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iphone 2g screen broken but touchscreen works, do i need to replace digitizer?

Reply by sirgemhl

hi guys,

my iphone screen cracked but the touch screen still works. i can see everything fine and its just that the glass bit is cracked.

i was wondering if i need the actual touchscreen digitizer component, or if i could just get the lens part which is only 10 bucks on ebay...

thanks!

Reply reply by Kyle Wiens

The screen and the touch sensor are glued together. We haven't figured out a good way to separate them.

Reply reply by swild

Quote from kyle:

The screen and the touch sensor are glued together. We haven't figured out a good way to separate them.

Can you please let us know how? I desperately need to know how this is done.

Reply reply by tacanus

It is a very delicate operation... i tried to separate the broken glass piece by piece with a plastic object. try to heat the glass and the digitizer with an hair dryer and then... piece by piece... the chances to get it separated are 10%... the tricky part is when you have to glue them together... the hair dryer is no longer use, you will need a glue gun [it is used in making bulletproof glass].. the same like the glue used in attaching the digitizer to the glass. good luck!

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