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Home button replacement issues

Recently I had purchased an iPhone 5s from a friend and I decided to fix the phone myself and replace the missing home button. I bought a home button from eBay and amazon and connected the cable but it said that the Touch ID did not work.

This is not my first time fixing a 5s as I own a 5s that I've changed the screen a few times. I've reconnected the cord multiple times and disconnected it but the Touch ID continuously does not work.

I wanted to know how come this issue occurs ? And is there anywhere I can purchase a few home buttons that will work with Touch ID because the ones that I've had, do no simply work.

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The Touch ID button and the logic board are paired. Only the original button will work with the logic board.

Be warned. If the phone is updated it will show error (53)? And will become unusable if any home button besides the original is installed.

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The first part of this answer is correct—replacing a broken home button will restore regular button press functionality, but not Touch ID. The second part of this answer was correct at one time, but not anymore: Error 53 was a mistake and Apple rolled out a fix for that a long time ago. There's no danger to replacing the home button and updating your phone.

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Ah. Good to know. Thanks for the correction.

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Error 53 does not apply to iPhone 5s, it only applies to devices supporting Apple Pay. Also it was fixed a few months ago.

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The Touch ID button and the logic board are paired. Only the original button will work with the logic board.

Be warned. If the phone is updated it will show error (53)? And will become unusable if any home button besides the original is installed.

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iPhone 5s was released 3 years ago and it was immediately known that if you replace home button, you kill Touch ID.

There is nothing you can do except keeping your knowledge up to date.

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