iPhone no more

I mentioned my iPhone screen had exploded when it fell face first in my kitchen. I found a nice iPhone screen repair kit on Amazon for about 15 bucks.

iphone 3G screen repair kit

The kit came with zero instructions, so I just hit up youtube for some instructional videos. There were plenty. Unfortunately the videos make it seem a little bit easier than it really is. Apple really doesn’t want you to take this thing a part.

My first error came when I was trying to split the iPhone open. A circuit board got caught on the screen and started to crack.

a slight crack

At this point, I kept going forward, because even thought it seemed to be cracked I thought it might still work.

Then I really messed up, shattering some crystals in my LCD.

So at this point, I gave up and I am using a 5 year old Samsung flip phone that my roommate had laying around. I haven’t decided if I want to attempt to replace the LCD or try to aquire a new phone.

So now my desk just looks like this: