Title: Repairing a Damaged iPhone Screen with iFixit and Saving $300

As I stood before my sister's badly smashed iPhone, I couldn't help but feel a sense of frustration. The phone was no longer usable, and Apple's repair estimates were out of reach for us. We had been quoted around $109 to replace the display, but Apple wanted to charge us a whopping $300. That's when I turned to iFixit, an online retailer that offers high-quality replacement parts and repair guides.

I ordered a screen replacement kit from iFixit, which included a genuine OEM part, all the necessary tools, and a detailed guide on how to perform the repair. The total cost was still higher than Apple's estimate, but I knew it would be worth it in the long run. As I waited for the parts to arrive, I couldn't help but feel a sense of excitement. This was going to be a challenge, but one that I was determined to overcome.

Once the parts arrived, I began by undoing two of the screws on the front of the iPhone. These screws were proprietary and required a special screwdriver to remove them. Once I had removed the screws, I carefully stored them in a safe place, as they were incredibly small. Next, I used these screws to release the display, which was held in place by snaps along the sides. I also popped out the front camera, metal surrounds, and Touch ID sensor.

To begin the repair process, I applied a suction cup to the front of the iPhone and used a pry tool to carefully lift the screen up. This was the most nerve-wracking part of the process, as I had to be careful not to damage any of the internal components. Once the screen was lifted, I popped out the connectors that held it in place. There were several layers of connectors, each one connected to a specific component. I carefully removed each connector, taking care not to damage them.

Next, I removed the Touch ID sensor from the old display. This was a crucial step, as Apple requires users to sync their new Touch ID sensor with the phone for security reasons. The sensor was held in place by two tiny screws and a small plate. I carefully removed these components, taking care not to damage the sensor itself.

With the connectors and Touch ID sensor removed, I began the process of installing the new screen. This involved popping the new display into place, ensuring it was properly aligned with the phone's internal components. I then reconnected the connectors, making sure they were securely attached.

The final step in the repair process was to install the Touch ID sensor on the new display. This involved pushing the sensor back into place, ensuring it was properly seated and connected to the phone. I also added a tiny screw to secure the plate that held the sensor in place. With this done, I put the five screws back into place and began to reassemble the iPhone.

The final test was to boot up the iPhone and see if everything worked properly. I inserted the charging cable and waited for the screen to turn on. To my relief, the phone sprang to life, displaying a fully functional interface. It was a moment of triumph, knowing that we had successfully repaired our sister's iPhone.

As I looked at the fully functional iPhone next to its damaged counterpart, I couldn't help but feel a sense of satisfaction. We had saved $300 by using iFixit and performing the repair ourselves. The process may have been challenging, but it was worth it in the end. If you're considering repairing your own iPhone screen or have had an experience with Apple's repair services, I encourage you to share your story in the comments below.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhi everyone Aaron here for zotech and I wanted to show you my sister's iPhone it's badly smashed and what we tried to do is bring it to Apple and have them replace the display for their $ 109 or so dollar fee they said it was too damaged to replace and instead they would charge us about $300 to replace it so I checked out a bunch of options and it turns out I fix it was really the best option so let me show you that now so what I did is I ordered this part from iFix it and this is a screen replacement kit now it's not necessarily cheap but it's a very high quality part I believe it's an oem part and it came with all of the tools necessary in order to actually change the iPhone display it's in this little box here and what we've got is not just the display but we have the front camera the metal surrounds and everything but Touch ID so what you do is you simply start by undoing two of the screws on the front here on the bottom and these two pentalobe screws these are proprietary screws where you need a special screwdriver in order to remove them come out pretty easily but what you need to do is store them someplace safe because they're incredible L small so you take out these two screws to the display and they kind of hold the display in place and then we'll need to pop the display out now once the screws are out we need to put a suction cup on the front and what that does is allow us to pull the screen up now normally you can put it on the bottom but because it's broken I had to actually pop it out using this little pry tool and it's held in with some snaps along the along the sides and actually has a little bit of a lip across the top that just holds it into place and then at the top there's basically just four or five cables that hold the display or connect the display to the rest of the phone I'll speed this up though while I did this you need to take this plate off once the Plate's off you just take it and move it out of the way and then you need to pop these connectors off so I gently started popping all of these connectors off to free the display so there's quite a few here and they kind of layer themselves on top so one is for the display one is for the touch one is for the camera one is for the touch ID sensor and then it just kind of comes off once you pop those off and it's pretty simple so that's off and out of the way next we need to remove the touch ID sensor from the old display and you want to use the original as long as you can because if you don't use it you'll actually have to have apple sync the new touch ID sensor to the phone and that's for security reasons so this is actually connected via a tiny little connector and a little bit of glue and it took some work to get off but once you pop it back into place it's pretty simple so you just push it back down and there's one tiny little connector that connects down on the board itself and it was hard to get that in the shot because it was so hard to see and I had to bring it up close to my face but then it's just held in place by two tiny little screws and this little plate and this plate just secures the button to the front of the display but also adds the The Click feel because you've got a little bit of a metal nub there that pushes against the bottom of that button so once that it's in place we'll get to putting the connectors back on to the phone itself this part is actually pretty tricky and you have to be really careful because these connectors are so small and especially if you have larger hands like myself it makes it really difficult but once you've got those in place you put the plate back on as you can see here and just put the five screws back into place now this was a little bit tricky to put the glass down all I had to do though was tuck the top up under a lip on the metal and then just click it down into place and then all you do is put the screws back in and in theory it should work so so you'll see I'll finish putting the second screw in and then we'll actually boot this right back up and see if it works now this process wasn't very difficult and this was probably the most nerve-wracking part is making sure that it actually turned on and worked so you'll see it turned on and there it is next to the old display which is obviously in terrible condition so it's nice we have a brand new display that should work fine for a long time as long as it doesn't get damaged so if you've actually replaced an iPhone screen or had an experience with apple uh where they replaced it for you let us know in the comments below if you haven't subscribed already please subscribe and like as always thanks for watching this is Aaron I'll see you next time we have a Power Sleep awake button with a little speaker Grill there and then we have another speaker Grill and a 3.5 mm headphone jack these two speakers work in tandem with two more speakers that we see on\n"