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Apple Watch: Will the Apple Watch sapphire digitizer work on apple watch sport?

Fri, 01 Nov 2019 21:16:54 -0700

Greetings!

I work as a repair technician and I am now looking into Apple Watch repairs.

One thing came to my mind: I'm sure people would, if they had the option, rather have their broken Apple Watch Sport Ion-X glass screens replaced with a sapphire glass instead of the Ion-X glass.

But.. Will the Apple Watch digitizer work on Apple Watch Sport?

⟐ Answer deleted 11月 01, 2019 at 21:16 GMT-7

Apple Watch Series 3: Switch Apple Watch Screens?

Tue, 15 Oct 2019 14:13:53 -0700

So my wife cracked her apple watch 3 series wifi only. I have a locked apple watch 3 series with cellular. Can I switch the glass from the cellular to the wifi version or are they different screens. Both are the 38mm.

⟐ Answered 10月 15, 2019 at 14:13 GMT-7

Huawei Watch GT 2 (46 mm): How to replacement battery

Thu, 05 Sep 2024 10:46:52 -0700

how many steps and it is hard?

⟐ Answered 9月 05, 2024 at 10:46 GMT-7

FitBit Versa 4: My Fitbit watch display not coming

Fri, 24 Nov 2023 23:57:52 -0700

Watch not turning on but only vibrating when pressing the power button

⟐ Commented 11月 24, 2023 at 23:57 GMT-7

Fitbit Sense: Can I reattach my Fitbit Sense watch screen?

Tue, 24 Jan 2023 03:24:49 -0700

I woke up yesterday and the screen on my watch had disconnected and was just dangling. See photos. The display disconnected from the case of the watch. It's still connected by the cable connectors, and the screen is still working, but I need to re-adhere the display, if possible. Can I just add some adhesive and reconnect it without having to replace any parts?

⟐ Commented 1月 24, 2023 at 3:24 GMT-7

Fitbit Versa 2: Dark screen, completely off

Fri, 15 Jul 2022 11:33:14 -0700

Dark screen, hour long charging, pushing the buttons, connecting to PC does not help.

Device remains off.

Checked recommendations in various forums,nothing helps.

Any special idea ?

⟐ Commented 7月 15, 2022 at 11:33 GMT-7

Samsung Gear S3: Watch not turning on

Mon, 02 Aug 2021 15:01:10 -0700

My watch isn’t turning on, how much does it cost to fix it?

⟐ Answered 8月 02, 2021 at 15:01 GMT-7

Apple Watch Series 3: Black foil on OLED display damaged

Sun, 21 Feb 2021 17:18:06 -0700

As my top glass on the Apple Watch 3 broke, I ordered a new digitizer. When I removed the glass from the display, I damaged a black foil on the OLED display at the edges. The display is still working, but there are bright areas, where the foil is missing. What kind of foil is on the display? Can I replace it? Where to buy?

The display looks like this now (glass removed, dark foil damaged):

⟐ Commented 2月 21, 2021 at 17:18 GMT-7

Apple Watch Series 4: My watch screen cracked.

Sat, 28 Dec 2019 13:46:38 -0700

my watch fell down on ground and got cracked when I went to apple service store they are asking for 27 K for the replacement of the same…which is very expensive for me ..is there any way out to repair the watch in reasonable cost…pls suggest

⟐ Commented 12月 28, 2019 at 13:46 GMT-7

Apple Watch: Has anyone successfully replaced the Display Flex Cable?

Tue, 21 May 2019 12:56:50 -0700

I know it requires board level soldering. I saw the first two videos of a three part series that seemed pretty good. But alas, I'm not sure the gentleman ever finished the repair, because there isn't a third and final video. It looks relatively straightforward from the point where he left off.

I picked up the watch for a very minimal investment and the cable is inexpensive. So I figured what have I really got to lose?

I'm just curious if anyone has successfully completed this repair? Do you have any advice, if so? Or is there a guide somewhere that I haven't found yet?

Thanks!

⟐ Answered 5月 21, 2019 at 12:56 GMT-7

Apple Watch Series 2: 12 watches died at work, why?

Tue, 05 Mar 2019 07:33:35 -0700

This actually spans multiple devices, Watch (Series 2 & 3), iPhone 7 & 8, Apple Pencil.

Starting back in a couple of years ago, I got an Apple Watch Series 2. I loved it, amazing product and great compliment to my iPhone 7 Plus. However... It died a few days after I had it, this happened at work.

