New Glass Replacement Procedure At Apple Stores

[dissdnt]

My gf brought her iPhone into the Apple Store to have them look at what we thought was a few dead pixels. Anyway the Genius told us it was just dust and that they would replace the phone. Then he stopped and said, no wait we have a new procedure for this issue which is to replace the glass on the premises.

So he went in the back, came back 5 min later and it was all set.

In general a swap would be nice, but this was actually pretty cool.

I think anyone who has dust, scratch or even a nasty crack might get a break at an apple store since they can do it there instead of swapping or sending it out.

Just wanted to pass on the info.

 

[The Californian]

I think anyone who has dust, scratch or even a nasty crack might get a break at an apple store since they can do it there instead of swapping or sending it out.

Just the glass? Or the whole screen? I brought mine in for bad light leaks last week and they replaced my screen ( go figure ) and of course it didn't fix it. Haha

 

[TheSpaz]

I've taken the iPhone apart to get dust out. It's a very easy thing to do. Anyone can do it.

 

[The Californian]

I've taken the iPhone apart to get dust out. It's a very easy thing to do. Anyone can do it.

Something I would be more than happy to try once I'm no longer under AppleCare.

 

[TheSpaz]

Something I would be more than happy to try once I'm no longer under AppleCare.

Which is perfectly fine. I was pretty nervous about doing it to my own iPhone, but it was very easy and Apple can't tell that I've taken it apart.

 

[macfearless]

wouldn't mind explaining or linking to a tutorial on that, would you? sounds like exactly what i need to do.

 

[TheSpaz]

wouldn't mind explaining or linking to a tutorial on that, would you? sounds like exactly what i need to do.

https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/7405956/

There you go.

 

[macfearless]

thank you kindly!

 

[Aaleck]

They probably don't want any more iPhones because they want to empty their stock or something

 

[mavis]

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Something I would be more than happy to try once I'm no longer under AppleCare.

Which is perfectly fine. I was pretty nervous about doing it to my own iPhone, but it was very easy and Apple can't tell that I've taken it apart.

Funny how that works, isn't it?

I had started noticing a little haziness under my iMac's glass lately but was paranoid about removing the entire front glass panel. I finally decided to give it a go yesterday morning, and what do you know! It's actually really easy to do.

So yeah - I think I'll try taking care of dust in my iPhone myself next time, rather than mess with trying to exchange it again.

 

[bytethese]

wouldn't mind explaining or linking to a tutorial on that, would you? sounds like exactly what i need to do.

Here's a better one with pics and for anything on the phone, not just the screen.

http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Device/iPhone_3G

 

[TheSpaz]

Here's a better one with pics and for anything on the phone, not just the screen.

http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Device/iPhone_3G

Mainly just this one: http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Repair/iPhone-3G-Display/574/1

 

[bytethese]

Mainly just this one: http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Repair/iPhone-3G-Display/574/1

Perhaps you missed the "Here's a better one with pics and for anything on the phone, not just the screen" part.

 

[TheSpaz]

Perhaps you missed the "Here's a better one with pics and for anything on the phone, not just the screen" part.

I didn't miss it, but he wanted to know how to get the dust out.

 

[bytethese]

I didn't miss it, but he wanted to know how to get the dust out.

Which is why I linked to all the guides, one is called Display...