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iPhone 4S: Bottom section of screen not working

Mon, 03 Feb 2014 02:52:42 -0700

Hi, I;m a dinosaur and wondered if anyone out there whoi is far more technically gifted can help? I have an Iphone 4s and the lower 20mm if the screen is unresponsive. This means I can't pick up missed calls, use the keyboard fully etc. Have done a full reset to no avail- Has anyone got any ideas what the problem might be?

Thanks,

Mike

⟐ Answered Şubat 03, 2014 at 2:52 GMT-7

iPhone 4S: Viberator and loud speaker not working :/

Sat, 01 Feb 2014 11:29:13 -0700

Hi,

just replaced my screen and everything went perfect. But after replacement. The vibrator was not responding and the sound was not working at all :/ Has anyone had this problem before? Any ideas what could fix it ??

thanks!!

⟐ Commented Şubat 01, 2014 at 11:29 GMT-7

iPhone 4S: Dropped, screen cracked and blank, beeping sound

Fri, 24 Jan 2014 13:06:19 -0700

Hi all,

I dropped my iPhone 4s and the screen cracked and the phone went dead as in the screen went black. I have connected it with a USB to my macbook and it sees the phone. It (the phone) is beeping away as if the power is low every 6 seconds non stop.

I have tried calling it, it doesn't ring but sounds to the caller as if it is ringing and then goes to answering machine.

I can't back up as the macbook is asking for my screencode (which I can't type in as I can't see anything as the screen is cracked and black).

I have tried the press down power and other switch several times but that magic trick isn't working for me.

Do I just need to bite the bullet and get a new one or should I go to a repair shop or what do you think? The first available genius bar meeting is a week away. I don't really fancy opening it up myself.

Has anyone had this happen and had a successful outcome somehow?

Thanks a million

⟐ Answered Ocak 24, 2014 at 13:06 GMT-7

iPhone 4S: How can I make a clear glass iPhone rear panel?

Tue, 21 Jan 2014 08:02:11 -0700

The clear iphone back kit is sweet, but it occurs to me that you are probably using a polycarbonate sheet rather than a glass one. I would love to make a glass back to maintain the feel that was designed into the iPhone. I can cut glass flat patterns easily, but am unaware of how the rear panel mounts. Any help/direction/input would be greatly appreciated.

⟐ Answer accepted Ocak 21, 2014 at 8:02 GMT-7

iPhone 4S: No sounds come out of my internal speakers or headphones

Mon, 13 Jan 2014 15:06:19 -0700

Ok so to begin I was trying to replace my iPhones battery with a brand new one (my old battery was dieting really quick) ok so I attempted to repair it myself I did not want to pay $80 for an apple specialist to do and plus it did not look too difficult so what ended up happening was when I tried unplugging the battery from the phone the battery connector that is on the phone broke out and was connected with the battery after I had pulled it out of the phone so a I assembled everything back together but of course it was not turning on so I went to go plug it into a wall outlet with the 30- pin dock connector that came with the phone , it turned and everything but you a lot of stuff was disabled and could not be turned on like wifi Bluetooth and It wasn't connected to any carrier even though it's connected to sprint mobile and I just realized that the speakers are not working either I'm gonna get the battery connector fixed tomorrow I just wanted to know if the speakers and everything else will be working after I get the new battery and the connector solder back on or did something else break ? P.S the vibrator does not work either when there's no battery

⟐ Answered Ocak 13, 2014 at 15:06 GMT-7

iPhone 4S: How do I rerest my iPhone 4s?

Mon, 30 Dec 2013 04:36:15 -0700

I cant use my PC to do it and Im locked out of my iPhone 4s. how do u manually rest. I started taking apart my iPhone 4s i just need to know what to do to reset it back to factory stings.

⟐ Answer accepted Aralık 30, 2013 at 4:36 GMT-7

iPhone 4S: an unknown error occurred(-1)

Thu, 26 Dec 2013 21:27:01 -0700

an unknown error occurred(-1)change the battery did not succeed

⟐ Answer accepted Aralık 26, 2013 at 21:27 GMT-7

iPhone 4S: iPhone restarts when going in standby mode.

Mon, 11 Mar 2024 11:12:22 -0700

I´m struggling with my Iphone 4S after my kid spilled some water on it. It was not much and there was no traces of water anywhere when i opened it.

After a day it started turning off and/or restarting by itself. Changed the battery but same issue.

Changed the logic board but still the same issue.

Found out after a while that it does not shut off as long as it is in use but when it goes into standby and the screen goes black it restarts or shuts off after a few minutes.

Anyone have an idea what´s causing this?

My next try would be to change the dock or the power button?!

⟐ Edited Mart 11, 2024 at 11:12 GMT-7

iPhone 4S: Lost Pressure Contact Piece

Thu, 26 Dec 2013 04:45:13 -0700

I replaced my battery yesterday in my iPhone 4s, and since then my phone says "No Service" and "Searching" the phone is activated, and after watching videos i've realized that the Pressure Contact, the little gold piece isn't there, i must have lost it in the process. Is there anywhere to buy the piece from, or any way to fix it without the piece? Thanks

⟐ Answer accepted Aralık 26, 2013 at 4:45 GMT-7

iPhone 4S: Where can I dispose of the iPhone 4S battery?

Wed, 25 Dec 2013 13:13:11 -0700

Hey!

I just wanted to know if there are any suggestions about where to dispose of the iphone 4S battery in a cheap, environmentally friendly manner.

