Skye Anderson

Hello. First,thanks for any help! I got an AmScope SE400-Z. It’s supposed to be an awesome microscope for soldering! But here...

Hi. I got an amscope se400-z. It’s a pretty sweet microscope. Jessa Jones(awesome iPhone fixer/solder pro) uses that brand to...

As Gerald said,you can try that option. But the fact it goes dim like that makes it seem like a component issue. As for connecting to an external display,it won’t display until it fully boots up. The hard drive is what has the drivers for that generally anyways. So it wouldn’t do that yet. With a desktop,it is designed to output to a monitor,period. A laptop or Mac is designed to display to its internal screen first. Displaying externally is a feature and requires appropriate drivers for that. Jessa Jones is very good at these repairs. She specializes in iPhones. She has repaired macs before. You can contact her at ipadrehab.com if you need to. She has good pricing,and is very popular amongst the apple repair community on ifixit soldering. She fixes quite a lot of iPhones that have no backlight. It’s usually the filter that blows and leaves an open line(meaning one point to another for electricity is broken). This is a very common causs for backlight. Have you taken the hard drive out? If so,does it still $@$...

Hello. Yes it could be a gas gauge problem. Jessa Jones is well known amongst ifixit soldering. She just did a video earlier about a similar issue with battery percentage. But it was not powering off and on. Theres a tiny filter(looks like a capacitor usually). It’s right next to the battery port. If it was knocked off,it can cause battery percentage issues. as for the lcd plate pin short,it’s unlikely. As long as you put the screws in the right holes,and the lcd plate back on straight and not badly bent,it’s unlikely that. It could be the camera flex causing weird power issues sometimes. Try to disconnect it and leave it disconnected. See if this helps. Also,have you tried a different screen? If not,please do. Defective screen ic chips can cause the iTunes dfu error,and more. As for the camera cable,my moms was damaged by me stupidly..it would power off(not by itself though),and not turn back on. Replacing the cable fixed the problem. Jessa Jones is very experienced and fixed these things on a daily basis. I...

Hello. Water damage is probably the worse enemy to a phone. It’s best to open the phone up if possible to air it out. The rice trick and sealed bags won’t do anything to the inside. Corrosion sets in and it becomes very hard to clean,and components get damaged permanently. In in this case,the screen just may be bad. The magenta tint is a sign of the lcd getting wet and corroding the flex cable connection or the lcd itself(both I’m sure). My moms iPhone was water damaged. She opened it up and let it dry. Her screen was blurry,and it would fluctuate between that and being clear. Replacing it solved that problem(hopefully for you too). Now honestly,the brand blu is pretty cheap. So the cost of repair would be crazy. Did you pay around $300-400 for it,and it’s older? I’m sure repair places charge over $100 for the repair easily. With water damage you never know. As you use it over time,it can start to malfunction. Corrosion gets worse if not taken care of. Components can become loose and even fall off. (I’m not s...

Hello. When you say recovery hd,do you mean you tried an internet recovery with the hard drive? https://www.macworld.co.uk/how-to/mac/restore-mac-without-recovery-3636668/ this link has some info on restoring Mac OS via internet recovery. Now sometimes a hard drive with physically go bad. If this is the case,you need a new hard drive and to reinstall a fresh copy of the os. If the hard drive is fully corrupted,you may need to use a bootable usb to reinstall the Mac OS.

Hello. This can be a baseband ic issue I believe. The problem would be it requires soldering skills,and a heat gun. It could be a software issue,but I DOUBT it. If the baseband ic is loose,it can cause this soft of issue. If the phone is dropped very hard….or RUN OVER BY A CAR!!!!!….it could loosen this chip. if you can’t do this repair,I recommend suggesting to the customer to contact irehab. It is owned by Jessa Jones. She is very good at repairing iPhones. This is her specialty. She is very nice,makes helpful YouTube videos,and is well known amongst ifixit and the soldering communities. She is the best iPhone repairs lady I can think of. The generally can repair the phones. I cant even guarantee it is the baseband. It could be something else. Jessa would be able to pinpoint the problem and replace the part. If you need anything else,let me know. Again,Jessa Jones is the way to go for your customer.

Hello. There are many possibilities. Here are a few of the most likely ones… damaged camera flex cable/mic/speaker Bad home button flex(make sure it’s not damaged at all…and make sure it’s connected properly on the screen… the screen itself could have damage to the flex cable. Sometimes in the mini ic chip in the flex or screen location,it could be defective…so the iPhone recognizes it’s not genuine. The ic chip tells the iPhone it can work with it. i has issues with my brother’s 6s screen replacement. It worked fine,then got stuck in recovery mode. I unplugged the battery and messed around,and it started working again. Then,it stopped again!!! I swapped the backup screen I had onto it,and no problems at all. my moms 5s camera flex…I managed to scratch it accidentally. It caused it to boot loop. It took a while to find the damage. I replaced it,and no problems at all…with the damaged flex,it did work if I took the battery out and restarted. But if it was powered off and tried to turn it on,it was 50/50. pleas...

Hello. There are few things I can think of…it’s hard to see the pic,but have you tried or thought about using a star but screw driver or flat head to rig it? If the black ring is just a piece of plastic(plastic nut),can you carefully crack it? worse comes to worse,maybe super glue,and glue the screw driver in the hole of the screw. Then after it sets,carefully turn it. It should work on something that small…it’s judt holding the network card in place…

Hello. what you’re looking to replace is the backlight. Assuming it’s the backlight,and not a problem with the logic board,you generally replace the whole screen. It would require soldering skills to replace just the backlight…and I mean extreme skills. The cost would be exensive if you could find a repair place. But there’s just no logical point to it. Either it’s $129 at apple,or buy a 3rd party screen,like ifixit’s,and it is like $60-70. The lcd and backlight share the same ribbon cable.

This is very likely a problem with the touch ic chip…which requires mad skill to repair. Jessa Jones is very good at this kind of repair. She owns the website irehab.com. She is well known amongst ifixit soldering members. I don’t know how much she would charge to repair a 5s. I’m not saying this is what it is,but it very likely is. you could always try to replace the screen again. Also,you can factory erase the phone,and even reinstall the iOS. It could be a software issue. I’ve heard of touch issues such as ghost touch and non functioning touch. This is very often caused by that ic chip(the chip responsible for controlling touch on the logic board). I’m sure Jessa could repair it. Good Luck!

Hello. This is because replacement screens always have different color than the original. It was the same on all of my siblings and moms screen replacements I did. Ive heard ifixit screens are pretty good. Also,Etrade supply is supposed to be one of the best. Usually 3rd party screens have a bluer tiny to them…they have screen bleeding…and they have distortion when pressed(more than the original). my sister’s was an iPhone 5. The screen replacement is lower quality but was ok. Etrade supply is your best bet(I have never tried ifixit or Etrade…this is based on my many hours of general research). replacement lcds are lower quality period. You can keep trying different sellers,but most will have the blue tint. Let me know if you need anything else!