The video of you doing it will be invaluable for me if you can post it online ..good luck!
The question then becomes what to use as theme music...
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ifixdirect white conversion (NOT THE WAY TO GO, FOR NOW) (interesting story here)
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The question then becomes what to use as theme music...
I went to the site and sent off an email with questions, and got a reply the next morning. I asked if the white home button matches the front perfectly, and the reply said it matches pretty well.
That's not good enough for me. If Apple hasn't figured out a way to get them to match 100%, I doubt some person buying chinese parts has figured it out.
My wife originally wanted a white phone, but I couldn't see spending $200 to turn it white. To each his own I guess.
That's not good enough for me. If Apple hasn't figured out a way to get them to match 100%, I doubt some person buying chinese parts has figured it out.
My wife originally wanted a white phone, but I couldn't see spending $200 to turn it white. To each his own I guess.
Check out the post that Rooskibar03 made in this thread, its showing the colour of the pannels, see if its good enough for you.
Also keep in mind those pictures still have the protective wrapping on them and were taken under so-so lighting.
I would say the home button is a 99% match to the front of my kit. If anything I would say the back cover is more slightly different. But I didn't want to take the plastic off till its installed.
My biggest thing about the white is it cast shadows so much differently then the black. You can see the fact that the glass is on top of the white backing so it shows some depth and distortion depending on the lighting.
I can see why Apple might hold it. Just looking at it you might assume there are imperfections in the product. Enough people complain and you've got another antennagate on your hands.
Thats a good point. Just wait until you try to put a PowerSupport or other brand protector on it. If you are like most of us & you thought the black was hard to get perfect, you are going to find that putting the screen protectors on the white to be much more difficult. Why well since it's glass & you have very little angle to shine a light to be able to line up the clear screen protector w/the border of the glass. You'll going to go crazy.
Good Luck
The issue I have with these conversion kits is that you are also replacing the digitizer and screen with knock-off copies. Does anyone know if the replacement has the same strenghtened scratch resistant screen and oleophobic coating, and whether the screen and digitizer is the same standard as an original one?
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Thats just wonderful. Didn't need to hear to that. I actually just ordered a fresh front and back Power support set for the white.
I'm super anal about those things to, so this should add a new level of madness to the process.
From what ive been told by ifixdirect, its the same retina display, same digitizer, and same glass. Everything will be the same as the black one, just white.
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Good luck!!
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Good luck!!
In progress update.
Well I think I about halfway. Good time to take a break. Man the screws are so small. I don't know how I'm gonna get half of them back in.
I set up video cam to record, but it hasn't been used in so long both my batteries run for maybe 10 minutes.
Couple quick tips and pictures.
I dable in the RC world, so I took some of my parts pins and laid them out for part storage along the way. However as soon as I pulled the first screw I knew I needed a new plan of attack. So I printed out the tear-down over at ifixit.com and taped the screws along the way to the sheet. Very simple solution.
Parts Storage for the larger items.
Home button was a PITA. I used the heat from a butane solder gun to loosen the glue. If I've screwed up anything, this is gonna be it.
Once I put the new front panel on the home button didnt have much 'click' to it. I took it back off, repressed the cable and backing to the button itself and made sure it clicked with no front plate. It wasn't until I made sure the front plate was fully seated and the screws tightened till I felt like the home button worked as it should.
So now I start to put it all back together. Got to get some rubbing alcohol and q-tips to clean off oil from fingers as I put it back together.
Home stretch.
Well I think I about halfway. Good time to take a break. Man the screws are so small. I don't know how I'm gonna get half of them back in.
I set up video cam to record, but it hasn't been used in so long both my batteries run for maybe 10 minutes.
Couple quick tips and pictures.
I dable in the RC world, so I took some of my parts pins and laid them out for part storage along the way. However as soon as I pulled the first screw I knew I needed a new plan of attack. So I printed out the tear-down over at ifixit.com and taped the screws along the way to the sheet. Very simple solution.
Parts Storage for the larger items.
Home button was a PITA. I used the heat from a butane solder gun to loosen the glue. If I've screwed up anything, this is gonna be it.
