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iPhone 4S: Replaced Battery, will not charge even though it shows it is.

Sun, 26 Mar 2017 14:15:33 -0700

I replaced the battery on my niece's iPhone 4S, and attempted to charge it upon completion. Plugged it into a 1A charger and the phone didn't recognize that it, moved the usb to the 2A side of the same charger and it recognized it and showed that it was charging. Next morning the charge showed up less than when I hooked it up, but still showed that it was charging. Tried to reboot phone and hooked it up again to no avail. Tried separate charger and cable same issue. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!!

⟐ Answer accepted Mart 26, 2017 at 14:15 GMT-7

iPhone 4S: Why won't my old iPhone reset

Mon, 20 Mar 2017 22:00:55 -0700

I recently just upgraded, and I activated my new phone (iPhone 5s). I tried to reset my old iPhone 4s, but it wouldn't let me sign in to iCloud to delete it, even though I was already signed in. I typed in the correct password the verify that I wanted to reset it, but it just wouldn't let me. I tried turning off find my iPhone as well, but the same problem happened.

⟐ Answered Mart 20, 2017 at 22:00 GMT-7

iPhone 4S: Do you make a replacement battery for 8mb iPhone 8GB.

Sat, 04 Mar 2017 09:13:55 -0700

Do you make a replacement battery for IPhone 4s 8GB model A1387.

I see replacements for 16, 32, 64 but not 8MB.

⟐ Answer edited Mart 04, 2017 at 9:13 GMT-7

iPhone 4S: Dropped and not working/black screen

Sat, 04 Mar 2017 08:23:07 -0700

My other half had a Iphone 4s which had a cracked screen but was still working fine so we didnt do anything to get it repaired

Yesterday she had the Iphone on her lap and dropped it. Since then the screen wont switch on at all and stays black. When plugged into the charger the screen stays black but the phone vibrates every 10 seconds until you unplug it.

I've tried to research a fix to this without having to pay too much to sort it. I was thinking about buying a replacement screen etc and having ago myself but if this doesnt solve it it seems a waste of time and money.

Any help and advice would be muchly appreciated.

⟐ Answer accepted Mart 04, 2017 at 8:23 GMT-7

iPhone 4S: Won't charge after water damage

Sun, 29 Jan 2017 21:54:02 -0700

My iphone 4s is working fine but won't charge. I already test a new charge flex cable and a new battery but it still not charging. Anyone know what IC or logicboard it potentially damage? Thank you

When I plug charger to the iPhone it detect but it not charging

⟐ Answered Ocak 29, 2017 at 21:54 GMT-7

iPhone 4S: part that the battery plugs into?

Sun, 29 Jan 2017 20:04:11 -0700

Can anyone tell me which part I need that has socket that the phone battery plugs into?

I can't tell if it is the iPhone Dock connector or the iPhone headphone jack and volume control. Or, could it be some other part??

Thank you in advance to the iPhone Gods!

Jake

⟐ Commented Ocak 29, 2017 at 20:04 GMT-7

iPhone 4S: Charging iPhone 4s problem?

Wed, 25 Jan 2017 09:13:12 -0700

My iphone 4s will only charge sometimes. I have to plug it in and out a bunch of times until it finally charges.

but when my phone shuts down and I plug it in once it will charge until it turns on and then the battery is not charging at all once the lock screen loads up?

⟐ Answered Ocak 25, 2017 at 9:13 GMT-7

iPhone 4S: Need phone numbers from sim. Can I use borrow iPhone 2 access?

Fri, 23 Dec 2016 16:29:16 -0700

My iphone 4s is down for the time being. I need to get some phone numbers from my sim if I can. I have access to a family members 4s and tried to plug in my sim and see what happens...maybe my contacts would pop up and I could write them down and pop my sim out not changing anything on this persons iphone....When it powerd on with my sim in place I got reset message of some sort..."after restart or powering back on something needs to reset or be re-set up" something along those lines. I stopped and didnt reset anything...I didn't think I'd be asking this question anywhere at the time so I didn't write down what was being resert exactly....not my phone so I stopped there...May have been no big deal to reset or re-enter whatever it was telling me but I didn't want to change messing up something...any tricks to just getting phone numbes off a sim using a borrowed iphone? An old generic cell of mine?

I've never messed with my sim card before...when an old generic cell would die I'd just throw it away. I had all my numbers written down somewhere...my hand me down iphone is new to me...and I havent backed up any numbers or contacs info yet...I find myself without the iphone for now but need a couple numbers off the sim asap and not a clue how best to go about it or even any experience screwing around with access sim data yadda yadda yadda....anyone have any info or advise? Thanks!

