Geek status revoked...

It would seem I'm not as much of a geek as I'd thought.

Having recently got a second hand iphone 3G I was a little disappointed to see it had a load of dust under the glass. Considering I watch a lot of movies/TV shows on it, it really started bothering me.

So last night I decided to open it up and clean that dust out...what a mistake.

I'd read loads of guides on how to do it, and how easy it was, so was feeling fairly confident about it. What I hadn't read about (and now obviously wish I had) was the risk of one of the little connectors getting stuck to the underside of the screen when opening it up. It basically results in the little connector sticking to the screen, the other end staying where it's supposed to be, and the little ribbon cable caught in a game of tug of war resulting in it breaking.

At that moment I felt quite a bit of panic, but it seems that it's fairly common, and the replacement part is only £7.50 (or thereabouts). It does involve soldering, which I am not enough of a geek to attempt, but a local place will fix it for £15.

With this in mind, I feel I must revoke my geek status until further notice. ;o)