news.ycombinator.com• Apr 14, 2026• 1 min read
Show HN: Tip for users with Samsung Galaxy S7 with broken displayIn 2016, I decided to spend about $800 (€700) on an upper mid-range phone for that time: the Samsung Galaxy S7. Years later, I replaced the battery with one bought on AliExpress, and it didn’t satisfy me. I also dropped the phone and replaced the screen simply because I was attached to that model—it felt much higher quality to the touch than more modern devices. I wanted it like when I first bought it: pristine. I promised myself I’d use a case and replaced its “Super AMOLED” screen. This replacement didn’t satisfy me either. It was done at an out-of-warranty repair service, and the screen quality wasn’t the same as the original. Moreover, this process caused the battery to move around inside the phone. My son dropped the S7 a second time. That case didn’t live up to its promise. I had backups of the data, but something still left me unsatisfied—I couldn’t go through a proper “mourning” for its sudden, total screen failure. But I decided it was time to move on. A couple of years later,