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iPhone 4 Verizon: How to Bypass Icloud

Fri, 23 Jan 2026 09:10:59 -0700

Please help me how I can bypass icloud for mini 4 WCDMA A1431

⟐ Answered January 23, 2026 at 9:10 MST

iPhone 4 Verizon: Any way to reset the password w/out losing data?

Tue, 06 Jan 2026 05:42:37 -0700

I am willing to hack it and stuff and would really like to get the pictures on it back

⟐ Commented January 06, 2026 at 5:42 MST

iPhone 4 Verizon: iPhone turns off as soon as I put the back cover on.

Fri, 16 Feb 2024 04:25:04 -0700

I work as a repair tech at a cell phone repair store. And this is something i've never seen as long as i've been working in the business.

An iPhone 4 CDMA came in for a screen and back cover replacement. So we did the repair and the phone worked fine. The customer came back in about a week later saying the phone wont turn on. It ONLY turns on when it's plugged in to the wall. So naturally I decide to swap the battery, and it still doesn't work. So I try more batteries, and none of them are working. I got fed up with putting the back on so many times I decided to try the rest of the batteries with the back off. The first battery worked, so I said OK. I went to go put the back on, and as soon as I put it on the phone died.

Then I took the back off and the phone powered up again, (powering it on with the button).

As soon as I put the back on, it works. As soon as I slide the back down into place, the iphone dies.

Also, with the phone back off and the phone working, it does all sorts of things. The battery percentage is extremely imprecise. Jumping from 32%, to 47%, and to 100%, and to 0%. I know it's not a battery issue as i've tried about 20 batteries. Does anyone think it could be the charge port? Or some kind of chip on the mobo that reads the battery's percentage?

I've never seen this before in my life and I need help, I can't find anyone else on the internet that this has happened to. I don't quite like having to refund people their money, and neither does my employer.

⟐ Commented February 16, 2024 at 4:25 MST

iPhone 4 Verizon: Removing oil from inside my iPhone.

Wed, 04 Oct 2023 06:16:37 -0700

My IPhone and I got saturated with oil in a work related accident. What would be my best option as far as cleaners to remove the oil from the circuits and internals of phone. The phone still works with the exception of the lower microphone and the screen has a dark cloud behind the display ,which is the oil spreading. Thanks in advance for your time.

⟐ Commented October 04, 2023 at 6:16 MST

iPhone 4 Verizon: Can I make this phone in to a 4g phone

Fri, 05 May 2023 08:42:09 -0700

i have a iphone 4 cmda and i want to make it be able to be used on a network but i can no longer get a network for this phone what can i do to make this work with 4g

⟐ Answer accepted May 05, 2023 at 8:42 MST

iPhone 4 Verizon: unable to activate say ios exspired and I cant up date

Thu, 25 Aug 2022 11:07:14 -0700

I have an iPhone 4 CDMA that seems to have 3 different ios running on it when i shut it off it has the ios 5 shut-off rectangle (right before it became rounded) and the iPhone charging noise for ios 4 when I plug it in and if I reboot it it has the (i think ios 7) wallpaper with the snowy mountains or something like that the weird part is it says its runing ios 7.0.0 and says thats the highest up gradable ios but its not the highest being ios 7.1.2 i have tried to activate the phone and when i do it just says ios is expired pls update when i tired it just says can't update bc highest updateable ios if I try to restore from back up the iPhone just says failed to connect or soft ware expired or unusable ios im trying to activate the phone but it will not work what can i do about this

sry if i got the ios wrong im not the best with remebering which exactly belongs to

any way what can i do about this

⟐ Comment deleted August 25, 2022 at 11:07 MST

iPhone 4 Verizon: Passcode locked on 6.1.3

Fri, 14 Jan 2022 15:43:36 -0700

I've got a CDMA iPhone 4 on ios 6.1.3 that is passcode locked. I just want to know if there is a way to get passed the passcode without updating the phone or doing any complex programming stuff.

iPhone 4 Verizon: iPhone charges for minute, says "this accessory may not be supported"

Tue, 14 Dec 2021 11:10:58 -0700

Whenever I plug my iPhone 4 into ANY charger (I've tried a lot) it either charges for about a minute (or not at all) and than a message pops up saying "this accessory may not be supported. Should I try to replace the battery? Maybe the port?

