Cracked or broken mobile device screens can be costly to fix, but a few inexpensive do-it-yourself strategies can eliminate a repair shop visit and salvage your tablet or phone. Third-party repair ...

You were so excited to have a new iPhone that you decided against protecting it with a cover — the freshness was too sexy to conceal with a case. But now your newish phone is looking very not-new.

With apologies to Sir Jony Ive, I have managed to break every version of Apple’s iPhone, in one way or another. From getting water in the original iPhone’s dock to dropping and shattering an iPhone 6 ...

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Get a screen replacement kit online, and try to take apart the phone and replace the screen yourself. This typically should be the cheapest option, but obviously not the best option. You might be able ...

Cracked screen repair is costly wherever you go, and the most expensive your phone is, the higher the service charge, and it varies from shop to shop. For instance, you will be a few hundred dollars ...

You could almost see it happening in slow motion: your smartphone is in your hand one moment, and the next thing you know, it’s barreling toward the ground in a nosedive. Sometimes the layers of glass ...

There are few things that are more heartbreaking to a gadget fan than a cracked smartphone screen. Gorilla Glass is incredibly strong, but it may never be strong enough to survive some of the nasty ...

"GMA" sees how five different repair options stack up. — -- As millions of Americans damaged their smartphones, the cellphone repair industry reported $4 billion in revenue last year. There are ...

You’ve probably heard this advice before, but it’s effective: If the phone simply stops working right, turn it off, wait a few minutes, and turn it on again. That clears memory, which can correct a ...

These days we carry our phones with us everywhere on all our adventures through work and play and sometimes a slight trip or fumble can end in disaster and a cracked screen. If the worst should happen ...