iPhone 3G and 3GS LCD replacement repair - Usually done in about an hour if you bring it by or can be flown out the same day fixed if you send it.
Occasionally... very occasionally someone breaks the LCD in their iPhone. This is typically when someone thing has been dropped so hard the pierces the upper glass/digitizer and strikes into the LCD breaking it. Less frequently they have to be replaced from water damage.
The LCD rests on a steel backplate behind the upper glass and digitizer. It has two protruding pins that fasten into the steel bed to makes its position fixed and relative to the digitizer. The LCD presents color information which you react to with your finger tip on the upper glass. The two parts must over lap perfectly or your finger will not "operate" or "manage" the programs and their information the through the LCD.
Again, the digitizer interprets your finger movements relative to the icons and screens presented on the iPhone's LCD and makes the iPhone operate.
Here are examples of what a broken LCD only would look like:
The LCD for the 3G model is a $30 part, for the 3GS is *considerably* more at $85. The 3GS high price is caused by scarcity, everyone made is going into new phones at the moment. Apple sells 65,000 iPhones a day at about an average sell price of $550 to AT&T. That's enough to change out the phones of a small city each day. The price of the 3GS LCD will come down.
I charge $60 for labor to work on an iPhone, for the iPhone 3g with the LCD part at $30, it's a $90 repair.
For the 3GS with a broken LCD... I'll be honest should consider getting it replaced at an AT&T store (no waiting like you have at Apple store) and pay the $199 for a new phone. The $85 LCD plus labor $60 make the differences pretty slight as of December 22nd 2009. As prices on 3GS parts come down I will be more competitive.
Here is how to bring your iPhone in for repair or battery replacement
Here is how to send your iPhone in for repair or battery replacement
I'm in Sonoma County... Northern California wine country.
If you live nearby, are traveling through or live in the San Francisco Bay Area bring your iPod to me and I can do the work while you wait or go wine tasting for a while. Send me an
email just to make sure I have on hand whatever parts your repair will require.
Call or email me
with questions or to set up a repair. You can also call, I am here most days from 8am to 8pm
Toll Free 1-877-iPod-Pro (1 - 877 - 476-3776)
Send the device to:
Frank Walburg
2145 Service Court
Santa Rosa, Ca 95403-3139
Methods of payment
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