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iPhone 4S: Difficulty pryig battery from phone

Sat, 22 Sep 2018 08:21:34 -0700

I am trying to remove the battery from my iPhone 4s and am having a difficult time prying it from the case. I have the plastic tool recommended, but it is starting to weaken and I am afraid to pry to hard in case I damage the battery or the plastic tool. Any suggesstions?

⟐ Answer accepted Eylül 22, 2018 at 8:21 GMT-7

iPhone 4S: My iPhone is not showing apple logo itried doing reset my phone

Fri, 21 Sep 2018 04:40:49 -0700

my iphone is not showing apple logo i pressed home button and lock key but still its not showing apple logo plz guide me

⟐ Answer accepted Eylül 21, 2018 at 4:40 GMT-7

iPhone 4S: Changed charge port and now home button doesn't work.

Thu, 16 Aug 2018 17:15:48 -0700

So I replaced my charge port on my iPhone 4S and now that works like a charm, but now my home button does not work at all. Any thoghts?

⟐ Answer edited Ağustos 16, 2018 at 17:15 GMT-7

iPhone 4S: iPhone 4s (downgrade from 9.3.5 to 6.1.3) with jailbrake will work?

Fri, 10 Aug 2018 00:47:59 -0700

Hello, i have problem with downgrade iPhone 4s (it is no jb phone, all parts is original, never replaceced, never have problem with phone). I download version 6.1.3 ipsw and tryed do downgrade in iTunes on two notebook with win10 and one MacBook Air. Try in dfu mode, with only one device, in usb 2.0, with original cable, newest itunes version and 3utools. Result is one: it is stuck on bar progress at start and message in iTunes: "waiting for iphone” when i exit from dfu iTunes say that it is Error 9. In 3utools have message: „waiting for NAND %”

Error enable to restore idevice (-1)

I tryed on two oem apple cable (little demage) and one noname cable - with this cable i can restore phone to 9.3.5 version thats mean that its ok…

Please help.

⟐ Answer deleted Ağustos 10, 2018 at 0:47 GMT-7

iPhone 4S: Front facing camera shutter stuck?

Fri, 03 Aug 2018 04:57:14 -0700

Hi,

I'm having some real issues with my phone at the moment. I've just done a screen replacement and just as i thought all was finally fixed, i went onto the camera. It first appeared to work fine (this being the back facing camera) however when switching to the front facing camera the shutter doesn't open at all. Here's a picture of it :

It's annoying as always when you fix it, another thing happens. I'm not too sure what's happened with the camera as the phone wasn't in working condition when i bought it, so it may have been not working before i got it. It just seems to be the front camera that's gone wrong somewhere along the line.

⟐ Answer accepted Ağustos 03, 2018 at 4:57 GMT-7

iPhone 4S: My aux plug in seems out of reach?

Wed, 01 Aug 2018 04:15:36 -0700

My auxilary plug in works on some cords, but not all of them (I have taken my case off.) It wasn't long before I found out that if I pushed down hard enough on every aux plug in I could get it to play music. With headphones, car aux cords and ihome cords it all works if I push hard enough. It seems as though the connector has become just out of reach? My brother said to put tin foil down the plug in... I've learned to not follow his advice before so not about to start now, any suggestions. It won't play music unless pushed down far enough to reach the connector

⟐ Answer accepted Ağustos 01, 2018 at 4:15 GMT-7

iPhone 4S: black screen when I open my camera

Sun, 29 Jul 2018 09:25:35 -0700

front camera is working and not rear one it comes black screen when i open it and same camera is working on other phone.

⟐ Answer accepted Temmuz 29, 2018 at 9:25 GMT-7

iPhone 4S: Charging battery directly without plugged in

Tue, 24 Jul 2018 07:35:25 -0700

I know my question is weired but i want to know of a way to charge the battery of iphone directly as the power IC is not working and it is not charging with cable.

I am in a country where no one change the power IC or repair it. I have spend lots of time searching but was unable to find anyone. It is a water damaged phone. It used to charged when switched off but now its not even charging when off.

I remember we use to charge the nokia battery with external charger and then put it back on, so any solution that can work as i do not want to just through it away.

⟐ Answer accepted Temmuz 24, 2018 at 7:35 GMT-7

iPhone 4S: Bypass battery instructions? Use wall charger only w/o battery...

Sat, 21 Jul 2018 13:12:13 -0700

I'd like to get rid of the battery in my 4S and run directly off of the wall charger. I use the phone as a wireless IP camera and it does a great job, but I've gone through three batteries exploding on me already. It is my old work phone, which I'm allowed to keep and use, but not sell (legal issues).

Is there a way to get the phone to THINK there is a battery installed, let it boot, and have wifi work - without installing yet another battery? I've read some posts with "bypass instructions" but those were for broken pad connectors - and though I have soldering experience, I would still like some hand holding for specific details/points if possible.

⟐ Commented Temmuz 21, 2018 at 13:12 GMT-7

iPhone 4S: iPhone 4S is not working

Wed, 18 Jul 2018 07:46:40 -0700

A friend of mine recently dropped his phone on a marble floor. The phone was encased in a rubberized case. It bounced a few times and now is not working. Anyone have any idea what might be broken or disconnected? It will not boot up, it does vibrate, I cannot get it to soft or hard reset. There is nothing showing up on the screen.

⟐ Answer accepted Temmuz 18, 2018 at 7:46 GMT-7

iPhone 4S: Battery will not charge

Sat, 14 Jul 2018 08:06:42 -0700

I replaced the broken screen/lcd on my wife's phone and it all works fine except the battery will not charge. the charging symbol comes on and the phone beeps when you plug in the charger connector. the battery was perfect prior to the screen repair. I cleaned as i reinstalled with IPA on all the electrical contact points.

