Shattered Screen

How to replace a cracked screen on an iPhone 4S

By Allyson Kazmucha, Tuesday, Oct 9, 2012 a 5:22 pm

If you've cracked the screen on your iPhone 4S and didn't opt for AppleCare+ or insurance through your carrier, you can DIY repair the screen yourself. While it isn't the easiest repair to perform, it's definitely doable with the right parts and tools.

And we'll walk you through it every step of the way.

How to replace a cracked or broken screen on an iPad 2

By Allyson Kazmucha, Tuesday, Jul 24, 2012 a 12:26 pm

If you've got an iPad 2 with a broken or cracked screen, AppleCare or insurance won't help, and you're interested in saving some money and fixing it yourself, we can help walk you through a DIY repair. iPad repairs aren't easy, but they aren't impossible either. So if you didn't opt for AppleCare+ and an outright replacement isn't an option, replacing the screen yourself may be worth considering.

Apple should make the iPad user-serviceable

By Allyson Kazmucha, Sunday, Mar 18, 2012 a 11:14 pm

The new iPad and the iPad 2 are very simliar in form factor. They're actually almost impossible to tell apart from a the outside with the exception of a slight difference in thickness. That's disappointing, because I was really hoping Apple would change the way the new iPad was constructed and make it more user-serviceable.