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Does an iPhone need the lcd flexcables bracket holder?

So i completely changed the entire front assembly of my iPhone 6 Plus. While attaching the ribbons (or cables) to the logic board, I noticed that the ribbons were very sturdy (since its new) and I got afraid of bending the ribbons so that the bracket can fit in place. I left it off and closed the iphone and now it works like normal. However I'm concerned that leaving it off could cause some type of harm to it. Any help or info would be appreciated and thanks.

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Flex cables are quite durable, I wouldn't worry about that, repeated bending will eventually cause them to fail, but not something that should concern you for a simple replacement.

Correct me if i'm wrong but you mean the small metal plate that sits on top of the cable headers?

I would suggest putting this on, if you don't the phone will work however if you drop or even just bump it, the cables might come loose or disconnect entirely. This won't put the phone in any real danger but the plate is there to stop this from happening.

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One of those cables jarring loose could for sure put the phone in danger.

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What exactly do you mean by danger? Like an electrical shortage of some sort?

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I personally have to agree with Conor. If a cable comes loose you can just put it back and it will work fine but correct me if I'm wrong.

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The LCD cable going loose can blow up the backlight circuit on the logic board and yes screens can die as well.

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I've done some research on if the LCD cables coming loose has happened to anyone and apparently it has and nothing bad happened to the iPhone. After the cable is plugged back in its fine again..

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