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iPhone 7: Really cheap repair services on eBay?

Sat, 12 Oct 2019 19:02:19 -0700

Friend pointed out that their are tons of repair services on eBay for various known issues like Touch ic, audio ic, etc

Was browsing and couldn’t believe how cheap these were. Audio IC for the 7 series was found at $35. That’s pretty ridiculous if you ask me. Looking at feedbacks and number sold it seems to attract a lot of people.

Question, can repairs like these really be made for such low prices? A lot of known repair shops charge anywhere from 100-150 for the same repair. How are these shops competing with the cheap eBay ones?

⟐ Answer accepted октября 12, 2019 at 19:02 GMT-7

iPhone 7: touch is not working

Tue, 08 Oct 2019 12:20:02 -0700

My iPhone 7 fell off of my bed and now the touch screen doesn’t work. Is there a cable that just fell off or is it something bigger??

thank you guys, I will try taking it apart again, I was messing in it a few weeks ago so I will check it out

⟐ Edited by author октября 08, 2019 at 12:20 GMT-7

iPhone 7: iPhone 7 pronounced dead by Apple - How can I get data off it?

Sun, 29 Sep 2019 12:23:46 -0700

I took my iPhone 7 to the Apple Genius Bar where they pronounced it dead and were unable to tell me why. The iPhone was being used to play music via the lightning connector into my car’s auxiliary outlet, went into the store, when I tried to connect again, it did not recognize the cable but instead played the music on the speakers. That night, when I tried to charge it, it still didn’t respond to being plugged in. I have tried several Apple lightning cables, several outlets, and of course tried to connect to my iMac to back up on iTunes - however, it was too late and the charge it had ran out. I am desperate for photos on it. This is when I went to the Apple store but they said I’d need to get in contact with engineers to find out what was wrong and go to a third-party for data recovery. Is there really nothing I can do or replace to get it on long enough for iTunes to recognize the device and back up the data?

⟐ Commented сентября 29, 2019 at 12:23 GMT-7

iPhone 7: Microphone and speaker dose not work.

Sun, 29 Sep 2019 09:05:46 -0700

It haven’t worked bevor i replaced the lightning with and de display and now it also dose not work.

i already tried to reset the phone but it dose not help i can not here anyone and they can not here me. but the lighting is working and the Vibrator too so i don’t knwo where the problem is. Can someone help me pls.

⟐ Commented сентября 29, 2019 at 9:05 GMT-7

iPhone 7: iPhone 7 not charging after replacing housing, battery ,dock connector

Thu, 26 Sep 2019 07:47:23 -0700

I changed my housing battery and dock connector on my iphone 7, it turns on and everything works but it doesnt charge

(i´m on ios 13.1 dunno if that has sth do do with it)

⟐ Answer accepted сентября 26, 2019 at 7:47 GMT-7

iPhone 7: Why does my phone randomly restart?

Fri, 20 Sep 2019 10:32:42 -0700

A couple of months back I replaced my iPhone 7’s battery because the battery section in settings showed 78% relative to when it was new. So I went to change it and for about a month it worked, except it still died just as fast as it did before. The battery screen continued to show 78% so I just let it be and used it. About a month later I noted that my phone would unexpectedly shutdown and reboot slowly. After it rebooted it would show a battery percentage way off what I had before (I had about 92% battery, then 9% after it rebooted.) It would continue in this loop infinitely until I did something physical to the phone like drop it flat on its back or hit the front. Then it'd kill about 10% and go back to how it was before. I thought it was a software issue but after downgrading from the iOS 13 beta to iOS 12 and watching the same thing happen, I figured there was something wrong with the battery connector or the battery itself. Is it because the battery in my phone isn't designed for an iPhone 7 and maybe for another model?

⟐ Answered сентября 20, 2019 at 10:32 GMT-7

iPhone 7: iPhone 7 Bootloop after opening

Mon, 09 Sep 2019 16:16:53 -0700

Hi Guys,

After opening my iPhone 7, it is stuck in a boot loop. I didn´t unscrew anything, since i didn´t have the right screwdriver. I just opened it up and put the screen back on. Any idea how to solve this? Already tried DFU etc…

⟐ Answer accepted сентября 09, 2019 at 16:16 GMT-7

iPhone 7: cable connecting screen to phone

Sat, 07 Sep 2019 13:43:18 -0700

hello i broke the upper cable connecting from the screen part to the back of the phone part (sorry i do not know the name) on my screen while replacing my camera.

is it possible to buy this part separately and if so which part is it?

⟐ Answered сентября 07, 2019 at 13:43 GMT-7

iPhone 7: iPhone 7 bootloop, restore done successfully but still bootloop

Sat, 07 Sep 2019 08:56:24 -0700

Hi guys, right now iam working on iPhone 7 with bootloop, restore done sucessfully, 4 jumpers under audio + replaced audio ic from donor board but nothing does not help.

I have 2 same devices with same problem.

I tried also disconnect homebutton, front camera, rear camera dock but it does not help. Any idea where can be problem? Thanks

@refectio

⟐ Answered сентября 07, 2019 at 8:56 GMT-7

iPhone 7: iPhone 7 no sound on earpiece only during a call

Wed, 04 Sep 2019 20:09:35 -0700

Hi to all, first time stuck and out of ideas so here is my fist question.

