Cracked iPhone 5 screen. Options?
 

Bought phone at release. Past te 30 day. I think it's 30 day limit to get AppleCare ?

Anybody have experience with getting it replaced ?

Should've bought a case, best investment you could've made. Anyways your practically SOL. Cracked screen is not covered under warranty if any sort and would not be accepted as a return even within policy date as you caused the damage. Go to an electronics repair shop and hopefully they can install a new screen for about $50 or more.

Where can I get a new screen? I hear the iPhone 5 u have to buy the whole LCD screen?for like 275 from what I've seen. I can install it myself

iPhone 5 Display Assembly (821-1451-06, 821-1452, 821-1451-06, 821-1452-06) - iFixit

This site is pretty good and they offer step by step tear downs on almost any product

cool thx buddy

Crap I guess they're sold out now. Not very helpful anymore

Upgrade to galaxy s3:tup:

Haha. I'm stuck with this phone :(

iFixit is great. I broke the back glass when I had an iPhone 4. Ordered the kit for 30 bucks. It comes with the proprietary screwdriver and glass plate. Took me 2 minutes to switch it out.

The front glass is a lot harder to do. Someone I know ordered the front kit. Pretty much had to take the entire phone apart. Took a few hours lols.


Tapatalk & such etc

Heh. They're less sturdy than the iPhone 5, not to mention the disadvantage of using the Android OS.

heh i work on apple stuffs all day... what phone do i have? samsung gs3 :stirthepot:

I was 4 days out for the AppleCare + :-(

Applecare won't replace a cracked screen. Damage from abuse etc isn't covered under the terms of service.

That said, the ways of the Genius Bar can be mysterious. It's worth taking it to an Apple Store and seeing what they say.

AppleCare won't but AppleCare + does.

They do it in store for 50

AppleCare you have within a year to add it
AppleCare + you have 30 days

You can sell it for a decent price then upgrade to a gs3