Screen orientation won't rotate after LCD/digitizer replacement?
Just finished up with a repair for a cracked LCD on my iPhone 5s, and everything seemed to go very well.
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?
Update
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.
Is this a good question?
7 Comments
I've been experiencing the same problem. the only difference is that i've never opened my iPhone 5s neither have i ever dropped it. This problem started after the iOS 8 update, And yes i have tried to restore the phone!!
by jack
I also have this problem. The interesting part is that when I remove the EMI shield for the display the gyro works like a charm. But when I put it back on gyro doesn't work at all. I was wondering if something could go wrong if I don't put EMI shield back.
BTW the battery seems to drain very fast also it's been replaced recently.
by shoeib
did you put the shield on a magnetic mat?
by aaron
Where is M7 located on https://d3nevzfk7ii3be.cloudfront.net/ig...
by Dusan
I have a similar problem with my iphone 5s. Screen unable to rotate, Compass not functioning, Always shows wrong time, bluetooth button not visible. I tried factory reset and restore, but still issue persist. I have never opened my iphone nor dropped it.
Any suggestions to resolve this issue??
by Romi
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