iPhone XS How to: Sand and polish iPhone XS after dropping it on concrete

[Brettka7]

Step 1. Drop your iPhone from a non-obliterating height. My chosen height was approximately chest-height. Glass damage optional.

Step 2. Stare at the floor where your case-less iPhone lies and admit defeat

Step 3. Pick up your iPhone, turn it around, and be a bit excited the glass is only marginally cracked as opposed to shattered

Step 4. Sand your iPhone's damaged stainless steel corner with 1000-3000 grit sandpaper until the corner is smooth. Unfortunately my corner dented from a slightly more severe impact

Step 5. Polish with your polish of choice. I used a cotton pad and Autosol and worked it for about 10 minutes.

I upgrade my iPhone once a year. Some call it wasteful, but technology is one of my hobbies and I enjoy having the most up-to-date smartphone. I'll probably leave it this way for a couple weeks and then decide from there if the chip/crack is worth using Applecare+ on considering it doesn't affect the display weaving portion at all.

 

[44267547]

I can’t say I would recommend using any sandpaper near the display like that, unless of course you’re confident and you take the appropriate measures by masking off the display properly so the sandpaper does not come in contact with it. But the end result if you know what you’re doing as the OP did in this consideration, it certainly hides the blemish much better than what it once was.

 

[I7guy]

Step 1. Drop your iPhone from a non-obliterating height. My chosen height was approximately chest-height. Glass damage optional.

Step 2. Stare at the floor where your case-less iPhone lies and admit defeat

Step 3. Pick up your iPhone, turn it around, and be a bit excited the glass is only marginally cracked as opposed to shattered

Step 4. Sand your iPhone's damaged stainless steel corner with 1000-3000 grit sandpaper until the corner is smooth. Unfortunately my corner dented from a slightly more severe impact

Step 5. Polish with your polish of choice. I used a cotton pad and Autosol and worked it for about 10 minutes.

I upgrade my iPhone once a year. Some call it wasteful, but technology is one of my hobbies and I enjoy having the most up-to-date smartphone. I'll probably leave it this way for a couple weeks and then decide from there if the chip/crack is worth using Applecare+ on considering it doesn't affect the display weaving portion at all.

You are one brave soul and I applaud you for that. However, it's also a good lesson to note that accidents do happen, which is why I use a case and have insurance on these expensive devices.