Mike

⟐ Commented Aralık 23, 2016 at 16:29 GMT-7

iPhone 4S: People can't hear me talk, I can't hear them, except with Loudspeaker

Wed, 21 Dec 2016 04:48:32 -0700

Hi Guys,

When I call I don't hear them, they don't hear me.

If I activate the loudspeaker they hear me and I hear them.

When I use the microphone for recording sound it works (=it records).

When I listen to recorded sound with my ears, it works (I hear it) even without loudspeaker.

Any advice? Apart from that works perfect since I changed the battery with an fixit one, 1 year ago.

Thanks for your help,

Emmanuel

⟐ Answer accepted Aralık 21, 2016 at 4:48 GMT-7

iPhone 4S: Is the amount of ram on the iPhone 4S 512mb?

Tue, 13 Dec 2016 09:33:26 -0700

I was hoping the teardown would bring the 512/1024 mb to rest. How much ram does the 4S have?

⟐ Answer accepted Aralık 13, 2016 at 9:33 GMT-7

iPhone 4S: Step 7-Back of camera changed picture/number - why?

Tue, 13 Dec 2016 09:33:03 -0700

The teardown Step 7 third picture yesterday showed a picture with three encoded numbers on the bottom of the camera module. The second number yesterday was 23XGDD. Today it is 31N07D. Did someone substitute the picture to mislead? Are you showing a part from a second teardown? If you still have a copy of yesterday's picture, did it have 32 pins?

⟐ Answer accepted Aralık 13, 2016 at 9:33 GMT-7

iPhone 4S: My device will not power on and does not appear to be charging.

Tue, 27 Dec 2016 13:51:06 -0700

Is there a way I can determine if it is the battery and if a battery replacement would be the answer. Or if there is some other problem, like with the power switch.

Since is a 8GB phone, will the 16GB battery work in it?

⟐ Edited Aralık 27, 2016 at 13:51 GMT-7

iPhone 4S: My phone won't turn on even if I charged it for hours

Sat, 03 Dec 2016 19:21:19 -0700

my phone did not have any battery life left so it shut down.

i went home while charging it using my portable charger for 3 hours.

when i reached home and charged it using the plug, after a few hours only the picture of the battery can be seen. i wanted to try restarting it by connecting it into itunes and pressing the home button and the power button but my home button is jammed.

is there another way to turn my phone on?

⟐ Answer accepted Aralık 03, 2016 at 19:21 GMT-7

iPhone 4S: Updated to IOS 8 and now camera app is frezzing? Help

Fri, 25 Nov 2016 11:49:16 -0700

hello i updated my iPhone 4s to IOS 8 and now when i click the camera app the front-facing camera works but when i switch to back camera it freezes and then goes back to front-facing camera. Why is this and could i downgrade back to ios 7? thanks

⟐ Answered Kasım 25, 2016 at 11:49 GMT-7

iPhone 4S: Dropped phone in toilet

Tue, 11 Oct 2016 17:01:51 -0700

Stupid question....I dropped my phone down the toilet and put it in rice, obviously won't turn on. Wondering if it could ever be brought back to life?

⟐ Answer edited Ekim 11, 2016 at 17:01 GMT-7

iPhone 4S: How do I open iPhone 4s?

Tue, 11 Oct 2016 15:13:03 -0700

How do i open iPhone 4s?

⟐ Answered Ekim 11, 2016 at 15:13 GMT-7

iPhone 4S: My back cover doesn't pop off easily

Wed, 05 Oct 2016 00:10:36 -0700

I removed the screws but my back cover does not pop off easily as in video, any suggestions ?

⟐ Commented Ekim 05, 2016 at 0:10 GMT-7

iPhone 4S: My iPhone is dead HELP

Thu, 29 Sep 2016 14:08:25 -0700

my iphone is showing no signs of life at all . i tried holding the buttons for 30's and nothing. i got a battery replacement and NOTHING. so confuse please help

⟐ Commented Eylül 29, 2016 at 14:08 GMT-7

iPhone 4S: White screen with lines

Sun, 18 Sep 2016 18:44:35 -0700

Replaced the 3.5 jack and harness, as I've done 2 other times. This time though, when i powered back up, the screen was white with a few dark blueish verticle lines on left side of screen and small horizontal lines on entire screen. What could have happened??

⟐ Answer edited Eylül 18, 2016 at 18:44 GMT-7

iPhone 4S: Jailbroken iPhone freeze when Erasing all content and settings.

Sun, 18 Sep 2016 00:13:35 -0700

Its been more than 4 hours that my jailbroken Iphone 4S 5.01 is frozen when I tried to Erase all content and settings. Home button doesnt work and doesn't connect to Itunes. Please help me with solution. Thanks in advance and sorry for bad english.

⟐ Answer edited Eylül 18, 2016 at 0:13 GMT-7