Once I put the new front panel on the home button didnt have much 'click' to it. I took it back off, repressed the cable and backing to the button itself and made sure it clicked with no front plate. It wasn't until I made sure the front plate was fully seated and the screws tightened till I felt like the home button worked as it should.
So now I start to put it all back together. Got to get some rubbing alcohol and q-tips to clean off oil from fingers as I put it back together.
Home stretch.
All these stories of how difficult it is make me so happy I went ahead and paid the extra $10 to have them do it.
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So a few other things to pay notice to. Someone else above mentioned watching the cable from the Digitizer when routing them into the frame. Even though I thought I did it right I still messed it up.
For the record, This is incorrect
This is correct. Notice how the two cable line up with one another.
So a few other things to pay notice to. Someone else above mentioned watching the cable from the Digitizer when routing them into the frame. Even though I thought I did it right I still messed it up.
For the record, This is incorrect
This is correct. Notice how the two cable line up with one another.
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And done, kind of.
So here we are. Its late and its all back together. Looks fantastic. Only one issue, and kinda a big one. Prox sensor is INOP. Nothing, nada.
I'm way to tired to tear it down again and do it again, frankly I might just sent it to them to look into.
That was by far one of the most nerve racking things I've done in a while. its not that its hard, its just nail bitting all the way. The screws are so small I felt like if I sneezed I'd loose one.
I dont know how many of these things per day Foxconn workers are required to assemble, but I can tell you I would jump off the roof before lunch trying to do this.
Here are the final results, including a picture with full flash.(Nice shot of the cats arse) I haven't taken the plastic off yet as I don't have a screen protector to put on it.
Ill take some more later. Feel free to ask questions. I'm going to email iFix in the AM and see if he has any thoughts. They have been super helpful in every way, shape, and form. The product is everything I would expect for the money. The colors are spot on, even the home button.
I think the misunderstanding of the home button comes from the fact that the front glass is painted from behind and has a gloss to it from looking through the glass. The home button is of course painted, but doesn't have the same shine as the glass does. Frankly it doesn't bother me one bit.
So here we are. Its late and its all back together. Looks fantastic. Only one issue, and kinda a big one. Prox sensor is INOP. Nothing, nada.
I'm way to tired to tear it down again and do it again, frankly I might just sent it to them to look into.
That was by far one of the most nerve racking things I've done in a while. its not that its hard, its just nail bitting all the way. The screws are so small I felt like if I sneezed I'd loose one.
I dont know how many of these things per day Foxconn workers are required to assemble, but I can tell you I would jump off the roof before lunch trying to do this.
Here are the final results, including a picture with full flash.(Nice shot of the cats arse) I haven't taken the plastic off yet as I don't have a screen protector to put on it.
Ill take some more later. Feel free to ask questions. I'm going to email iFix in the AM and see if he has any thoughts. They have been super helpful in every way, shape, and form. The product is everything I would expect for the money. The colors are spot on, even the home button.
I think the misunderstanding of the home button comes from the fact that the front glass is painted from behind and has a gloss to it from looking through the glass. The home button is of course painted, but doesn't have the same shine as the glass does. Frankly it doesn't bother me one bit.
...Is it still INOP when you remove the protective plastic? I was always asumpting that the prox.sensor was working due to reflection of infrared light. Maybe the plastic works as a diffuser and the prox.sensor thinks your head is a fraction of a millimeter away?
That's a great idea about sticking them down. Perfect solution.
Meanwhile, it's frustrating that you don't know whether it's the proximity sensor that's not working or whether you've put it together wrong.
Is there a way to check this?
open it up remove the battery and then remove the top cover plate and check your 3 cable connectors to the right of the lcd and digitizer cables unplug those 3 cables and make sure they are plugged in correctly. Also sometimes there may still be a protective plastic coating still on it . Some assemblies come with an additional piece underneath the protective piece that covers the whole assembly.
I trimmed off enough plastic from the front to expose the camera, earpiece and prox and enough off the bottom to access the home button.
I'll tear it back down tonight and see if one of those cables are loose.
I'll tear it back down tonight and see if one of those cables are loose.
still before you do that look carefully at the prox. sensor holes and the earpiece hole sometimes there is an extra piece of plastic film on them and with the white sometimes they are hard to see....