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Hi, Not too long ago, I dropped my iPhone 5 and the screen was completely cracked. I decided to repair my iPhone myself. (I have a decent amount of experience in reparing iPhones) I installed a new screen without any difficulties. Unfortunately, the touchscreen started acting strange. The phone display dims time to time (once in ~5 mins, very random) and becomes unresponsive/lives a life of its own and randomly clicks apps, types etcetera. I have tried a restore 3 times now, but this wasn’t the solution. I’ve also tried an other (high quality) working screen, but the problem persists. I did find out that slamming the upper-left corner, on the rear, turns the brightness of the screen back to normal but it will stay unresponsive untill I lock and unlock my iPhone. Yesterday, I opened my iPhone to see if I could find the part that was causing these issues. I found out that when the screen dims and becomes unresponsive, I was able to recover the phone’s brightness by pressing on the upperleft corner on the metal shield. After I lock the phone and unlock it, the responsiveness returns. Today, I found out that when the screen dims, and it loses it’s responsiveness, I am able to recover it’s brightness and responsiveness by simply applying force on the rear of the iPhone. (just pressing next to the apple logo: http://imgur.com/a/DuaQ0) Does anyone have any idea what I could do to fix this phone? Buying a new one isn’t an option, as it is my (recently discovered) hobby to fix phones. I’m trying to find solutions to multiple issues. In addition to all above:
- I checked the connectors that could’ve caused these issues (touch connector/lcd connector), but they both look in great condition (no dust, no signs of damage or loose connection.
- I cleaned the connectors just to be sure, without any luck. Looking forward to (possible) suggestions. Thanks in advance, Nabil
Sounds like a faulty display to me iPhone 5 Screen Replacement iPhone 5 LCD and Digitizer
