I've checked out everything and it all seems to be working quite well, good as new. That is, until I tried to watch a video in landscape mode and my phone would not rotate. Uh-oh.

I've toggled orientation lock on and off, no luck. I've done a reboot (home & power buttons), no luck.

I've checked with compass/level, and they have no functionality when the phone is turned.

I've looked through the teardown but it's not clear to me where the accelerometer/gyroscope is located, but I assume it's on the logic board somewhere. Is this something as simple as a loose cable from the screen to the logic board? Is there anything else I could try besides double-checking cable connections?

As Tom pointed out, the M7 was likely damaged during the operation.

Luckily for me, I took my phone into an Apple Store and described my issue with the phone failing to rotate (no mention of replacing the display). The employee took the phone into the back to inspect it, didn't see anything out of place.

After restoring the phone didn't solve the issue, she decided the phone was defective and since it was covered within the one-year limited warranty, I was issued a brand new phone.

⟐ Answered September 27, 2019 at 21:00 MST

⟐ Commented May 15, 2025 at 2:23 MST

The problems started happening around September and I sent it in for warranty repair in October. The device worked well for about a month or so, then toward the end of November it started doing the exact same thing. Now it's December, and I'm using a back-up iPhone 4 until I either figure this out or scrap the device for parts and wait for whatever 2014 brings us for iPhones..

I can leave it sitting on the table and Siri will randomly activate. I can also try pressing the home button and it will do nothing or register a triple-press. When I hit the power button on top of the device, it will randomly take screenshots.

The behavior is leading me to think that it is constantly registering my home button as being held down for some reason.

My first approach to the situation was to address the mechanical function and replace the home button and the home button cable. After replacing those parts, my iPhone 5 is still misbehaving.

Is there anything else which could be a mechanical factor contributing to this behavior or is there anything software-related which I could also attempt?

I've already attempted a factory restore, and it's running current iOS 7.0.4...

⟐ Commented August 28, 2020 at 6:51 MST

I'll try to make this short.

I have an iPhone 6 Plus. Both microphones seem to work perfectly fine

(I've tested the bottom microphone with Voice Recorder-- super clear.

I've tested the top microphone with Siri and Voice Dictation, understands me every single time)

HOWEVER

Whenever I make a phone call with this phone, the person on the other end cannot hear me whatsoever. This is not a matter of being muffled, this is literally no sound at all. The only sound that comes through sometimes is a crackling noise, almost like ruffling a bag of chips or something.

How can both of the microphones work perfectly fine but then completely not work only during phone calls? Anybody know what is going on?

⟐ Commented October 14, 2023 at 14:49 MST

I was wondering if you can put the iphone 5s home button on the iphone 5 or ipad mini?

⟐ Commented January 30, 2020 at 19:49 MST

⟐ Commented April 13, 2016 at 1:30 MST

What do u need to replace to fix this problem?

Thanks for help

⟐ Commented October 05, 2021 at 23:13 MST

I didn't realize it for a few months, so I just removed the magnetized screw. Compass still does not work.

I've reset the phone and erased data etc. Still nothing.

Can I replace the compass? Any way to fix this?

⟐ Commented May 28, 2017 at 9:29 MST

Any ideas what may cause this and how to fix it?

Update: after letting it rest overnight the screen looked fine first thing in the morning, however the white 'halo' reappeared shortly after. Heatsink issue?

⟐ Commented July 18, 2016 at 12:26 MST

⟐ Commented March 12, 2023 at 11:51 MST

Would much appreciate if somebody could help me please. The phone returned to myself from a customer, it worked fine previously but now it has stuck on Apple logo with progress bar screen after an update to iOS 10.2.1. It turns on, the progress bar goes to the end until 1mm of it stays unfilled and freezes. iTunes recognizes the phone, showing all the phone's details as usual (memory size, serial number, backups, etc). I left it for a few hours, but it still showing the same.

If I do a restore it restores, then freezes again at the end at the same stage, when iTunes already shows the screen with set up as a new iPhone or restore from backup options. I tried hard reset and restore in DFU mode, but still nothing.

If this is related to hardware and if someone had faced a similar problem please share, maybe I should try to reheat some components with a hot air station?

Many thanks!

⟐ Answered February 10, 2022 at 7:21 MST

⟐ Answered December 20, 2020 at 14:49 MST

Thank you!

⟐ Answered December 15, 2018 at 14:50 MST

I got an defective iPhone 6 Plus and want to try and repair it myself. The problem is that i cant get any GSM reception. Here is what works and what i tried to resolve the problem:

All wireless connections like wifi and bluetooth are working (except but cellular ofc).

Everything else also works just fine. When i take out the sim card, it immediatelly tells me "no sim". If there is a sim installed, it either searches for reception like forever or just says no service. I also can see the imei and baseband number in settings. There are no signs of waterdamage whatsoever.

Today i replaced the upper antenna (the one with the plastic housing), the dock connector and the antenna cable connecting the dock with the logic board.

None of that worked.

Im starting to get a little desperate here :(

Does anyone have another idea which part could be broken? Is it the logicboard itself? Is there any way to further run some tests to find the source of the problem?

Maybe the simcard reader itself is damaged?

I would really appreciate some help/suggestions what to do.

⟐ Commented December 11, 2018 at 15:07 MST

Any of you who use a microscope for repair phones? I need a microscope But dont know which i Should buy? I need one which is not too expensive But good enough for repair Logic board.

Suggestions? Maybe a eBay link og something? :) And which is Best, a microscope where you see The Logic board from a screen Or from a Lens???

Thanks :)

⟐ Commented February 13, 2025 at 11:32 MST

I also have my iPhone X with a perfect screen, Face ID working also..

Decided to swap screens because i was curious to see the inside and work on them.

Swapped screens and neither Face ID work, i straight swapped them without removing anything from either screens.

I Follow some google steps by resetting settings etc on the originally broken phone because mine is jailbroken but still not working. I move the screens back to the original phones and they both work fine with Face ID..

What causes this? Am i missing something?

⟐ Commented October 04, 2020 at 7:54 MST

recently cracked my screen on top..not on the useable part thank god! just enough to bug me so i figured i would go get a screen that's reasonable price.

what i ended up getting was the screen itself.not the whole LCD/Digitizer part,even tho i should have.

so I'm looking into doing the repair myself, being patient and just doing my research before i even attempt this , since my phone is still working great.

so i know how to get the screen off pretty much, its just the part after I'd like to have suggestions/tips for.

i have the screw driver set the whole works, what i dont have is the tape or glue i need, and i was wondering which glue i could use, is it possible that i could use one from a regular store, instead of buying online? any tips will help! thanks:)

⟐ Commented January 02, 2018 at 13:28 MST

⟐ Answered November 18, 2017 at 0:35 MST

Sometimes screens come with this tape of the connector circled mine did but I placed some insulating tape over it and low and behold it worked not a ghost click in sight hope this helps someone.

I will be keeping the phone over night to test it further and will update tomorrow thanks

⟐ Commented February 21, 2017 at 5:06 MST

The Settings>Battery>Battery Health cannot display battery percentage.

⟐ Commented October 24, 2024 at 15:57 MST