iPhone screen repair

kah22

I have an iPhone 6s, it is out of warranty. The screen is slightly cracked, but growing. The damage was my fault.

For an official Apple repair their web pages quotes £152.44 for this repair! A quick Google showed a phone repair shop near me doing a screen replacement for £55

I’m wondering what members think of unofficial screen replacements. Is an official Apple screen repair worth almost £100 extra especially as John Lewis sells the 6s with 128 GB for £319

I’d be interested in hearing your thoughts, and any advice you have to offer especially from those who have went down the ‘unoffical’ route

As always many thanks
Kevin

toshi

The replacement parts costs:


https://www.replacebase.co.uk/iphone-6s-parts/?iphonelcdfilter=1482

The replacement of the original display is 30 - 40 pound, "after market " (3rd party) display is 20-25 pound.

https://www.ilounge.com/news/iphone-6s-and-iphone-6s-plus-might-not-support-ios-13

Your iPhone 6s may not be updatable to iOS 13, so you may not want to spend extra money. I would think that as long as you would get a reasonable good quality 3rd party screen, that would be OK. (I personally recommend ReplaceBase, They are pretty good.

If you are good at DIY stuff, even you would try it by yourself.

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=iphone+6s+screen+replacement

Happy repairing !

AndyPK

some people report the touch ID no longer works with cheap screens/repairs

TadleyBaggie

AndyPK wrote: »

some people report the touch ID no longer works with cheap screens/repairs

I switched the screens on two iPhone 6s and the touch ID then worked on nether. I had to remove the buttons from the screen and relocate them back to the original phone to get them to work again.

toshi

AndyPK wrote: »

some people report the touch ID no longer works with cheap screens/repairs

If you replace Home button assembly, you will lose touch ID function.



https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/iPhone+6s+Home+Button+Assembly+Replacement/55764


But this is nothing to do with the screen replacement itself. (I have done this for my friend)



https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/iPhone+6s+Screen+Replacement/62900