iPhone News Updated

Apple Fixing Broken iPhone Screens In-Store

Apple’s popular smartphone, the iPhone 3GS, is prone to mishandling and subsequent cracks in the screen. Apple is making it easier to fix the screen now by adding an in-store repair service.

Whether they’re dropped, squashed, smashed or outright trashed, many users find Apple’s sleek, delicate screens are prone to cracking. While Apple can’t do much to help you prevent dropping your iPhone, the company has made it easier to get the screen replaced. Apple blog The Loop confirmed that Apple is now fixing iPhone screens in retail locations.

The service is available for all three versions of the iPhone, the blog reported, although due to the manufacturing process involved in making the iPod touch, Apple retail representatives won’t be able to fix a cracked screen on it. “If your phone is under warranty and the screen needs to be replaced due to a defect with the device, there is no cost to have the screen replaced at a retail store,” wrote The Loop blogger Jim Dalrymple. “However, if it’s not a warranty issue, the cost of having the screen replaced is $199.”

For iPhone users out there who want to take the DIY approach to screen repair, there are options out there as well—but keep in mind Apple’s iPhone limited warranty “excludes coverage for damage resulting from accident, disassembly, unauthorized service and unauthorized modifications.”
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iPhone Jailbreak Out Amid Apple-EFF Tussle

As yet more unsanctioned apps emerge to unlock and jailbreak iPhones, Apple and a digital rights group fight ongoing battle over the issue.

Code that will unlock and “jailbreak” the iPhone 3G and early versions of the iPod Touch is available now on the Internet from a group of hackers known among the iPhone OS community for releasing such applications.

In a recent post at its blog, the so-called iPhone Dev Team writes that, “redsn0w is an easy to use, multi-platform, multi-device jailbreaking and unlocking (iPhone 2G only) tool for the iPhone 2G (original iPhone), the iPhone 3G (but not the 3GS) and also the iPod touch (first and second generation). Currently it is available for Windows and Mac OS X.”
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