iPad mini 3

[crwardell]

Has anybody replaced or know if its possible to replace the screen of an iPad mini 3, apparantely its not as straight forward as an iPad mini 2 due to the finger reader home button being hot glued to the screen?

[Arthur]

It's possible, but it doesn't look easy...

 

www.ifixit.com/Teardown/iPad+Mini+3+Teardown/30628

 

If your iPad is less than 60 days old you could buy AppleCare+ for your iPad and then pay Apple an additional £39 to repair the screen?

[crwardell]

Thanks Arthur

I so the ifixit website, just wondered if anyone new of any shops that have started repairing them yet.

I did look into the Apple care also they ask to give the iPad a visual and run diagnostics on it before you are able to buy it.

(They want 256 to repair it which I think is a bit steep) I will wait until a repair in a corner shop is available

[abillybob]

We have loads of repair shops by me that will do this. I'd go on your local high street and just keep an eye out for small stalls or shops claiming they can fix mobile phones etc.... You might be surprised.

 

I took an old iPhone 5c to one of their shops a while ago, cost me £45 and it was fully repaired and they did it in under a day.

[crwardell]

There's a few shops near me which I've been too they have repaired several iPad mini 2's but are unable to repair the mini 3's yet due to the home buttons finger recognition button. I have another shop ringing me back this morning once they have looked into it.

[crwardell]

Just in case no one has come across this yet...Stick to buying the iPad mini 2 for now as the mini 3's cannot be easily repaired as of yet and apple is charging £256 for their repair cost. Either make sure you purchase apple care when you initially buy it then you will only have £39 to pay when the screen breaks. Another recommendation is buy something like a griffin survivor case.

[difinity]

I take it you mean the digitizer and not the LCD ?

I don't think it's a bit of hot glue putting off people (it wouldn't me) but the availability of the digitizer itself. None of my parts suppliers seem to have them and the only one i can locate is in China.

[crwardell]

Hi Difinity

 

The shop that I normally go to for repairs said that it was something to do with the home button differences as they where going to use the iPad mini 2 screen...they did also say parts weren't available. I am waiting for the parts to become available as I think 256 for apple to do the repair is a bit steep

[difinity]

Yes, I don't think it's the glue but that on the Ipad mini 1/2 the home button has a small ribbon connector that joins to the main ribbon but on the iPad mini 3 the home button and cable are separate.

Yes £256 is steep, but Apple wanted just over £100 to fix the home button on my daughters iPod touch. The genuine part was £6.