iPhone 3GS Screen repair

Now this iPhone 3GS tried to compete against the ground...

...and lost badly.

To get the shattered screen off, I removed the two screws near the USB-port and placed a small suction cup on the lower half of the display glass (took some tries as the cup didn´t grip too well due to the fractures). After tearing gently I got the screen off (work extremely careful as you will have to remove three flex cables on the right side of the SIM card slot -> marked with orange labels 1, 2 and 3)

After removing the screwed LCD module and storing it in a safe place, I applied some heat (around 90 °C) to reflow the adhesive under the display glass. I removed it, cleaned its frame from glass shards and remaining glue and placed new adhesive pads:

Here the repaired display before reassembly (just put things back together as described above - vice-versa of course...):

Regarding repairability the iPhone 3-line was really a touchdown.

greetings noq2

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