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wife cracked her iphone screen twice! I fixed it twice!
« on: February 10, 2017, 06:28:20 PM »
My wife cracked her iphone 5 screen once by sitting down with it in her back pocket.  I replaced the screen using instructions from iFixit and a replacement screen from Amazon (which came with tools for opening the iphone as well).  She then proceeded to drop her phone in the bathroom with a tile floor again (a few months later) cracking the screen.  Spent about $50 for two replacement screens and about 1 hours worth of time. 

I have also replaced some batteries with reduced charge in iphones as well.  They are pretty cheap ~$10-20 and super easy to replace. iFixit is a great source for instructions.
   

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Re: wife cracked her iphone screen twice! I fixed it twice!
« Reply #1 on: February 10, 2017, 08:19:49 PM »
May I suggest investing in a case next?

Fixing phones/laptops/etc has been a quite profitable little niche for the effort I put in.  Beer (or food) money for long periods of my life has come from fixing stuff on the side.

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Re: wife cracked her iphone screen twice! I fixed it twice!
« Reply #2 on: February 10, 2017, 09:04:08 PM »
That's awesome!  I attempted to replace my own battery, which involves pulling the screen, and messed up one of the flat cables, necessitating a screen replacement.  Frugality fail on so many levels.

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Re: wife cracked her iphone screen twice! I fixed it twice!
« Reply #3 on: February 10, 2017, 11:40:32 PM »
May I suggest investing in a case next?

Fixing phones/laptops/etc has been a quite profitable little niche for the effort I put in.  Beer (or food) money for long periods of my life has come from fixing stuff on the side.


Yes I got her a more rugged case after the 2nd event. But it is satisfying being able to fix something like this. 


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Re: wife cracked her iphone screen twice! I fixed it twice!
« Reply #4 on: February 15, 2017, 10:49:49 AM »
two old iphones and an ipod touch that needs this done, still basically work though.

 

Wow, a phone plan for fifteen bucks!