The iPhone digitizer— your iphone information tool
The iPhone digitizer is the device on iphone which is attached to the screen. Usually it looks like a plastic film and can be seen only when the screen is broken. It can give the phone with touch function. And it is connected to iPhone’s motherboard, so it can transmit information between the finger position and the touch screen. Commonly, when the screen glass cracks, it maybe damaged.
Though the damage of screen is visible, the damage of digitizer is invisible. Also, the iPhone digitizer might be good even when the screen is damaged. Once your digitizer can’t be used, you will feel very inconvenient, because of the important role of digitizer on iphone. At this time, you must find way to replace it.
Replacing the digitizer will be the only choice to make the touch function of iPhone worked for you continue, and this is for its unique design. There are some simple instructions for you to replace an iPhone digitizer here.
Firstly, you should hold the power button and turn the slider to the right to power down. Then you can use the iPhone remover tool in order to remove the SIM card and SIM tray. Then, using the iPhone case opener tool open the case. Please note that the glass should be away from the iPhone’s base.
Secondly, keep the three cables disconnected using the opener tool of iPhone case or your finger.
Thirdly, remove the motherboard carefully. If some cables are attached, disconnect them. Some iPhone models also need disconnection of the two small logic boards.
After doing this, you can make the LCD screen and the iPhone digitizer separated from the main panel with careless. In order to do this, you can put a small exact knife in between the screen glass and the frame. At this time, you can install the replacement of iPhone screen containing new glass screen and new digitizer in the iphone. Please check whether you need to attach the digitizer to the glass screen with hand because some are designed this way.
Even though the steps are said simple, I recommend that you’d better go to an iPhone repair shop and let the professional help you do it at a very reasonable rate. Because this can save your time and money which will be spent on buying tools of replacing the digitizer.