Cracked Mobile Phone Screen

[Ann]

I am gutted! I have just accidentally dropped my new mobile phone (had it two months!) face down in the street, it just slipped out of my hand and the screen is cracked (not shattered). Its a Samsung Ace 3 white, its still usable as the cracks are only fortunately round the outside of the screen so I can still swipe the main part. Will the glass eventually fall out?

I have found a replacement screen online for just over £10, are they easy to fit yourself or do phone shops repair them? I'm with Orange/EE and got a cheap deal of £12.99 month with new phone.

Any advice would be welcome please.

[Tuvok]

Check if its covered by the guarantee or any insurance policy you took out.

Google how to replace it - you'll probably get a youtube video - thats how we fixed my ipad1 internal screen (not the glass)

[Ann]

Thanks Truvok :)

[HansUrbancka]

It will probably cost you about £100 to have the screen replaced by a professional repairer.

Personally, I would go for a professional repair with a guarantee, rather than buy a screen for about £10 and have the difficulty of replacing the item; which may Not function perfectly after a DIY job.

If you have Household Insurance it might cover such accidental damage. Check it out.

However,If you are courageous, there are lots of videos on YouTube which show how to replace a screen on your mobile phone. :-

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Replacing+Screen+on+a+Samsung+Ace+3+

Hans.

[Ann]

Thanks Hans I will check it out. Is it safe to use a mobile phone with a cracked screen because of leakage of radiation levels or similar?

[HansUrbancka]

I am completely ignorant as regards radiation levels from electronic equipment. However, I do hold a view that folk get over bothered about items such as mobile phones causing a health hazard when there is a far greater amount of radiation in the atmosphere which we cannot control. Personally,I would continue using a mobile with a cracked screen until I could afford to buy a new one; which in your case would cost about £130.

Hans.

[Jennifermeria]

Have a cracked screen on your iPhone® 5, Samsung Galaxy S II or Galaxy S III? Get it fixed at your local Best Buy store.

A Certified Mobile Phone Cracked Screen Replacement Agent is on site to expertly remove your broken mobile phone screen and install a new one.

[mikey4444]

Some TESCO shops have in-store branches of a national key cutter and shoe repairer, whose name escaped me...they advertise screen replacements.

In future, use one of those "fold-over" cases.

[Ann]

\\In future, use one of those "fold-over" cases//
Good advice thanks Mikey - am already looking at buying one, as several people told me.
Re: the shoe repairer - do you mean Timpsons?

[HansUrbancka]

Good thinking mikey.

http://www.timpson.co.uk/services/415/mobile-phone-repairs

Hans.