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iPhone 7 Plus: Why isn't my phone charging? Part II

Sat, 04 Jan 2020 16:47:37 -0700

Dear community,

I recently had issues with the port replacement: (Why isn't my phone charging?)

Upon re-activating my battery, the phone turns on again. I doesn’t, however, charge.

It is hovering at 1%. The display turns on when I plug in the charger.

I do have another spare port I could put in but am not sure that’s the issue

What could be the underlying issue? Tristar?

Many thanks for your help.

⟐ Answer accepted januari 04, 2020 at 16:47 MST

iPhone 7 Plus: Will iPhone 7+ screen assembly adhesive work on iPhone 6s+

Mon, 30 Dec 2019 07:46:34 -0700

Will iPhone 7+ screen assembly adhesive work on iPhone 6s+

⟐ Marked as duplicate december 30, 2019 at 7:46 MST

iPhone 7 Plus: Home button stops working 24-36 hours after screen replacement

Tue, 24 Dec 2019 08:41:59 -0700

I replaced a cracked iPhone 7 Plus screen with an iFixIt replacement. Everything worked after putting phone back together. The next day the home button stopped working. I tore the phone back apart to check for a loose cable or if anything looked wrong. Everything seemed fine and put the phone together and everything worked. Now a day and a half later the home button stopped working again. Is this any issue with the replacement screen? I don’t think its a problem with the cables because it initially works.

⟐ Answered december 24, 2019 at 8:41 MST

iPhone 7 Plus: Why can’t I hear out of the phone?

Mon, 23 Dec 2019 20:46:05 -0700

When someone calls me, they can hear me but I can’t hear them. When I make a phone call the speaker option is grayed out so I’m not able to put the phone on speaker. When I connect my earphones is doesn’t recognize them and instead it continues to play the music through the speaker

⟐ Answered december 23, 2019 at 20:46 MST

iPhone 7 Plus: Wont turn on, no charging screen (red battery) even when hard reset

Sun, 22 Dec 2019 08:21:56 -0700

I tried heating it with blow dryer and charging over night and even with a new charger

⟐ Answered december 22, 2019 at 8:21 MST

iPhone 7 Plus: Is my water damaged phone fixable

Sat, 21 Dec 2019 12:05:31 -0700

I dropped my phone in the hot tub for like one second at it was working normal and fine the whole night after. But when I woke up my phone screen was shaking and showing double of everything. Since I didn’t do anything about the water damage right away, is it now to late to fix it myself.

⟐ Answered december 21, 2019 at 12:05 MST

iPhone 7 Plus: iPhone 7Plus Haptic vibrator and Rear speaker not working

Tue, 03 Dec 2019 04:14:04 -0700

I washed my iPhone 7 plus into our faucet with soap because i thought it is a water resistant and should be survive during the cleaning, But after cleaning it, i noticed that the Screen is not functioning i cant touch it but there is a display. So i force shutdown my iPhone and put it in a rice bowl for a few minutes. But when i try to turn on my iPhone it doesn’t boot up it just keep on bootlooping so i tried to put my charger.

I noticed that there is a water inside my phone a lot of water. So i immediately opened my iPhone to remove the motherboard and to let it dry. Finally my iphone booted up!

Everything works fine microphone, earpiece speaker and everything! Except the HAPTIC VIBRATOR and REAR speaker.

I tried to replace my whole charging port including rear speaker and haptic vibrator but its the same no work at all.

i tried to put my haptic vibrator and rear speaker to a working iphone 7 plus of my friend it is working without issues.

I need your help guys! Do you think that some of the IC in the motherboard had coression or shorted so the iphone is preventing to work the speaker and vibrator? Do you think i should clean the motherboard or put it into the isopropyl alcohol for a minutes?

UPDATE! i removed the motherboard and soak it to isopropyl alcogol and cleaned it. But still no sound on the rear speaker and vibration still not working.

