Iphone screen cracked. How do I know if I need to buy the digitizer or just the glass to replace it?


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If the touch screen still works good, then all you need is the lens, no digitizer. I have done a quite a few of these repairs, what i have done is removed the cracked lens with a razor blade, then used goo gone to remove the adhesive left behind. Its very difficult to keep the rubber o-ring in tact so i usually remove it. I then put some silicone gasket sealant into a syringe and carefully insert the sealant into the crack between the lcd and the metal trim(where the o-ring previously was situated). I then use some GS hypo cement and run it along the side edges of iphone (very thin) and apply it in small dabs on the black areas on the top and bottom of the iphone.I then place he oem glass lens into the iphone and, voila! let it dry and there you have a like new iphone lcd. With this method no dust is able to get into the screen, and the digitizer works perfectly. I am currently in the process of making a youtube video that is very specific on how to do this. Please email me at
bbrepairservice at gmail dot com with any questions. I do this repair as a service for $100, if you think this is to big of a job for yourself, email me and we can discuss.
Good luck,
-Thopmans
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