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:

iPhone explosion, VZW this summer?

OK, so my iPhone didn’t exactly explode – but the glass sure did. On Sunday I attempted to pull my iPhone from my pocket only to have it nose dive onto the kitchen tile.

zomgbbq, so sharp

Luckily, Amazon has replacement iPhone 3G glass kits for about 15 bucks.

My contract with ATT expires in July. You can bet come end of the summer I will be thinking about switching to Verizon. My buddy summed it up perfectly:

I never thought I’d see the day when Verizon was more progressive than AT&T. For the longest time, VZW was full of shitty “smartphones” with no WiFi and no ingenuity, while AT&T experimented with all sorts of BlackBerry devices, early-model HTC devices, etc.

Now the tables have turned, because AT&T is anchored to the iPhone. It’s amazing.