⟐ Answer accepted december 03, 2019 at 4:14 MST

iPhone 7 Plus: Can you replace the ribbon cables on display

Sat, 30 Nov 2019 07:51:35 -0700

When i was trying to open my phone, I accidentally opened it on the wrong side, ripping the two ribbon cables attaching to the logic board. Would it be possible to replace only the ribbon cables because I want to keep the screen because it is OEM. Buying a replacement would have poorer screen quality so I want to replace the cables if possible.

⟐ Answer accepted november 30, 2019 at 7:51 MST

iPhone 7 Plus: Microphone doesn’t work sometimes

Fri, 29 Nov 2019 09:33:54 -0700

I make a call and sometimes the person on the other end can’t hear me but I turn on speaker phone and then They can hear me. Doesn’t do it all the time tho. Phone has had some work done to it screen replaced and camera replaced

⟐ Answer accepted november 29, 2019 at 9:33 MST

iPhone 7 Plus: iPhone 7 plus water damaged and won't turn on but noise

Fri, 29 Nov 2019 09:27:53 -0700

So my Iphone 7 plus got wet in my tent and I stupidly plugged the charger in and it went black and hasn’t turned on since. It has been in rice for a day and today I tried to turn it on and it’s still black but if I hold it up to my ear I can hear a quiet buzzing sound.

I was wondering what this was and if it means its fixable?

⟐ Answer accepted november 29, 2019 at 9:27 MST

iPhone 7 Plus: swap logicboard from my broken phone into a working phone to get data?

Thu, 28 Nov 2019 08:41:40 -0700

Hi,

I have an iphone 7 plus that has a shattered screen and bent body and the apple store wouldnt replace the screen for that reason. I do not have an iCloud back up and want to get my data off of that phone.

Based on a few other questions, I understood that if I just replace my logic board from the broken phone into my wife’s working iphone 7 plus I should be able to get the data from it. However, Now that I have replaced the logic board, the phone comes on, screen lights up with Apple logo for a while then for a split second on the screen I see, “iphone is disabled”, and then the screen goes dark. Nothing shows on the screen. if I turn the mute switch on/off I can hear some buzzing but pressing the home button is not doing anything. Pressing power does not do anything.

If I hold the power button and volume down button to reboot it and then Apple logo appears again…

What am I missing? is there any other components that I need to replace along with the logic board to get it working enough to back it up to iTunes and get the data out of my phone?

Short version: Replaced logicboard into a working phone now it doesn’t work, phone lights up for a split second, screen shows ‘iphone is disabled’ message, screen doesn’t seen responsive, goes dark right away. What am I missing?

⟐ Answer accepted november 28, 2019 at 8:41 MST

iPhone 7 Plus: iPhone keeps restarting after screen replacement

Tue, 26 Nov 2019 12:56:55 -0700

A friend came to me with an iPhone 7 Plus that was jammed in a car door. The screen shattered and there was a bend in the phone too. The phone still worked entirely, I could make phone calls, take photos with the forward facing camera. I decided to replace the screen. I have replaced screens in the past but never a 7 Plus. After putting the screen on, it worked. But I found the phone would restart every 1-4 minutes. Boot up time was normal. After a while I realised while using the phone (in home screen) the phone would not restart, but when sitting unused (lock screen) it would. Because it wouldn’t restart when being used, I was able to update the phone to the latest iOS. But still had the problem. While making sure everything was tight I realised again that the phone would not restart while the screen wasn’t attached to the body directly (with still being attached with the cables, not screws and either on the home screen or lock screen) but a soon as I attached the screen to the body (at least clipped it in), it would continue its restart loop.

I have read that it had something to do with the digitiser, camera assembly, something near the earpiece of the phone. Is this possible?

