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Installation Guide
iPhone 3GS
Difficulty: Difficult
Required Tools Add All Tools to Cart »
Spudger
$2.95 ·Add to Cart »
Metal Spudger
$2.95 ·Add to Cart »
Heat gun or hair dryer
$24.95 ·Add to Cart »
Small suction cup
$2.95 ·Add to Cart »
Stories
My Problem
My wife dropped her iPhone and shattered her front panel.
My Fix
The repair went very well and exactly how the guides walked me through the repair. Very well documented.
My Advice
If you are only going to repair the front panel I would recommend on getting the adhesive strips. They should be included or recommended. I had to use the existing strips but they do not come off very well. I would be happy to pay the $3.00 extra to have them included regardless. You should replace the Adhesive anyway.
My Problem
Although I love my iPhone 3GS, I find the front panel glass to be very fragile. That, combined with my chronic clumsiness are a bad combination. (I once had a high school football coach tell me that I had hands like feet).
My Fix
The repair went flawlessly.
My Advice
I would recommend spending a few extra dollars to buy the entire front panel assembly instead of just the glass. Using a hair dryer or heat gun to melt glue can seem like an eternity when removing the broken glass. If you're at all impatient here, you can ruin the repair job.
My Problem
My friend dropped her iPhone 3GS and the screen shattered. The touchscreen still worked so I decided it was worth fixing.
My Fix
Great! The iFixit parts and tools were just what I needed. I finished in under two hours. Using the hair dryer and scraping out the old glue were tedious, but the plastic spudger was just the right tool for glue scraping.
My Advice
Wear safety glasses while picking broken bits of glass out of the plastic frame. Do it over a piece of paper or a towel.
