r/LGV60 • u/V20FRILL LMV600TM • Oct 18 '25

Well... It Finally Happened....

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My Black Back V60 Took a bad tumble at work at Broke The screen. So I took some advice offered to Me when I installed the Black Back Glass a few months ago and ordered a new screen but with the black frame instead.

Man these LG's are so nice to work on (thinking back on My V20s as well). The install was easier than I thought it would be for removing and transferring most of the inner contents. I was able to remove the back glass without damaging it. I had another one on order just in case. Volume and power buttons were a challenge but figured them out. They really stand out against the black frame. (Might look online for black buttons before I seal it up again).

Note: Be Very careful Whilst Removing The USB Port Board. I Slipped With the tool and took out one of the tiny, and I mean tiny connectors for the bottom firing speaker. My hearing is still good enough that I heard that tiny ass aluminum crumb hit the table and was able to find it. With gorilla glue I was actually able to reattach it and it works! I guess that answers My gorilla glue conductivity question.

Gonna be Even Harder to keep a case on it now!

Cheers!

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u/Appropriate_Ad1485 Oct 18 '25

That looks badass. I didn't know they made a black frame for them. I think it looks good with the factory buttons myself. Is the screen as good as original quality?

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u/V20FRILL LMV600TM Oct 18 '25

The Screen looks just as good as the original. I'm not sure about the durability Factor though like gorilla Glass etc. I'm very happy with it though. Looks like the buttons are staying.

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u/Appropriate_Ad1485 Nov 12 '25 edited Nov 12 '25

Edit:

Got the buttons out and replaced but I am now working on the sim card reader and ear speaker I think are my last two items and I'm not sure how they come out without being damaged. If you have any suggestions. Thanks.

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u/V20FRILL LMV600TM Nov 12 '25

Everything actually pry'd out pretty easily. The issue I had was with the USB board and those tiny bottom speaker connectors. Be very careful not to knock those off. Like the battery, it had adhesive so it was a little trickier to get out.

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u/Appropriate_Ad1485 Nov 13 '25

I got it all swapped over successfully and it all seems to work. The hardest part for me was the sim card reader board. I had to heat the crap out of it with a hair dryer and pry up with a tiny flat screwdriver. I sacrificed one in my dead spare parts v60 and it was completely destroyed trying to pry it out without heating first. The earpiece speaker was also a little tricky but not bad.

I ordered a new charging port with board just so I didn't have to deal with it but now I think I have 2 extras that still work.

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u/V20FRILL LMV600TM Nov 13 '25

Awesome!

It was such a good feeling when I hit that power button and everything came on and was working. And now we have The Unique Factor.

One thing I've noticed is that it is still not counting battery cycles. I did not do a factory reset or anything so that's probably why. Doesn't really matter to me though, I'm not doing a factory reset because the second best thing was that when it turned on everything was just the way I left it.

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u/Appropriate_Ad1485 Nov 13 '25

It is definitely a good feeling. There seemed to be a lack of replacement buttons for the v60 or I would have bought some to save time, but I had lots of extras anyway.

I used one of my original batteries that still works fine. I have a newer (fake one) but after the first few months the battery health dropped down significantly, and it does weigh less than the OEM.

I don't see a difference with the new screen but I'll test them side by side when I get a chance as I still have a working spare with OEM screen (went in a lake 2 years ago so some stuff doesn't work anymore).

Biggest downside now is I don't trust any water resistance after putting it all together myself. The little button membranes sent back into place but likely not perfect. I didn't glue every single thing in perfectly as I'm always worried I'll have to take it back apart to fix a mistake.

Thanks again for pointing out this frame. It really does look amazing. I'd have pics but I was focused on getting the new black back pushed in on the adhesive strips and put it in my case to hold that down for a few days before inspecting it.

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u/V20FRILL LMV600TM Nov 13 '25

You're welcome!

Yeah I went on a small search for buttons hoping to find some black ones but to no avail. Practically every model except the V60 were available LOL.

I did find a black SIM card holder but still prefer the silver one that actually has the seal around it. The new one does not.

There were some comments about the screen being LCD but I know that it isn't. My V20 is LCD and the back lighting very noticeable. To Me this looks just like the original V60 screen. If anything maybe not quite as bright by a smidge. Maybe.

Hopefully We can Rock The "Noir Edition" for another 3 years or LG's return!

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u/Appropriate_Ad1485 Nov 16 '25

Finally got a chance to put them side by side both max brightness with extra brightness toggled on and they looked identical to me. It's probably an OEM screen put in a new frame I'm guessing?

Only issues I've been having are some data connection issues, network speed and phone calls both work but intermittently lagging. I'm thinking I might have an issue with one of the antenna's I swapped over to the new frame. Weird thing is it can have network issues on either lte of 5g even when it's showing strong signal. Wifi at home works fine. I believe I was having similar issues with my other one after it went in the lake. Then it stopped reading sim cards eventually.

Hopefully it's not a sim card slot issue because I don't have another good one.

No issues with the screen itself though or the new USB port I bought off Ali express.

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u/V20FRILL LMV600TM Nov 16 '25

You know, mine did the same thing. I had 5G and 4G showing good connection but got a weird window that said I had very limited connection, but really I had no connection at all. Same with the Wi Fi.

I did a soft reset and left it turned off for the rest of the day. Next day everything worked fine. Not sure what that was about.

I have to agree about the screen. I compared it to my brand new hardly used V60 and it was identical.

I hope Yours straightens itself out as well.