⟐ Answered november 26, 2019 at 12:56 MST

iPhone 7 Plus: I disabled my iphne because I forgot my password

Mon, 25 Nov 2019 05:28:04 -0700

how do i enable my iphone when i disabled oit because i forgot my password

⟐ Answer accepted november 25, 2019 at 5:28 MST

iPhone 7 Plus: Phone does not really turn on after screen replacement

Sat, 23 Nov 2019 10:06:21 -0700

I have replaced the screen on my iphone 7 plus but now when I try to turn it on the screen does not turn on BUT the home vibrates and when I plug it into my computer it vibrates But Itunes does not recognize it. I know its turning on but at the same time it’s not if someone knows what to do please help

⟐ Answer accepted november 23, 2019 at 10:06 MST

iPhone 7 Plus: Touch screen not working after screen replacement

Fri, 22 Nov 2019 23:35:13 -0700

Not sure if there is something I missed when installing but I’ve messed with the connections and took everything off the new screen and check the ribbons, I’m not seeing any damage but I’m amusing its because its a cheap replacement screen. I also tried to connect the damaged one back on and am not getting any response from that either. The damaged screen was having a hard time but was still a little responsive so I’m not sure if it is just a bad replacement screen or if its a different problem. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

⟐ Answered november 22, 2019 at 23:35 MST

iPhone 7 Plus: iPhone 7 Plus Black Screen

Fri, 22 Nov 2019 05:45:24 -0700

My phone has just a black screen but my phone is still on and calls and everything is coming through. Before all of this happened though I had low battery, I’ve tried everything but nothing has worked. Will letting the phone charge for a while and then try hard resetting it work?

⟐ Answer accepted november 22, 2019 at 5:45 MST

iPhone 7 Plus: iPhone 7 Plus No Service after Charging Port Replacement

Wed, 20 Nov 2019 16:55:14 -0700

I have an iPhone 7 Plus which I need to replacement the charging port. So, to save time and make sure the charging port works, I always test the charging port by connecting it to the board and also connecting the reception signal connector to the board as well. Now, I’ve tried over 4 different charging ports (all from the same company) and I keep getting ‘‘NO SERVICE’’ on all of them.

Does the charging port need to be completely installed and screwed in for the service signal to work? Or should I be getting reception signal regardless?

When connecting the original OEM charging port back, I have no problem with signal reception.

⟐ Commented november 20, 2019 at 16:55 MST

iPhone 7 Plus: Slow to no charge, Overheats

Sat, 16 Nov 2019 11:00:06 -0700

Recently replaced battery, lightning charge port and screen with iFix parts and guides. Phone is charging slowly, won’t hold a charge and is hot to touch.

⟐ Commented november 16, 2019 at 11:00 MST

iPhone 7 Plus: no wifi and damaged board

Fri, 15 Nov 2019 05:37:37 -0700

i recently picked up an iphone 7 plus that appeared to be in good condition. upon setup i realized that it could not see my wifi. tested wifi with my old 6s and it was working fine. set the 7 plus on the router and it would see and connect to wifi. figured it was an antenna problem after some reading online. ordered the wifi diversity antenna that goes on the loud speaker, turns out that wasnt the problem.

i than learned that there was a second antenna in the top left corner that consisted of a black plastic cover. so i removed this black plastic piece and upon inspection i came to realize that something on the board had burned. what would be the cause of this im going to guess that this board is junk now since the wifi doesnt work properly but looking for another opinion. i attached some pictures of the burned area .

Liquid damage seems kind of odd for an iPhone 7 Plus because I read they are waterproof for the most part.

⟐ Answer accepted november 15, 2019 at 5:37 MST

iPhone 7 Plus: Screen and battery replacement but home button doesn't work.

Wed, 13 Nov 2019 19:04:24 -0700

So I was replacing the screen and the battery both parts from iFixit. I replaced the screen before on this phone without a problem but when I did the repair this time, the home button was not working but the Touch ID was. At the beginning of the repair after i powered it on to test function, the home button was working based on the taptic engine going off and it exiting apps but then pulled up an error and put in the digital home button and wouldn’t work after that except for touch id.

May or may not be relevant but when I would power up the phone and put in a password, the top right of the logic board where the top connector is would get very hot then cool back down. I don’t know if it is normal or not but just thought I’d add that information to see if it helps. Thanks!

⟐ Commented november 13, 2019 at 19:04 MST