El Guepardo
Rafael Van Der Vaart
Anyone have a clue how to go about doing this? I cracked my Iphone 3Gs screen to pieces, didn't have insurance which covered, now need to somehow work out how to repair the screen.
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Repairing cracked Iphone screens
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linnet_spur
Pascal Chimbonda
How on earth did you manage that? My iphone screen seems like it could resist a bomb blast, amount of brick that's happened to it and it's not even scratched.
El Guepardo
Rafael Van Der Vaart
I dropped it down some stairs when I was messing about playing a game going up the stairs; stupid I know. The phone bounced off a few steps and bang the screen is cracked.
El Guepardo
Rafael Van Der Vaart
I'm sure there's a way to get screen repair kits but I don't know which ones are good, or if they are reliable.
El Guepardo
Rafael Van Der Vaart
Hope so as the Apple store quoted me ?ú120 to repair the phone. Too much!
unknown
Erik Edman
lol I was joking, Carphonewarehouse isn't liked here. :evil:
El Guepardo
Rafael Van Der Vaart
What did Carphonewarehouse do to you?
El Guepardo
Rafael Van Der Vaart
Fair enough, I've barely had dealings with them so have no idea what to expect either way from the shop.
Thanks for the video link, looks kinda fiddly but I guess it's the only way to go about saving myself the money. Someone at work said she thought it would cost only ?ú6 to repair, seems a bit ambitious but if only I can find the right equipment.. maybe.
Thanks for the video link, looks kinda fiddly but I guess it's the only way to go about saving myself the money. Someone at work said she thought it would cost only ?ú6 to repair, seems a bit ambitious but if only I can find the right equipment.. maybe.
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Erik Edman
If you do it yourself whilst in warranty don't forget it will void.
personally, I'd look into the more independant phone shops, and not the national branded types at getting it fixed (price fixed no doubt).
Wanna mention that you can send it away on that site posted above for ?ú40.
I took the link down as they wanted the money up front before giving an address where to send it... with it being in Merseyside one thinks that site may be snide.
personally, I'd look into the more independant phone shops, and not the national branded types at getting it fixed (price fixed no doubt).
Wanna mention that you can send it away on that site posted above for ?ú40.
I took the link down as they wanted the money up front before giving an address where to send it... with it being in Merseyside one thinks that site may be snide.
El Guepardo
Rafael Van Der Vaart
Warranty is long gone, I'm in my last few months of contract so just want to get phone repaired so I don't have to use the pathetic cheap, plastic flip phone that I've been resigned to using for the past couple weeks. I can get by with the crap phone but it's hardly ideal. If my repair job goes wrong, I figure that I've lost nothing as the phone is already broken and I'd just need to sit it out until the time of my early upgrade arrives in mid June.
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Erik Edman
You could try these guys, North Finchley area. Seems they do it whle you wait.
http://www.gizmo-direct.com/index.php
Maybe send them as email, see if its an actual shop. I think its stupid on there part if it is snide that if you go to google street view it comes back as Beyond the fringe hairdressers lol
http://www.gizmo-direct.com/contact.php
I wouldn't send them it in the post in case its snide like the link posted before, but if its an actual shop you can walk in and pay the ?ú35 it says on the site.
http://www.gizmo-direct.com/index.php
Maybe send them as email, see if its an actual shop. I think its stupid on there part if it is snide that if you go to google street view it comes back as Beyond the fringe hairdressers lol
http://www.gizmo-direct.com/contact.php
I wouldn't send them it in the post in case its snide like the link posted before, but if its an actual shop you can walk in and pay the ?ú35 it says on the site.
Boonie
Ramon Vega
edgey-the-yid
Gheorge Popescu
I fixed mine when i cracked it, screens are cheap on eBay and loads of videos on youtube show you how to do it. Even made a bit of money fixing other peoples for a while too,... Its easy enough, just patience and a steady hand ;-)
unknown
Erik Edman
unknown
Erik Edman
Did you have a heat gun.
Phil Horatio
Gilberto
If it is only the outer digitizer (touch screen overlay) and glass, and not the lcd panel within then you can do it yourself if you have the following:
-Reasonable skill
-Access to YouTube
-a tenner
Buy yourself a new digitizer from ebay (sort by lowest price and buy the one that
seems to be selling the most...a good indicator). You'll likely even get the tools along
with it if you can't borrow some.
I've changed 3 screens on the missus's iphones 3, then 3gs before our youngest growing out of the terrible 2s, combined with a big, fat cover gave me some respite!
Good luck...
Edit: re above. Hairdryer will do fine.. I have a heat gun and didn't bother with it, just used the dryer
-Reasonable skill
-Access to YouTube
-a tenner
Buy yourself a new digitizer from ebay (sort by lowest price and buy the one that
seems to be selling the most...a good indicator). You'll likely even get the tools along
with it if you can't borrow some.
I've changed 3 screens on the missus's iphones 3, then 3gs before our youngest growing out of the terrible 2s, combined with a big, fat cover gave me some respite!
Good luck...
Edit: re above. Hairdryer will do fine.. I have a heat gun and didn't bother with it, just used the dryer
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