Left side of screen not staying flush after replacement.

Hi all,

I successfully replaced my iPhone 15 screen with the Hard OLED part form iFixit a few days ago. It’s been great, honestly, but I’ve noticed that the left side of the screen isn’t staying flush with the body of the phone. This is about 1.5mm above the edge of the phone body. The right side, top, and bottom are flush. I can push the left edge into the body very easily and there is no distortion on the screen when I do so. It stays for a while but so far eventually comes back up.

I’m posting here in case anyone has experience or thoughts before I go trying to open the phone again and dealing with the adhesive, clips, and risk of that, ha.

I have noticed that I don’t hear any click from the clip along the left edge when I push it back to flush. I’d expect that, but don’t know if that expectation is right. Would that clip hold the left edge flush if it were properly engaging? The left edge clip MAY have had a slight bend in it but it wasn’t enough to be obvious to my eye.

Some of the other clips were definitely bent when the part arrived: the top right corner clip was flat against the screen and the bottom screw loops were almost bent that far, as well. (the screen I replaced was freaking out with ghost touches, so I really couldn’t wait for another part and was able to bend those three into position).

Any thoughts will be much appreciated.

Thanks!