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iPhone SE: Issue with new screen (No Picture but backlight)

Sun, 09 Jun 2019 07:12:20 -0700

Hi all, i have an iPhone SE which i fitted a new screen on only to find that there is no picture on the screen however backlight still shines. Then i reconnected the old screen, and that still worked. I cleaned the connectors on the new screen and still nothing. The new screen is for a 5S but as far as I’m aware are identical. Thanks in advance

⟐ Answer accepted Haziran 09, 2019 at 7:12 GMT-7

iPhone SE: iPhone SE overheating and draining battery fast

Sun, 09 Jun 2019 07:12:02 -0700

So i dropped my iphone SE and ive noticed that whenever i use it, browsing the net, watching videos, it drains the battery fast and the Phone gets hot like very hot especially on the top of the iphone. I dont know why this is happening maybe because of the fall but i dont think it got wet or anything. Please send help

⟐ Answer accepted Haziran 09, 2019 at 7:12 GMT-7

iPhone SE: iPhone SE touchscreen unresponsive, white stripe on right side

Sat, 08 Jun 2019 14:22:24 -0700

A friend’s kid dropped her IPhone SE and now the touch screen doesn’t work. There is one solid white bar down the right side of the screen. No sign of actual damage, other buttons work fine.

I cracked it open and it did look like the digitizer connection was loose, as was the rear camera (the rubber bracket wasn’t connected). No apparent damage though. Reconnected everything properly, put it all back together and no change.

Any chance there is something else to check that could be loose? I don’t want to replace the screen unless I absolutely have to.

⟐ Answer edited Haziran 08, 2019 at 14:22 GMT-7

iPhone SE: both camera's + flashlight not working.

Wed, 05 Jun 2019 06:42:51 -0700

hey people i got an iphone SE with both camera's and flashlight not working. the board looks perfect. the screen has been replaced some time but the customer says the camera's stopped working after a drop. any advice for this repair? i know about the camera jumper on the 6 an 6s.. but i dont know realy where to begin on this one..

⟐ Commented Haziran 05, 2019 at 6:42 GMT-7

iPhone SE: iPhone SE Random powering off and possible shorting?

Wed, 05 Jun 2019 04:35:32 -0700

So I recently transferred the hardware of a scuffed up but fully functional 16GB Rose Gold iPhone SE into a new Silver shell an also installed a new screen and battery. The expectation was that after this refurb the phone would function like new, but sadly not. This phone was fully functional before the shell transfer so this one’s on me. :(

Upon testing the phone after the repair, I often encountered an issue where the phone would suddenly shut off 3-5 minutes from booting up. This is probably a kernel panic and that a quick backup and restore should fix the issue but after attempting this 4 or so times the issue persists.

Not only that, after switching off and attempting to reboot, the phone struggles to get past the Apple logo, which will stick there for a considerable amount of time considering it’s fresh iOS boot. However, the phone rarely gets past the boot sequence after this, and instead switches off repeatedly. When the screen shuts off it doesn’t shut off in the normal fashion, but in a strange blotchy effect that looks well… unhealthy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-81GECX... (Video of the issue)

During troubleshooting I noticed that my replacement battery cable that connects to the logic board had been scuffed up a bit and the copper coating was showing. This cable was pressing slightly against the logic board and the shell and I thought that that was the issue and there was a shorting issue. However, upon covering up that scuff with some electrical tape and also the shell where the cable was touching the issue still persists.

If anyone has any advice, fixes or ideas about what the issue may be please respond asap and run me through what to do if possible. I’ve repaired several iPhones but this is my first shell transfer and all other things work well as far as I can tell.

Thanks,

Will

⟐ Answer accepted Haziran 05, 2019 at 4:35 GMT-7

iPhone SE: Touch Screen Went Crazy!

Tue, 28 May 2019 17:46:01 -0700

I have iPhone SE that I bought 2nd handed.

Each time the battery charged beyond 70%, the touch is a lil bit crazy, it will jump a lil. So I brought it to repair shop because I came pretty late, so they cannot fully diagnosed the problem.

But for sure they tried to use a tool that read the ampere. They said it normal phone should charge around 0.90A while mine is around 0.70A… So they came with 3 temporer diagnostic,

The battery
The charging port
IC charging

If someone of you know or had or have the same problem and know the culprit or got it fixed already, please tell me what happened to my phone.

I really need your answer.

Thank you.

⟐ Answer accepted Mayıs 28, 2019 at 17:46 GMT-7

iPhone SE: Top part of my touchscreen not working since dropping it in a toilet.

