Please join me in a silent prayer for my iPhone…
I completely destroyed my iPhone. Like, totally. Thanks to the good folks at cnn.cn, I ordered a black back cover to try and pull off the tedious task of switching it out. (By the way, does anyone think that the black battery cover might show itself in the European version? The cover looks completely OEM.) Little did I know, Apple is smarter than the average phone manufacturer and the exceedingly well build quality hurt me in the end. As you can see from the pictures below, the back cover has side rails inside it — but they are actually glued on! In addition, the volume up and down buttons, silent switch, and lock button are all screwed in. Those came out fine along with the headset jack, but the side rails are where it got really tricky. Apple used a blue type of glue that I have never seen before, and I got excited and didn’t properly dissolve the glue. So sad. Everything else on the iPhone is fine. If you’re up for trying this yourself, all pieces of the puzzle are included and I have no problem giving this away. One man’s downfall can be another’s gold, I guess. Hit us in the comments if you want a shot at becoming the official BGR iPhone repairman! Winner must post pictures of the switch process to further embarrass me…
UPDATE: Great. iPhone activations are down for the count at this moment…
Dude I will totally take it! Thank you man!
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BGR - Send it my way! I will take it! I would love an iPhone! I will even pay for it
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That’s what you get for trying to rice out a phone
iPhone != Honda Civic
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i am your fix-it person send it to me please, i can fix anything!!!!!!!!!!
and i would just love to play with the i phone!!!!!
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Wait did I miss something? Are you saying giving away or asking to get it repaired??
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I would love to try to fix it. Have pity, I can’t get an iPhone in North Dakota.
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Giving it away.
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I would like to try to fix this.
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I’d love to try to fix it. I love a challenge.
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BG - I would LOVE to try to fix it!
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I just hope this is not the Iphone your giving away as a gift.
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Could it be this glue?
http://www.matweb.com/search/SpecificMaterialText.asp?bassnum=PMMA78
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i would like to fix this iphone
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BG i could SO fix this! i like to play with the parts in my multiple MDAs when i get bored. and have destroyed several motos. hhaaa. but i’d like a shot at this iPhone you’re speaking about
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Hook me up, please.
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Sure, I’ll give it a go.
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Send it this way, “My father is a tv repair man, he has a knarly set of tools”
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BG, how about some Cali love…
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BG, I’ll attempt to put the humpty dumpty iphone back together again.
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dude, send it my way.
I can definitely fix it, and I’d LOVE an iPhone
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and I’d take tons of pictures when it’s done to send to you.
Please and thank you.
*hope I get it*
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I would take it and hopefully succeed for a reason I am not able to state in a writing on the blog, email me if you want the actual reason.
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Mr. Goodwrench here! Send it my way!
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this way, i’ll work my magic with it.
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so i guess you are trying to activate a new one, good choice.
hey i’ll fix it, or give it the good college try.
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Should be very easy to fix. Send it here.
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