⟐ Commented March 09, 2023 at 7:01 MST

⟐ Answered November 14, 2020 at 2:13 MST

⟐ Commented February 18, 2019 at 2:38 MST

I recently broke my phone screen and got it replaced (not at Apple). The colors of my phone are all messed up now. The contrast + saturation of my screen is really high, and all my pictures look really ugly and distorted now. I tried fixing it in settings in color filters, but it didn’t work; the contrast and saturation are too high. Also my increase contrast is off. What do I do??

⟐ Commented September 10, 2025 at 1:45 MST

Update: After it shut down I let it sit for around 12 hours to make sure the battery gets as "empty" as possible. This caused the phone to start charging from 1% as intended. However, as seen on the image below, it jumped to 100% within a short time after it reached 50%. I had let it charge for another few hours after it reached "100%", and used the phone as usual after unplugging it. It worked fine and the battery lasted long until it reached 49% like before, resulting in the phone shutting down abruptly. I don't know what to do at this point, should I request a replacement from iFixit? Assuming it's maybe a defect. It's an iFixit Battery by the way.

Update 2: March 16th. iFixit has sent me another battery assuming this one has a defect.

Update 3: March 29th. The new battery has the exact same behaviour unfortunately. After several premature shutdowns, iOS has now applied the Performance management (also known as Throttling). I will leave it enabled for now to see if it somehow manages to calibrate the battery now.

Update 4: April 10th. The problem still has not resolved yet. In fact, iOS now shows a "Service" status in the Battery health settings. Telling me that the "battery's health is significantly degraded" even though the Maximum Capacity shows 99%. Pretty weird, pretty interesting.

Update 5: May 10th. Still no improvement. Still hasn't calibrated. Maximum Capacity reports a value of 56% now. Even though the battery is less than 2 months old.

Final update: June 20th. I contacted iFixit Support once again and they sent me a third battery free of charge. Fortunately this time the battery has no defects or some sort of. No sudden shutdowns etc. One thing I’m not very satisfied with is the capacity of the battery. It has the same capacity as an original Apple battery for the 8 Plus but it feels weaker. If I remember correctly when my 8 Plus was new the fresh apple battery inside it held charges for longer than this new iFixit battery. Though the difference is that back then I was on iOS 11. So that might make a difference, I guess. But anyways, this new battery should allow me to use my 8 Plus for a little bit longer until I finally upgrade to a newer iPhone.

Goodbye and stay healthy.

⟐ Commented June 20, 2022 at 10:11 MST

Today, I attempted to repair an iPhone 8 plus. I have fixed two recently with no problems. After testing the screen before snapping it in, all was well. After installing it all the way the touch functioned fine, but after I locked and unlocked the phone, the touch died. I tried reseating cables, pulling the screen out to sit on cardboard incase of grounding out etc. Nothing worked. I tried another 8 plus screen from a different supplier. This time the touch never worked. I started to panic, because I believed I had blown a fuse or cap that controls the touch. I tested the broken original screen and it worked fine. I tried two more screens with similar results to the first attempt. It worked fine, but after locking and unlocking the phone the touch wouldn't work.

I gave up, since I was out of screens and gave the phone back broken, but working.

Now here's what worries me. I noticed the phone was updated to iOS 11.3 yesterday. I just successfully repaired an iPhone 8 plus yesterday from the same batch of screens. I confirmed with the customer that she had not updated to iOS 11.3. What are the chances that I had 4 bad screens exhibit the same behavior from two suppliers? Im hoping this isn't a glitch in iOS 11.3 and if it is, will it affect screens across all models? Yes, I know it's best to choose original repair parts or at least original refurbished parts, but customers don't want to pay 50 to 60 bucks more on average for a repair even after I explain the differences.

⟐ Answered February 12, 2020 at 2:51 MST

⟐ Answered August 13, 2021 at 13:57 MST

-Running iOS 11.4.1. Installed a new screen and True Tone was working perfect but the ALS was disabled.

-Here's the twist. Updated today to iOS 12 beta 3 now True Tone is disabled (missing) and now the ambient light sensor works but is kinda slow imo.

Can anyone share their experience? Hopefully Apple with enable BOTH True Tone and the ALS

P.S. I ordered a used genuine original screen cause I'll be keeping the phone (not selling got it for only $280!) hopefully everything would work with it and will update this post.

⟐ Answer deleted September 15, 2021 at 20:25 MST

I acquired an iPhone 8 Plus that was an absolute MESS.

I had to replace the back housing, screen, charging port, battery, and numerous brackets/screws.

Surprisingly I was actually able to get it working. However, the rear camera only shows a black screen and the flashlight doesn’t work.

I replaced the mute/volume/power flex cable which did not fix the flashlight.

Am I understanding correctly that if the rear cameras are broken, then the flashlight function will not work either? Just trying to figure out of it’s worth purchasing replacement rear cameras or if this could be a logic board issue.

Thank you in advance.

⟐ Answered May 31, 2022 at 5:27 MST

⟐ Commented February 28, 2020 at 14:23 MST

My iPhone 8 Plus has a black shadow on the right bottom corner of the screen after I changed the LCD Screen. Could this be a bad Backlight IC? If yes where is the Backlight IC on the motherboard and would changing it fix the problem like it does on the other iPhones. Couldn’t find anything on the internet for the 8 plus regarding the issue I have.

Thanks,

Fahad

I checked the motherboard and turns out the pin 45 was bad on the J5700 connector. So I flipped the board to check the fiter/fuse and the small C5733 is bad. What do I replace it with?

⟐ Answered October 28, 2025 at 15:50 MST

⟐ Commented April 16, 2023 at 19:41 MST

While attempting to remove my battery, I scraped the black back part of the interior. Is my phone now a lost cause?

⟐ Answer unaccepted July 11, 2021 at 4:54 MST

i have a question.

I run an repair shop and i repaired like dozens of phones.

i recently refurbished my own iphone 8 plus device to make it look new.. but now my phone is overheating entirly but at the power button it is even warmer.

the phone also lose 1% every minute when using it.

-housing replaced

• original battery
• Oem screen

⟐ Commented January 11, 2020 at 10:27 MST

And Can I put the motherboard from a 8plus 128gb iPhone into iPhone 8 plus 64 gb ?

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⟐ Commented August 04, 2022 at 10:39 MST

thanks

⟐ Commented February 01, 2021 at 3:40 MST

⟐ Commented October 24, 2020 at 14:39 MST

⟐ Answer accepted October 21, 2022 at 6:13 MST

⟐ Commented June 09, 2022 at 20:52 MST