How To Fix Your iPhone Screen
Now DIY is back in fashion Clive Bull explains how you can change your iPhone screen.
9 Feb 2012, 11:30
When to DIY and when not to? That is the question. Supposedly making do and mending is back in fashion, in this apparent era of austerity, but it doesn’t always save you money. There have been times when I’ve been a little over enthusiastic about the possibilities of doing it yourself. Changing a bulb in the car for example. What could possibly go wrong? Well, in my case a simple bulb replacement turned into a farce. They don’t make it easy to reach those bulbs. So I broke the plastic housing by forcing it a little too much. Then I realised I could only release the housing by disconnecting the car battery. When reconnected nothing would start because I required a code that I didn’t have. All in all it cost £300 to put it right. Just for changing a bulb. Next time I’ll go to Halfords.
Bulbs must be a particular hang up for me. LBC listeners at the time may remember me explaining how I managed to cut my hand, fall off a stool and electrocute myself - in that order - while trying to change a kitchen light bulb. So against that background I must have been mad to attempt to change the glass on an iPhone. “Don’t even think about it,” was the general advice. But for some reason I wanted to have a go. They sell replacement glass kits for £4.99 on Amazon, Apple would do a professional job for a lot more. I couldn’t resist, and I am only writing this to say that if you have the time and the patience it is very do-able.
One of the wonderful things about the internet - and the something that has killed a whole genre of phone-ins in its wake - is the fact that you can get instructions online on how to do almost anything. I used one of numerous videos that takes you through, step by step, and although there was a lot of pausing and rewinding, it has all the information you need. Then you just need the replacement glass kit, which normally comes with a suction cup, a very small screwdriver and some gluey tape. Unscrewing the smallest screws I have ever seen was very tricky. Getting them back in, even more so. You also have to disconnect and reconnect some tiny, fiddly cables. Oh, and you need a hair dryer to soften the glue! A mere ten minutes later (OK two hours) and there it was – I had a brand new iPhone. Well it looked it anyway. I was even more surprised to find that it still worked.
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Wonderful instructions Clive but what about the recipe for home made Pizza you promised us for so long xx
09/02/2012 23:23Wonderful instructions Clive but what about the recipe for home made Pizza you promised us for so long xx
09/02/2012 23:23