mrobinson2 Posted July 14, 2010 Share Posted July 14, 2010 Having bought my brother's iphone 3g off him for a measly £70 with shattered glass, but fully working touch screen, i decided to buy the new glass and repair it. Step 1. order from ebay the new glass. Step 2. glass arrives and i open a guide i found but hadn't previously read. Step 3. take the iphone to bits as far as the glass and digitizer Step 3. swear alot and throw the closest thing to hand at the wall in a rage when i realised i could neither remove the digitizer from the old glass without breaking it, nor could i put it back together because some of the old glass had crumbled away due to it shattering ! step 4. calm down, pick my toys back up and put them back in my pram, and order the correct part step 5. try and piece back together the only spare phone in the house which was said closest thing to hand and now lay in about 8 pieces on the floor! step 6. google anger management classes step 7. explain to my boss why i will be unreachable by phone for a few days iphone 3g with broken glass - £70 new glass from ebay - £6.50 losing my temper at my own stuidity - £78.50 (£50 for spare phone, £8.50 for correct part, £10 for a tub of filler to repair the phone shaped hole in the wall) trying to explain to my girlfriend why i had thrown our emergency phone at the wall, thus creating a mess of the wall - £priceless!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M13KYF Posted July 14, 2010 Share Posted July 14, 2010 dont you need to heat the glass up before removing and re-applying Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrobinson2 Posted July 14, 2010 Author Share Posted July 14, 2010 Yep, did that, but couldn't the the fecker off! must have applied too much pressure and broke it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisjones6699 Posted July 14, 2010 Share Posted July 14, 2010 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Husky Posted July 14, 2010 Share Posted July 14, 2010 Violent man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elfman Posted July 14, 2010 Share Posted July 14, 2010 i read a walk through on changing things like the glass and back of the iphone on the internet a few months ago, after reading i decided if mine ever broke i'd buy a new one and save the above from happening Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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