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You like your iPhone. It's saturated in great and user friendly features and it seems great. The other day it slips from your hand, hits the sidewalk, and your once beautiful iPhone has unsightly cracks across the glass face. What do you do now?

You could do nothing. Generally the LCD (the picture) within the glass is fine and the touchscreen functionality still works, so it could be used by you that way before the next version of the iPhone happens and you wish to upgrade.

If you're like the majority of iPhone owners, this "do nothing" approach isn't much of an option. You have an iPhone because you have style and it doesn't look stylish anymore. So how do you get it fixed? You can find several options.

First, you might obtain a new iPhone. Just head into an AT&T or Apple Store and go out with a brand new iPhone. This certainly is the simplest and quickest option. It's also the absolute most expensive. You could have purchased your iPhone for as low as $99 but you had to sign a 2-year contract to obtain that price. Now that you're under contract, they'll charge you around $500 for an upgraded phone. Destroying Iphone 7 Plus

Another choice is to possess Apple fix it for you. This program is less costly than investing in a new phone but still among the more expensive ways to repair your phone. In addition it requires one to be near an Apple Store. The fee for choosing this choice for your cracked screen is $199 plus sales tax.

Undoubtedly the least expensive option is to go on eBay and obtain a replacement glass screen for around $20 - $30 and do the installation on your phone yourself. A simple search on eBay for the terms "iPhone touch screen" will reveal several different companies selling the touchscreen glass (the 3G and 3GS glass are different, so be sure you get usually the one for you iPhone version). A quick trip to YouTube and a search for "how to repair an iPhone screen," will yield a video showing you how to complete the repair.

Be warned: This repair isn't trivial. It needs a temperature gun to get rid of your phones current, broken glass, and if you're not careful, it's possible to fully destroy your phone. If you select this choice, make certain you're comfortable with small electronics repair and be very careful.

A much easier and safer choice for the do-it-yourself repair person is to get a complete screen assembly - not merely the touchscreen glass. You can find two options with this specific route: Obtain the assembly with the LCD inside it (about $100) or with no LCD (about $60). Using either of the options means you never need to employ a heat gun to displace your glass and you ought to be able to complete the repair yourself in about 10-15 minutes. A movie may be worth 10,000 words so again, head to YouTube and do a search for "iPhone screen assembly repair" and you will discover several videos using this method. Breaking Iphone

The ultimate option is among the safest and remains very cost effective: Have a third party do the iPhone repair for you. If you reside in a decent sized city, do a Craigslist search and you will discover someone within driving distance that will do it for under $100. They ought to manage to do it for you in about 15 minutes as you wait.

If you never live in a large city, there are always a few companies that offer mail in repairs. Again, this may usually cost you under $100 but you'll need to be without your phone for approximately weekly (a day or two each method for shipping and another day for the repair). A simple Google look for "Mail in iPhone repair" will reveal a slew of companies offering the repair.