Nexus 5 repair
We put a new screen in a nexus 5 yesterday. What a great looking phone. Not too easy to repair but very sleak looking nonetheless.
Nexus 5 repair
The LCD/Digitizer is fused onto the glass plate upon the front of one’s phone using factory-grade LOCA glue. This glue causes it to be insanely hard to separate the glass beginning with the LCD without damaging the LCD.
To do it with only a chance of not breaking the cell phone requires a digital hot plate melted the LOCA glue as well as a strong plastic cutting string that seems similar to thick dental floss. It’s also extra easy to damage the digitizer percentage the LCD while doing this. A hot plate with clamps is crucial for getting a nominal success rate. Do not believe this can be done utilizing a heatgun or hairdryer, stress required is downwards and it is not possible to apply it when lacking hotplate with clamps. Also, the LCD is heat sensitive and anything over 200 degrees Fahrenheit can damage its picture quality, this means you have to have a steady heatsource that won’t continuously raise the temperature.
Even if you arrive at separate the glass that are caused by the LCD/Digitizer, that is only the beginning. Next you must use a solvent to remove the leftover glue seen from the LCD and clean it PERFECTLY. If any solvent flows over the edges of the LCD straight into the lightbox, it’s ruined. If just a single portion of dust stays according to the LCD you will see it forever. It’s just the same with the replacement glass piece, it must be perfectly clean, no fingerprints or dust since it cannot be cleaned once it is combined. Next, you should apply the same LOCA glue, which happens to be a liquid glue that cures under ultra-violet light. This glue really needs to be applied perfectly, especially if you use too inadequate the adhesive won’t seal the full surface of one’s glass and it definitely will look horrible. On the other hand if you utilize far too much LOCA glue it definitely will go beyond the edges of a given LCD and start to get into the light box it has, by this event the LCD is ruined. (Some claim you’ll be able to clean the lightbox yet this is not just true). To cure the LOCA glue reliably you would need a UV light. Leaving it in sunlight is not just an option as phone may slide out of joint and cure with the glass crooked.
In general this can be a highly technical and highly risky job. In case you don’t provide the correct tools or experience you run a very high chance of breaking the LCD. If you ignore to provide the tools to achieve this you might be better off selling your cracked display assembly (worth about $60 for the LCD) on eBay and using the money towards purchasing a another set.
Tools required to create this a feasible job:
– LOCA Glue ($10)
– Electronic hot plate with clamps ($150)
– UV Light ($20)
– Plastic floss cutting ribbon ($10)
– Replacement glass ($15)
