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Where to buy genuine Apple iphone screens?
colesey:
i have had two experiences with very different outcomes. The first was an ebay ‘expert’ who replaced the screen on my 6 and no end of issues arose afterwards, rendering it junk. The other was iSmash who replaced the screen on my daughter’s SE last October and everything has been fine since. Whilst not cheap, it seems to be factory quality but much cheaper than the Apple store and offered a quick turnaround.
Dan_FR:
That's awful - I'm sorry I recommended them. I'd be sending it back for a refund in that case. Sounds like it's not better/different to the cheap ones for half the price
pudding:
'iSmash' :grin:
It's fine Dan, not your fault in the slightest. It's always a gamble repairing these intricate and extremely fragile things, and one I was prepared to take.
It's amazing they last as long as they do, 'out in the field'. I hear the iPhone X is incredibly fragile and screen replacements on those are horrendous money. I'm sure they could be made stronger, but like cars, they don't want you to own one forever.
Anyway, another thing to chalk up to experience and move on :smiley: For now, I'm using the 'Assistive touch' in the Accessibility options to get around the loss of the home button.
v4rley:
@Pudding is there an option to use your original home button?
pudding:
You have to transfer the original home button to the new screen anyway. No screens come with a new button, so must be paired to the processor for security reasons. A lot of people have found it no longer works when you move it to a new screen, but obviously Apple stores will have a special process. I bet they have complete assemblies and resync the home button. A bit like the immobilizer chip in cars.
When you boot the phone up again, it takes forever and then you get a message saying the home button is disabled.
It seems to me the iPhone 7 onwards have become cheaply made and flimsy (are we surprised?!). I can't tell you how it easy it is to rip a ribbon cable on the 7!! I did that removing the old screen and didn't even feel it rip :confused:
By comparison, the old 5 and 5s are built like tanks.
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