Replace the iphone screen 22 January 08
Finally my iphone screen arrived this week and I could not wait to put it in an fix my iphone which had a broken touch panel, the lcd worked fine.
I already opened up my iphone so I thought it would be a quick job of replacing the screen. Wrong, it took me about 2 hours because the screen was glued to the plastic internal housing. I was scared to break any of the part that were not going to be replaced.
Here I have the back cover removed and the camera.
Removed the battery and mainboard from the iphone. The mainboard has 4 connections so be sure to remove these before you take it out.
This is never going to be an functioning Iphone again!
After a 2 hour battle I removed the iphone screen from the plastic housing.
Putting everything together took about 5% of the time it took to take it apart, no dramas there.
I hoped that it would work again cause otherwise I probably thrown the thing against the wall.
But, I turned it on and the touch screen worked great.
It took a reboot to get the top of the screen working too, don’t know why.
So a total of $150 Australian dollar was spend and close to day of my time but it was worth it. What a wicked little device.
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Hey Mate,
Lokks good. I have the same issue, and am based in Sydney. Do you offer this as a service?
Cheers
Tom – tom.com.au@gmail.com
Hey Tom,
I don’t offer replacing the iphone screen as a service but I can always help you out if you have any questions.
It is quite a long process but at the end it is all worth it.
Try to find a replacement screen somewhere on ebay or in the U.S.
Good luck with the replacement.
Cheers
Rik
Hae there now im in new zealand and have just ordered the touch panel how hard is it to get the panel off the digitizer?
Nick
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I did not remove the digitizer from the lcd screen. I just bought a screen and digitizer and replaced the lot.
Hope this helps.
Hi. Nice job! I have an iphone with a broken glass. There are replacements on ebay for 50 USD. Do you think this is the same item that you used to replace yours?
Thanks,
Sid
No, I don’t think so because mine was the glass complete with the LCD and touch panel. The glass replacements are just the top layer of the screen i guess.
Hi!
Great job!
From where did you get the Complete Screen? And how much was it (A$150?)
And please give some more details on how you “Removed the battery and mainboard from the iphone”. It is glued on and I don’t know where to safely lever it, and how much force to use – or would some solvent help?
Also some details please on removing the screen from the “plastic housing”.
Thanks!
John
Hello, John
I found it on a US website.
the iphone screen (google link) above links to a site that has it in stock for $169.99. The price has gone up a little but it is still affordable.
You can use my previous post on how to open the iphone. Good luck
i bought 2G iphone (apple) the screen got broken even thuogh it is working but i want to replace it pls help me the way out the questions are how do i get a new one and who or how will replace it
I Have iPhone and already i broke the screen and idont know from were can i have another screen to change it
could u tell me from were and the price of it plaese
I replaced my screen and it came back on and the touch screen works but I don’t have any service. I think I connected the antenna correctly but don’t know what else could be wrong. Any ideas?