super iphone woman

For the first 18 months I had my iPhone it did not have a case. It fit perfectly in my jeans pocket with my wallet and I was happy. Last summer I splurged and bought prescription sunglasses. The sunglasses had a big case and required me to actually carry a purse. A little purse, but still purse. The purse has a zipper along the top that I regularly forgot to zip, and my driveway is quite steep. This meant that on more than one occasion I got out of the car, flipped my purse upside down and watched the contents, including the phone, slide all the way down to the bottom of the driveway. After this happened the third time, I broke down and bought a case for the phone.

SO cute. I think I had this case less than a month when I unplugged the phone from the charger on my desk and gave the phone a little flip to turn it upright. So we are talking the distance between my elbow and my hand, maybe 12 inches, flip, drop, shatter.

I am not over exaggerating when I say shattered.

The fist thing I did was call around to find out how much it was going to be to fix this mess. No, the first thing I did was put the phone in a zippie bag so that it would stop dropping wee tiny shards of glass everywhere, the second thing I did was call around. Apple wanted $200 to fix the back case, the kiosk at the mall wanted $70. This was not OK with me. Then I stumbled on a you tube video showing how to fix it yourself. I ordered the parts from ebay for $5 and proceeded to fix it myself. It was super easy and I felt so empowered when I was done. Maybe too empowered. If the first thing I tried to fix on my phone were the front screen, It may have left me with a whole different attitude.

Last week my phone's camera stopped working. Did I call Apple or the mall? Nope, I went straight to YouTube. After watching a few tutorials I was convinced that replacing the camera was something I could totally do. Yes, it is more involved then replacing the back cover, but I was Super iPhone Woman!

The last You Tube video I watched pointed out that I should check the lens cover before replacing the camera, that this is often the problem. So I opened up my phone, and pried off the lens cover, then I took a photo. Holy crap. Not only was the photo great, but my camera has been screwed up for a long time but I had not noticed the decline. So I put everything back together and ordered my $3.00 part.

before

after

I have become fairly intimate with the inside of my iPhone. So far the fixes have been easy, but I will not hesitate to tackle something more difficult in the future. Hear me roar.

Oh, and the phone is now surrounded by an Otterbox, which means it no longer fits in my jeans pocket, but is indestructible.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Comments

[kate]

Otter boxes are the case of choice around here, fits the west coast outdoor lifestyle well. You are truly super iPhone woman, wow! Not sure I'd have the guts to do that!!