What a Nightmare!!!
I was allowed to keep my iphone 5s when I was made redundant from my last job. So it was a few years old and free. But recently the screen started coming away from the sides. A bit of internet re-search reveals it's a sign the battery is on the way out. I've spent a lifetime dismantling and repairing stuff and with videos on how to do stuff freely available I bought a new battery. I got the phone apart pretty easily as the screen was coming away already. A few tiny screws and the new battery was in.
That's where the problem started on one of the videos I watched it showed glue being applied to the screen edges to seal it all back up again. I'd bought glue, it came in an incomplete syringe. No needle, no plunger - it's very thin glue it went everywhere and as if by capillary action sucked itself between the LCD and the glass and stuffed the original screen totally.
So what do you do? A screen is just a few bucks more from ebay. But you have to dismantle and transfer a whole bunch of parts from your old screen. Back to the tiny screws again. They are a nightmare the tiniest bit of pressure on your tweezers and the bloody things fly out only to be found by getting on your hands and knees with a powerful torch looking out for a glint. The magnetic screwdrivers flip the screws around when you get them near a hole so that the threads point outwards at the last minute.
I finally got it all back together and working and the screen cracked at the very last minute as I pushed it home.
For now I'll buy a screen protector to cover the crack and when I'm fed up with the cracked but functional screen I'll let a professional replace it. Or maybe I'll start saving for a new phone now.
Total respect for the midgets they employ to assemble these things for peanuts money.
I was allowed to keep my iphone 5s when I was made redundant from my last job. So it was a few years old and free. But recently the screen started coming away from the sides. A bit of internet re-search reveals it's a sign the battery is on the way out. I've spent a lifetime dismantling and repairing stuff and with videos on how to do stuff freely available I bought a new battery. I got the phone apart pretty easily as the screen was coming away already. A few tiny screws and the new battery was in.
That's where the problem started on one of the videos I watched it showed glue being applied to the screen edges to seal it all back up again. I'd bought glue, it came in an incomplete syringe. No needle, no plunger - it's very thin glue it went everywhere and as if by capillary action sucked itself between the LCD and the glass and stuffed the original screen totally.
So what do you do? A screen is just a few bucks more from ebay. But you have to dismantle and transfer a whole bunch of parts from your old screen. Back to the tiny screws again. They are a nightmare the tiniest bit of pressure on your tweezers and the bloody things fly out only to be found by getting on your hands and knees with a powerful torch looking out for a glint. The magnetic screwdrivers flip the screws around when you get them near a hole so that the threads point outwards at the last minute.
I finally got it all back together and working and the screen cracked at the very last minute as I pushed it home.
For now I'll buy a screen protector to cover the crack and when I'm fed up with the cracked but functional screen I'll let a professional replace it. Or maybe I'll start saving for a new phone now.
Total respect for the midgets they employ to assemble these things for peanuts money.
Huawei
My p20 lite is the best phone I've ever had. Camera sucks, but you can get the p30 lite now.
Set it next to an iPhone and tell em you spent 500 less
My p20 lite is the best phone I've ever had. Camera sucks, but you can get the p30 lite now.
Set it next to an iPhone and tell em you spent 500 less
I looked into doing this to replace my iPhone 6S battery, but went to a local phone shop and he replaced the battery in about ten minutes, while I waited for £25. Total respect to the guy who did it - I have no idea how he did it so fast and there's no sign that the phone had ever been opened
Brian
Brian
Not exactly the same thing, but maybe 2013 I had an Ipad. Decent enough until I cracked the screen. "No problem" I thought, "I'll repair it myself." Nope. Ruined it, due to my mechanical ineptitude. Since then I'm a cheap Android tablet kind of guy 🙂 No fault of Apple, but less expense when something goes wrong.
Funny. My PC friends like the PC because they can tweak the software. I like Apple products because I don't have to mess with the software.
The hardware is the easy part for me. I've replaced my iPhone and iPod batteries, and replaced the iPod screen. I'm not a low paid midget. Interesting how the iPod classic is held together. Reminds me of how weapon components are held in the aeroshell.
The hardware is the easy part for me. I've replaced my iPhone and iPod batteries, and replaced the iPod screen. I'm not a low paid midget. Interesting how the iPod classic is held together. Reminds me of how weapon components are held in the aeroshell.
