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After replacing my screen my phone worked for 30seconds with the new screen and then completely turned off. It wasn’t just the screen turning off as there was no vibration or anything. Swapping back to another screen doesn’t fix it either. The phone is now unresponsive which makes it hard for me to troubleshoot. I believe I’ve tried all the reset, hard reset options, etc. The device is not seen when connecting to iTunes. :(
I’m not sure what my next steps should be.. I’d love to fix the phone if possible.
If it’s not possible, should I try to bring it to Apple? They originally quoted me $300 to fix the screen so I tried to do it myself but now I’m not sure what to do so any help there would be great too.
Thanks for any help.
Two possibilities here; you either caused some collateral damage during the repair or the replacement screen was defective and caused some logic board issues. I would start by testing a bare-bones setup. Start by disconnecting the battery first (always!). Then disconnect the digitizer, LCD, front camera, rear camera and home button extension flex. Now re-connect the battery; you should only have the battery and Lightning Dock flex connected. Connect a known-good, preferably Apple-original Lightning cable to an iTunes enabled computer. If the bare-bones setup does not get recognized by iTunes, then you most likely have a logic board issue. You could send it (or find a local) to a repair shop that specializes in micro-soldering repair. Sometimes the fix can be straightforward (i.e. a blown filter) and relatively economical.
