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Have you ever dropped your phone and realized, as it fell in slow motion to the concrete below, that something bad was about to happen?

You pick up the device to see a spiderweb of cracks running across the display. No matter how you touch the screen, the phone simply won't react.

You'll do one of three things: take it to a repair shop, attempt to fix it yourself, or get a new phone. If your screen is shattered, you probably can't even turn on Repair Mode.