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Hi, I just bought just glass top for iPhone 4 from eBay.
But I read the glass top and LCD panel cannot be separated.
Is that correct?
So, do I must to buy a glass top with already attached LCD panel?
Thank you, have a great day!
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You can do glass only, but it's not for most people. The odds of failure are extremely high for a beginner.
For most people you're better off replacing the screen and assembly. This is more expensive, but it isn't prone to failure like the “glass only” method.
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Nick you are not wrong at all
But people have had success with thin gold wire or playing cards which can do the trick like in this video by jerryrigeverything
@hellomacos while I revised how I wrote it I stand where I left it 11 years ago. The repair isn't for most people due to the complexity of a "glass only" swap. This is for people with nothing to lose, or shops.
100% agree
I though it might be worth a shot if they already had the device opened up and if they were to fail they would still have to replace the glass anyway with a new LCD with the glass fused together there for nothing to loose
But I still 100% agree with what you are saying :)
@hellomacos If you are prepared to write off the display that's one thing, but don't do it on a display you can't afford to totally write off. I've tried, but the panels were no good as it stood; I'm no good at it.
Mentally write it off before doing it, and make sure you can eat the cost of the write-off BEFORE trying.
Totally agree:)
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