I recently dropped my iPod touch gen. 4 and the top glass has started falling off and is slowly creeping towards the display, is it still possible to use my iPod without glass?? If not why?
iPod touch, Other OS
The short answer is NO.
The glass is actually a "digitizer". It has a very fine wire mesh screen that goes to a very thin ribbon cable. The ribbon cable is connected to the main system board with a small plug. When you touch the glass, an electrical signal that corresponds to the X-Y coordinates of your finger on the touch screen is sent to the electronics. The electronics uses this signal to determine what you want the iPod to do.
Another issue is the glass is very fragile (as you have no doubt noticed..) and it will break up into very small, very sharp pieces.
You can either send the iPod back to Apple, send it to a 3rd party (non-Apple) repair facility, or you can change the digitizer yourself. Google and YouTube are your friends....
basically... what cliftonfromrichmond said was... the screen runs on electricity... the glass is what transports the electricity... so its VERY important
So even if the ribbon is still attached but the rest of the digitizer is missing I won't be able to use it??
fraid not dude... but the screens come cheap on ebay and amazon... the cheapest ive seen is $3-5
as stated before, no
being 4th gen, the glass/digitizer are held on with adhesive, where the previous generations used a clip system
this will play a role in the ease of replacement, if you decide to do it yourself
be forewarned, the ribbon cables are very thin and break quite easily
Can you use your iPod touch gen 4 without the glass??
