I broke my iphone...
Mar. 8th, 2011 09:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alitalf
I forgot to zip the top pocket of my anorak, and when I bent over to pick up the coffee from the coin-op machine at the autoroute services, the phone fell out and damaged the touch screen.
I could not even switch it off, because the touch panel did not respond any more.
Searching the net for repair options, I found a cheapie repair kit costing £9.99 from Amazon, and ordered that so that it arrived in time for me to be home from holiday. It had the necessary tools, including the tiny screwdriver and plastic tools to prise the display out of the case.
The repair worked, and took me about an hour, but it turned out that the touch screen does not have the oleophobic coating (and, from the correct angle, it is possible to see a faint pattern that is, presumably, the conductor pattern). My finger stuck as I used it, and left very obvious marks. After a time searching the net for an answer, and finding nothing inspiring, I had what I believe to have been a bright idea:
After cleaning the glass as thoroughly as possible, I applied a coating intended to repel rain and dirt from car windows. I used to use this on the windscreen, and in some situations of rain found that the windscreen was clearer using the coating, before switching on the windscreen wipers, than it had been with the wipers on but without the coating. I quit using it because the effect was worse when it began to wear off. However, the limited wear on other windows makes it a benefit on side and rear windows, and, it turned out, on the iPhone screen. Not quite as good as the proper coating, but not far off.
I could not even switch it off, because the touch panel did not respond any more.
Searching the net for repair options, I found a cheapie repair kit costing £9.99 from Amazon, and ordered that so that it arrived in time for me to be home from holiday. It had the necessary tools, including the tiny screwdriver and plastic tools to prise the display out of the case.
The repair worked, and took me about an hour, but it turned out that the touch screen does not have the oleophobic coating (and, from the correct angle, it is possible to see a faint pattern that is, presumably, the conductor pattern). My finger stuck as I used it, and left very obvious marks. After a time searching the net for an answer, and finding nothing inspiring, I had what I believe to have been a bright idea:
After cleaning the glass as thoroughly as possible, I applied a coating intended to repel rain and dirt from car windows. I used to use this on the windscreen, and in some situations of rain found that the windscreen was clearer using the coating, before switching on the windscreen wipers, than it had been with the wipers on but without the coating. I quit using it because the effect was worse when it began to wear off. However, the limited wear on other windows makes it a benefit on side and rear windows, and, it turned out, on the iPhone screen. Not quite as good as the proper coating, but not far off.
