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Disassembled and reassembled, now having charging issues and more

Greetings,

I recently got an iPhone 5 (not a 5S) and was told by the person I got it from that I need to open it up and clean out the camera, because it has a lot of debris. So I found this guide iPhone 5 Rear-Facing Camera Replacement and went to work. By step 27 I realized that I didn't need to get that far just to clean off the camera. *facepalm* So I cleaned off the camera and put everything together. I now have the following issues:

  • Mophie case now causes "Device is not certified" error message to appear
  • When Mophie case is plugged in and powered on and/or connected to wall charger, the phone will turn on and off incessantly.
  • Original iPhone charger will work, as long as I plug it in a certain way. If the charger is turned "upside down" it will cause the "Device is not certified" error message and power cycling.

Your help is appreciated as I am at a loss. Thanks in advance!

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Sounds to me like you may have interrupted the motherboard in some way. Is the board sitting properly with the charging port at a straight angle?

The turning off maybe be because the the battery is not connected properly. I've had an issue before with a 4s where the phone was dead but the battery was getting hot so i took it apart and put it back together and it worked fine.

Definitely sounds like a motherboard issue tho.

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I've had the issue with it being hot. That'll happen when it's powering on and off. Once it powers on and off a few times, the heat goes away and acts fine, other than not updating the battery status properly and the mophie case issue.

I'll try retracing my steps though.

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Could be logic board issues. Or it could just be that you've damaged the lightning dock

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