[Closed] Dropped my Iphone - screen cracked

I drove over mine and completely shattered the screen. Sent it back to apple to get fixed. Cost me £145 but they sent me a brand new phone.

Hang on, I'll see if there's an app for that.

this happens to everyone
you should have bought a Mac

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*wonders why he bothered*

Tossers

Surely it'll polish out....

Alternatively there are plenty of companies out there that'll fix it, or sell you the parts to fix it yourself if your happy with taking it to pieces.

justa - Member

*wonders why he bothered*

Tossers

bit precious after only 5 mins of replies, the first of which was pretty useful 😆

Sorry, but the smugness exuded by most apple users only breeds schadenfreude in some of us I'm afraid. Perhaps I could have been more tactful though... 😳

I cannot stand apple and all the shite that surrounds them. So it pains me to admit that at upgrade time I got another one, nothing can touch it for what I want. Depressing but true.

Unfortunately I don't think there is anything you can do, 'cept speak to apple and they'll fix it for a fee, or if you're on contract you can take out "emergency insurance" and they'll fix it for less than the price of the phone.

I've been luck, dropped mine twice but it's landed well!

As said, Apple will give you a refurbished (which from the ones I've seen, are good as new) replacement for £145. If you can get to an Apple Store they'll swap it straight over for you.

http://www.apple.com/uk/support/iphone/service/faq/#warranty7

Which, for the Apple-haters, is far more generous than any other handset manufacturers I know of. And probably less than the excess on your home insurance, let alone the added premium next year (and the year after, and the year after that..).

Or, if you're 100% sure the drop didn't damage anything other than the screen glass and you're handy with very small screwdrivers, you can buy replacement screen glass / digitizers on ebay for about £30.

thanks very much for the helpful comments - i know its only a phone and some of the recent threads on here put things into perspective but I'm gutted

simong - i'll look into that

justa - Member
*wonders why he bothered*
Tossers

should have splashed out another £20 ish for a silicon rubber case i got one for my daughter.......shes dropped it many many times its still OK.. as without the cover they are very smooth & slimmy to hold... 😕

Just bought an otterbox for mine. Best phone related eight quid I have spent.

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Otterbox case ftw. If only for the comical name.

I have a cheap silicon case for my iPod touch. The screen cracked when I dropped it.

It was wearing an Otterbox - still broke though

Updated my iphone, new contract etc - took it Kayaking. Declined offers of waterproof bag to hold it for trip. Took a swim - phone totally @£%$£^. Thought bugger. Went into Apple shop and they replaced it for £100. I considered this a result. No insurance.

they want £146 to replace it - which yes still isnt bad

I'll cause a ruckus and type when I see the words "replacement iphone" and the amount "£145" the only thing filling my mind is " a fool and their money is easily parted".

Maybe I'm out of touch with the world, as I run hand me down phones.......

If it's just the outer screen digitizer a replacement will be £10/15 for the part(ebay) depending on version(3G/3GS) but it's a bit tricky to replace, check out the tutorials on youtube.

or alternatively, you can buy a complete front assembly for £50/60(even cheaper from China), these are quite easy/less tricky to replace, clicking in the screen cable and proximity sensor is the tricky bit, again have a look on youtube to see how it's done.

easy, take out accidental phone insurance, Orange charge £6 a month. leave it a couple of weeks then claim, they'll fix or replace it* certainly works on nokias that you drop and crack the screen of.....so i've heard 😉

*this is illegal though of course 😯

on the UK KTM forum there's a guy that fixes screens for £30 or so.

Perfect excuse to get one of the new bling iphone HD models when they appear later in the summer. Should be announced early June with shipping hopefully not too long after.

easy to fix by yourself with bits of ebay, loads of youtube vids show you how