My daughter is the proud owned of a hand-me-down iPhone 4 (sans SIM card). With her own iPhone she's free to play games, do princess makeovers, and enjoy learning the way we wish we could of when we were kids. Unfortunately, iPhone aren't as tough as the need to be. A spill out of the car onto the asphalt, claimed a screen, resulted in a 4 year old broken heart.
Luckily she's got a fix it yourself daddy to save the day.
As it is known, Apple wants to keep you out of the innards of all their devices. The only way to open up the iPhone is by using a 5-point Pentalobe Screwdriver that's smaller than a pinhead. Once inside, you need to know what you are doing, otherwise you'll strip screws, tear ribbons, and kill your phone. An amazing website, that is on the forefront of the anti lockout revolution, sells these specialty screwdrivers and has loads of step by step tutorials to help you repair the "unrepairable".
iFixit.com "Repair is Freedom!"
As I tore the iPhone apart I soon realized that the most important things were to move slow and catalog the screws and parts as you move along. In doing so, it made the reassembly that much easier. And after 2 hours of surgical grade work, I successful put a smile back on my little princesses face. Enjoy sweetheart.
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