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Function interconnect cables iPhone 5

By accident I broke one of my interconnect cables:

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After reassembling, everything seems to work. What are the functions of the upper and lower interconnect cables in the iPhone 5?

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The straight one is for cellular diversity. Faulty one impacts cellular reception and download speed.

The one with 2 turns is GPS interconnect. Without this the navigation will not work

These two do not have anything to do with wifi at all

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hi

its a Interconnect Cable for antenna probably you can face some issues with reception of cellular or wifi signals.

also you can have a look the this link

it shows how to install a new one if yours iphone has a broken one now.

If you think i answered your question please rate (score) and mark it accepted. :)

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What if the 2 turns break down? Will it show sign of No SIM even though I had insert a SIM card?

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Jayson make sure you time and date is correct then put in airplane mode for 10 seconds and it should recognise sim

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* The straight cable is related to cell signal strength. [Such as No SIM/No Service]

  • The angled cable is related to GPS signal strength. [For Map]'''

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I broke straight cable's head when I tried to push it up. But after all wifi signal is working as well as cellular signal. At first, iPhone shuts down every minute. Then I decided to shut it off for few minutes and try back on. As I do, it works fine. I don't know what the problem is. There must be something else.

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That's just for cellular diversity, you lose some reception and cellular download speed, that's all.

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