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Hi there,
Does anyone know where I could find a step by step instruction for replacing a cracked screen on a Playbook LTE? I have the screen, the tools, but no idea of the best way of going about disassembly. All the youtube videos I have found to date are for the WiFi only model and there are significant differences. Any insight anyone can provide would be greatly appreciated, thanks!
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There were a number of YouTube videos back in the day... give it a quick search
I did, but no LTEs
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So how do you there at "significant differences"?, as per your original post?
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Because I opened the LTE up and the insides don't look the same as the WiFi one that the youtube videos I have been able to find show.
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Don't know if these will help. There are no indications of what the parts are but looks like it gets down to the screen.
Inside the RIM Blackberry Playbook LTE
http://www.embedded.com/electronics-...y-Playbook-LTE
I'll check it out, thanks!
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I realize I never did update the forum on my attempt to replace an LTE digitizer. For the two people on earth this might be relevant to, I was able to do it. The digitizer is indeed different, but not so much that it isn't easy enough to figure out. I wish I'd taken a video but a picture of the LTE disassembled will have to suffice:
I missed this reply when I finally got around to trying to fix it. It would indeed have been very helpful!
hello i will be one of the two people you referred to...just wondering if you can tell me if its possible to replace the LTE digitizer with one from a wifi model?
I recently purchased a LTE playbook with a cracked screen as a replacement project.
hi im not sure what happened to your response @external amateur but can you tell me what modifications did you do with the wifi screen ribbon connector. The wifi ribbon is not long enough to reach the motherboard on the lte and im having a heck of a time thinking of a easy solution
I had spoken too soon. It was so long ago I had to dig up my old email exchange with the ebay seller. You need version 2 of the digitizer for LTE model. Version one is straight and version two is a flex cable. Sorry for the delay
ah ok this makes sense. Thanks for looking into this for me.