Need to break ipod touch homebutton

[quote name='tagzard' post='3883220' date='Sep 12 2011, 06:03 PM'][quote name='iFish' post='3883207' date='Sep 12 2011, 04:59 PM']If your screen is broken, Apple will know it fell. And if it fell, how do they know your home button didn't break in th fall?

They won't replace your device for free if it has a cracked screen.[/quote]
They better. I added you in twitter.
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They better give you a new or fixed phone because you broke your home button? There's a word for that type of thought, but I can't remember what it is.

Mind showing us a pic of your iPod to see how does the screen look like at the moment?

Recently a coworker took her smashed iPhone 4 into an Apple Store for a fix, fully expecting to pay. She was told that the first fix from accidental breakage was free, anything after was £130. Actually it wasn't even a fix, it was a full replacement they were going to give her (and probably fix the phone up and resell as new)

I hear really mixed stuff about Apple and replacements some good, some bad. I can tell you this much. If you break your home button they'll still blame that on you since the screen is clearly cracked and that was most definitely your fault so that's the most likely cause for the home button damage. My advice: Take it to an Apple Store to ask how much it would cost to repair. If they give you a price save up that money, cause there's no way they're gonna give you a free repair. If they say they'll give you a replacement then great!

[quote name='machomuu' post='3883236' date='Sep 12 2011, 06:10 PM'][quote name='tagzard' post='3883220' date='Sep 12 2011, 06:03 PM'][quote name='iFish' post='3883207' date='Sep 12 2011, 04:59 PM']If your screen is broken, Apple will know it fell. And if it fell, how do they know your home button didn't break in th fall?

They won't replace your device for free if it has a cracked screen.[/quote]
They better. I added you in twitter.
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They better give you a new or fixed phone because you broke your home button? There's a word for that type of thought, but I can't remember what it is.
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Flawed logic.

[quote name='Hells Malice' post='3883221' date='Sep 13 2011, 12:03 AM'][quote name='KirbyBoy' post='3883198' date='Sep 12 2011, 11:56 PM'][quote name='Hells Malice' post='3883186' date='Sep 12 2011, 11:52 PM'][quote name='jurassicplayer' post='3883177' date='Sep 12 2011, 11:48 PM']The only problem I have at the moment is the fact that the OP didn't come to ask for how to fix it, or ideas that might have been legitimate, but went straight for a fraud. The fraud itself, I don't really care about (hell I wanted to swap my DS's insides with my brother's and then have him return it for a brand new one, since I'm not pro enough to swap the L/R buttons myself).[/quote]

How do you fix a broken screen on an iTouch?

It doesn't really make sense to jump to THAT conclusion first when it seems so unlikely to be do-able.
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You can fix a screen on a itouch, a simple google search would have told you that -_-


There's videos and tuts all on how to fix a cracked itouch screen.
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Too lazy to google.
Does it require getting a new screen? I don't see how it'd be possible to fix without replacing the broken screen.
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Yes, how else you going to fix it?

[quote name='tagzard' post='3883220' date='Sep 13 2011, 12:03 AM'][quote name='iFish' post='3883207' date='Sep 12 2011, 04:59 PM']If your screen is broken, Apple will know it fell. And if it fell, how do they know your home button didn't break in th fall?

They won't replace your device for free if it has a cracked screen.[/quote]
They better. I added you in twitter.
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I lol'd. Explain it to me :3

[quote name='KirbyBoy' post='3883248' date='Sep 12 2011, 06:14 PM'][quote name='Hells Malice' post='3883221' date='Sep 13 2011, 12:03 AM'][quote name='KirbyBoy' post='3883198' date='Sep 12 2011, 11:56 PM'][quote name='Hells Malice' post='3883186' date='Sep 12 2011, 11:52 PM'][quote name='jurassicplayer' post='3883177' date='Sep 12 2011, 11:48 PM']The only problem I have at the moment is the fact that the OP didn't come to ask for how to fix it, or ideas that might have been legitimate, but went straight for a fraud. The fraud itself, I don't really care about (hell I wanted to swap my DS's insides with my brother's and then have him return it for a brand new one, since I'm not pro enough to swap the L/R buttons myself).[/quote]

How do you fix a broken screen on an iTouch?

It doesn't really make sense to jump to THAT conclusion first when it seems so unlikely to be do-able.
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You can fix a screen on a itouch, a simple google search would have told you that -_-


There's videos and tuts all on how to fix a cracked itouch screen.
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Too lazy to google.
Does it require getting a new screen? I don't see how it'd be possible to fix without replacing the broken screen.
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Yes, how else you going to fix it?
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Replacing the screen on the 4th generation iPod touch isn't really a very user-friendly job. It requires a heat gun to get the glass off the device. (If I recall correctly from the iFixIt teardown. )

I say go for it.
No harm in trying, not like they're gonna take it away from you if they refuse. Absolutely nothing to lose, and something to gain.

Uploading pic. Also leaving to apple store.

Here we go.

Is the metal on the bottom of that iPod...bent in? How hard did you drop that thing?