Thu, 23 May 2019 06:15:06 -0700

A few months ago, I dropped my iPhone in the toilet. It was still powered on when I took it out and there was a red line through the screen. I turned it off within minutes of getting it out of the toilet bowl and then put it in rice for the night to dry it out.

The next day when I took it out, it seemed to be working totally fine but I realized the top left and right corners of the touchscreen no longer work. I'm assuming this is due to some sort of water damage?

I've been living with it up until now and just not using any functionality that involves me selecting something in a top corner (which is relatively avoidable but a lot of apps use these corners for "post" buttons so it's getting frustrating). Everything else about the phone works just as it should.

Any ideas what could be wrong/how to fix it? Is this something I can get fixed in an apple store without spending a ton of money or am I out of luck?

⟐ Answer accepted Mayıs 23, 2019 at 6:15 GMT-7

iPhone SE: My headphone jack doesn't work after lightning connector replacement

Tue, 21 May 2019 19:03:52 -0700

I replaced the lightning connector assembly, which includes the headphone jack, and now the phone doesn’t recognize headphones being plugged into the jack. Audio continues to play through the speaker when plugged into headphones. What did I screw up when replacing the assembly?

⟐ Answered Mayıs 21, 2019 at 19:03 GMT-7

iPhone SE: Recovering Data from Water Damaged iPhone SE

Mon, 20 May 2019 07:20:43 -0700

Several weeks ago, I accidentally put my iPhone SE in the washing machine. It sat in rice for two weeks, and then I opened the phone, checked for obvious corrosion, and replaced the battery. I had read on several articles that the battery is usually the biggest problem that occurs in water damaged iPhones, hence the replacement. I let it charge for several hours and then plugged it into my Mac via USB. Unfortunately the screen is still black and nothing appears to be turning on, but I optimistically plugged it in anyways. At first, my laptop nor iTunes even recognized that I had connected a device. I put my phone into Recovery mode and then iTunes recognized it but my laptop was still unaware that I had connected anything. The only options iTunes will give me is to restore the iPhone to its factory settings. Unfortunately, this means all of the data on the phone will be erased. I have looked at several programs that claim to be able to repair my system enough to enable me to recover my data, but they are all quite pricey and a bit shady on their refund policy (if it doesn't work, I will want my money back). I am not looking to be able to use the phone again- I am aware that it is toast in that department. However, I had not backed my phone up since July, which means I have hundreds of pictures and videos that I really don't want to lose. Has anyone used any of these online programs before (dr.fone, etc.)? Can anyone help me get my pictures and videos off the phone? Or does anyone have any tips or people I could go to about this? (Also I feel it’s important to note that I can get my phone in and out of recovery mode, so it isn’t stuck on that loop.)

⟐ Answer accepted Mayıs 20, 2019 at 7:20 GMT-7

iPhone SE: Audio port not working after repair

Mon, 20 May 2019 04:31:13 -0700

I replace the digitizer and battery on one of these and it worked well. Customer reports that the audio port no longer works. Since I didn’t work on or remove that portion of the phone, what could I have done to cause this? @refectio

⟐ Answer accepted Mayıs 20, 2019 at 4:31 GMT-7

iPhone SE: Phone cannot determine percentage/shutdowns(Changed the battery twice)

Sun, 19 May 2019 06:41:37 -0700

I have replaced the battery in my iPhone SE with two new batteries, both unable to work out how much charge there is (sometimes stays at 1% and changes when I plug/unplug the charger) The first battery I used made the phone restart (even while charging) every 3 mins or so, the battery I’m currently using is staying around 58% and is telling me to service in battery health. Both batteries were from eBay and I’ve tried basic troubleshooting like a software reset, updates and checking that the connectors are pressed in properly.

⟐ Answer accepted Mayıs 19, 2019 at 6:41 GMT-7

iPhone SE: Random black screen after replacement.

Wed, 15 May 2019 03:03:50 -0700

I bought replacement screen from ifixit and just finished replacing it. Black screen randomly appears when I press the power button. The backlight still turns on and there is no other problems.

I reconnect the ribbon cables several times but the problem keeps appearing. Is it a screen problem or a replacement mistake? Which of the three ribbon cables is display cable?

⟐ Commented Mayıs 15, 2019 at 3:03 GMT-7

iPhone SE: How much would it cost to replace everything in a iPhone se except for

Mon, 13 May 2019 03:37:17 -0700

How much would it cost to replace everything in a iPhone se except for the chassis

⟐ Answer edited Mayıs 13, 2019 at 3:37 GMT-7

iPhone SE: Battery stuck on 1% and restarts randomly, after screen replacement

Thu, 02 May 2019 20:11:17 -0700

After replacing the screen of my iPhone SE the phone is stuck at around 1% (highest I’ve seen it go is 5%). All I did is replace the screen and the only touching of the battery I did was to unplug it so I did fry the screen. I have already tried turning it off and on as well as unplugging and plugging back in the connector to no avail.