Iphone 7 with classic audio ic problem, no audio device on recorder, long boot time.

Made the c12 jumper(this is maybe the 20th device I repair with this issue), I put back the ic, test quickly the recorder, it works, put back the phone, test a phone call, surprise, no audio from earpiece, if I put it on speaker there is sound, in headphones too. The earpiece works withe every other sound source like youtube, recorder, only on a call it is complete silence.

What I tried:

Changed the audio IC with another one, same thing.

Restore with itunes, nothing.

Changed the earpiece (I tried with another complete assembly screen), same thing.

Made diode readings from under the audio IC, it looks all good.

Now I don’t know what to check, it is an Intel baseband iphone 7.

Any ideas?

Thanks, Cristian from Romania.

⟐ Answer accepted сентября 04, 2019 at 20:09 GMT-7

iPhone 7: Why did the home button randomly stop?

Mon, 26 Aug 2019 05:06:25 -0700

Hey, the last 2 iphone 7s ive tried to fix everything is working correctly, then all of the sudden the phone will reboot and touch id will fail. I have fixed multiple iphones in the past and thats why I am so confused.

⟐ Answer accepted августа 26, 2019 at 5:06 GMT-7

iPhone 7: I dropped my iPhone 7 and both cameras and flashlight stopped working

Mon, 26 Aug 2019 05:05:33 -0700

I dropped my iPhone and suddenly the both cameras (rear and frontal) and the flashlight stopped working. What it could be? Does it have a fix or its better to replace the phone with a new one?

⟐ Answer accepted августа 26, 2019 at 5:05 GMT-7

iPhone 7: First audio ic attempt goes bad...!

Tue, 20 Aug 2019 12:52:06 -0700

Yes, I’m totally inexperieced and yes, I never did anything similiar. Total noob..

Some are ground and some not connected but there are missing also connected pads, like A9, A10, A11, B11 etc.. Is this even recoverable ? I saw a video when the guy scratched off the glue and made some jumpers for recreating the pads, .but this seems just so desperate, there are so many.

SHould I give up, and just sell it for parts? Let me know and thanks ..

⟐ Commented августа 20, 2019 at 12:52 GMT-7

iPhone 7: My iPhone keeps restarting after I use for few minutes (restart loop)

Sun, 18 Aug 2019 16:51:43 -0700

i have done reset, restore, update but nothing worked it keeps restarting like normal but in 2 minutes again restarts and continues

⟐ Answer accepted августа 18, 2019 at 16:51 GMT-7

iPhone 7: Side of iPhone crushed, best data recovery service? $500

Fri, 16 Aug 2019 01:13:28 -0700

A fence fell on the side of my iPhone 7. Screen turns on but does not boot up. Apple diagnostic software says it is completely done. I will pay $500 to get these photos back. What is the best data recovery service for this. Will probably have to put logic board into new phone to take data off. Not sure though.

⟐ Answer deleted августа 16, 2019 at 1:13 GMT-7

iPhone 7: Why does my replacement screen have artifacts?

Mon, 12 Aug 2019 12:31:58 -0700

I purchased and installed a replacement screen from iFixit. All was well for several months, then it started having these strange artifacts. The top of the screen image becomes interlaced with the bottom third of the display. It seems to be connected with the display brightness, as well. The artifacting is worse at higher brightness settings. I tried emailing iFixit support two or three different times, but they never replied to me.

⟐ Answered августа 12, 2019 at 12:31 GMT-7

iPhone 7: Sim not ejecting properly after housing replacement.

Thu, 08 Aug 2019 07:02:36 -0700

Hi, I done a housing replacement for an iPhone 7 but removing the sim try is very fiddly, the sim ejector does not sit flush with the housing, is there any way to fix this?

⟐ Commented августа 08, 2019 at 7:02 GMT-7

iPhone 7: iPhone 7 Home Button

Wed, 31 Jul 2019 08:37:03 -0700

Okay so my home button on my 7 is cracked and the home function and Touch ID does not work. If I take the U10 from the broken button and put it on a different non cracked one will my home button work? Please note I don't care about Touch ID I just want my home button to work. Thanks

⟐ Answer edited июля 31, 2019 at 8:37 GMT-7

iPhone 7: Can’t Update Apps

Sun, 28 Jul 2019 22:40:02 -0700

Hey guys, I wonder if you guys know what’s wrong with my AppStore. Recently, it is hard for me to update apps, install or reinstalling are fine, but updating apps is kinda difficult.

Each time I press “Update” button, it will load for a while then go back to “Update” button again. I need to press them few times until it want to update and install the app.

Here is the example

⟐ Answer accepted июля 28, 2019 at 22:40 GMT-7

iPhone 7: Had my screen replaced last week and ever since apple pay doesn't work

Sat, 27 Jul 2019 10:02:34 -0700

Last week I took my phone into apple as my home button wasn’t working properly so they replaced the whole display and ever since that day apple pay will not work, when I had no problems with it before. It still comes up and will say ‘hold near reader’ but does not recognise that I am/nothing happens. Anyone else had this problem or know why?

⟐ Answer accepted июля 27, 2019 at 10:02 GMT-7