It doesn't look too difficult.
Has anybody replaced their own? Kits on Amazon for £16 or so.
I dropped it once too often. The phone still works, and the screen. The glass is kaput.
Is it likely to be a success or should I contact O2/Apple?
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check out youtube for DIy guides on screen replacement, Me? I would send it off to one of the numerous places that will do it for not much money.
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I did it on an HTC. More intimidating than it was difficult.
However, I'd get someone else to do it if it were economic and feasible.
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Thanks. As I've time I'll have a go, little victories and all that, and it will add to my reputation as a tight git.
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Do it, M. I recently replaced the supposedly non-user servicable battery in my Nokia N8. A youtube video was all it took, and a £1.99 teeny weeny star-type screwdriver from the local ironmongers. As well as the £10 battery, of course.
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Cheers. I've ordered one with a set of "tools" for about £20.
There's a geezer in Prestwood who advertises the repair for £35, but it would take me as long to drive over there twice, and and I don't want to be without it just now.
I'm half expecting the quality to be noticeably sub-Apple, but the only sure way round that i to swap it at the Apple shop for £135.
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Well I have done it. And everything works.
I definitely could not have managed without an eye loupe, which I happen to have. The screws are absolutely minuscule, and some are even smaller!
I am seriously impressed with the design and construction. The only give away now is the absence of a tiny grille in the earpiece bit. There wasn't one in the new screen and I failed to notice before I had fitted it to the frame. I doubt if I could have reused the one bonded to the old screen anyway.
The screen doesn't feel as good, I assume the special coating is absent, so I've fitted a screen protector which makes that irrelevant. Side by side with another 4S, the colours are not quite as good and the viewing angle is narrower - the colour tint changes, as well as the brightness, when viewing obliquely.
I am well pleased for £20.95, delivered. It did take me four hours though, and I probably won't feel the need to do another one myself! If I did, I think I would prefer to use a big magnifier on a stand, with a light rather than constantly switching from the reading glasses to the loupe.
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iPhone 4S screen broken - Zero