Any suggestions would help, also if you know how to fix the problem it would be greatly appreciated if you could what I’d need to do to fix the problem.

If you need to ask any questions ask away.

Thanks, Tom.

⟐ Answer accepted Mayıs 02, 2019 at 20:11 GMT-7

iPhone SE: Why is my se restartint and having low battery life after screen repla

Mon, 29 Apr 2019 18:07:30 -0700

My Iphone se is having issues. It was working fine before the screen cracked I replaced it and it worked fine until that screen stopped working i replaced it again and it started restarting every minute non stop so i thought it was a screen so i get a complete screen from ebay and it works fine but it keeps restarting at the apple logo reallt fast then after a few restarts it'll finally boot up but either be at 1% and wont chargw up or 100% and if i take it off the charger at 100% itll just die and restart at the apple logo. Any ideas ? Bc of the after market screen or my battery? My battery by looks is mint and is not buldged or anything in the settings Battery Health it says to Service battery and This Iphone is unable to determine battery health.

⟐ Commented Nisan 29, 2019 at 18:07 GMT-7

iPhone SE: Power Button didn't work (new case)

Sun, 28 Apr 2019 13:06:51 -0700

Hello together,

the case of my SE was broken, so I brought a new one and transferred everything in it.

After the first test I noticed that the power switch didn’t work. so I found out that the new button was different. In the picture you can see that the pin on the right side is missing and in the old case there was a cable.

I tried to install the cable in the new case but it didn’t seem right and also didn’t work.

Thanks for your help!!

⟐ Answer edited Nisan 28, 2019 at 13:06 GMT-7

iPhone SE: Teared screen cable, does the rumble motor work without a display?

Sat, 27 Apr 2019 20:59:40 -0700

The title is a bit open ended. I attempted to open my iPhone SE and to my rotten luck my hand slipped and the display turned black. At first sight everything seemed mostly fine, the metal shield atop of the touch id connector snapped open but the cable itself didn’t tear, just released / got disconnected. I toggled the ringer mode to silent and back a few times. and the rumble motor brought a smile to my face as the phone was still alive. Yes, I started the disassembly with the phone still on. I fumbled with the phone a bit, disconnect the display assembly only to realize that I probably goofed again because I hadn’t unplugged the battery from the mainboard. I have to admit I’m a bit hazy on the exact ordering of the ribbons connected and disconnected. But while visually inspecting and trying to figure out if the display assembly is truly bonkered and how to proceed, I realized that I probably messed things up further because when I connected the three display cables and battery, the phones motor would no longer offer any feedback. My check consisted of plugging in the phone to a pc, pressing the power button, waiting 15-30sec, and toggling the toggle.

I disassembled the display assembly. It looks like the middle ribbon has a clean tear. So clean, in fact, that you could think you can just plug it back in (sadly that doesn’t work).

So before I resume my gun-ho adventure and order an lcd from ali express, I wanted to ask whether no rumble motor with or without a plugging battery and a plugged in power cable is a sign of more serious damage than just a torn display cable. And if so, what would be the next steps to diagnose.

Thanks for the tips. Hope to learn something from my stupidity.

⟐ Answer accepted Nisan 27, 2019 at 20:59 GMT-7

iPhone SE: Is it ok to replace the screen

Wed, 24 Apr 2019 09:56:25 -0700

I dropped my phone and now it has a slight bend. Should I get it fixed?

⟐ Answer accepted Nisan 24, 2019 at 9:56 GMT-7

iPhone SE: Get iPhone SE to boot without screen

Mon, 22 Apr 2019 13:43:57 -0700

I am Trying to figgure out how i can get an iphone se to boot without a screen.

I just want to run some xcode uitests on there. so i dont need a screen.

when i power up the phone with screen and then disconnect it everything continues to work. but if i power it up without screen xcode wont let me start the tests.

so i guess somewhere during boot it checks if the screen is connected.

Does someone know how exactly it checks this ?

thanks

⟐ Answer edited Nisan 22, 2019 at 13:43 GMT-7

iPhone SE: Screen is blurry upon starting then flickers & brightens & is clear

Mon, 22 Apr 2019 13:44:40 -0700

I think phone was dropped a short distance to floor (less than a foot) but now screen text is blurry in downward direction when first used. After a few minutes, the screen flickers and then it applies color filter I use and text is clear. I’m guessing it’s the display, but just wondered if anyone else has had this problem and what they found that worked.

⟐ Answer edited Nisan 22, 2019 at 13:44 GMT-7