Comments on: Dude fixes his iPhone’s broken glass screen by himself – the ghetto broken display fix method

By: Wybe

Wybe — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:57:14 +0000

I am in the same situation. I put a thin yet sturdy film over the whole, taped it nicely with regular cellotape and put one of those protective sillicon things around it. I hope it will hold well.

Does your still work in the same condition?

By: Eric Thomas

Eric Thomas — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 02:28:23 +0000

Ya, I tried doing this on my own. More trouble than it was worth. I found myself with broken glass and now a broken LCD. Thank goodness for http://www.iphone3gscreenrepair.com. They had my phone repaired and back to me for only $69.99. For those not tech savvy or those who do not want to be without a phone very long (no LCD=no phone) I recommend using them.

By: Morten Skogly

Morten Skogly — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 19:24:49 +0000

Hahaha, that hillarious! And it acually still works? Love it!

I found a really cheap digitizer+front panel on dealextreme for just under $24 including shipping. It took forever for it to arrive, well over two weeks, but my phone still worked so I had the time.

I took pictures as I repaired it, you can see them and a pretty thorough desription on my blog: http://pappmaskin.no/2009/09/repair-a-broken-iphone-3g-glass-front-panel/

It wasn’t that hard to replace the glass front panel, it took me perhaps an hour or so of actual work (and a bit more spent thinking and scratching my head .

You should at least TRY repairing it yourself before sending it in or buying a new phone.

By: peperoni

peperoni — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:24:50 +0000

i broke the glass only and want to repair. how? Is the glass pasted in the lcd, so it becomes dificul to extract with the glue?

By: iphone replacement parts

iphone replacement parts — Sun, 03 May 2009 22:16:29 +0000

The glass replacement is the hardest most time consuming and possibly the worst replacement you can tackle. Easiest way is to just buy a replacement digitizer/lcd/glass in one and install it already built. They go for around $150 bucks. You can buy a replacement glass only for around $20 bucks and gamble in trying to replace only the glass on your phone but dont be surprised it doesn’t work once you do remove the old glass and power it up.

By: james

james — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 01:46:02 +0000

dude! oem iphone glass available on ebay for 14.88. i just replaced mine. plexiglass ? brain surgeons !

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By: thenoidofreality

thenoidofreality — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 04:18:10 +0000

who gives a discount if you break something that you already bought from them?
thats preposterous and bad business, what a nice world it would be if people did do that, it would be so sweet of them. but things don’t work that way, apple does just fine and all companies are greedy, when they aren’t they go out of business

By: nonya

nonya — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 13:08:44 +0000

Look on ebay for cheap parts

By: cody oneill

cody oneill — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 20:58:20 +0000

true John!apple support does suck. i have called several times about my broken glass and the tell me to BUY A NEW PHONE! what the hell!

By: G money

G money — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:59:16 +0000

You can also to make that back look like original I phone, use black spray paint and you will not be able to tell hardly if at all its been replaced by plastic, also add a screen protector and it will not scratch.

By: wesley

wesley — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:08:21 +0000

you can always give it a try…….worst thing is that you have to replace glass+digitizer and lcd right???????

By: john

john — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 18:10:54 +0000

NEVER PURCHASE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR ANY APPLE PRODUCT! THE WARRANTY DOES NOT COVER ANYTHING! I HATE GREEDY APPLE! i am going to take a hammer and smash my ipone and post it on youtube. apple is greedy! i went to the apple store and they would not work with me. i had a crack and i told the people at apple that my glass was never hit or anything. my glass broke from just regular use. all i wanted apple to do was give me a discount on a new phone (they will not fix any problem with any apple product!). they would not even give my 10% off! apple sux!!!

By: LOLOLOL

LOLOLOL — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 05:43:28 +0000

Buy the glass cover on ebay OEM…

By: christian

christian — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:04:07 +0000

hey all of u my glass just broke today and i love my phone very much but i got some problems

1. im not living in the US
and
2. is this true ? and what is it about andy’s screen how long time did u guys wait ?
oh.. and what the hell is a “LCD”?

thanks for the help cya

By: xine

xine — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:28:04 +0000

my glass was shattered, but the touchscreen works. I bought a self adhesive privacy film and that is holding it all together for $12 or so.

By: aLEXANDER rASHEED

aLEXANDER rASHEED — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 01:22:48 +0000

It actually works,it worked great for me thats what i can say…

Andy ,if it didnt work for you it diesnt mean it aint work at all ,its all about taking some time for removing the glass thats it and if u didnt take that time and brpke the lcd its your fault so dont complain dude.

Salam

By: andy

andy — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:16:23 +0000

This is lie…i tried remove glass from LCD and LCD has broke. its almost imposible remove glass from LCD…its glued…my iphone death and im pissed…dont do it at home…trust me

By: Jeff

Jeff — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:26:26 +0000

You can get replacement iPhone front glass from Kokopelli Music (www.kokopellimusic.us) for just $29.99.

By: Alicia

Alicia — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:59:06 +0000

hahaha … I’d do the same thing in a heart beat. Why the fuck is the phone glass replacement 300 dollars? That’s ridiculous, the phone its self cost 600. That’s jacked.