Today has made me happy.
Last week I ordered a whole bunch of spare parts for my long-time brokted iPhone 3G. New back shell, new LCD panel and a new off button.
Today they arrived.
Only £30 from Amazon. SO much cheaper than the £150+ Apple will charge for repairs and way cooler 'cos I get to tinker with tiny screws. I haven't worked on something this small since I replaced the batteries in my G-Shock watch (unfortunately the 7-seg display was kaput and I'm not going to delve that far into watch repair with my limited nano-skill so that was a waste of £5!)
After work finished I sat down to some proper work. Hunched over a footstool is not how I anticipated this to go but all my other surface areas are taken up by my TV, PS3 and cable runs.
I only have a small living space.
After three or so hours the job was complete and then the tension built as I plugged the phone into iTunes.
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A couple of USB plug re-insertions later and it was beginning to show signs of life. The apple logo replaced the dead battery symbol and I knew then that I'd been successful.
"It's alive!"
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A couple of USB plug re-insertions later and it was beginning to show signs of life. The apple logo replaced the dead battery symbol and I knew then that I'd been successful.
"It's alive!"
I have pictures of all the individual components removed during the procedure. But I can't find my camera cable so you'll have to wait!
Talk to you later.
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