Our engineers worked 12-hour shifts for five days to bring you a comprehensive repair manual for Apple’s newest creation. Ten guides, 122 images, and 181 bullet points later, our manual shows you how to replace all the major components that may break or fail in your iPhone 4. We hope you never have to use our guides, but we’ve got you covered if you do.
iFixit “ the folks who have brought us so many great ‘teardowns ‘ of the iPhone (and even an occasional escaped/leaked iPhone) “ have published a superb repair manual for the new iPhone 4. It offers 10 step-by-step guides on how to fix your injured or broken iPhone 4 “ covering how to replace major parts including the home button, front and rear-facing cameras, dock connector, battery, and more.
Here ‘s some bad news on the possibilities for replacing broken iPhone 4 screens:
During our teardown, we investigated the repairability of the front and back glass panels. It turns out that you’ll be able to swap the back glass with little effort, but you won’t be able to replace the front panel without also replacing the LCD.
The LCD, glass panel, and digitizer come as one unit in the iPhone 4, and they are inseparable without damaging the LCD. We’re going to keep investigating potential methods of separating the LCD from the rest of the front panel, but the outlook isn’t good.
iFixit doesn ‘t have iPhone 4 parts in stock just yet, but they will do soon. So then you ‘ll be able to source replacement parts for the iPhone 4 from them via their store here
http://www.ifixit.com/iPhone-Parts
and then follow their excellent guides to get your repairs done. If you ‘re brave enough to take on iPhone 4 repairs, or just want to learn about how it ‘s done, check out the excellent repair guides at iFixit here:
http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Device/iPhone_4
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