Replace the iphone screen

Posted: 22 January 2008   tags: , ,


This is the best video I could find describing how to Replace the iphone screen

You need a flash player to see this movie.

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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Comments:

  1. Tom    1

    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

    3 March 2008, 14:17
  2. Rik Konings    2

    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

    3 March 2008, 14:52
  3. Nick    3

    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
    pro.kayaker@gmail.com

    29 April 2008, 06:52
  4. Rik Konings    4

    I did not remove the digitizer from the lcd screen. I just bought a screen and digitizer and replaced the lot.
    Hope this helps.

    29 April 2008, 17:13
  5. sid    5

    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

    1 June 2008, 09:15
  6. Rik Konings    6

    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.

    2 June 2008, 14:07
  7. Webmster John    7

    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

    27 June 2008, 12:17
  8. Kings Design    8

    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

    28 July 2008, 14:55
  9. ibrahim yusuf bala    9

    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

    4 November 2008, 01:04
  10. Mohamed Ali    10

    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

    9 November 2008, 20:55
  11. Kristin    11

    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?

    29 November 2008, 19:30
  12. Kwesi Banson Jnr    12

    I can see you a genius. I am in Ghana and the bottom part of my touch screen stopped working after falling from a table. Can I replace the screen for it to work? Please help me.

    16 February 2009, 00:02
  13. Kings Design    13

    @ Mohamed Ali
    See comment #8

    @ Kristin
    The only thing that I can think of is to open your iphone up again and look for any loose connections. You can also try to take out the antenna and have a good look at it and look for any imperfections.

    @ Kwesi Banson Jnr
    It looks like you have a broken touch screen. So yes you can replace it yourself and get the iphone to work again.

    Hope this helps.

    16 February 2009, 00:24

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