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Newly fixed iPhone 6 touchscreen works only in certain situations.

I recently replaced the front panel on an iPhone 6 (blank factory restored to iOS 11.4) that was dropped and had a shattered screen. Everything went great and the phone is working near perfectly, except for one caveat.

The very bottom of the touchscreen is unresponsive, but only in specific situations.

For example, when trying to set up the phone, I am unable to touch the “Set Up Manually” prompt or the “Agree” button at the bottom of ToS; however, I can click the “Cancel” button on the menu, type spaces on the spacebar, and other instances too. It is like 50/50 on when I can touch buttons on the very bottom on the screen. This makes it perplexing since it seems to be split between hardware and software.

I have tried taking it apart again and inspecting the digitizer cable connection, but everything seems fine.

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It's either the replacement screen is faulty or the screen connector on the board for the touch screen is physically damaged.

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While I have considered both of those options, wouldn't that mean that I wouldn't be able to touch that part of the screen at all?

Like I said in the OP, I am able to touch the very bottom of the screen on certain menus, keyboards, etc. When I am typing in the keyboard, if I press the SPACE key, it will think my touch is in the bottom row of letter keys. Then, if I wait 2 seconds, press SPACE, it will then think I am touching the SPACE key correctly.

It seems to be more than just faulty screen or broken connector...

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