Originally Posted by
mewcatchew I haven't personally replaced a 1520 screen, but I've replaced a few iPhone display assembly's successfully. I've even separated LCD's from the front glass w/out breaking them (gluing new glass to the LCD is another story altogether though).
I can tell from the repair videos that the 1520 display assembly is ALOT easier to replace; less things to transfer from old display to new display and just overall less complicated. I can also tell that the most difficult part would be removing the battery from the old display without damage. From what I've read, depending on when your phone was manufactured your phone will either have the old very hard to remove glue holding the battery in place, or new pull-tab glue with the pull-tab glue being far easier to deal with. It may even be a good idea to just go ahead and buy a new battery to make it even less complicated (it's under $20) since the battery most likely has some mileage on it. Good luck
You are spot on in all of this. Actually, this is not probably quite as hard as an iPhone, because the whole assembly is bigger, so there's more room to work. Some of those iPhone screw replacements drive me mad because the working space is so small.
Other than the battery, sometimes the coax connectors are snapped onto the board pretty tightly, and if you're not careful, you can pull the plug off the board.
BTW - my previous response was directed at the "send it to MS/Nokia - it's way too hard for you" crowd. That is the first response of many people here. I think folks always know they can shop it off, so that doesn't help them evaluate whether this is a repair that they want to attempt on their own.