It just works, just
The quality is definitely not on par with the
original one. But considering its price, it's still
worthy, if the following issues are less cared.
The screen light leakage is serious. Several
white areas around the screen can be seen in
black screen -- usually when the phone is
booting. This seems not a big deal as long as
the boot screen is always not focused.
It does not 100% fit the device. E.g. one of the
screws cannot fit without using pliers to do a
small fix; home button is a little bit shacking.
The hardness of the asseccery is not as good
as the original one. Waves can be easily seen
on the screen when it is pressed a little bit
hard.
Well, it's do worthy to repair the broken iPhone
with 20 bucks, instead of $120 if someone can
manage to replace it, and use the device as a
backup phone. It just works.
But as I always believe, iXXXs are the worst
designed electronic devices I have ever
repaired. I always think, do they really need to
do this, or just to avoid people to repair the
broken ones themselves. IMO, Apple simply
wants to earn more money from repairing the
devices.
For example, there are FOUR cables
connecting between the mother board and the
screen assemble. I cannot even imagine this
kind of design of 1980s is still existing. All the
other phones or laptops I have repaired have
only one cable, or at most one more power
cord between screen and mother board.
Also, notice the two small screws at the
bottom of the phone, around the USB port,
these are the biggest screws on the phone.
Around 16 smaller screws inside the phone
need to be taken care, most of them are 1/3
size of these two screws. So it's really easy to
break the phone entirely instead of repairing it. Note, there are also bunch of small plastic covers, earphone assemble or camera protector you need to take care. None of them are included in this item, you will need to translate from old one yourself.
But anyway, after around two hours, I managed
to replace the screen. Sadly I found the touch
ID did not work. iOS complaints that the touch
ID cannot be activated. I tried to dissemble the
device again, reconnected every cables, but
still no luck. I have searched around, someone
said a factory reset was required to make it
work again. But what's the point, the most
important reason I replace the screen myself
is to avoid erasing all my wife's data. Both me
and my wife are happy without the touch ID.
Buyers should aware this possibility.
Finally about the tools included in the
asseccery, they are quit low quality. But again,
they just work. I would suggest to prepare
some better mini screw drivers.Read full review
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