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Front Glass and Digitizer
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Introduction

This procedure is very hard. You must have good experience to do this !!!

Same steps you can use for replacing Touchscreen&LCD display with frame. This operation is more easy. If you haven’t enough experience, I strongly recommend you, to choose this variant.

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Step 1

              Front Glass and Digitizer

We have a Samsung Galaxy S II with broken screen.

We have a Samsung Galaxy S II with broken screen.

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Step 2

Remove your battery, the SIM card and the SD card.
Remove the 7 screws highlighted in red.

Remove your battery, the SIM card and the SD card.

Remove the 7 screws highlighted in red.

Step 3

Use a plastic tool to remove the rear housing.

Use a plastic tool to remove the rear housing.

Step 4

The mother board is held by 2x screws. Remove them.

The mother board is held by 2x screws. Remove them.

Step 5

Remove the cables that are highlighted in red, before continuing to the screen.

Remove the cables that are highlighted in red, before continuing to the screen.

Step 6

Release the side buttons. The arrow will point you to where they are.

Release the side buttons. The arrow will point you to where they are.

Step 7

Careful release the motherboard from it’s housing.

Careful release the motherboard from it’s housing.

Step 8

At this moment if you have touch screen with LCD and frame like spare part you are ready for replacing.
We will continue with disassembling LCD and Touch from the frame. Now preheat it before removing!
Use a hot air to soften the adhesive enough to remove the glass.

At this moment if you have touch screen with LCD and frame like spare part you are ready for replacing.

We will continue with disassembling LCD and Touch from the frame. Now preheat it before removing!

Use a hot air to soften the adhesive enough to remove the glass.

Step 9

With a cutter, make a room for a plastic tool, then continue with separating the Touchscreen & LCD Display from the frame.

With a cutter, make a room for a plastic tool, then continue with separating the Touchscreen & LCD Display from the frame.

Step 10

Be careful with the menu buttons flex cable in the bottom side of the touchscreen. You must release it before separating the digitizer from the frame.

Be careful with the menu buttons flex cable in the bottom side of the touchscreen. You must release it before separating the digitizer from the frame.

Step 11

Now, use a suction tool to remove the screen from it’s housing. Be careful when doing this, to prevent possible injury.

Now, use a suction tool to remove the screen from it’s housing. Be careful when doing this, to prevent possible injury.

Step 12

Clean the frame from the remains of tape.

Clean the frame from the remains of tape.

Step 13

Test the new spare part before reassembling.

Test the new spare part before reassembling.

Step 14

Install the LCD&Digitiser on it’s housing.
Many times the spare parts come without adhesive tape. In this situation you’ll need to install double sided adhesive tape yourself. Also you can easy find adhesive sticker exactly for the model.

Install the LCD&Digitiser on it’s housing.

Many times the spare parts come without adhesive tape. In this situation you’ll need to install double sided adhesive tape yourself. Also you can easy find adhesive sticker exactly for the model.

Step 15

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

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Edward Weissbard - Jan 16, 2014

I attempted to replace the display glass alone on a Virgin Mobile Galaxy SII, and was unsuccessful. Removing the Glass from the Digitizer proved to be extremely difficult. It seems as if the Virgin Mobile version of the SII is not meant for repair, so easily.

ZFix - Jan 17, 2014

Yes, removing the glass is very difficult and you must have some experience from before.

yurkennis - Mar 11, 2014

To moderators: please un-archive this guide: there’s no replacement or “updated version of the guide” among the current guides.

Frederic Morelli - Oct 9, 2015

To moderators :

please there is a photo of a babe in the video tutorial and in the photo tutorial, not for children.

Bhola Shrestha - Feb 21, 2016

how much the cost in replacement display with fame…..samsung galaxy s2

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