Fix a Cracked iPhone Screen: How Hard Can It Be?

If your iPhone screen shatters, your best bet is to take it in for a repair, but WSJ’s Geoffrey A. Fowler decided to do the job himself. It takes… patience.

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[dakotawinget]

spilled my motorcycle going 70mph didn't break my drop it off my kitchen shattered

[justcreateit]

its hard to see a cracked phone on a cracked phone....

[harvard]

I dropped my phone on concrete so much, didn’t break.
Dropped it on my soft carpet, shattered.

[ineedapencil]

I'd rather just get it repaired lol

[erikaparker]

Cracked my iPad Pro today, but it’s not too bad.. so






Don’t kill me parents

[lydiadawson]

Who goes straight to the comments and sees if it works

[princeplotena]

To make the process even easier, keep track of the screws using pill organizers or ice trays.

[e.p]

So glad I haven’t broken my 10 lol. My mom wouldn’t let me use it until I got a case and screen protector

[aaron]

First of all I’m not going to do this, because I might mess up .... lol

[corgi]

“God, I deserve a cookie after this.”

SAME 🤣🤣

[petertalks]

I can’t even see the cracks on his screen through my cracked screen 😂

[itzjulian]

*”God, I deserve a cookie after this”*
😂

[idontlikenames]

I dropped my phone on a bunch of rocks and it was fine. Then one day my chihuahua stepped on it and the screen cracked

[legosunyasunya]

I just go to a random Chinese phone store LOL

[wojpl]

Ok I’m just gonna go to the Apple store

[buhkangliwayway]

1:37 My eyes widened seeing the coffee right in front of the open phone OMG palpitations

[snowycca]

I broke my iPad and now I'm watching this video at night lol

[bluesky]

And the last option is to deal with the cracked screen

[jathnielkey]

Why are u so patient??!! I would give up right after I took my phone apart

[may]

I have like the worse temper and threw my phone. I feel so bad since it cost so much..