Fix cracked iPhone Screen

Posted on 11. Jan, 2010 by Marc in iPhone

I have yet to experience it, touch wood, and I hope to NEVER ever experience it. The dreaded spiderweb on the iPhone screen. I don’t know if I would laugh, or cry, but the latter sounds more probable.

The dreaded iPhone spiderweb

Earlier today, one of my friends on twitter, asked the dreaded question, “Where can I get my cracked iPhone screen fixed”. I had heard of 2 places in Joburg that do iPhone repairs, but had never (fortunately) had to use them. The 2 places are ifixipods and GMobile Repairs (Gmob). My friend went with the guys at Gmob, and within 20 minutes her phone was fixed and working as new. They actually fix it while you wait !!

The cost to fix it is around R1300-R1400, which in my opinion is well well worth is, given the magic of the phone.

If you need to give your iPhone screen a makeover, give the guys at GMob a shout. They based in Northriding in Johannesburg, and their contact details are on http://www.gmob.co.za

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11 Responses to “Fix cracked iPhone Screen”

Andrew

11. Jan, 2010

I’ve been to GMob, and so has a mate of mine for all of our iPhone repairs, and they the only decent place I’ve found
eKrazy

11. Jan, 2010

Thanks that is good info always had my phone on a drop test and didn’t know what will happen after.
Minnaar

11. Jan, 2010

Thanks for the tip Marc. I expected it to cost more… Do you have any idea what Vodacom would charge as a comparison?
Jason Botha

11. Jan, 2010

ifixipods is such an awful place. after the trouble I had with them I would not just not recommend them to anyone but actually I would call anyone who went to them a fool.

Here in Pretoria you take your iPod to a biltong shop where it *might* just be picked up by the end of the week (they take it to some top secret location that you aren’t even allowed to know where it is). After that you must hope to get a phone call from them… Don’t try calling them or even emailing them because they DO NOT respond. wait a few weeks and after trying to call every day of the week and leaving a message which they promise to get back to you eventually get hold of them. They say they’ll take a look at your iPhone some time in the following week.

The next week you still don’t get an answer and you try again. This time I only got hold of them by way of email saying that I would take legal action. Finally they got their asses into gear and *assessed* my iPhone. they gave me a few options for repair (I had a broken fitting on my logic board and a broken sensor of which I even supplied the part but still it wasn’t good enough). They said they couldn’t do anything because they don’t have the right part. I sourced the part myself but still it didn’t work…. They quoted me a more than one grand repair bill which I declined, got my iPhone back and sold it as is.

Good luck to anyone else trying ifixipods.

@ Minnaar, as far as I know vodacom doesn’t repair iPhones, they just do replacements.
Jacp

11. Jan, 2010

In Cape Town, the place to go to is Mabu Vinyl ( http://www.mabuvinyl.co.za/ ). They send it upstairs and assess what’s possible. The quoted a screen replacement in the R1000 range.
Charles Smit

11. Jan, 2010

Thanx for this blog. Good tip.

A buddy of mine had the misfortune(maybe to much alcohol), but dropped his iPhone twice. First time vodacom quoted R3500 and the second time it was R3650.

Cant believe you can get it done for the price mentioned.

I wonder what else these guys can do? When my brother was on the states the was some shops that removed all the scratches from the front and back
Michael

18. Jan, 2010

Regarding the ifix ipods thread, I agree, the worst service, lack of communication and basically a bunch of liars.
Be wise and avoid these people, trust me.
Uno

01. Feb, 2010

I actually quite like my Spiderman version iphone. I cut my finger once or twice, but now all the sharp edges are rounded off and it doesn’t bother me at all. Plus I quickly know which one is mine when there are 5 phones lying down on the table, and it’s a pretty good anti-theft mechanism. No one wants to steal that shit. I see it as a feature :)
R Hulme

18. Jul, 2010

I just recently cracked my iPhone 3G screen on a trip down to Cape Town. I went to the iFix store in Gardens and the guys there did my phone in less than 30 mins. I think it cost R1100 all inclusive. I was very happy with the service and everyone was very friendly. I would definitely recommend them to anyone needs something done. Great Service!
Andrew

26. Jul, 2010

Hi guys. I recently dropped my precious iPhone 3Gs in a bucket of water, within 20 minutes the phones started faulting out, LCD had no lights and mic stopped functioning. I did a quick search on google found Gmob.co.za instantly! Called them up asked me to bring it to them asap! Did as I was told… Quess what? Withing 15 minutes my phone was up and running again. Brilliant service I recomend GMobile to anyone with any iPhone issue