The Lance J. Technoweb

Here is my story and advice regarding fixing your own smartphone. Last week, I stupidly left my phone on the roof of my car and drove off, resulting in the phone flying to the pavement at about 30 MPH.  Happily I recognized the situation immediately, and found the phone... with a shattered LCD. My phone still worked, but the front glass was shattered, resulting in (at least) a painfully embarrassing handset. At first, I thought I'd take it to a local shop to fix it.  They charge about $90, which I thought was a pretty good deal.  But then I saw that I could by the LCD part and fix it myself for a mere $30!  That was a $60 savings!  So why not? So I went to my favorite on-line shop and bought a kit which included the LCD touchscreen and a specialty toolkit for $30.  A few days later it arrived in the mail, exactly as I expected. Then I went to iFixIt.com and checked out the instructions.  There were about 27 steps to get at the screen... but n...