⟐ Commented December 14, 2021 at 11:10 MST

iPhone 4 Verizon: Is it possable to update a iPhone 4 to ios 7.1.2

Fri, 22 Oct 2021 05:14:25 -0700

i have an iphone 4 i want to update

⟐ Answer accepted October 22, 2021 at 5:14 MST

iPhone 4 Verizon: iPhone not charging past 63 %

Tue, 19 Oct 2021 18:54:35 -0700

idk why this is happening if i charge it it just stays at 63%

⟐ Commented October 19, 2021 at 18:54 MST

iPhone 4 Verizon: No Display and Repeating Charge Chime

Wed, 15 Sep 2021 07:34:42 -0700

Hello, I have 2 iPhone 4's on Verizon. I wanted to swap the screens on them since one is in locked and the other one is shattered. After a very long process of lost screws and frustration I finally have the good screen on the good phone. The only thing it does now is show up in iTunes and keep making the charge chime. I have put the other board in the housing and it does the same thing. I have even tried the cracked screen on both boards and the same thing happens. I would really appreciate it if you could help me out.

⟐ Commented September 15, 2021 at 7:34 MST

iPhone 4 Verizon: Lost battery screw replacement

Sat, 15 May 2021 17:07:04 -0700

I recently tried replacing the battery on my iphone 4 verizon and lost the screw that goes in the battery connector. Is there any way to get a replacement screw for only that that screw?

⟐ Answered May 15, 2021 at 17:07 MST

iPhone 4 Verizon: LED light won't turn off even when powered down!

Thu, 18 Feb 2021 23:47:44 -0700

My iPhone 4 recently got wet and now the LED stays on all the time, even when the phone is turned off. Everything else works fine. Is there a way to fix this without having to replace the whole phone?

⟐ Commented February 18, 2021 at 23:47 MST

iPhone 4 Verizon: Instructions for replacing home button are incomplete

Thu, 14 Jan 2021 09:21:00 -0700

The instructions for replacing a home button include a step where I have to remove the SIM card. My verizon phone doesn't use a sim card. The functionality is implemented in a different way.

Does someone have instructions or experience for THIS type of phone?

If not, can I proceed past this point?

⟐ Commented January 14, 2021 at 9:21 MST

iPhone 4 Verizon: My iPhone 4 has no touch after screen replacement.

Sat, 26 Dec 2020 15:39:54 -0700

So basically I bought an iPhone 4 CDMA Verizon screen replacement from you guys on Amazon and I replaced my iPhone 4’s cracked screen. However, when I was done with the repair the touch does not work. Everything else on the device works except the touch. I love this old phone and any working answer would be amazing.

⟐ Answered December 26, 2020 at 15:39 MST

iPhone 4 Verizon: Touch Digitizer does not work after replacement

Sun, 20 Dec 2020 14:49:48 -0700

I have just replaced the screen assembly on my iPhone 4 Verizon, and the touch digitizer does not work. What did I do wrong?

⟐ Answered December 20, 2020 at 14:49 MST

iPhone 4 Verizon: iPhone won't charge, 2 battery replacements and no service

Fri, 17 May 2024 06:33:10 -0700

I had a problem where my phone wouldn't charge. I thought it was the battery, but 2 battery replacements later the problem still persists. After the battery replacements the phone works fine, then after a day the phone starts to randomly die and then will not turn on again. When plugged in the phone blinks the apple symbol and then eventually will go to the home screen fo a little while but I won't have any service. I am out of ideas of what could be wrong. What do you guys think?

⟐ Answer edited May 17, 2024 at 6:33 MST

iPhone 4 Verizon: How do I answer my iPhone without a screen?

Wed, 18 Nov 2020 11:29:47 -0700

the screen on my iphone has been dismantled how do i answer calls

⟐ Answered November 18, 2020 at 11:29 MST