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Allview Speed City/Onda 701 touch screen replacement

After about a year of use (and some hard drops) the touchscreen in my Allview Speed City tablet (Onda 701 clone) stopped working in a 1/3 region of the screen. I could still use the tablet by rotating it when I needed to tap in the broken area, but I needed to replace the touchscreen. I got a replacement touchscreen from here: http://www.gsmnet.ro/touchscreen-uri-telefoane/touchscreen-allview-alldro-speed-city-original--81391 for about $30. I followed the replacement guide in this video: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x17mxag_touch-screen-replacement-onda-v701-v702-v703-v701s-tablet-disassembly_lifestyle The disassembly (and reassembly process) took me about 2 hours, but was not very difficult. The first thing to do is to remove the rubber caps on top of the screws in the back of the tablet (use a needle/pincer). You can unscrew the screws (small phillips head). The tablets back cover is glued on (the screws don't hold it actually). You will need something like a credit