Thanks

⟐ Answered Aralık 25, 2013 at 13:13 GMT-7

iPhone 4S: iPhone 4s wifi isn't working

Wed, 18 Dec 2013 12:17:19 -0700

I have an iphone 4s att on ios 7.0.4 and the wifi is having problems it grays out on and off and wont connect or read and connections around. i have restored, reset network settings and and changed the part. none of this has worked. I've tried everything. is this a fixable or will the phone need to be replaced

⟐ Edited Aralık 18, 2013 at 12:17 GMT-7

iPhone 4S: iPhone 5 only charges when turned on

Wed, 18 Dec 2013 11:51:39 -0700

Hi, I have a strange one here with a customers phone. The phone came to me after someone else had changed the battery on it. The phone wouldn't come on and wouldn't charge and the other person refused to resolve the problem. I changed the battery and dock connector, charged the phone up to 100% as it had some juice in the battery anyway and gave the phone back. The phone was returned to me the following day with the customer saying it won't come back on. I tried it with my charger and had no luck, I then removed the battery and tried it in another phone and it charged fine. I returned the battery to the phone and it would charge just fine whilst turned on. I left it plugged into the charger and it stayed on fine. I turned the phone off and left it unplugged only to find it was dead again the next morning. It would also not charge either, so repeated the battery charging again and it's now got the battery back in and is charging again, so two issues here, one.... It goes flat when not turned on and two once the battery is dead the phone won't charge it unless its turned on ?.

⟐ Answered Aralık 18, 2013 at 11:51 GMT-7

iPhone 4S: Black screen after replacement

Thu, 21 Nov 2013 06:35:18 -0700

I just replaced cell signal antenna and the power-button/sensor cord and I adjusted the home button, cause it was too tight.

After I was done and put it all together, the screen was white on one half of the screen and black on the other half, after 10 seconds the white faded away and it all got black.

I then turned it off by holding home and power button, then I whiped the LCD and digitizer connectors with a piece of paper, I also replugged the battery connector just to be sure.

When I reassembled it again, the screen wouldn't even turn on at all. To make sure it actually was on, I Connected it to the PC, it turned out to be on, but the phone speaker itself made an beep noise every 5 seconds while Connected to the PC.

What has happened?

Update:

I cleaned the connectors again with Windex on a Q-Tip.

Now it's just back to black screen, but atleast it's on.

⟐ Commented Kasım 21, 2013 at 6:35 GMT-7

iPhone 4S: How do I fix my black screen

Sat, 09 Nov 2013 18:36:56 -0700

Ok I dropped my phone and it cracked but it still worked so I ordered another screen and the screen is just pitch black but my phone is still very functional can get txt and calls and it charges but I cant see any even tried to reboot it could even get the apple symbol to pop up how do I fix it?????????????

⟐ Answered Kasım 09, 2013 at 18:36 GMT-7

iPhone 4S: Why is my iPhone screen pitch black?

Mon, 28 Oct 2013 07:37:03 -0700

I dropped my iphone4 last night. I can hear alerts but screen is black. not even a shadow of an image. what do i do?

⟐ Answered Ekim 28, 2013 at 7:37 GMT-7

iPhone 4S: iPhone 4s will not power on...

Thu, 17 Oct 2013 17:39:46 -0700

OK, so its been a while since i used my iphone 4s. its been in parts for about a year and I just recently bought all new hardware for it. The hardware I replaced goes as follows:

Proximity sensor

Home Button cable

Charger port

Battery

LCD Screen

I pretty much replaced everything in relation to power. I kept it on the charger for about atleast an hour. At most, the IC's under the camera warms up, but no other responses. The computer doesn't even read it, which is how i know it has not powered on. There was no water damage because i strictly took it apart to replace the exterior, but just got lazy. I also tried researching the schematics, perhaps I can try to find out where the flow of electricity stops, but its really hard to find. Looking for suggestions...

⟐ Edited Ekim 17, 2013 at 17:39 GMT-7

iPhone 4S: Volume button showing no positions under it.

Sun, 13 Oct 2013 20:20:25 -0700

When I play music, type on my phone, recieve texts, lock/unlock my phone or put my phone on charge, there is no sound. But when I get a phone call, the sound works and I can hear my ringtone, and also people can hear me and I can hear them when on the phone. When I use the volume button at the side to turn the volume up, it just comes up as a speaker and there are no positions underneath it. Please can somebody help me out?

⟐ Answer accepted Ekim 13, 2013 at 20:20 GMT-7

iPhone 4S: Replaced display assembly - home button & screen don't work

Fri, 04 Oct 2013 02:37:40 -0700

I have followed the guide (iPhone 4S Screen Replacement) to replacing the iPhone 4S display assembly. I believe I did it correctly except for one thing (the 1.5mm screw in step 18 seems to have been stripped on the way out so it is not securely replaced).

Now the home button doesn't work (it won't depress unless I put a lot of pressure on it), and the screen doesn't work either. When I turn it on, it starts out gray and with lightly defined vertical stripes that slowly fade out, then it lightens to a brighter gray, then goes dark.

Any thoughts would be much appreciated!

⟐ Answered Ekim 04, 2013 at 2:37 GMT-7

iPhone 4S: iPhone 4 GSM replacement digitizer kit

Thu, 26 Sep 2013 11:24:33 -0700

Will the iPhone 4 GSM replacement Digitizer Glass Screen Assembly Kit work on the iPhone 4s?

⟐ Answer accepted Eylül 26, 2013 at 11:24 GMT-7

iPhone 4S: Added Pics. Shattered screen. Can it be fixed?

Sat, 14 Sep 2013 19:13:14 -0700

Dropped phone from 50'. Can it be fixed? is it just the screen and frame? How would I know if internal damage has occurred without incurring money spent on replacement parts.

The screen is shattered, the frame of the screen is bulging and it looks like the camera in front is shattered as well.

Help, I want my iPhone back! Thank you to whoever showed me easy way to upload pics.

⟐ Answer deleted Eylül 14, 2013 at 19:13 GMT-7