Can replacement iPhone screens be trusted?

Memphis

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Nice and simple this one... fiancee dropped her phone last night which now has a nice single crack from bottom left to middle right. Still works but you can see pressure marks whenever you tap the screen.

It's out of warranty so is buying a replacement screen worth the risk and hassle? There are obviously numerous sources for them, some claiming genuine part, others not. Some have both good reviews and horrendous reviews.

Any tips or guidance from those who have replaced their own screens?
 
Pot luck i'm afraid.

I've purchased £20 4s screens which have been rubbish, just last week purchased a £10 4s display for a customer and it was perfect.

Don't go through the whole installation process, turn the screen upside down and connect the cables to the connectors on the logic board to test the screen.

Saves a lot of wasted time if it's a load of rubbish.
 
Solus said:
Pot luck i'm afraid.

I've purchased £20 4s screens which have been rubbish, just last week purchased a £10 4s display for a customer and it was perfect.

Don't go through the whole installation process, turn the screen upside down and connect the cables to the connectors on the logic board to test the screen.

Saves a lot of wasted time if it's a load of rubbish.
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Hi,

Where did you purchase the £10 screen from as my wife needs hers doing.

Matt
 
I did the gfs iphone 5 the other week. First screen was crap and the second one seems fine. The colours on the first one were not very good either. Very pot luck it seems as the first one was more expensive than the second but the second has been perfect.

Its not that hard to replace but you do have to be very careful when putting everything back together to line it up properly or you might find the camera / microphones etc have moved slightly.
 
Apparently there are no genuine screens available... Apple just won't supply them. I bought a replacement 5 scene a couple if weeks ago for £25 including the required tools for the job... Works perfect and you genuinely cannot tell it apart from an original one.
 
Solus said:
Don't go through the whole installation process, turn the screen upside down and connect the cables to the connectors on the logic board to test the screen.
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Thanks for that tip.
Is it best to remove the battery to do this first or is switching off the phone OK instead?
 
I just turn the phone off, I don't remove the battery. Any problems with display caused by you moving the cable while installed can be resolved with a hard reset (Holding the home button and power button at the same time for 20 seconds)
 
Solus said:
I just turn the phone off, I don't remove the battery. Any problems with display caused by you moving the cable while installed can be resolved with a hard reset (Holding the home button and power button at the same time for 20 seconds)
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Thank you.
 
I bought a brand new screen for my old 4s from a phone shop for 30 quid and they installed it cause I was busy at work and needed my phone. It lasted about 4 weeks and I dropped my phone from a stupidly low height and it cracked
 
IceShock said:
I bought a brand new screen for my old 4s from a phone shop for 30 quid and they installed it cause I was busy at work and needed my phone. It lasted about 4 weeks and I dropped my phone from a stupidly low height and it cracked
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3rd party screen is made out of cheap glass, where OEM Genuine screen made out of Corning Gorilla Glass.
 
replace base, to my knowledge, sell genuine parts. I replaced my iPhone 5 screen and it looked, felt, identical to my original screen. Normally, the "genuine" ones from the bay have small variances on the other side of the screen.
Have bought the rear casing for the iPhone 5 from replace base as well and that was identical
 
Best to pick up a used original one really. Some sell grade A ones for same prices as these china fakes, bear in mind the originals use stronger glass and have the proper lcd's.
 
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