iPhone 4 dropped, now black/stripey screen?

longwalks1

Gf dropped her iphone 4, and now it has a black screen and if you press either the on/off button, or the button at the bottom the screen goes all stripey lines, any idea whats up with it or how can get it fixed (if its possible)

Thanks in advance

grumbler

britishboy wrote: »

...any idea whats up with it

You must be joking.

or how can get it fixed (if its possible)

If it's not damaged Apple shop will swap it for £150ish or possibly even for free if it's under warranty.

Alternatively, if it's not under warranty, you can try any independent repair shop.

longwalks1

thanks grumbler

It wasn't backed up (I know, I know - ive moaned at her already), do you know if everything on it can be saved or recovered?

I know not easy for you to answer without seeing it, just wasn't sure if its possible?

Thanks again

DevCoder

Sounds like the lcd + digitiser has gone, you should still be able to back it up by plugging the usb cable in and backup via iTunes.

I'd charge roughly £70 for the cost of new lcd+digitiser including fitting

d123

krisdorey wrote: »

Sounds like the lcd + digitiser has gone, you should still be able to back it up by plugging the usb cable in and backup via iTunes.

I'd charge roughly £70 for the cost of new lcd+digitiser including fitting

That's expensive!

I've used Sebs Repair Services in the past (and recommended him to 2 others), faultless service and 1 day turnaround for £36.50.

http://sebsrepairservices.co.uk/Buy-a-Repair.php

DevCoder

d123 wrote: »

That's expensive!

I've used Sebs Repair Services in the past (and recommended him to 2 others), faultless service and 1 day turnaround for £36.50.

http://sebsrepairservices.co.uk/Buy-a-Repair.php

Really?

Since the genuine iphone 4 lcd+digitiser unit is around £40 trade then add in an hour or part thereof, I dont think its that expensive. Thats also assuming there is no other damage.

But then I just repair phones for fun, not for business.

d123

krisdorey wrote: »

Really?

Since the genuine iphone 4 lcd+digitiser unit is around £40 trade then add in an hour or part thereof, I dont think its that expensive. Thats also assuming there is no other damage.

But then I just repair phones for fun, not for business.

I used to employ people like you then I sold the majority share in my shops when the bottom fell out of the market, now I actually do do it just for fun .

It's cheaper to subcontract these days, and if you are paying £40 each for wholesale trade screens you need to find a new supplier.

Even retail for single screens, they can be sourced cheaper than that.

By the way, there are UK repairers doing it even cheaper on eBay, so the price I linked to isn't the cheapest, just one I would recommend (after seeing his work on 5 or 6 phones and getting feedback from others who I referred to him), there are sub-£30 eBay dealers including RMSD for returning the phone.

longwalks1

cheers all, have emailed seb and waiting for a reply. Gonna attept (term used very lightly) to back everyrthnig up tonight when iget home from the phone on itunes? Will it also back up the contacts etc, and the photos?

longwalks1

Just thought, will i need to enter the passcode on the phone to allow a back up to be done by my laptop?

d123

britishboy wrote: »

Just thought, will i need to enter the passcode on the phone to allow a back up to be done by my laptop?

Yes, you would (which might be a problem if the screen isn't working).

Though if the phone can be repaired you won't need to back up as replacing the screen doesn't do anything to the software.

longwalks1

All sorted thanks ebveryone, was £60 at our local phone shop and it took them a coupel of hours, cost a bit more but done the same morning