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Battery Replacement Ends With Camera and Speaker Problems! HELP!

Purchased the $35 kit. Watched the youtube videos on how to replace the battery. Thought everything went well but now I have a whole list of other problems!

I originally had all 3 connectors from the screen hooked up to their respective connections but when I would boot the phone up it would constantly reboot without actually loading iOS (apple logo loads, fades to black, rinse and repeat until you power off). I ended up googling this problem and just unplugged that 3rd cable (the one that controls the front camera) and that fixed everything. I'm having a heck of a time getting that cable to stay put for some reason. It acts like it wants to fit there but pops right off. Now the front camera doesn't work and I thought I could live with for a few days or even a week until I could find a solution but now the top speaker isn't working either. What else did I knock loose? Any suggestions? Why is that 3rd cable being so stubborn? Did I break it? I wasn't that rough with anything and thought everything went really well! :((

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

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The receiver and the front camera share the same cable, of course it will not work if you disconnect it

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Ok good- so it's the cable I disconnected. So why am I having so much trouble getting it to go back on? :( And why when it appears to be on does it just loop the phone over and over causing it to reboot? I wish I would have just went with my gut and left the screen attached. Could have easily removed the battery WITHOUT removing the screen. Any suggestions???

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I know before I was getting some errors on the apple screen (text at the top) and it would just stay there without rebooting. Why does the phone just keep rebooting when the cable is seated? Is the cable connected properly? Should I try and power down/boot up in recovery mode/restore??? Ugh thanks for your help. This is my only second iPhone repair and this is just frustrating because it looks like it's all connected right.

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Maybe you damaged the cable or the connector during the repair. They are VERY fragile. The small components around the connector on the logic board is easily damaged if you pry on them. If the tools or your hand is not properly grounded, ESD could also damage components

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Hmm so I should probably purchase the iPhone 5 Front Camera and Sensor Cable and try to replace them? I figure if it's working without that one cable connected it's probably that. I'll try and take a closer look at the logic board when I get home as well.

My biggest fear is causing more damage = more money in the end because I'll just have to have it sent off.

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