iFixit - Answers With Device "iPhone 5c"

iPhone 5c: I forgot my password and it says it beef itune and I don't Itunes

Sat, 14 Mar 2026 08:55:24 -0700

Forgot my password and it says it needs iTunes and I don't have an iTunes

⟐ Answered March 14, 2026 at 8:55 MST

iPhone 5c: Touch screen problems after screen replacement

Wed, 04 Mar 2026 00:37:47 -0700

I have been replacing screens on iphones for quite some time now. The iphone 5c and 5s are a different animal. The last few that I've done have me puzzled. It seems as if once I put them back together, the touch response is all over the place. After a hard reset they work for a while and then when you go to touch an icon, another app may open and not the one you touched. I've swapped out the screen with a different one and it does the same thing. Is there some sort of calibration to do on these new phones? It's getting to the point that I'm going to turn down customers that bring them in to be fixed.

⟐ Answered March 04, 2026 at 0:37 MST

iPhone 5c: Battery replacement worked at first, but now the phone won’t turn on.

Sun, 01 Mar 2026 09:13:45 -0700

I replaced the battery on my iPhone 5c by following the instructions on ifixit. Per the instructions, I charged to to 100% and an additional 2 hours after that. The phone turned on and was working fine. I left it alone for a few days for the battery to run out so I could charge it 100% again to calibrate it, but now it won’t turn on at all.

Has anyone else had this issue?

I remembered the part in the guide about how the lcd connector might disconnect when reassembling, so I opened up the phone again to make sure it was connected, and it was, but I tried reconnecting it again anyway, and it still isn’t working.

There is a chance I mixed up the 1.7mm screw with one of the 1.3mm screws. The text guide and the video guide do things in a slightly different order, and I misunderstood when disconnecting those screws and didnt keep them separate at first. I did use a magnifying glass and carefully compared the screws for a while to determine which one was slightly longer. If I had mixed them up, would the phone have booted up at all the first time?

Any thoughts or suggestions are appreciated.

⟐ Commented March 01, 2026 at 9:13 MST

iPhone 5c: Icloud activation lock removal

Tue, 10 Feb 2026 04:22:45 -0700

I bought an iphone and had icloud lock on any ideas of any software to remove the icloud lock as il just have to sell this as faulty.

Thanks

⟐ Commented February 10, 2026 at 4:22 MST

iPhone 5c: Sim card is not supported anymore? I want a solution

Sun, 19 Oct 2025 02:06:07 -0700

Note message that appears when I insert my sim card

Unsupported SIM card

The SIM card currently installed in this iPhone is from a carrier that is not supported under the activation policy currently enforced by the activation server. This is not a hardware issue with the iPhone. Please install another SIM card from a supported carrier or request that your carrier lift the restriction on this iPhone. Please contact Apple for more information. Try again.

iPhone 5c: Sideloadly giving error when attempting to sideload Socket

Sun, 14 Sep 2025 13:55:16 -0700

I have been trying to sideload Socket onto my iPhone 5c for about an hour and a half and every time I've tried everything I can think of and I've pretty much given up at this point, Does anyone know how to fix this?

iPhone 5c: phone is disabled, but not counting down

Sun, 29 Jun 2025 10:13:17 -0700

I am trying to get an old phone 5c working for my sister who managed to mangle it pretty badly. Just replaced the screen, but apparently she forgot her passcode at some point and got into the disabled, please wait X loop. So I go to power it on, and it has been stuck at "please wait for 4 hours 23 minutes" for about twelve hours now, and will sometimes count down to 4 hours 15 minutes, but always returns to 4 and 23. The clock also is not counting, and fluctuates between 2:54 and 3:02. Tried removing the sim, rebooting with the top and home button, restarting, and nothing. I connected it to my computer and when I view the storage it says 110mb free of 14.7gb so it is fuuuuul. She would like to keep her pics etc, and says she remembers her passcode, which I don't believe, but I'd like to try and get the countdown to start counting down. Any suggestions? Prior to my replacing the screen last night, the phone had been in a drawer, discharged for maybe 4 months.

⟐ Commented June 29, 2025 at 10:13 MST

iPhone 5c: Lcd not working properly after screen assembly replacement?

Sun, 15 Jun 2025 00:51:51 -0700

Have fixed plenty of these. Now Im having a terrible time with this one. Have now gone through 2 brand new oem screen assemblies. First one didnt display at all, thought it was defective. Bought another and now it comes on, but there is lines running through the screen. Help? Is the phone busted or am i doing something wrong?

⟐ Answered June 15, 2025 at 0:51 MST

iPhone 5c: Does a cracked screen cause a problem with the phone charge?

Thu, 08 May 2025 14:01:50 -0700

Does a cracked screen cause a problem with the phone staying charged?

⟐ Commented May 08, 2025 at 14:01 MST

iPhone 5c: Is isopropyl alcohol the same as Surgical Spirit or Rubbing Alcohol?

