My Problem

Cracked/Shattered IPod Front Panel Touchscreen - Seemed a shame to throw-away the bulk of a still-working tool. As the total cost of sending it to a qualified repair shop reached 33% of the cost of replacement, alternatively repairing it at home for about half that cost seemed appropriate.

My Fix

The replacement Front Panel arrived w/in two business days of ordering from IFixit. A good thing.

Although installation video claimed 3rd gen and 2nd gen IPod replacement procedures were virtually the same, significant differences between the two were found - e.g., "locking tabs" for 3rd gen were not physically the same as described and presented in the video and installation guide. Not a great thing, but acceptable.

The Plastic Opening Tools, although exquisitely molded, were found to be somewhat less structurally-sound than anticipated from, let alone as presented on, IFixit's web page. Had I not bought two sets of Plastic Opening Tools, the repair may not have been successful on the first attempt. Not a good thing, but, still, acceptable.

My Advice

One, update your video and installation guide to reflect the true nature of the "locking tabs" in a 3rd gen IPod.

Two, the Plastic Opening Tools appear to be constructed of a polyester resin. Although this class of plastic does offer some advantages for such a tool - electrical non-conductivity comes to mind - "bend-deformation strength" is clearly not one of them, as the tool suffers rapid degradation (chipping, sloughing of its working end) during use. Suggest IFixit consider finding another resin - perhaps a glass-filled polycarbonate - out of which to construct the opening tools. Since opening any electronic device requires care and some acumen concerning electrical properties, perhaps considering a metal material of construction should not be dismissed out-of-hand. I, for one, found a "straight-pin" to be of enormous help during the repair process.

All in all, the repair went relatively smoothly, and IFixit's web-site provided valuable resources to that end.

My Problem

I was cleaning the dust out from the cover of my iPod touch and used the assembly guide to remove my previous front panel. Unfortunately, I didn't go through all the proper steps and failed to remove the touch screen ribbon cable. I guess i under-estimated the true fagility of that cable and it ripped quite easily.

My Fix

Repair went great other than reconnecting the new cable was a bit of a pain. Use some plastic tweezers if you can find them. Otherwise, matching up the ports were very difficult.

My Advice

When cleaning, don't skip tests. If installing a new front panel, use tweezers on the touch screen cable attachment

My Problem

Shattered front panel.

My Fix

My experience was mildly painful I think only because the panel was already cracked. When prying at it, it came off in pieces. The plastic that engages the clips stayed in the unit while the rest broke off. Had to resort to a jewelers flat head. The tips of the plastic tools broke off kind of easy. Installing the new panel was painless and worked as designed. The ribbon cable needed to be gently bent over to match the old panel. The biggest pain was hitting the power button during removal. I removed and installed with the power on. The unit would not power on after install, had to plug it into charger and wait a few minutes, herd a beep and it was good to go.

My Advice

As I saw in another post, but forgot, taping the broken panel is Google practice.

My Problem

My son decided to take his Ipod touch dancing on the neighbors driveway and cracked the screen up a good one.

My Fix

The repair wasn't as easy as the Ifixit video,which it had been.

Took turns between 3 pairs of steady hands to get the glass separated with the opening tools,then had to get the connection delicately disconnected,the demo video didn't show how to replace connection so that took a while to get it

connected,once that was done,replaced new glass we all let out a sigh of relief and hoped it would turn on...

My Advice

I would've put tape over the broken pieces of the glass before removing it, we had lil bits of glass on the table as we separated the glass and be extra careful to not get smudges or prints on the under side of glass,we werent as careful and theres smudges on underside.