Replacing my front display

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I dropped my iphone on a stone floor (i wasnt drunk i promise...). And i like fiddling with electronics and such so i figured i would try and fix it myself. I mean why spend around $600 on something that you cant have fun with?

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During the entire procedure i was sweating like crazy and was in a small state of panic. I did run into a couple of problems with some screws, they're so %#*@ tiny! So my iphone is now 2screws lighter.

Even watching a lot of tutorial videos and all of them saying NOT to pinch the screen cables when inserting the new screen i still did. Luckily nothing bad happened and it still worked.

Reconnecting all the cables to the motherboard went much easier than i though it would which was lucky cause i was nervous about that part.

Once i got it all back together and started it up, i was so relieved but then i noticed that my reception had gone down conciderably. I opened it back up after reading up about it and noticed i hadn't connected the small "speaker" cable correctly. The one that connects near the battery connector. Apparently that one has to do with reception as well.

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Keep track of your screws! And don't do this on a table above a "hairy" carpet...

Watch for that cable near the battery connector, it was tricky to reconnect. Make sure it really clicks in and cant be wiggled.