⟐ Answer accepted Temmuz 14, 2018 at 8:06 GMT-7

iPhone 4S: Upgrading phones memory 16g to 32g or 64g

Sat, 14 Jul 2018 07:37:10 -0700

Hey guys is it possable to upgrade my iphones memory ??

Could i switch out my logic bord for another with a higher memory copasity? Or would i have to dismantle just the memory and resolder it to the old logic bord??

And or could this be done for ipads??

⟐ Answer accepted Temmuz 14, 2018 at 7:37 GMT-7

iPhone 4S: Replaced broken iPhone 4S screen+ buttons & now device wont turn on

Mon, 09 Jul 2018 06:51:44 -0700

14 months ago i dropped my iPhone 4S breaking the screen, home button and on/off button. I finally got around to replacing all the broken parts yesterday. I plugged the phone in to charge and the red battery sign appeared. I left the phone plugged in for a couple of hours and when i returned it was in the same state and would not power up. I have tried reseting the phone but still no power up. I have plugged the phone into my pc and itunes does not recognise the device. Does anyone have any idea what may be the problem? Could it be the battery is now faulty as the phone has not been switched on in so long? Or could it be something i may have done wrong or forgotten to resemble while replacing the screen and buttons?... Both buttons and screen now seem to be working ok though. Or is there likely to be a more serious hardware issue?

Any help/tips/advice would be much appreciated

⟐ Answer accepted Temmuz 09, 2018 at 6:51 GMT-7

iPhone 4S: iPhone disabled, itunes not working please help!

Sat, 07 Jul 2018 07:16:17 -0700

I purchased a 16gb iphone 4S on Ebay. (I have my ebay invoice to prove it). When powered on, the screen says "iphone disabled" & " swipe for emergency". I have tried multiple time to restore the phone by connecting to itunes without any luck. It takes forever (over an hour) & then I get a message stating that there was an error or an interuption (no interuptions should be occurring). I may need to attempt to return the phone for a refund (hopefully b/c I've never had to do that before so idk how that process works on ebay). But before I do, I was wondering if I have any other options? I do know how to open up a 4S I've replaced a battery in one for my son & a screen on another for a friend, & I have my own apple id too because I've had an iphone 3g & a 4S previously myself. Before I contact Ebay & then have to buy yet another phone, is there anything else I can do to get this one working?

⟐ Answer accepted Temmuz 07, 2018 at 7:16 GMT-7

iPhone 4S: What ribbon is this?

Fri, 06 Jul 2018 05:16:57 -0700

I have accidentally broken this ribbon during me replacing my iphone screen...

PHOTO:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/avg605iz95e9r1...

does anyone know what it is, if its replaceable

OR,

if the phone screen is functional without this connection,

eg. This is an old phone and i would just like to get photos and videos off it

Thank you so much

⟐ Answer accepted Temmuz 06, 2018 at 5:16 GMT-7

iPhone 4S: My iPhone is dead after do this tutorial

Tue, 03 Jul 2018 04:30:32 -0700

my iphone is dead afer do this tutorial what can i do ???

⟐ Answer accepted Temmuz 03, 2018 at 4:30 GMT-7

iPhone 4S: Battery not working, no charge

Mon, 25 Jun 2018 05:11:18 -0700

I had an account with Sprint with this device before, but I canceled and am now looking at going back. Anyway, I called customer service in order to get my old number back, as that was going to be a huge factor in whether or not I would go back to Sprint. After a long time on the phone, they said they could get my number back, and I agreed to restart my service.

I had to charge my phone, though, as it was dead, but when I did, it needed to be reactivated. I wanted to do this right away and customer service was already closed, so I researched how to activate it manually. One of the suggestions was to take the battery out, so I took the phone apart and did just that. When I put it back in, though, it wouldn't charge or turn on. I hooked it up to the computer, same thing. Nothing.

I took it in to the Apple Store and they hooked it up to something that could tell them if there was a current from the battery (not sure if I'm saying that right), and there was nothing. The tech said that based on that, the motherboard must be broken or fried and said that I would just need to get a new phone.

Does anyone have any suggestions as to something else that I could try?

TIA.

⟐ Answer accepted Haziran 25, 2018 at 5:11 GMT-7

iPhone 4S: My friend dropped hers in water

Sun, 17 Jun 2018 08:44:50 -0700

my friend dropped hers in water it was n there for a 2seconds now it acts like it want to turn on and all I can see is the apple popup but it wont turn on its been in rice for 2 days and then it goes black couple mins. later it tries to turn its self back on. what do I do to fix it?????

⟐ Answer accepted Haziran 17, 2018 at 8:44 GMT-7

iPhone 4S: Broken Battery Connection on logic board.

Sun, 17 Jun 2018 07:08:29 -0700

Ok so this person asked me to fix their iphone 4s because it would only work when plugging it into the computer. However I later discovered that the connection from the FPC battery connector onto the logic board had been broken off and one of the connections is completely broken off and I can take it right off the board. I was wondering if anyone had the best way to approach this problem. I have some soldering background and if that is needed I would be able to do so.

⟐ Answered Haziran 17, 2018 at 7:08 GMT-7

iPhone 4S: phone works fine but screen is black and ive tried hard reset

Tue, 05 Jun 2018 06:32:10 -0700

its not water damaged or anything but the phone is clearly turned on but the screen is black

⟐ Answered Haziran 05, 2018 at 6:32 GMT-7