My Problem

Iphone 3G wouldn't hold a charge after 3 years of abuse, which meant it didn't really work well as a mobile.

My Fix

Repair was flawless. It took about thirty minutes.

My Advice

Be very careful, however, when parting the screen from its housing -- those ribbon cables are delicate flowers. The small suction cup really helped, surprisingly, to separate the screen with a controlled amount of force (if you don't have a small suction cup before you start your repair my advice is to go find one)

My Problem

My former battery needed to be charged everyday

My Fix

The repair went well. It took like 30mins. The description to remove the cliped connector (number 3, i think) wasn't enough, I had to check on a youtube video to be sure. But the new battery doesn't seem to be lasting as long as the original one...

My Advice

The suction cup is a must have! It really takes some strenght to get the screen out.

My Problem

The phone would randomly shut off at any point of battery charge.

My Fix

Instructions were clear. Procedure of moderate difficulty the first time you do it as you would expect. Was able to complete the procedure in about 30 minutes. Label the screws as they come out so you can put them back where they belong. Good light and be in no hurry. Replacing the battery fixed the problem.

My Advice

Be very careful with the camera connection! The camera comes out with the logic board. It should not become disconnected but will if you are the least bit inattentive to it. Especially, be careful when replacing the logic board as the camera wants to disconnect. I used a hair dryer to loosen the battery adhesive as suggested.

My Problem

The mute button on my wife's iphone 3GS died and would cause the phone to vibrate randomly.

My Fix

The repair went smoothly. I followed the instructions to the letter and had no problems.

My Advice

Set all your screwed out in a pattern that matches where they were removed from.

My Problem

battery didnt last 8 hr

My Fix

45 min i was done

My Advice

take your time

My Problem

My iphone kept crashing and the power would go from any percentage to zero. We did change the battery. But the process was nowhere as simple as the video showed the connections were much tougher to disconnect and reconnect. We had to use a 10 power magnifier to see what we were doing. The problem appears to have been corrected but the phone runs a little slower on gmes and sometimes when typing and is warmer than before. If it lasts for another year that will be fine. apple said it couldnt be done, gee I wonder why ;-)

My Fix

Read the directions thoroughly especially the one about disconnecting the display. I'm having trouble typing into these fields. Use magnification!

My Advice

See above.

My Problem

To be honest, there wasn't any problem regarding my iPhone 3GS, it was working well. However, the power button seemed a bit "tired", and my battery didn't last as long as before.

My Fix

Overall, it went very well. I had trouble opening up the phone, and I had to remove the screen protector I had placed, and then use the Section Cup to open up the phone. I also had trouble with the "Do not remove" adhesive, it tore apart into small pieces. Everything else regarding disassembly and re-assembly went well. However, I am disappointed about the replacement power button. It simply don't work. It didn't clicked when I pushed it. I kept the old one, and when comparing the two, it seems that the one IFixit sell is some cheap chinese copy. The Apple one has totally flat back plastic which allows to press the electronic part as it should, when the other one has a back plastic filled with holes and industrial marks. On a good note, the battery is as good as the original one.

My Advice

The screws looks like they are all the same (except the two from the case). I recommend writing on a paper "Yellow, Orange and Red", and put the screws on it according to the repair guide. It really helps when re-assembling.

My Problem

I had an issue with intermittent muting of the phone when mute was on. After reading the guide and responses, I decided to give it a try.

My Fix

The repair went great! Photos were very helpful and gave me the necessary help to replace the button.

My issue was actually due to a cracked housing that holds the mute switch on the inside of the phone, probably damaged in a drop. The housing sheared in half and caused a mis-alignement of the external switch ($4.95 part) and the internal mechanism. After installing the new part, aligning the internal switch, and reassembling it works perfectly.

My Advice

A few pieces that help you when working:

1) A mechanics magnetic bowl. You can pick them up at home depot for around $10 and work great for holding your screws. It reduces the chance of knocking them off of the table.

2) A screw driver magnetizer. It will help greatly when trying to align the small screws.

3) Definitely get the spudger and suction cup from fixit. A must have for undoing the connections and removing the screen.

My Problem

During the call phone buzzes (noise like when you telephone near speakers)

Home button was getting more and more 'stubborn'

Plus about half a year ago it fell down and glass was broken near home button. And all the scratches started to annoy a bit

My Fix

First of all I should say that this was new experience for me, but I like to do things where you need accuracy and handiness, so I thought to give a try (it would be too expensive to get service and you'll never know what you'll get back /in my country/)

I got all front assembly with lcd instead of glass and panel with speaker and button. Well if you have 30$ more and less time and dont want to be worried about dust on LCD, you should do the same. (For me there was no option because panel was out of stock - what a ** was when after ordering, next day I got email about new stockings! But you may not be interested in my long ordering story and how everything shipped to me over the ocean and how my friend during the flight was keeping assembly in her pocket and not being worried about all the cables..!)

So I watched a video (both to be exact) how to change parts, read many comments how disappointing dock changing might be and so many functions wont work. You should carefully watch too and read the manual CAREFULLY, every single word even its only about two screws. Its a start to success.

Opening front panel went well but I managed somehow to open it to wide and cables slipt off. Its better not to do it again. Then all the screws and getting everything from back panel was quite fast and without accidents. Advice: after opening, stop for a moment and stare a bit, because your phone in real wont be the same as in picture and small details make big difference and its important to notice them - otherwise getting parts back will be harder especially if youre doing it for a first time. Next advice from me about the dock is that when you put the new dock, dont forget that screw holes must be ON the silver bezel holes but NOT UNDER, cause its goes well and fits under but its not a place and getting dock out is muck harder than you think. (my second mistake)

Be careful with camera! Dust gets easy onto panel.

Talking about display I can tell a bit of a joke. I wrote in the beginning that I hadnt chance to disconnect cables and in the dock repairing manual didnt notice that all THREE cables must be connected so i did only two (nr 1 and 2) but not that tiny one which had to go under a plate (where you have to be VERY CAREFUL). Guess what? I closed everything, turned the phone on, enjoyed perfect results and posted self promoting FB update and only then realised that i forgot that cable! But everything was working! What it does? I guess something with sound, but i turn off many sounds so didint notice.

And silver bezel started to fit badly - did some glueing. This was because of slightly broken corner i guess.

So thats my story :)

My Advice

Many written before, but one more:

original dock on contacts had some tape on it, so i asked dad to give me some and put pieces too. The same with home button. It looks more hermetic for me - if youd look in light youll see some space between dock connection and panel - cool way for dust to get in.

Wish you good luck as it happened to me - even working without all parts connected :)

My Problem

My wife's iPhone 3GS fell into a concrete floor few days before the 4s release, coincidence?.

My Fix

It was hard at first time, but the videos help a lot. I did not install properly one of the connectors and I had to unmount the iPhone again.

I bought the full front panel to avoid dissasembling just the touch screen so the fix was not that hard.

My Advice

Be calm, think it twice and watch the ifixit video tutorial.