# Broken iPhone Screen Work-Arounds?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broken-iphone-screen-work-arounds/770278>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 31, 2016, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broken-iphone-screen-work-arounds/770278 "2016-10-31T17:48:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2016, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broken-iphone-screen-work-arounds/770278/1 "2016-10-31T17:48:08Z")

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Does anyone know if I place a clear packing tape over the shattered glass\* of an iPhone…will the touchscreen still work? Or, will the tape idea work if I use a stylus? If not, can I still work the phone’s buttons (including keyboard) if I place the iPhone in a sandwich baggie? …Any other suggestions? ☹

\*picture the whole screen effectively shattered in a “spider web” of broken glass.

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**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2016, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broken-iphone-screen-work-arounds/770278/2 "2016-10-31T17:50:42Z")

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If the glass is broken, but the digitizer (right behind the screen) is ok, then you can keep using it, and the tape will keep pieces from falling out. Should work fairly well. For a while, anyway.

If it doesn’t work right now with broken glass, then tape isn’t going to fix it.