Edit: So now the screen has powered on but it has a deep maroon/blood red color and touch doesnt work anymore. Taking it to a shop to replace it. later. Will update.

⟐ Answer accepted August 23, 2023 at 12:03 MST

⟐ Commented March 07, 2023 at 0:38 MST

⟐ Answered December 02, 2023 at 9:12 MST

⟐ Commented July 22, 2023 at 5:32 MST

⟐ Answer accepted March 02, 2023 at 11:15 MST

Now that I'm home, I'm attempting to see if I can salvage the phone (replacement already bought for the time being and it was insured anyway), and I got it working nearly perfectly again (just need to clean the volume up button), just not Face ID (the TrueDepth camera).

I'm not scared of a challange, and my insurance already covered the damage anyway. My contract is ending late August, and September is new iPhone month as well. So I'm not really too concerned if I break it further, would be a shame obviously but not the end of the world. So I figured, is there any hope I can get FaceID to work again? It's still the original sensor anyway.

Fun fact: during the water damage, the battery got reported as non-original, but now that it's opened and I've cleaned the connectors etc. it's reporting as an original part again.

Edit: too few details, here's some more:

• Settings -> Info -> Face ID "Problem" message
• Front camera is working fine
• Message "Face ID is not available" popped up
• Then I made the stupid decision to reset the Face ID settings, leaving them grayed out. Performing a recovery restore now.

Edit 2: more testing, the dot projector isn't working.

⟐ Answered November 15, 2024 at 13:29 MST

It is an OLED, but is it possible that the cheap OLED's are taking more battery power than the original screen? It's not really a battery "drain"... If I don't use the phone it's fine, but if I use the phone, the battery dies quicker than it had.

Thought that I might have overheated the battery while trying to remove the old screen, but it still shows 100% in settings. How accurate is that?

Also updated to iOS 16.0 around then, and maybe I am just using it more, but up until I broke the screen, I was majorly impressed with the battery life, now... not so much.

I'm sure there will be no definitive answer and anything is possible, but I was just curious if anyone else had a similar experience.

⟐ Commented September 09, 2023 at 13:51 MST

⟐ Answer unaccepted December 08, 2022 at 18:22 MST

My question is about iPhone antenna bands. From what I’ve learned, they allow signals to enter and exit iPhone casing. What I couldn’t find is whether they “transfer” anything themselves.

Why I’m asking is because of the classic situation of dropping the phone and the fall left a dent in upper right antenna band. So, will having antenna band with dent effect iPhone’s functionality (or signal strength) in any way or is the damage just purely cosmetic?

⟐ Answered January 31, 2021 at 10:36 MST

what do i need to replace in the original case to get cellular working? thanks.

⟐ Commented August 08, 2025 at 5:28 MST

⟐ Edited by author March 11, 2024 at 7:02 MST

So, I followed the iFixit tutorial along with a few YouTube videos and the manual included in the replacement kit I bought (from Amazon). Even though this was my first attempt, without feeling too confident, I thought I might be able to pull this off, and get myself a "brand" new iPhone 12 mini for the cost a few dozen bucks.

Separating the screen from the device was pretty much a nightmare, and I knew from the comments I needed to be patient with it, so I took my time; heated up the edges, tried to apply succion, etc. Eventually I pulled it off.

But it was only an hour or so later that I realized something was odd. The inside of my iPhone 12 mini wasn't looking exactly like the pictures I saw online, so I tried figuring out the puzzle.

Turns out, somehow I managed to separate (I think?) the display from the display frame, which stayed on the rest of the device. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong. Don't really know how it happened — FYI, this is a refurbished iPhone 12 mini, so likely been opened up before, which may have added to the difficulty.

I've already changed the battery and tried to power up my iPhone, but alas, it's a black screen so far with occasional vertical stripes of green lights, as if there was falsy contact (I don't think the screen is broken though, but again, I may be wrong). When I try to turn on the iPhone, taptic engine seems to be responsive and my Apple Watch recognizes the phone as being on, despite the unresponsive screen.

I've included photos of how it's currently looking so you get a better understanding of my situation.

Would greatly appreciate any help. Thank you!

⟐ Answered June 15, 2025 at 8:58 MST

can anybody suggest a decent aftermarket brand for a battery replacement?

Seems like some newer batteries, do show also % and can be "installed" in the repair menu, meaning no fuzz oh having any sort of warnings.

Thanks.

⟐ Commented September 30, 2025 at 0:57 MST

I know one of these sensors is the battery (it's a certified replacement) and the other is for the charging flex. Is this something an Apple Store could replace for me?Or are they going to insist on a whole new phone or just replacing the battery?

⟐ Commented December 02, 2023 at 9:07 MST

I just want to be able to turn on my iCloud on the device so data can be recovered. Right now I cant do anything as the screen is not working.

If I get the LCD, will it temporarily work? As i said, I only need to screen to work for a short term so I can start the backup.

What other screen can i use to replace my current one? What are my options. Buying OLED would be too expensive. Please let me know if you have any suggestions

⟐ Answer accepted October 01, 2023 at 21:59 MST

⟐ Answer accepted September 13, 2023 at 5:28 MST

⟐ Answered March 04, 2023 at 17:42 MST

⟐ Commented November 18, 2020 at 16:07 MST

I just realized that her phone can pay at some terminals even with cover on, while won’t pay at others with the cover on.

⟐ Answer accepted February 09, 2025 at 4:47 MST

I have an iPhone Mini 12 and want to restore the true tone feature, since it doesn't have an original display.
The display itself ist not showing true black colour. It is rather a dark green-ish and flickering between black and this green, when display brightness is at a lower level.

I bought myself a Qianli iCopy Plus 2.2 and I'm a little confused about the board not showing any signs of a connector for the iphone 12 display.
Is it, that the display of an iP 12 has the same connectors as some of the older models or did I purchase the wrong device?

Kind reagrds!

Deutsch:

Moin zusammen!

Ich habe mir vor kurzem ein gebrauchtes iPhone 12 Mini zugelegt und das Gerät hat kein original Display. An sich nicht wild.

Das Display zeigt aber bei niedrigerer Helligkeit nicht ganz schwarz an. Eher so ein dunkles Grün und nach einer Weile springt es dann auf richtig schwarz um oder flackert zwischen diesen beiden Darstellungen.

Nun habe ich mir ein Qianli iCopy Plus 2.2 zugelegt, hoffe das Problem damit beheben zu können (indem Truetone wiederhergestellt wird) und stelle fest, dass es keinen Connector für das iP 12 gibt.
Ich habe dazu sogar mit dem Verkäufer telefoniert.
Habe ich aber möglicherweise das falsche Gerät gekauft?

Viele Grüße!

⟐ Answered May 25, 2024 at 7:47 MST