Just broke my iPhone 4

[TehFalcon]

So i dropped it last friday and only the front glass cracked, quickly went and bought the new glass and it arrived today, all was good i got everything off, still i realized the display was connected to the glass, so when i pulled it off the whole thing just cracked and im now screwed. I Either buy a new iPhone or Buy the whole front Assembly ):

 

[braddick]

Spicoli's dad is a TV repairman. He's got tools.
He can fix it.

 

[Jordan921]

Have you tried this before? Next time take it to a repair shop.

 

[LaWally]

You summed up your options very nicely. Did you follow one of the ifixit procedures or did you attempt this on your own?

 

[bwrairen]

Selling digitizers only is basically a scam. The two are impossible to get apart without damage.

 

[Looon]

Selling digitizers only is basically a scam. The two are impossible to get apart without damage.

Is this true? I see a lot of ads on craigslist for people selling phones with broken digitizers saying it's an "easy fix"

 

[bwrairen]

Is this true? I see a lot of ads on craigslist for people selling phones with broken digitizers saying it's an "easy fix"

Easy fix on a 3 or 3GS. But not on a 4 or 4s. You must replace the digitizer and LCD as one unit on those.

 

[rainking]

I've replaced several iPhone 4 screens that I can now do it under 30 minutes. The first time took me about 3 hours lol.