Used to replace screens by hand, now I just park my kid in front of a heat gun

Back in 2019 I would do phone screen swaps the slow way. Hair dryer, plastic spudger, 45 minutes of terrified prying on a Galaxy S8 that had more cracks than sense. Broke two AMOLED panels before I got one right. Fast forward to last Tuesday, my 9 year old needed a science fair project and I showed him the 3 minute heat gun and suction cup trick on an old iPhone 6. He did the whole swap by himself while I watched. He actually did it, zero dead pixels. Now I'm wondering if I should be embarrassed or just happy to have a tiny repair tech in the house. Anyone else let their kids loose on dead gadgets instead of doing it yourself? What's the youngest age you'd trust with an iOpener?

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aaron70819d ago

So how many screens did you crack before you handed him the tools?