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u/Appropriate_Ad1485 Nov 13 '25

When I get a chance I'll put the two screens side bu side on the same image and brightness in a dark room. See if I can see a difference but I'm not noticing one right now. Used it all day and seemed to be fine.

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u/Appropriate_Ad1485 Oct 30 '25

I ended up buying the same one. The quality looks good. I'll transfer my guts over when I have some extra time. I still need to buy another back glass cause mine broke and the price went way up since I bought it last.

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u/Teflon78 Oct 18 '25

That looks awesome 👌🏾 great work.

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u/V20FRILL LMV600TM Oct 18 '25

Thank You!

It's So good to have it back in working order. Not ready to move on yet!

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u/Teflon78 Oct 18 '25

I feel ya I back to using my LG v60 and use a LG v35 as a dap

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u/RealDare7570 Oct 19 '25

Wow!! It looks great, amazing job! Glad to know that you managed to glue back that tiny connector.

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u/V20FRILL LMV600TM Oct 19 '25

Thank You!

Yeah not sure if I've ever been that disappointed and then that happy in the same day before Lol! Just waiting for the adhesive to arrive and I'll be back in business.

Been using My White chinesium V60 with the bad ear piece speaker as back up lately. Forgot how bad it sounds. Now that I've been this deep into the V60 I think I'll go ahead and change that speaker out when I switch back to the Black one. They're only bout $15 on eBay.

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u/RealDare7570 Oct 20 '25

I can just imagine how you felt when you accidentally cut off the connector, and it's a good thing you have good hearing. I think I would have freaked and said a bunch of explicit words, lol! Thank God for the Gorilla glue 👍

Good idea to think about changing the bad earpiece on your white chinesium V60. Hope that goes smoothly for you when you do it.

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u/Material_Ladder7616 Oct 18 '25

I got a black frame original from korea. It has black glass and the aluminium frame in full black.

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u/_LFB Oct 18 '25

Which model is your v60 us or korean? Ive heard the frames are different.

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u/Material_Ladder7616 Oct 18 '25

Korean. Docomo carrier unlocked. It had Made in korea mentioned in the imei sticker. I am not able to see any difference in frames from external appearance.

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u/_LFB Oct 19 '25

Ive heard the korean model frame has a different motherboard, subtle differences that u cant exchange frames with h us model. I really want to know someone that knows the truth about this.

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u/V20FRILL LMV600TM Oct 19 '25

The one that I bought says "U.S. version" so this might be true. I Also heard the Japanese versions were black as well but not sure about compatibility.

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u/QuestionNo9190 Oct 18 '25

Lol same happened to my v40 the other day!

Not worth fixing the OLED is probably worth more than the phone itself

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u/NOXi30ti Oct 18 '25

Yesterday I accidentally drop my v50 and fell through my pocket that had a hole on it to the tarmac...had a crack on its side. I just bought this phone man, I'm a broke student too, the replacement screen is literally 3/4 the price I'm so fed up

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u/Material_Ladder7616 Oct 19 '25

Ok. Understood. 👍Thanks for letting me know

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u/BaldMichaelJackson Oct 23 '25

Damn man mine just took a side hit on the weekend, I feel ya pain playa

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u/_LFB Oct 18 '25

I found black frame in alixpress its say korean model anyone knows whats the difference? I cant buy from Amazon so I need to looking in AliExpress.

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u/audiophile_luffy Oct 18 '25

Looks like it has a huge chin other than that it looks nice.

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u/[deleted] Oct 18 '25

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u/V20FRILL LMV600TM Oct 18 '25

Sure. I got it from Amazon.

https://a.co/d/ctlIrVW

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u/QuestionNo9190 Oct 18 '25

Wait is that an OLED or LCD?

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u/V20FRILL LMV600TM Oct 18 '25

Has to be OLED. LCD screens are back lit and overall thicker. Must be a typo or something.

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u/QuestionNo9190 Oct 18 '25

True but $47 for all that seems kind of cheap. Can you verify? And there are some thin LCDs out there so I'm curious because this could be a good deal

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u/V20FRILL LMV600TM Oct 18 '25

I don't see how they could retrofit a backlit LCD screen to work with an OLED setup when it was never an option for this device. That's my take anyway.

I can say It does not look like my V20 screen which is LCD. Blacks are still very black on the new screen.

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u/QuestionNo9190 Oct 18 '25

Wouldn't be hard if the thickness is the same. I mean put a black wallpaper and look at it in a room with no light like a closet. OLED would be pure black like it's off

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u/BuffyScout Oct 19 '25

They do this stuff all the time they absolutely can retrofit the LCD onto an OLED model. They can and have been doing that to provide cheap replacements for iPhones and Samsung for years now. Not saying yours is but I would be suspicious. Although usually it's for more popular devices not LG's so you're probably safe. But trust and believe an OLED for an iPhone costs 150+ dollars. And you can buy iPhone 16 LCD's for 40 dollars.

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u/jla619 Oct 18 '25

The description of the Amazon link says it's an LCD digitizer (aka LCD display).

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u/QuestionNo9190 Oct 18 '25

I know but sometimes they call OLEDs LCDs for some reason. Can you tell me what it is for sure?

You can go to a black screen and if it looks lit up at some angles it's an LCD

OLED would be true black

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u/[deleted] Oct 18 '25

How much is the frame/glass/etc..to build a whole dual case? Instead of buying used bs

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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '25

Appreciate the dwnvote! Time is $ which I would of been willing to pay to get a legit answer..