Comments on: Fixing the broken glass on my iPhone

By: Filiberto Dearmas

Filiberto Dearmas — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:25:55 +0000

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By: Tarah Swatek

Tarah Swatek — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 23:53:53 +0000

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By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 03:13:58 +0000

For the cracks on the exterior glass that are minor (straight cracks, not complete shatters or large spider-web cracks), couldn’t you use a resin filler to repair instead of a glass replacement? Would resin like this for tempered glass work on the iPhone?
http://store.glasweld.com/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=RPITFILLER3

By: titiinorbita

titiinorbita — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 04:36:22 +0000

Here is the link for the clear adhesive film for 2G iphone on ebay…

http://cgi.befr.ebay.be/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260477271920&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

By: ali

ali — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 11:44:46 +0000

sorry for my english

By: ali

ali — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 11:43:30 +0000

hi, i have done this repair
tips: when trying to break the glass, try to break the edges of the glass so it shatters the glass more so it would be easy to removek
= i uses double sited tape to stick the glass on to the phone and works perfickly.
i thing thou some time is locks up but to reduce this problem check this site site
http://limitededitioniphone.com/iphone-touchscreen-fix-increase-sensitivity/
also check this video out on how to remove the glass.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sT7wRXeYsyg

By: thopmans

thopmans — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:00:31 +0000

This was the first site i could find with a lot of detail on this difficult repair. So why not tell everybody my experiences..I have done a couple of these repairs, what i have done is removed the cracked lens with a razor blade, then used goo gone to remove the adhesive left behind. Its very difficult to keep the rubber o-ring in tact so i usually remove it. I then put some silicone gasket sealant into a syringe and carefully insert the sealant into the crack between the lcd and the metal trim(where the o-ring previously was situated). I then use some GS hypo cement i see previously mentioned above and run it along the side edges of iphone (very thin) and apply it in small dabs on the black areas on the top and bottom of the iphone.I then place he oem glass lens into the iphone and, voila! let it dry and there you have a like new iphone lcd. With this method no dust is able to get into the screen, and the digitizer works perfectly. I am currently in the process of making a youtube video that is very specific on how to do this. Please email me at
bbrepairservice at gmail dot com with any questions. I do this repair as a service for $100, if you think this is to big of a job for yourself, email me and we can discuss.
Good luck,
-Thopmans

By: Steven

Steven — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:21:02 +0000

I found that the touch screen will response if you put a piece of tape on it. I imagine saran warp would also work.

By: smassie

smassie — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:32:25 +0000

@ Rakesh

It’s hard to say if you need to replace the digitizer or just the glass. Can you touch all areas of the phone and do they respond? If so then just replacing the glass will work for you. If you have dead areas of the touchscreen however, you will need to replace the glass and digitizer together.

That actually seems to be an easier fix (from a time required standpoint). I’ve never replaced a digitizer personally but the videos on youtube make it seem pretty straight forward.

Good luck with it, I hope it’s an easy fix for ya!

By: Rakesh

Rakesh — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:16:27 +0000

@ smassie

hey thanks for the reply.
well yes your guess is correct. my iphone was used one.
so it means that the guy who was using my iphone earlier had just repalced the glass that is why i could easily take off my glass in one shot.
i figured out tat my glass had an additional layer which seems to be the digitizer. so please suggest me if a glass replacement like earlier would fix my phone.

many thanks in advance.

Rakesh