I am the Dr. Chinnery of DIY repairs Tuesday, October 11, 2011

You may recall Dr. Chinnery, the hapless Vet from the League of Gentlemen. The guy who blew up poodles, electrocuted koi carp, and generally did his best to execute the animals in his care.

This is him.



Well, it seems I am the Dr. Chinnery of DIY repairs.

A few weeks back I cracked the screen on my iPhone. I had also damaged the OLED screen underneath but didn't realise that at the time. No matter thought I, the new iPhone is coming out soon, and I shall upgrade for free anyhow, I'll just use the iPhone with the broken screen until then - it was perfectly usable you see, just cracked.

This week, I ordered an iPhone 3GS screen repair kit from the USA, with the intention of fixing the cracked screen, and selling the phone when my shiny new 4S turns up on the 14th.

Alas! the Curse of the Monkey's nuts!

To cut a long story short what should have been a five minute repair turned into two hours with associated cursing and swearing.

Seems I got the wrong iPhone screen as the connectors would not line up. And I broke the incredibly small film connector for the home button. And did I mention that the OLED screen was broken anyhow, and now has a colour distortion anyway?

A pox on fixing things myself. Next time I'll just send the phone away to be fixed.