Fast Forward. Apple had replaced the watch over 12 times. Yes, 12. After a couple of different stores worked with me, one store manager took everything back and gave me full credit plus a nice discount on an iPad Pro, I gave up on the watch.

I purchased a Pencil for my ipad and when I brought it into work, guess what. That failed. I exchanged the pencil and I leave it at home.

A friend got me a Series 3 as a Christmas gift. I wore it for not even a week. Guess what? Yep, it died after a couple of days at work. And now I have 2 coworkers who are also suffering from some issues. 1 had several watches fail and then her iPhone 7 Plus failed. All with the same behavior. Sudden loss of connection, time would move faster, eventually a complete failure to where the device (Watch or Phone) would not power back on.

I spoke with some friends of various degrees of tech knowledge, from A+ bench techs to Platform Engineers & Computer Science degrees. Plus some simple math says the common device among the three are the Bluetooth radios?

I work for a small electronic manufacturing company. We basically assemble components and various sensor products. Quite a bit of soldering. No massive equipment other than PC's, Multimeeters, a CryoStat in our lab next door, but no heavy magnets and there's more EMF interference from desk fans.

Apple Support hasn't been much help, other than constantly replacing the products.

Any ideas? Someone did mention they worked in a plant with lots of solder/flux equipment and it messed with bluetooth radios. We don't have a lot of BT devices, a few headsets maybe but nowhere near extreme levels. Does it sound logical that the BT radio inside Apple products would fire back so hard and break them this way?

⟐ Answer edited 3月 05, 2019 at 7:33 GMT-7

Apple Watch Series 1: Can you replace a cracked screen on my series 1 Apple Watch?

Tue, 17 Jul 2018 07:46:39 -0700

Do you have series 1 screens?

⟐ Answered 7月 17, 2018 at 7:46 GMT-7

LG G Watch R: Where can I buy replacement parts for my lg g watch

Wed, 24 May 2017 16:55:45 -0700

my watch has water damage , how can i fix this

⟐ Commented 5月 24, 2017 at 16:55 GMT-7

VTech Kidizoom Smartwatch DX2: How do I remove the touch screen from the watch?

Sun, 01 Feb 2026 11:27:18 -0700

I have the back removed off the watch . If I pop out the circuit board am I able to remove the screen and clean it off and remove the moisture that is stuck in there ?

⟐ Commented 2月 01, 2026 at 11:27 GMT-7

Garmin Fenix 2: Why doesn't my Garmin Fenix 2 battery last all day?

Thu, 29 Jan 2026 16:27:32 -0700

I charge my watch all night, by midday the battery level is extremely low and dies shortly after. How can I fix this?

⟐ Answered 1月 29, 2026 at 16:27 GMT-7

Google Pixel Watch 2: Back plate fell off

Tue, 30 Dec 2025 19:24:51 -0700

The back plate that houses the sensors fell off, is there any way to repair it?

⟐ Answered 12月 30, 2025 at 19:24 GMT-7

Fitbit Versa 2: How do you replace the battery?

Thu, 17 Jul 2025 19:07:36 -0700

How do you remove the old battery and put the new one back in?

⟐ Commented 7月 17, 2025 at 19:07 GMT-7

Google Pixel Watch: Back of Watch fell off

Fri, 27 Jun 2025 09:26:35 -0700

How can I fix the back of the watch that fell off? Do you have something that will fix this? Thank you.

⟐ Commented 6月 27, 2025 at 9:26 GMT-7

Samsung Watch Active: My back cover fell off - how to replace?

Tue, 12 Nov 2024 08:20:10 -0700

While on vacation, the back cover fell off of my Samsung Watch Active (SM-500) and I couldn't find it to put it back on. I've been trying to find a replacement back/glass/sensor, but I can only find them for newer models! Help? The back looks like a plus sign.

⟐ Answered 11月 12, 2024 at 8:20 GMT-7

Samsung Galaxy Watch Active2: Watch stuck in reboot after possible water damage

Mon, 01 Jul 2024 00:56:36 -0700

I went into hot water with my watch, after i noticed that it kept opening samsung pay (like the top button was always pressed)

Now it keeps rebooting and doesn't turn on like the power button was pressed

Anything i can do?

⟐ Commented 7月 01, 2024 at 0:56 GMT-7