As the title suggests, left edge doesn't work top to bottom. For example you can't type q while using the keyboard.
I took the thing apart and found out that there were some corrosion-y stuff on the display flex cable thing right under a small black sticker. I peeled it off, revealing 4 solder pads and cleaned out the gunk - still the same, no improvement. At least it didn't go out completely!
Can I salvage this display in any way? I really want to keep this device original.
Edit: Left edge DOES work sometimes but only for a shortwhile. The screen will go unresponsive for a second and then the fault area won't respond to touch again.
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EDIT: I should add that I'm the second owner of this device and thus I don't know the precise history of it. IOS shows no service history but it might have been dropped (scuff marks on case.)
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EDIT: Pictures of what I found:
[image|3540617]
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I tried to clean the pads and the result:
[image|3540621]
[image|3540623]
Last image is how it's supposed to look like according to iFixit.
As the title suggests, left edge doesn't work top to bottom. For example you can't type q while using the keyboard.
I took the thing apart and found out that there were some corrosion-y stuff on the display flex cable thing right under a small black sticker. I peeled it off, revealing 4 solder pads and cleaned out the gunk - still the same, no improvement. At least it didn't go out completely!
Can I salvage this display in any way? I really want to keep this device original.
Edit: Left edge DOES work sometimes but only for a shortwhile. The screen will go unresponsive for a second and then the fault area won't respond to touch again.
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EDIT: Pictures of what I found:
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[image|3540617]
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I tried to clean the pads and the result:
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[image|3540621]
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EDIT: Pictures of what I found: [image|3540617][image|3540621][image|3540623] Last image is how it's supposed to look like according to iFixit.
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[image|3540623]
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Last image is how it's supposed to look like according to iFixit.
As the title suggests, left edge doesn't work top to bottom. For example you can't type q while using the keyboard.
I took the thing apart and found out that there were some corrosion-y stuff on the display flex cable thing right under a small black sticker. I peeled it off, revealing 4 solder pads and cleaned out the gunk - still the same, no improvement. At least it didn't go out completely!
Can I salvage this display in any way? I really want to keep this device original.
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Edit: Left edge DOES work sometimes but only for a shortwhile. The screen will go unresponsive for a second and then the fault area won't respond to touch again.
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Edit: Left edge DOES work sometimes but only for a shortwhile. The screen will go unresponsive for a second and then the fault area won't respond to touch again.
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EDIT: Pictures of what I found: [image|3540617][image|3540621][image|3540623] Last image is how it's supposed to look like according to iFixit.
As the title suggests, left edge doesn't work top to bottom. For example you can't type q while using the keyboard.
I took the thing apart and found out that there were some corrosion-y stuff on the display flex cable thing right under a small black sticker. I peeled it off, revealing 4 solder pads and cleaned out the gunk - still the same, no improvement. At least it didn't go out completely!
Can I salvage this display in any way? I really want to keep this device original.
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Edit: Left edge DOES work sometimes but only for a shortwhile. The screen will go unresponsive for a second and then the fault area won't respond to touch again.
As the title suggests, left edge doesn't work top to bottom. For example you can't type q while using the keyboard.
I took the thing apart and found out that there were some corrosion-y stuff on the display flex cable thing right under a small black sticker. I peeled it off, revealing 4 solder pads and cleaned out the gunk - still the same, no improvement. At least it didn't go out completely!
Can I salvage this display in any way? I really want to keep this device original.