As a child, I always enjoyed taking things to pieces to see how they work and as I grew older my interest progressed to a point where I then enjoyed putting things back together. More often than not, whatever it was I had reassembled never worked again, or if it did work it developed some kind of quirk. Even up to my teenage years I had a reputation for breaking things and the irony was never lost on my family when I received my qualifications as a mechanic.
This all stems from watching my dad fix cars on our driveway. I found it fascinating, watching him turn a wreck of a car back to its former glory. And if that wasn't enough to sow seeds into my subconscious, there was also a garage full of tools and chemicals for me to play with. Blowtorches and airguns make quite an impression on a young boy. Couple all that with weekend episodes of The A-Team and you can understand why my career path was set in stone long before I ever realised it.
Now I'm past the age my old man was when I used to watch him work and I still enjoy the challenge of dismantling things to find out what's wrong and then finally rebuilding it again to see it work like new. To my family's complete and utter surprise I've become quite good at what I do and there isn't much I won't tackle. Trucks, cars, cameras, I'll take on most jobs. If it's mechanical and it's been put together with human hands then I'm confident I can repair it. I'm stubborn in my optimism when it comes to repairing things and the thought of sending something to a shop to be fixed provokes my ego to the point where I am incapable of saying "No" whenever someone asks me to fix something. Quite admirable you might think, to be able to deconstruct things that most folk wouldn't even consider to investigate. But it's this stubborn attitude that has landed me in a whole world of frustration this weekend...
My girlfriend's daughter asked if I could replace the glass back to her Iphone8 and being that I've successfully replaced most parts on these defect-stricken phones, I thought this would be a relatively easy task. After checking out a couple of YouTube vids I confidently accepted the job knowing that while this looked slightly laborious it was simply a case of perseverance. It's just a flat slab of glass glued to a metal chassis and all I have to do is separate the two parts. Easy-peasy!
OMFG! How wrong I was. This is, without a doubt, the most god-forsaken task I have ever had the misfortune to encounter(And this is coming from someone who works on Renaults!). In the video tutorial, it shows a dainty-handed oriental lady separating the glass like she's peeling a fucking orange! At no point did I ever see her slip and gauge a blade into the side of her hand. Nowhere in the 15-minute video did she stop to pluck shards of glass from her pasty white face. Not even a single profanity was uttered.
Well, I can tell you from painful experience that my own tutorial would be, A) - Much longer (By about 4-days!), B) Full of swear words, and C) a blood bath. My first session almost blinded me and the second session didn't go much better either. Using a scalpal to dig under glass that has been glued on with an adhesive strong enough to bond lava is not a task for the faint-hearted. I've spent nearly 4hrs on this phone and this is how far I have got...
And of course, being the conscientious professional that I am, only the finest tools are used...🤦♂️
It's hard to describe how annoying and dangerous this job is, so to give you an idea here is a list of things I'd rather do...
- Insert an enraged Murder Hornet up my anus
- Staple my scrotum to a burning plank of wood
- Blowtorch my nipples
- Allow Michael J Fox to perform keyhole brain surgery
- Sucker-punch Mike Tyson
- Receive a lapdance from my Gran
- Attend an Ariana Grande concert
The last one is probably a step too far, but you see what I'm getting at. If anyone ever asks you to replace the glass on an iPhone you make sure you hurt them, really badly, because they obviously hate your guts or they would never ask.
There's a good reason why phone shops go through all the trouble of stripping the innards out of your phone so they can simply replace the whole back panel...It's because only tight-fisted, stubborn old men would be crazy enough to do it any other way.
Hahahaha. I have done the same at taking apart pieces and not getting them back together. Recently my screen cracked and it has been an ordeal using the phone. Can I ship it to you and let you fix it for me. Or should I send a swarm of murder hornets and a stapler instead? Thanks for the laugh.
🤣 murder hornets please! No more phones, I beg you. Glad my painful experience has brought you joy 😉
I left the cracked screen on so i cut my fingers each time i use it, instead of trying to change the screen. Murder hornets will ship Monday....please shake the box before you open it. :-)
Phones are evil, pure evil.
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never evolved to this part :D
if she is doing it like me, she probably already did it :) if you would watch my first attempt on modifying a Helios lens it would look like your attempt, maybe less blood and the same amount of curse words :)
but when i filmed it, it was all loosen up, so it looks so easy :)
you could also say that now the phone looks so much cooler and leave it like that :)
Yes she certainly did prep the job before recording. I used to do that myself when doing car repair vids.
This was a horrible job but you got make a laugh out of things like this or they would drive you crazy.
This has certainly crossed my mind 😉
Oh boy! Such a daunting experience 😂. You described your experience on the job so well that I was almost taking cover from hazard while reading your post.
Kudos to the smartphone engineers. Never knew replacing an iPhone's back glass was this tasking.
I think taming a wild bear would be easier than this! I do get myself into these messes more often than I’d like.
Thanks for dropping a comment and I’m glad you enjoyed the post.
Hahahaa😂.. Good luck
The pleasure is mine 😊
All that and still haven't finished the job😵
I might just glue the new glass back over the top and hope she doesn’t notice 🤣
Lol🤣
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Oh man this genuinely made me laugh.
In the video tutorial, it shows a dainty-handed oriental lady separating the glass like she's peeling a fucking orange! At no point did I ever see her slip and gauge a blade into the side of her hand. 😂
I feel your pain with this. I’ve changed screens on phones before with relative ease but this sounds like a nightmare.
Did you get it sorted in the end?
Or is the hell still continuing?!
Thanks for the post. So funny.
You gotta laugh or you’d cry. No, it’s still not complete but I’ll get it done soon enough. The screens seem quite straight forward but these glass backs are glued on solid. Plus you’ve the extra hazard of avoiding the wireless charging pad under the glass. A few twitchy sphincter moments for sure!
Glad you enjoyed the post and thanks for dropping a comment
Twitchy sphincter 😂
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