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Shattered glass on Iphone screen
Argh - gutted! I just dropped my Iphone 4 onto a concrete floor and the glass has shattered! The phone is working fine but looks a mess.
I'm not insured, and I'm thinking of buying a replacement screen on ebay and replacing the screen myself. I've seen a how to video online and it looks relatively straightforward.
I just wondered if anyone else had tried this, and what your experience was fixing it yourself. Or maybe I should take it into a repair shop - is it expensive to get it fixed? And if I do buy a new screen do I need to buy the LCD screen and touch screen digitizer?
Any advice appreciated
I'm not insured, and I'm thinking of buying a replacement screen on ebay and replacing the screen myself. I've seen a how to video online and it looks relatively straightforward.
I just wondered if anyone else had tried this, and what your experience was fixing it yourself. Or maybe I should take it into a repair shop - is it expensive to get it fixed? And if I do buy a new screen do I need to buy the LCD screen and touch screen digitizer?
Any advice appreciated
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Oh sorry, I didn't think about putting it there, duh! I will trawl the threads there and see if any are helpful
If you could that would be great - thank you!
When I broke the glass on my iPhone 4 I did my homework on repairing. What I learned is, you need the digitizer as well as the glass as they are glued together. They started doing this due to many complaints of dust getting between the two on previous models. This means the price will be a bit more for having to buy both.
I think for most people, the home fix kits are going to cause more trouble than anything if you aren't sure what you are doing. Case in point, my friend had tried to fix his own using YouTube like you are considering, and ended up losing the touch screen ability. He tried again and no luck, ended up having to give up on the phone full stop.
There are high street booths / stalls that can do them pretty quickly and even though you pay for it, it's more reliable and more cost efficient than the time you will spend on trying to do it yourself.
Okay, he's either put his prices up or I've remembered it wrong, but looks like it'd be £20 more than I first thought. But either way, he did a good job and I've had no trouble with the phone since he worked on it! Here's the iphone 4 repairs page on his website - clicky
Also, some bank accounts offer mobile phone insurance as standard as one of their benefits.
And there is no filth on my phone!
Same thing happened when my sister dropped hers.
Seriously, do try Apple first. The guy I saw said if it was your first time breaking it they would give a free replacement...!
Try an Apple store. They might just replace it for you. Even out of warranty.
Otherwise, don't bother trying to fix it yourself. While its not particulary difficult, the insides are a little delicate. Take it to an independent repair place and will cost you £50 max. Probably much less. Mine was done for £25 just behind Bury New Rd, Manchester. Loads of phone shops there.
And if someone is looking to buy the screen of eBay, then you need the complete unit - that's glass and digitizer. It won't work otherwise. The 4s screen is a complete unit.
If you are practical, its worth a shot just for the fun of it, but then again, I am weird and find things like that fun:D
Now I understand. My niece broke the glass on her iPhone, she went to the Apple shop crying, and they replaced the phone for her free of charge. I assumed it was because she's a leggy teenage girl, not that there's an official policy.