[SOLVED] iPhone SE: Need a new home button and digitiser

[al92]

Having replaced the home button and screen on my iphone SE once before, both have recently failed. I really don't want a new phone, so looking to replace them again. I'm not bothered about the fingerprint recognition.

I'm struggling to find replacement parts for the screen and button on Amazon that have reasonable reviews, and ifixit don't do the home button in their EU store. Does anyone know where I might be able to get hold of a decent 3rd party screen and button replacement?

Thanks

 

[guanyu210379]

Have you tried aliexpress, alibaba, ebay, etc.?

 

[al92]

I've looked on ebay, but very difficult to tell the quality. I've vaguely heard of the other two but didn't know if they were legitimate places to buy from?

 

[guanyu210379]

Buying stuffs from alibaba, aliexpress or ebay should not be a problem.
You just need to be more careful.
Getting Apple spareparts using the "normal" way is not that easy in Europe.
It is not the way you should use an Apple product. <-- a bit of sarcasm here.

 

[guanyu210379]

If the screen of a smartphone is already broken and if the sparepart for it is hard to get, I would rather buy a new smartphone.
Expensive flagship smartphones look stupid for me after these few years.
After my Apple 3GS and SGS Note 3 got broken, I kinda learned my lesson.
I have been using only the lower to mid classed smartphones in the last 4 years, max USD400.
If the phone broke, it does not hurt as much as if a USD1000 phone got broken.