When your Samsung tablet screen is smashed, iDropped to the rescue!  Other symptoms of a bad screen in need of replacement is when the screen is black, white, green or any other color of the rainbow. When the screen is displaying lines or what appears to be ink spots, then it is in need of a screen replacement.

The digitizer, which gives the ipad the touch functionality, is fused with the top glass which is prone to breaking. The lcd that displays the picture is a separate part on the base model tablets. On many newer tablet models, the glass and digitizer is fused with the lcd.