Well screw it, I feel like updating anyway. I've taken a bunch of pictures recently of some other phones and consoles, so I figured I'd share my experiences. Let's begin...
This is a fourth generation iPod Touch that a sweet little girl had dropped and cracked the screen. I felt bad when we had to take her money (she had been saving her allowance), but she was happy to do so and seemed very appreciative and showed a sense of responsibility.
If you have one of these and broke the screen, then asked why it costs so much to get the screen replaced, this is why...
Just like the iPhone 4 (and almost any new Samsung phone, at least the good ones), the LCD and the digitizer are inseparable. The LCD actually has a layer of glass on it which is epoxied onto the touch screen, making it 100% impossible to just replace the glass, because you will completely destroy the LCD if you try to remove it, so you have to replace both at the same time. It makes repairs more expensive, but also easier, and there is no risk of getting debris between the glass and LCD like what happens to almost any iPhone 3G or 3GS that you see. I forgot to upload a picture of the end result...but you've probably seen an iPod before.
This is a Samsung Transform, it's a touchscreen Android phone for Sprint. The person who brought it in only had a barely noticeable hairline crack directly across the screen, but they're company reimbursed them so they got it fixed. I will say this - Samsung absolutely makes the best LCDs and digitizers (besides phones that use Gorilla Glass, like the Droid X) of any of the manufacturers. Rarely do we ever get a Samsung phone where the glass is actually shattered, and the LCDs always have a very nice texture to them that you don't find with anyone else.
Slide phones are typically a pain in the ass because of the amount of screws, but Samsung phones are always nice to work on, and most of the time the digitizer has the adhesive preinstalled so it's as simple as removing a plastic sheet and placing it back in the housing (though I always heat the adhesive for a much stronger bond).
No before picture to compare it with, but just imagine the same screen with an almost completely unnoticeable crack in it.
This is a Dell Streak (5" T-Mobile variety, though I believe it's actually a world phone). This guy's kid was playing with it and was pushing on the screen too hard, cracking the LCD underneath (digitizer was completely intact still...Gorilla Glass).
This is the only other picture I took, so it's kind of lame to even put it here, but this thing is absolutely massive so I figured I'd share it. The touch screen and LCD are also inseparable on this device, but the parts are actually pretty cheap (probably because they just discontinued it).
Ever seen on of these before? Me neither.
It was brought in because it would no longer sync to any controllers. The problem? The small bluetooth adapter had died, it can be seen here removed and placed on the right-front side of the console.
And here it is with a nice shiny replacement installed, five minutes later it was syncing up like a champ!
I don't even remember if this was the same Wii or one that was brought it for disc drive related problems (I fixed three Wiis in all that day), but anyway, here's what it looks like if you take off the outer casing (and metal IR shield).
This is the inside of the bottom half of a DS Lite. The A button was stuck down so I replaced the pad underneath it. Easy money, maybe a 10 minute job at the most. I went ahead and cleaned the crap out of it while I had it open as well.
Random Xbox 360 motherboard on the heater getting ready for a reflow...
Here's a nice one - not even two weeks after buying it, this guy's daughter smasher the screen on her HTC EVO 3D.
It's actually incredibly simple to repair just about anything (besides the charge port, the charge port is ridiculous on just about anything that's not an iPhone) on this phone. Total repair time was probably about 20 minutes, only because this was the first one that we had ever taken in. Regular EVO 4Gs take about 10 minutes, maybe less.
Here's a nice after shot - 100% OEM parts (which we use on everything we repair unless you can't find the parts anymore). I'm not at all impressed by the 3D aspect of this phone, but Sense 3.0 is awesome.
This guy's dog or cat chewed up his Kinect's power/USB cable. After poking around a bit I realized that the end of the cable went into a non-standard socket. The original plan was to chop of the crappy part and solder it directly to the board, but because of the socket that wasn't possible. We just did a standard cut, splice (with solder) and electric tape job. Not too proud of it, but it looked good, was soldered well, and it worked.
This is a Droid Incredible, the kid smashed his touch screen, obviously.
It is very similar to the EVO 4G underneath the back, and is very simple to do repairs on - the only problem (just like with the EVO 4G) is that the edge of the LCD has a layer of adhesive that connects to the digitizer, so you have to heat the phone up (very hot) and very carefully remove the glass (or the LCD) without damaging the LCD. It's very easy to go too fast and tear the front right off.
I didn't take any after shots (kid was waiting), but here's what the inside looks like...
This is how I kept busy yesterday (and today)
But I also took the time to repair this bad boy for water damage - the Samsung Galaxy S 2 (Korean version)
Here's what the inside looks like...
This is after removing and completely cleaning the motherboard - the phone works perfectly other than one huge issue - the power button doesn't work. I was really hoping to power it up because this thing is an absolute beast. it's kind of funny how the US versions of the phone almost don't resemble the original at all.
Here's a picture I took to send to my friend letting him know he didn't have E74 anymore. I always test my Xbox 360 (heat related) repairs this way - just apply thermal past and rest two (Falcon) CPU heat sinks on top of the CPU and GPU - if the console boots then you know it doesn't have any cold solder joints, because you aren't applying any pressure.
And I just took this picture today when I was replacing the screen of an AT&T iPhone 4 to show that we use actual Apple parts, unlike some of our local competitors who will actually admit that they use cheap third party products with dim LCDs.
I don't expect everyone to chime in on everything, but it took me 40 minutes to make this post (with uploading to imageshack), so even a "hey, that's neat" would be appreciated (or even a "hey, **** you").