Originally Posted by syntrak

Well I had my shiny new unlocked white iPhone 3G for 1 week and it slipped out of my hand, hit the ground and smashed the screen...

So I ordered a replacement glass and digitiser from Hong Kong. It arrived today.

I opened the iPhone and then separated the LCD panel from the screen.

Then I had to somehow separate the glass from the frame...not pleasant as its glued on.

Put the new glass lens on, re-assembled and ....powered on....and....LCD is damaged.

So the LCD now displays something that resembles abstract art...no good.

Moral of the story: if you have a broken glass, you need to buy the screen, digitiser and LCD panel as one unit.

DO NOT TRY TO REPLACE ONLY THE GLASS. Its glued on...

Apple official price is 250 USD but pdaparts.com have the whole unit for 189 USD.

Only problem !!! None in stock !!

So my iPhone is in bits in the box waiting for the day the spares become available...

HOW VERY VERY ANNOYING !!!!!!!!!!!!