Sat, 03 May 2025 02:31:49 -0700

I decided to clean my iPhone during the weekend due to water damage and how some parts may be damaged. Since I don’t have isopropyl alcohol I was wondering if surgical spirit or rubbing alcohol will do the same job?

⟐ Answered May 03, 2025 at 2:31 MST

iPhone 5c: Which component is responsible for connecting to the mobile network?

Sat, 26 Apr 2025 07:11:51 -0700

My iPhone 5c recently started intermittently displaying “No connection” in the top left. Resetting the phone would get it to work again. But starting from this morning, no amount of resetting or re-setting network settings has fixed it. Now that I’ve done “reset network settings”, it is stuck at “Searching…” as opposed to “No connection.”

So which component is the “mobile antenna”? Is it replacable? What connections can I clean or jiggle to ensure everything is solid?

⟐ Commented April 26, 2025 at 7:11 MST

iPhone 5c: Do we actually need gloves to repair iPhones, or use bare hands

Sat, 05 Apr 2025 20:42:51 -0700

We use bare hands or anti static or rubber gloves

⟐ Answer edited April 05, 2025 at 20:42 MST

iPhone 5c: Camera not working in camera app, but working in facetime and snapchat

Tue, 11 Feb 2025 05:58:42 -0700

So the camera is just black in the camera app, but works fine in other apps that utilize the camera.

Force closing the app, hard reset, and restore of the phone has been tried. Any other ideas?

Full reset worked, by doing it via the phone.

I suspect that the fault lies in the back-up the customer had on their computer.

⟐ Answer edited February 11, 2025 at 5:58 MST

iPhone 5c: Are iPhone motherboards interchangeable?

Tue, 10 Dec 2024 23:11:59 -0700

I have an iPhone 5c as my daily driver but would like to get a newer IOS version and a phone that is a bit faster. I was wondering if the motherboard from an iPhone 5s (Touch Id Version) was able to fit in the body of an iPhone 5c (With The 5s’ Home Button And Other Respective Parts)

⟐ Answered December 10, 2024 at 23:11 MST

iPhone 5c: shows apple logo for 5 seconds with new or old battery.

Sun, 15 Sep 2024 06:32:50 -0700

i bought an 3 phones from my workplace (Ewaste company in vietnam) and one of them was an iphone 5c, it keeps showing the apple logo when both of the batterys are plugged

iPhone 5c: Why won't my I-phone 5c phone charge? It is only 6 mo...old

Tue, 23 Jul 2024 02:26:18 -0700

when i plug my phone in, it does absolutely nothing.

⟐ Commented July 23, 2024 at 2:26 MST

iPhone 5c: The phone is not charging even though it shows the lightning bolt.

Mon, 27 May 2024 21:49:28 -0700

I have an iPhone 5c here in my shop.

It indicates the phone is charging but does not seem to ACTUALLY be charging.

I tested out a new battery and it was the same problem.

Swapped out the piece that has the Lightning port, headphones, speaker etc and inserted a new one. Same issue.

I looked online on this issue and saw a lot of iPhone 5s issues regarding a burned fuse but the fuse is of course, not on the 5c mobo.

Has anyone else experienced this and if so, were you able to fix it?

⟐ Answered May 27, 2024 at 21:49 MST

iPhone 5c: Phone boots to apple logo but turns black, not recognized by computer

Thu, 09 May 2024 15:54:31 -0700

Phone turns on to apple logo but bones black after few seconds. When I turn it back on the same happens. Computer dose not recognize it and it docent shows if it is charging when I plug it in. Previously phone was stuck on restore to iTunes tried to exit it with Retool since then I have this problem. Restoring the phone with iTunes also didn't work as it would crash in the final percent and go back to the same screen. I hope somebody can help so I can save my data.

⟐ Answered May 09, 2024 at 15:54 MST

iPhone 5c: Is this logic board from an iPhone 5c to rusty to recover?

Sat, 20 Apr 2024 09:42:35 -0700

I just found my old iPhone 5c and noticed it wasn’t working possibly due to water damage a few years ago. I was able to get the motherboard or logic board out after a little bit of tweaking and I was hoping to get somebody’s insight and knowledged to know if this is too rusty to continue. I was planning on just swapping it out and placing it into another iPhone 5c.

⟐ Commented April 20, 2024 at 9:42 MST

iPhone 5c: Can this iPhone 5c be recovered?

Thu, 28 Mar 2024 01:10:31 -0700

I found my old iphone 5c it looks like it had some water damage and the screen was cracked. I remember about 8 years ago i dropped it and the screen stopped working. I was able to remove the screen and it is it a little rusty. Is it worth it trying to recover it I did have some photos i didnt get to save. I bought a new screen and battery hoping it could at least power on. I also accidentally cut the top ribbon under the battery but the bottom one is still connected Any thoughts?

⟐ Commented March 28, 2024 at 1:10 MST