A cracked iPhone screen can be annoying and disruptive, damaging the aesthetics and functionality of your beautifully crafted iPhone and potentially causing you downtime.
CAUSES OF A CRACKED IPHONE SCREEN
There’re 100’s of ways to cause a cracked iPhone screen. Some of the most common ways are dropping your phone on pavement or hard flooring, putting your phone at the bottom of your bag or sitting down with the phone in your back pocket. Here at RocketFix, we have seen it all; ranging from children launching their parents’ phones down the stairs, a bewildered owner leaving their beloved phone on top of a car, and many alcohol-induced accidents that leave both the owner and phone more than a little worse for wear.
Don’t worry; there are some best practice steps that RocketFix can take you through to recognize the depth of the problem and provide a solution that fits your budget and reduces your hassle factor.
So, is it worth fixing my broken iPhone screen?
It is true that up to a third of iPhone owners with a broken iPhone screen won’t repair it. Although your phone may still be functioning, it’s fair to say that an iPhone screen that is broken won’t stand the test of time as well as a phone with the screen intact.
1. RETAINING THE VALUE IN YOUR IPHONE IS SIGNIFICANT
If you want to sell your iPhone in and achieve its maximum value when you upgrade, it is essential that you keep it in good working order. SellMyMobile.com; is a website for selling your old mobile phone and displays you how much your phone is worth. SellMyMobile displays the prices of a working and non-working phone. If you have a broken iPhone screen your phone would be classed as non-working, and you would get less for it. Fixing your iPhone would mean it’s classed as working and you would get the full value for it.
This demonstrates that it’s worth having your cracked iPhone screen repaired to assure when you sell your iPhone in that you can optimise the complete price of the phone.
2. THE TIME AND COST OF REPAIRING THE SCREEN IS PROBABLY BETTER THAN YOU EXPECT
Often customer’s initial reaction is to go to Apple to repair their broken iPhone screen. This can be an expensive choice on older models, and though the quality is always guaranteed, it can usually take time to book an appointment to get your repair done. RocketFix offers a same day repair service via their on-site service.
3. LEAVING YOUR IPHONE SCREEN CRACKED WILL LEAD TO LONG-TERM DAMAGE
Thirdly, if you leave the iPhone with a broken screen for many weeks your phone is more vulnerable to further damage. A cracked iPhone screen also means that your phone is susceptible to ingression and water damage. If a high volume of steam and water seeps/leaks into your phone via the broke on the screen, there’s the potential that the phone can short circuit, and then the iPhone won’t be able to be repaired.
RocketFix would always recommend that having your screen repaired is the best option available to preserve the value and life expectancy of your iPhone.
WHAT IS THE IMMEDIATE ACTION IF YOU HAVE A BROKEN IPHONE SCREEN?
If you have cracked your screen particularly terribly, we would always notify caution in operating the phone, like little shards of glass could put pieces in your finger or more dangerously if placing your phone next to your ear leave little pieces of glass in your ear.
1.THE COMPOSITION OF THE IPHONE SCREEN
An iPhone screen repair doesn’t just fix the glass on your phone it fixes some problems. This’s because the iPhone screen is not just made up of glass, it is made up of 4 bonded parts including the glass that can entirely affect the functionality of your display and phone if they are dropped or smashed against something.
Rufat Abasof at RocketFix states that four elements make up a front screen on an iPhone.
The schematic below shows the four essential parts of the iPhone screen. For illustrative purposes only, we have broken down a damaged screen to show you how a front screen is built up. This isn’t how a new screen would look.
- Glass – It provides a protective layer over LCD and digitiser layers.
- Screen Retaining Frame – It keeps the glass, the LCD and the digitiser together.
- LCD (Liquid crystal display) – this is the real visual display that displays the images.
- Digitiser layer – the digitiser controls the touch elements of your iPhone and your touchscreen.
Rufat states that recognise “you cannot just replace one of these parts. If you have broken the glass, the screen comes as one composite part with the four of these parts moulded together.”
Rufat continues; “Some non-reputable shops claim that they can only replace the glass as part of the repair for a lower price. RocketFix strictly notifies against this. In situations of this nature, the phone technician will only scrape the glass away from the other parts, and this will not perform a long-term robust, adequate or effective repair”.
2. WHAT COULD THINGS BE WRONG WITH YOUR PHONE AFTER DROPPING IT ON ITS SCREEN?
The next step is to determine what potentially could be wrong with the phone resulting from dropping or smashing the phone.
At RocketFix, we run through some questions relating to the broken screen.
- Have you broken or smashed the glass on the front of your iPhone?
- Do you have a damaged or broken LCD? This can be evaluated by asking the following questions:
- Is your phone still on?
- Does it have a blank display?
Is there a difference of colour on your display or the appearance of lines, red or multicoloured lines or patches of colours?
3. TOUCH SENSING PROBLEMS FROM THE DIGITISER. THIS CAN BE EVALUATED BY ASKING THE FOLLOWING THINGS?
- Is your touchscreen reactive?
- Is the finger swipe working?
- Are your apps launching themselves?
iPhone display repair will fix any of the above issues. RocketFix always replaces the complete front screen on your device, which includes the front glass, touch screen digitiser and LCD and of course the frame.
WHAT ARE REPAIR OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO YOU?
There are some repair options available to you. RocketFix would always notice that you get your screen repaired by a reputable phone repair technician to assure the work is carried out to a high standard and to ensure the repair comes with a warranty.
IS FIXING THE IPHONE SCREEN YOURSELF AN OPTION?
RocketFix see a high proportion of botched phone repairs from DIY kits and notify caution with this approach as unless this’s done very accurately it can cost you more money having to repair the phone next down the order and if you make a mistake, you probably run the risk of missing the full value of your phone.
If you choose to mend the smashed screen yourself, you can source your replacements screens from a US seller on eBay or Amazon. The prices listed may look quite attractive but this does not factor in the time and accuracy that is required to repair the phone yourself. If you miss one screw, you may have to begin all over, and if you make a mistake, you could irreversibly corrupt your iPhone.
Always be sure to buy a single piece screen that comprises the glass, digitiser and LCD. Don’t buy the glass-only parts. Obtaining just the glass or odd part will not repair your phone successfully. Having only the glass can cause typing or selection misalignment which can in most cases, make your touchscreen unresponsive and wrong.
As well as buying the one piece front screen unit, you need to ensure that the kit has the correct tools included. If attempting to repair your screen, we noticed that you watch several YouTube tutorials in excellent detail to assure that you know which screws need to be removed, how to remove the broken screen glass successfully and how to connect the wires back upon end.
If the wrong part is installed, then you can end up causing short circuit damage, lose all data and render the device useless. Please recognise that there are up to 13 screws in an iPhone 5 screen replacement and 14 in an iPhone 5S screen replacement and half of those screws are different sizes and threads, so if you place one wrong screw in the wrong place, you can irreversibly damage your phone.
Fixing an iPhone yourself can be done, however, in our professional opinion, it isn’t worth the risk. You might save yourself a small quantity of money but the first time you try to fix an iPhone yourself on average will reasonably take between 2 – 3 hours; and most significantly if you make a mistake, you could damage your iPhone beyond repair and lose the full value.
THE APPROVED REPAIR OPTION
As with any skilled trade, it takes a professional hand to replace parts or repair, and we would advise that you go to RocketFix to CALL, TEXT, EMAIL OR BOOK A REPAIR. We offer you both a Mail-in service and a Call-Out service. With our Call-out service, one of our experienced technicians will come out to you at work or home and repair your iPhone securely in front of you in less than an hour.
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