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all right today I'm going to show you how to fix this cracked screen on a Galaxy s3 the same process that you would use on any of the newer Galaxy phones and even new Samsung phones first of all we are going to take out the battery you don't need to take apart the phone for this because the glass is actually not connected to anything on the phone it's just glued on there so we're going to take a heat gun and heat up the glue that is separating or that is holding together the glass screen to the phone it's sitting right above the digitizer so we're heating that glue up enough so that will let the glass separate away from the rest of the phone the temperature you want to get it at is the point where it's almost too hot to touch if you heat it up too much you'll damage the LCD underneath and I made another video that you can check out here that'll teach us some of the of what not to do when you're separating the glass from the rest of the phone so I've taken my little razor blade and I've inserted it between the screen and the frame and you can see the glue start to separate and move downward into the phone the male let that sit for just a second and pop one of my other tools in here to hold its place and while I'm doing this the phone is cooling down and the glue is is going to start to harden again so periodically during this whole process I have to bust out the heat gun and heat up the phone again keep it warm so that the glue stays liquid enough for me to work around the outsides what's nice about this is that normally when you crack your screen you have to replace the whole thing as a unit and this can cost anywhere from 100 to 250 bucks depending on what kind of phone you have and how new it is the glass pieces for these phones only cost about 10 bucks and so I will list those in the video description below but ten dollars a whole lot better than 250 so here I am separating the glue again coming out from the other side after I was done reheating the phone and you can use plastic tools you prefer metal tools myself you just have to be really careful not to damage the frame everyone has their own personal preferences I just find that metal tools are a little more there's more have more structural Integrity's they don't bend around or fluctuate as much and they have more control over what I'm doing so I'm heating up the phone again making sure the glue stays nice and hot touching it periodically making sure not to heat it up too much now I'm going to take both of my tools and kind of slide it down the sides separating them I need to be really careful not to touch the digitizer underneath the glass screen the digitizer is the next layer because it is incredibly fragile pretty much if you put any pressure whatsoever on it it will crack and you can check out the Tips & Tricks video that I made that I'll show you a little bit more about that and you heat up the phone again making sure the glue stays nice and one now the tips and tricks video that I made actually shows me breaking the phone in three different ways so it's a pretty useful video showing what not to do when replacing the glass on your phone definitely check that out before you actually attempt to do this operation now if I was smart I would have done this step a little bit sooner because the top of the screen is started to reattach itself so I should have propped something in there like a little guitar pick or another razor blade to kind of keep the top of the screen separate from the rest of the phone so I wouldn't have to pry it back up again but now that I have my red tool in there it will hold the screen far enough up that the glue will start to separate on its own going down towards the bottom you can see the glue as the screen separates from the rest of the phone keeping that heat gun moving I keep on sliding my tools all the way down just frying the screen up ever so gently if you end up cracking your digitizer you will think to yourself man that was so easy to crack I cannot believe how easy that was your best bet is to just not touch it at all I'm being really careful down around the bottom of the phone because that's where the the touch sensitive buttons are and there is a little cable connecting those that you'll have to detach from the back of the glass and I'll show you how to do that in just a second there's one little bit that's still holding the phone together so I'm going to heat it up and you'll see it move and detach itself just like that it's all about having the right amount of heat that's what makes this job that's what makes fixing the phone easy or hard just finding that perfect balance so right here this the double-sided sticky tape that's holding the screen down you want to reuse as much of this as possible unfortunately for this phone most of that that I just got off is not going to be able to be reused so I'll show you how to fix that in a second now these are the buttons I was talking about before I'm going to switch to my plastic tool and pry those gently away from the glass screen because I do have to reuse these they have to connect to the new piece of glass otherwise you'll lose your menu and your back buttons now if you end up ripping this cable that's it you only have one shot at this if you end up damaging the digitizer or ripping the cable you just have to buy a new screen there's no fix in it so there is a little bit of risk involved but at the same time you end up saving a lot of money if it works all right getting rid of the old glass now I'm going to go around the edge and make sure there's no little shards of glass anywhere it is very important that you get every single little shard take as much time as you need and pick out every little bit because any bit that stuck down still inside of the phone will keep the new screen away from the phone body and won't let it sit flush against the the phone itself so I just cut away some of the old sticky tape the stuff that was bunched up because I want my screen to sit flush against the phone and if there's any little bubbles or ripples or anything like that it won't sit flush now usually this adhesive comes off with the glass screen but in this case the adhesive was stuck down on the digitizer so I'm very gently just kind of rubbing that back and peeling it away which is stranded strangely satisfying you see adhesive isn't super important to the phone it just helped the old screen stay on and stay in place we have a new way of attaching the glass and I'll show you that in just a second put some new tape down so this will tape this whole thing cost about three or four bucks on Amazon I'll link that in the description below as well it's enough tape to last a lifetime basically what I'm taking is I'm just unpeeling it from the roll and building kind of a framework around the actual screen itself and this does two things one it holds the new piece of glass in place as well as it creates a barrier from dust so you want the square of the screen to be a hundred percent sealed make a solid square or rectangle around the LCD so that when the glass sits on top of it there's no way for dust to get between the glass and the digitizer making sure there's no gaps anywhere you can see right here I meet just meeting up with the piece of sticky tape that I was able to save on that top left side and I'm also making sure that I'm not covering up any of the cameras or the speakers just putting the tape around those so that I can still use them now right here I'm being super super careful I'm taking a coolant free cloth and just rubbing around the outside to get any dust that fell onto the digitizer while we were working being very gentle remember if you crack the digitizer here there is no solution just got to replace the whole screen gently picking up all the dust making sure there's no glass fragments anywhere and now it is time to remove the upper side of the sticky tape just take my little razor blade and separating the two layers so the sticky tape is now stuck to the phone as well as the other side is ready for the screen to be placed down on top of it kantrelle the dust is guy you only have one shot at this so make sure the dust is gone now I'm taking the screen and lining it up with the buttons down below the back button and the menu button pressing them into place lining the screen up and then making sure that the buttons are stuck to the screen before I actually set the screen down into place once again that you can get these glass pieces for super cheap on Amazon anywhere from five to ten bucks I'll link those in the video description below then I'm lining the home button up first because that does have a little bit of play in it you can wiggle it around and make sure it sits tight and then you make sure that the earpiece is also lined up with the hole in the upper side of the clasp once you have those two pieces lined up you can just press it into place now this right now it's good to go you can use the phone it's working a hundred percent I like to take the heat gun in just one more time just heat up the phone just enough so that it's hot to the touch and that kind of seals the double-sided sticky tape to the glass it makes a stronger bond than it would be without the heat holding it about six or seven inches away from the phone it also just depends on you know how powerful your heat gun is it's almost too hot to touch and we're good to go once again I'll put all the parts you need for this project in the video description below it's kind of fun kind of satisfying the whole thing only took me about thirty minutes I do have a little bit of practice you know but most important thing is just take your time go slow and try not to break anything anyway pop the battery back in ten want that overheating then I'm just run through the test make sure that everything is working still you know if you have any questions make sure to leave them in the comments below don't forget to like if this video helped you and don't forget to subscribe I do you put up videos fairly often I get new technology pretty quick just made a galaxy gear video you can check that out it also hit me up on Twitter at Zacks jerry-rigged or a Facebook jerry-rigged everything and everything on the screen is working perfect another success thank you for watching hope to see you around don't forget to subscribe