I understand that the glass of my phone’s touchscreen is called the “digitizer” and it somehow detects my finger using electricity. Somehow, this screen is conducting current. How can it conduct current and still detect my finger when it’s shattered, glass pieces stabbing me in the finger as I swipe?
Yes, I need a new screen.
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The digitizer is a separate layer from the glass. If the glass break is bad enough, it will also affect the digitzer, thus affecting the touch screen.
In my experience repairing these, usually only iPad’s suffer from touchscreen issues after a glass break. They seem to use a glass-like digitizer layer. Where as most other devices have a plastic-like digitizer layer.
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