Killed my phone's screen

[ravenas]

When I was traveling last week I dropped my phone on the sidewalk. Yes, my clumsiness and totally my fault. I don't use a case because the phone has seemed so rugged and much easier for me to handle without. At the time I had taken it out to take a picture, just sent a tweet and then it slipped out of my hands while trying to put it back in its bag.

The back popped off, battery fell out and I was left with three pieces. I've dropped it before (3-4 times) and this happened. All I needed to do then was put it all back together and it booted up fine. A couple dings to the side but otherwise no damage.

This time when it booted the screen was fried. No image, just a bunch of lines. I tried a hard reset. Tried everything I knew, but nothing worked. I figured somehow I screwed up the screen's connectors. Nothing looked out of place. It did not get wet. It just took a fall of about 2.5 feet to concrete. (I was sitting at the time.)

So I went out and purchased a replacement phone at my nearest Target. An expensive lesson to learn. I've since put the new phone in an Otterbox in hopes of protecting against my own clumsiness.

Question is would there be any hope to resurrect this broken phone? A screen replacement or something? If it's not too much, I can repair it and pass the phone along to a niece or nephew.

 

[pastafarian]

You can find replacement screens on Ebay, but disassembly and re assembly can be a challenge. I found this, but there's probably others-

OEM LG Optimus V VM670 LCD Display Screen Replacement | eBay

Good luck!

 

[dpaultx]

There's almost always somebody under the Cell Phones headings of most local CraigsList's that advertise iPhone repairs and most of them are now stating that they work on Androids as well. Gotta be cheaper than a new phone. Just a thought.

 

[AndyOpie150]

There is a tutorial that one of the members posted a while back on how to disassemble a "V". It was a youtube video. I'll look in the archives and see if I can find it and post a link. This should be all you need to replace a screen(there really isn't much to it),once you buy one.

 

[dpaultx]

Here's your screen replacement video. Not disassembly of a "V", but probably close enough. A voice over description of what the guy is actually doing would have been nice, but it really doesn't look too difficult..

http://androidforums.com/lg-optimus-v/292137-optimus-v-replacement-screen.html

 

[AndyOpie150]

That video and the one for the V(which I think are pretty much the same) were in the post I was referring to if I can ever find it. The one for the "V" had voice as well. But if I can't find it that^^^^ should do the job.