iFixit - Answers With Device "iPhone 6"

iPhone 6: It keeps on a black screen after battery replacemant

Thu, 13 Aug 2026 14:21:23 -0700

I replaced the battery on my iPhone 6. It boots and shows the Apple logo for about half a second and keeps in a black screen. The LCD is on(lcd grey on the sides) but there is no image. When i connect it to a computer, 3utools recognise it as being in recovery mode but cannot query anything or get it out of the recovery mode.

⟐ Commented August 13, 2026 at 14:21 MST

iPhone 6: How to go back to iOS 8

Sun, 05 Jul 2026 13:52:20 -0700

I am on iOS 12.5.8 but I have been trying to get iOS 8 for a while untethered but don’t have shsh so how if it’s even possible

iPhone 6: Unresponsive screen touch on half part of the phone

Sun, 14 Dec 2025 13:31:10 -0700

I changed my phone screen months before but the down part of the screen that is close to the home button is not responsive to touch (the home button is good 👍).

iPhone 6: My iPhone is showing apple logo in a second

Tue, 29 Apr 2025 10:07:39 -0700

My iPhone is showing apple logo in a second then white display after 10 seconds it turns off

⟐ Commented April 29, 2025 at 10:07 MST

iPhone 6: WhatsApp data transfer problem

Mon, 10 Mar 2025 07:37:07 -0700

iPhone 6 to iphone 11 whatsapp transfer

I have a iphone 6 and need to transfer my whatsapp data to iphone 11 but I am not able to do so. And I also tried iphone cloning u can say it worked in a manner... Phone did clone the whatsapp but whatsapp not allowing. when I opened the app it's showing me uninstall the app and reinstall. After that when I am trying to do that my old iphone keep getting on Home screen... I am not able to scan QR and not able to use move chats to iphone same issue.....

I tried 3 defferent methods

iPhone cloning .( In this all the data is in phone but whatsapp not allowing it)
QR code.( Keep getting on home screen)
Move chats to iphone.(Same as above)
Only need WhatsApp chats nothing else...

iPhone 6: Battery burned during removal.

Thu, 19 Dec 2024 10:49:09 -0700

Old battery burned. Is phone salvagable?

⟐ Commented December 19, 2024 at 10:49 MST

iPhone 6: Bootlooping after water damage.

Tue, 22 Oct 2024 21:08:38 -0700

It may be a bit late now, but i still want to see if it's possible to repair it, the inside looks and seems fine, no swollen battery ETC. The water damage indicator does show red. 1 thing is that it does enter recovery mode and i have been able to enter the phone for some seconds before it starts bootlooping again. Is it a battery issue? as it does not take charge.

⟐ Commented October 22, 2024 at 21:08 MST

iPhone 6: unable to activate phone

Wed, 05 Jun 2024 08:10:00 -0700

⟐ Edited June 05, 2024 at 8:10 MST

iPhone 6: Trouble reballing a Tri-Star chip

Fri, 26 Jan 2024 16:11:14 -0700

I'm practicing tri-star replacement on an old 6. I've learned that a properly balled logic board AND chip are essential to end up with the "muffins" you find under other BGA type chips. When everything is done right, there are no solder bridges between the pads, you can "jiggle" the chip when it's at temp and surface tension snaps the chip into place. If I drop a new chip (pre-balled with lead-free) I'm able to jiggle, but I don't see any "muffins" around the edge. I'm thinking I don't have enough solder on the logic board, the pre-balls are two small, or both. So I wick everything clean, drag solder new humps onto the logic board, and then try to put humps on the tri-star chip. But no matter what I try, cannot put new humps or solder balls on the tri-star chip. I've tried drag soldering, and paste with a stencil and hot air. I've tried low-temps and high temps. I'm only using leaded solder (63/37). I've tried 3 different fluxes. For some reason, once I take off the factory solder from a tri-star chip, I CANNOT get the chip to accept new solder. No mater how much cleaning I've done, or which flux/heat I've used.

I'm guessing there's some chemistry or bonding thing going on here that I have not learned. Has anyone else seen this? How do you solve it? How do you get the tri-star chip to accept new solder after cleaning up the old?

Thanks to anyone that is willing to share a thought or have a suggestion!

iPhone 6: iPhone 6 and 6 Plus IPWS crazy problem

Mon, 30 Oct 2023 10:44:51 -0700

Hello, I have iPhone 6 with crazy problem, when i connect it to iTunes to restore, it restore iPhone 6 plus instead of 6 only, then black bright screen only and show TRUST on iTunes. some times iTunes accept to restore it manually for iphone 6 IPWS, it download fine and screen back to work fine with apple logo but iPhone keep restarting randomly with many problems with wifi and network searching.

Any ideas!!!!

Thanks

⟐ Edited by author October 30, 2023 at 10:44 MST

iPhone 6: What happens if I repair display with the battery connected?

Fri, 13 Oct 2023 11:09:59 -0700

I replaced the display because the original was blacked out but touch worked (quicktime). After replacing it it's in the same state. But when I finished the replacement I realize the battery was connected all the time.

iPhone 6: Can't start phone past passcode

Mon, 25 Sep 2023 12:06:48 -0700

How can I factory reset it? I don't know the passcode.

⟐ Commented September 25, 2023 at 12:06 MST

iPhone 6: Device won't turn on. Just overheats. HELP

Tue, 18 Jul 2023 06:57:53 -0700

my iPhone 6 will not turn on it only overheats when charging and after charging meaning I have to unplug the battery to keep from fire, it happened only after a screen repair. when trying to turn on the phone makes no vibration and stays black tried going into DFU and Recovery mode still won't work Please Help

⟐ Edited by author July 18, 2023 at 6:57 MST

iPhone 6: Showing lines when turning on the phone

Fri, 13 Jan 2023 11:21:17 -0700

اضهار خطوط ملونة بشكل عمودي عند تشغيل الهاتف

iPhone 6: This iPhone 6 not powering not charging, but connects to itunes

Tue, 27 Dec 2022 14:17:49 -0700

I've got this iphone from my brother fees weeks ago, for a repair. It's not charging neither boots but can connect to itunes so I decided to restore it with Itunes and failed then tried 3utools and still getting this error.

. Surprisingly the SN is missing in itunes as well. Is the nand damaged or something?

iPhone 6: Battery charged and now wont charge

Fri, 04 Nov 2022 08:49:59 -0700

Battery wont charge after replacing

⟐ Commented November 04, 2022 at 8:49 MST

iPhone 6: A8 is getting hot.

Sat, 15 Oct 2022 20:15:54 -0700

Hi team. My iphone 6 suddenly started heating up and screen went half black. I opened the phone to check for the issue and observed that the A8 chip is getting very hot even after replacing the screen. Could anyone tell me how to fix this?

iPhone 6: لماذا ترتفع درجه حرار الجهاز

Fri, 09 Sep 2022 17:22:27 -0700

لماذا ترتفع درجه حرار الجهاز

iPhone 6: Phone blocked due to too many wrong passwords

Fri, 19 Aug 2022 16:49:10 -0700

My iPhone 6 blocked because of inering password my time please any solution

⟐ Commented August 19, 2022 at 16:49 MST

iPhone 6: motherboard is not receiving energy

Thu, 16 Jun 2022 12:15:56 -0700

Hello, i repaired one i6 and it was all fine, then some bootloops came so i restored it (that took me 3day with all these errors) and then it was alright again.. next day i was changing housing and some parts but that board was doing this before that change, so i didnt think i somehow damaged main board, but i dont know what else have could i done.

Thank you very much for any help!!