Friday, September 24, 2010

iPhone Screen Replacement and Digtizer

So, no doubt you've come here because in one way or another your iPhone screen is not working as it did when you got it. You may have dropped it one too many times, and the screen is cracked. Or, maybe, the digitizer no longer reacts to your finger touching the screen, leaving your iPhone useless.

Luckily, there is a lot that can be done to fix this. And it is quite easy to do, too.

Many places are charging through the roof for a replacement iPhone screen, or commonly an iPhone Digitizer. Realistically, this can be done by almost anyone. I changed my first damaged screen on my iPhone myself. I bought the digitizer online, followed some basic instructions and was up and going in about 30 minutes with a brand new, working screen!

Keep tuned here, as I'm searching for some good deals on these digitizers and soon I'll post a link here with where you can buy a high quality one at a good price!

What does the iPhone Digitizer Look Like?

Okay, so you might have read my first post about iPhone Digitizers or Screen replacements.

Well, I thought I should show you guys what they actually look like (if you don't already know)

First, here's a photo of a nasty looking iPhone in desperate need of a new screen replacement.      

                          

Scary looking, hey?

Anyway, to replace such a damaged iPhone screen, you could just get a replacement 'glass' screen. This would work, however - you would soon find out that you have a big problem. Normally, attached to the glass screen is also the 'digitizer', you can't really see it, but it's there. So, if you removed the broken screen above and replaced it with just the new 'glass' screen, you'd find out that since the digitizer doesn't come with the pack, your iPhone would now look new... but when you touch the screen, there would be no response!

So, what you NEED is a replacement glass screen WITH digitizer! Luckily, this is commonly what is sold all over the net. What you get is the screen replacement and digitizer all in one, so you don't have to worry about anything else.

Wondering what the screen and digitizer looks like?


As you can see, it's the glass screen and the two wire tabs hanging out from the top of the screen need to be connected to the iPhone, they're part of the digitizer which in a sense is like a thin film on the back of the glass of the screen. I hope that helps a little!

Anyway, I'll be posting that link shortly as to where you guys can get your own brand new iPhone Digitizer and replacement screen all in one.