Home and Power Button not working after battery change

I hope your phone was already out of warranty, because if not, you have in all likelyhood voided the warranty. With that being the case, you can always try taking it apart again and examine the home and power buttons and related cables and connections. If you are lucky, it might be something as simple as a loose or disconnected connector. Or it might be a pinched cable that you might be able to repair. But in either case, your only other alternative is to look online for some outfit that might do a repair, because it isn't likely that you will be able to get it done by Apple. Even if you just took it in and say "It doesn't work" and not mention that you took it apart as some might suggest. They will be able to tell when they took a look at it that it had been opened and you would be charged a repair fee that would be about the equivalent of a new phone.

Yes the parts are servicable but not by the end user. They are meant to only be serviced by Apple but i guess like you said since your warrany is out it didn't matter. Only problem now is they will not service it even for the out of warranty cost now because of your tampering.

$269 for an iphone 5 according to the support page.

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Hi stehodgesd

Please let us know if you were able to overcome this problem. I got exactly the same issues after replacing the battery the power and home buttons won't work even though there is no apparent damage done to the buttons or circuits surounding them. In the meantime in order to be able to use the phone I've enabled the Assistive Touch from General/Accessibility so I do have a power button on my touch screen.

However if I get the phone in lock mode I won't be able to wake it up unless I connect it to the computer/power outlet or use the headsets to activate Siri.

Attempts to user service the device not only voids any warranty and post-warranty servcie from Apple, it also forfeits your ability to get assistance from the forum, under the TOS. As earlier mentioned, you could see about a 3rd party repair facility or Google, but you cannot get assistance here.

Alex0478 Did you manage to solve your problem? I have the exact same problem. I have recently had both home screen button and lock buttons changed by a competent installer. He said to me that there is no fault with my exiting buttons and the problem is actually the mainboard/motherboard of the phone. Did you find this to be your answer to your problems too?

Am i correct in saying that if a motherboard needs replacing on an iPhone 5, its better off getting a new phone due to costs of replacement etc?

There are no user serviceable parts in any iphone.

You have voided your warranty and will not get service from any Apple store.

You are on your own.

Good luck.

Apple won't touch it now that you've opened it. By doing so, you've forfeited all rights to have it serviced by Apple.

Find a competent 3rd party repair shop or buy a new phone.

Same Problem here, but found a repair Station in Germany See: http://www.apfel-labor.de/index.php/problemloesungen/14-iphone-5-keine-homebutto n-und-power-button-funktion