Having a cracked or broken iPhone screen is something we all don’t want to experience, but it’s inevitable to some extent. When your iPhone screen is cracked, it will be difficult to make a sense out of what is being displayed on the screen at the moment.You need to consider your safety when your iPhone screen gets cracked or broken. There are usually broken glasses from the screen that can cut your fingers.
Here are what you should do with a cracked iPhone screen
ASSESS THE DAMAGE:
The first thing you need to do when your iPhone falls down is to assess the damage. Switch off your iPhone device, remove the glass screen protector and check if it was the glass screen protector that got broken or the iPhone screen itself.
Protect Yourself:
In the case whereby it’s just a single line crack, then you can still use the phone in that condition till when you are able to get the screen replaced.
You will need to protect yourself by getting a tempered glass screen protector, because the broken screen glass can easily pierce your fingers while typing or swiping through your phone.
Note that a cracked iPhone screen will begin to malfunction as time goes by, so it’s advisable you get your broken iPhone screen replaced as soon as possible.
Find the Best Professional Repair Service.
Once your phone screen gets cracked or broken, you should go for a screen replacement at a repair shop.
Do not attempt to change the screen yourself, because you are not trained to carry out such repair on your phone. You might end up destroying your phone beyond repair.
Leave the repairs to the professionals who have undergone training to perform such repairs. In the case where you don’t know of any good engineer that can fix your cracked iPhone screen, Carlcare is one of the best places, where your phone will be repaired by professional engineers at an affordable price.
You can easily get the address of all carlcare service center in your region by just checking the Carlcare app. You can easily download carlcare app from your App store. Once it is downloaded and installed, you can search for the address of a particular center in your region and also make a reservation.
Backup Your files:
Backup your files once your screen is cracked, because at any point your phone screen might become unresponsive, thereby making the phone unusable to you.
HOW TO BACKUP YOUR FILES.
This is an easy one that you can do without any stress:
- Get a laptop.
- Get a USB data cable.
- Create a folder you wish to copy your files to on your desktop.
- Connect your phone to the laptop using the USB cable.
- Once connected, you will be prompted on your phone to select an option, select “File transfer”.
- Open your file explorer on your laptop and locate your device, you will see the name of your device.
- Open it and head to the internal storage, and select all your important files.
- Copy the files to the folder you created earlier on your desktop.
- Once it completes copying the files, disconnect your phone from the laptop.
Get an old phone:
In the case whereby your iPhone screen is cracked to an extent you can’t use it. It’s advisable you get one of your old phones that you can use for the main time.
Even if you don’t have an old phone, you can get one from your friends or relatives before you take your phone for a screen replacement.
Purchase another phone:
In the case whereby you have used the phone for a very long time, you can opt in for an upgrade. Or you can also put your phone on sale and purchase another phone that will serve you better in all aspects of your daily activities.
PHONE SWAP
If your iPhone screen is cracked, you can also choose to swap an old iPhone to a new one. In terms of where and how you can swap your iPhone, there are many platforms online where you can swap an old iPhone for a new one.
