The Interior Of An iPhone

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The Interior Of An iPhone

After dropping my iPhone I have realised my inital problem is worse.
The home button, charging unit, microphone and speakers all do not work. They are all closely situated and therefore there must be some type of lack of connection interiorly. Everything else on the phone is fine.

Therefore what can I diagnose this as? I need to know what to call this when trying to get it repaired. It would appear that everything at the bottom of the phone is not working. An interior problem.

Could I repair this myself by opening it and perhaps pushing a stray piece back into place? Do I run the risk of damaging further?

Any help would be greatly appreciated,
Thanks

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Posted on Jun 12, 2010 9:40 AM

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Answer 1

Jun 12, 2010 9:46 AM in response to abedali

Could I repair this myself by opening it and perhaps pushing a stray piece back into place?

Possibly, if you know what you are doing.

Do I run the risk of damaging further?

Yes.

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Russa

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Jun 12, 2010 10:02 AM in response to abedali

You can try, but I doubt there is anything inside the iPhone you would recognize. I doubt you would "see" any loose wires since most of the circuitry is integrated. However, there may be a dislodged connector.

Opening an iPhone is tricky. You probably would not be able to close it again.

You might want to check a third party repair shop like http://www.ubreakifix.com/ , but this is a USA based company. Here's one in the UK http://www.iphonerepairsuk.com/. I am sure there are others.

Are you close to an "upgrade" date?

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abedali Author

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Jun 12, 2010 10:21 AM in response to Russa

Hello,
The online repair services would charge me a lot of money if I stated I needed a home button, charge dock, speaker and microphone in need of repair. Well over £200.

I know that there is a piece of hardware at fault, just one piece. I don't know what it is yet, but it is something which is not giving power to the bottom of the unit.

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Answer 4

Jun 12, 2010 10:40 AM in response to abedali

You could find a help on youtube if you haven't searched yet, most videos are how to fix screens but i think you can they will only help you open up the iPhone properly

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markw-uk

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Jun 12, 2010 11:50 AM in response to abedali

I tried to repair the screen of an iPod touch lastyear. Even opening the unit was dificult and I caused damage to the back case.

I am famliar with electronic hardware- like you I was hoping that it was simply a connector become dislodged.

I quickly decided that it was a job for the experts. Because I had opened the unit, some repairers refused to take it on.

I eventually used
http://www.ipaqrepair.co.uk/
in Leicester who were very helpful and reasonably priced. Nearly a year on the iPod Touch is still working happily.

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deggie

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Jun 12, 2010 12:04 PM in response to abedali

It actually sounds like you have a damaged logic board. All you need to tell a 3rd party repair site is how the damaged happened and the symptoms, they will diagnose it and give you a cost estimate.

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