Sweet fuck, what did you do?
Throw it at the floor?

I've seen worse happen from one falling from a desk to a carpeted floor. Must have hit in just the right spot.

[quote name='shlong' post='3883281' date='Sep 12 2011, 05:27 PM']Sweet fuck, what did you do?
Throw it at the floor?[/quote]
It feel on my stone floor.

[quote name='Jamstruth' post='3883277' date='Sep 12 2011, 07:25 PM']Is the metal on the bottom of that iPod...bent in? How hard did you drop that thing?[/quote]
Eh, this. I doubt you can say it is defective from the looks of it.

Do you have to break the home button if you have warranty the broken screen can be fixed without causing further damage.
I don't know how apple warranty's work so i could be wrong.

[quote name='tagzard' post='3883042' date='Sep 12 2011, 02:01 PM'][quote name='yusuo' post='3883009' date='Sep 12 2011, 03:48 PM']If I were to break it, I would open the ipod itself and de-solder the connector from the home button to the motherboard (or atleast loosen the connection so it no longer works) That would be the best bet, cause then it would look like bad soldering on their part and they should replace it.

They may catch onto you though, and even if you send it in like that they may just fix the button and leave the screen cracked.

Knowing apple though they'll just replace it, they did when I had problems with my mac book air, they moved the hard drive to the replacement and just gave me a new machine (bar the hard drive) and that was for a faulty keyboard

Im not sure if the home button is soldered on, it was just a guess, usually (and im going from controllers etc) theres usually a pressure pad that pushes onto a connector on a mini motherboard, if you just remove the pressure pad (or move it slightly so it doesnt connect properly) that should do you well[/quote]
I was thinking more along the lines of not opening my ipod.
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But you're willing to do everything else to break it?

[quote name='tagzard' post='3883057' date='Sep 12 2011, 02:06 PM'][quote name='KirbyBoy' post='3883048' date='Sep 12 2011, 04:02 PM']This kinda sounds wrong.....[/quote]
Listen buddy. I broke my screen. If your not going to post anything that will help me get a new ipod then don't post at all [/jerk]
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Or you can not be an arrogant asshole.

[quote name='tagzard' post='3883063' date='Sep 12 2011, 02:09 PM'][quote name='KirbyBoy' post='3883060' date='Sep 12 2011, 04:07 PM']If you broke your screen and then decided to also break your home button just to get a new ipod (Which could be illegal.)....

Anyone else seeing what I'm saying?[/quote]
DELETE YOUR POST!!!
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Delete your blogs.

[quote name='tagzard' post='3883074' date='Sep 12 2011, 02:13 PM'][quote name='jurassicplayer' post='3883068' date='Sep 12 2011, 04:10 PM']I don't see a point in deleting a possibly truthful statement. ._.
Also, shouldn't you be blaming yourself if you busted your own screen?[/quote]
It is my fault. But i want a new one.
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Baby.

[quote name='Jamstruth' post='3883277' date='Sep 12 2011, 11:25 PM']Is the metal on the bottom of that iPod...bent in? How hard did you drop that thing?[/quote]

And this is why you always buy an Otterbox Defender case for an expensive electronic device.


http://www.amazon.com/Otterbox-Defender-to...e/dp/B004FLJBDW

The thing basically makes it impenetrable. Even has plastic covering the screen.

[quote name='iFish' post='3883256' date='Sep 13 2011, 12:17 AM'][quote name='KirbyBoy' post='3883248' date='Sep 12 2011, 06:14 PM'][quote name='Hells Malice' post='3883221' date='Sep 13 2011, 12:03 AM'][quote name='KirbyBoy' post='3883198' date='Sep 12 2011, 11:56 PM'][quote name='Hells Malice' post='3883186' date='Sep 12 2011, 11:52 PM'][quote name='jurassicplayer' post='3883177' date='Sep 12 2011, 11:48 PM']The only problem I have at the moment is the fact that the OP didn't come to ask for how to fix it, or ideas that might have been legitimate, but went straight for a fraud. The fraud itself, I don't really care about (hell I wanted to swap my DS's insides with my brother's and then have him return it for a brand new one, since I'm not pro enough to swap the L/R buttons myself).[/quote]

How do you fix a broken screen on an iTouch?

It doesn't really make sense to jump to THAT conclusion first when it seems so unlikely to be do-able.
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You can fix a screen on a itouch, a simple google search would have told you that -_-


There's videos and tuts all on how to fix a cracked itouch screen.
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Too lazy to google.
Does it require getting a new screen? I don't see how it'd be possible to fix without replacing the broken screen.
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Yes, how else you going to fix it?
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Replacing the screen on the 4th generation iPod touch isn't really a very user-friendly job. It requires a heat gun to get the glass off the device. (If I recall correctly from the iFixIt teardown. )
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Yes, but you can also use a hair dryer.

That crack is and isn't bad.

At least the crack isn't on the screen area itself. So it doesn't get in the way of viewing. But oly shit, that's a bad crack

Good luck at the Apple store