iPad Air Screen Replacement

unklerosco

Does anyone know anyone or anywhere that does it? Can't seem to find any..

Got my wife an iPad Air for Christmas, she used it for the first time today and tonight dropped it on the floor... it's pretty broke

Dublinstiofán

God if she didn't like it she didn't have to drive the car over it! She could have just told you!

unklerosco

I should have known to get her a case, she's broken the screen on her phone twice this year!

banquo

That's ... that's some pretty impressive damage...

Anyway, I've had many a screen replaced and the ONLY people I'd recommend are FixMyPc. Others just come loose after a few weeks.

mojopolo

The first time my ipad2 screen broke the Apple Store in Belfast replaced it free of charge . If you can get to the Apple Store they might just have pity on you as the Air is relatively new and they don't want bad press. The excess on the apple master care plan is £50 so if they don't give a replacement free of charge you might get way with the £50 excess.

By the way it's hard to find good cases for the ipad air (just got son one for xmas) - I don't like the apple smart covers as they can fall off easily (which is what happened with my ipad2) - again it might be worth telling Apple this.

Good luck

Zcott

What kind of floor does that kind of damage?

Maybe take out AppleCare over the phone and then give it a month for one heavily discounted replacement. Looks like more than just screen damage.

mdwexford

Holy crap did she drop it on a floor 10 storeys below her.

RossieMan

oh for the love of god, that used to be something?

unklerosco

Zcott wrote: »

What kind of floor does that kind of damage?

Maybe take out AppleCare over the phone and then give it a month for one heavily discounted replacement. Looks like more than just screen damage.

Tiled floor.. The screen actually still works.. It's just the glass over it thats broke but afaik it's all glued together, the glass has separated from the lcd itself..

SeaDaily

Fair play to her. I have never seen as badly a damaged screen on an iPad/iPhone ever. Are you sure she didn't go at it with a sledgehammer?

brophs

If you do the paperwork yourself the divorce might cost less than the screen.

baldshin

Buy AppleCare+ over the phone quickly, for about €99. This extends the warranty to two years and also provides coverage for two incidents of accidental damage, subject to an excess. Then a few days later call back and claim for that. It'll end up cheaper than a third party vendor, plus the job will be done right(you'll get a replacement) and you'll have one more incident of accidental damage coverage as well as a warranty. Any third party work voids the warranty.

Total cost will be about €150, plus you'll have peace of mind.

http://store.apple.com/ie/product/APP_IPAD_PLUS_AUTO-112700/applecare-for-ipad

fox007

From the apple web site
At an Apple Retail Store (requires inspection of your iPad and proof of purchase)
By calling (44) 0844 209 0611 (requires you to run a remote diagnostic and provide proof of purchase)
http://store.apple.com/ie/product/APP_IPAD_PLUS_AUTO-112700/applecare-for-ipad

CathalDublin

unklerosco wrote: »

Tiled floor.. The screen actually still works.. It's just the glass over it thats broke but afaik it's all glued together, the glass has separated from the lcd itself..

iPad screens are all separate LCD and Digitizer(topglass and electronic digitizer), just the digitizer needs to be replaced on that, I haven't seen the digitizers for them in person yet but I believe the cost for the part alone is about €70-150 depending on grade so I'd imagine the repair will likely cost you in the region of €100-€200 depending on where you bring it and what grade of screen they are using.
If the metal surrounding the screen in the corner is dented this will need to be pressed out, if it is badly dented the new screen will NEVER fit the same as it did when it left the factory no matter who fits it

Blazer

^^ did you look at those pics?
Its far from just the digitizer

CathalDublin

Blazer wrote: »

^^ did you look at those pics?
Its far from just the digitizer

I did yes, it is just the digitizer, the LCD is fine underneath from what I can see.
You know the digitizer is the top glass, it has glass with the digitizer built into it the same as all ipads.
I replace screens in that state every other day, its no biggie, the only time a problem arises is if the metal is badly damaged(dented).

3DataModem

baldshin wrote: »

Buy AppleCare+ over the phone quickly, for about €99. This extends the warranty to two years and also provides coverage for two incidents of accidental damage, subject to an excess. Then a few days later call back and claim for that. It'll end up cheaper than a third party vendor, plus the job will be done right(you'll get a replacement) and you'll have one more incident of accidental damage coverage as well as a warranty. Any third party work voids the warranty.

Total cost will be about €150, plus you'll have peace of mind.

http://store.apple.com/ie/product/APP_IPAD_PLUS_AUTO-112700/applecare-for-ipad

Fraud? Really?

embraer170

What did you do in the end?

Mickyg10001

i have a similar dilemma. mine is just broken at the corner but the corner of the housing took an awful wallop. apple are prepared to fix (front and back) for 300 or if its too bad replace. what do you guys thinK? i think its too new just to press out the dent myself