An early birthday gift (and a little bit of fame)

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My mother shattered her iPhone 5s screen in a freak accident one evening. She eventually bought a brand-new 6s, but she planned to give the older one to my sister. I decided to take a crack at it (pun definitely intended), with previous repairs for fellow high-school students having been successful.

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The repair went very smoothly. Having splurged the extra $20-something, I did not have to go through the painful process of transferring the earpiece speaker and front facing camera assembly to the new screen, which I knew from a previous repair on an iPhone 5s. As a result, I cut the repair time in half. The worst part had to be reconnecting the Touch ID cable and replacing the bracket, because boy, are those things fidgety.

Interestingly enough, I had two girls from the school yearbook on the scene taking photos. They had found out about my repair operation and wanted to interview me! That put a bit of pressure on me to do a good job, and it worked. Free advertising, I guess (and maybe a date?).

UPDATE: It turns out that my repair is the dominant story on the Technology spread in our school yearbook!

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Please, for the love of Pete, splurge the extra few dollars and get the screen with the front-facing camera pre-installed. It will save you a lot of time and stress. Also, I highly recommend buying the iSclack over using a suction cup, as it makes the opening process much less stressful and allows you to keep the phone open to disconnect the Touch ID cable.