My n900's LCD was damaged the other day. I have found numerous forum posts regarding the replacement including with the service manuals. Called NOKIA support and they send me to http://onsitecellularrepair.com for LCD replacement. I just wanted to find out a price. Anyhow, I am willing to replace this LCD myself but need to find out what is really damaged: LCD Display screen or touch screen? When I swipe on my n900 screen, I can see desktop icon moving in the right side of cracked screen. Should I take it apart in effort to find out what is really needs to be replaced?

Also where would be a good place to get replacement part for my screen in USA? So far I found http://www.mobile-phone-lcd.com to be reliable source for those parts.

Here are the pics of my damaged screen:

Plug it into a TV and test the touchscreen. Im fairly certain its just the lcd panel that needs replacing. I replaced mine easily enough. Do a youtube search for tehkseven n900. He has a complete teardown video for N900. Getting to the LCD is actually really easy, you will only need the first half of the video.

I bought a new lcd panel on ebay for $AU 80.

work in a dust free environment if possible, and careful to not put fingerprints anywhere.

Damn.. That is one beaten and defeated N900.

Plugged in to the TV and ran couple touchscreen tests without any issues. That was a good suggestion. I am off now to purchase LCD replacement screen.

Just wanted to add that I have successfully replaced the LCD screen. Used steps from Nokia RX-51 Service Manual Level 1&2 to reinstall this display. Also found a helpful thread with the highlighted steps on how to remove it. It's # 16 in http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=53532&page=2


AFter the screen was replaced: