iPhone SE boot loop after battery and screen replacement

I recently changed the battery and screen myself on my iPhone se 3 because sending it to apple or a shop is too expensive. I used a iFixit battery and a Amazon screen thats in the middle of good and decent reviews. It booted up fine after the replacements but when I left it to charge (Note that this iPhone was my dad's iPhone before he switched to Samsung) my dad handed it to me saying that it's not turning on and showing the iTunes logo. I don't own a windows or MacBook to restore it. It was updating to the newest version of ios available which was iOS 18.6.2. I took it to Apple yesterday and they said that the issue is the battery and screen as it's not genuine and could be the reason why it's bootlooping and quoted 280$+Tax for the battery and 180$+Tax for the screen. That's basically more than the phone itself! Is there a way to fix this? I don't wanna resort to buying an iPhone after spending money on it to be bricked.



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Original Title: iPhone bootloop

iPhone SE

Posted on Aug 17, 2025 4:21 PM

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Aug 17, 2025 4:39 PM in response to asoto36

It is nothing short of amazing that Apple even agreed to look at your phone much less give you an estimate of repairs.


Once Apple detects tampering with 3rd party parts, they will usually refuse to even look at the phone.


The only way to fix your phone correctly would be to pay Apple to install genuine parts. A 90 day warranty will be included with the repair.


Frankly, the money for repairs would be better spent on a new phone, since the cost of repairs is going to far exceed what the SE is worth no matter what shop you choose.



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