I have found out that the connector can be replaced, but will require micro-soldering. At this point it’s more or less practice, because he’s gonna just buy a new phone if I cant fix it, but it would be awesome to get it working again.

I was wondering if anyone here has any input on the difficulty/requirements of this job, because I can’t seem to find anything about it online. I guess my main questions are: will I need to open up the “sandwich” of the board to replace this connector, and what type of solder should be used for this job? Also if there’s anything else I should look out for or be careful about to do this job successfully.

Thanks :)

⟐ Commented April 02, 2026 at 23:15 MST

⟐ Answered March 31, 2026 at 13:50 MST

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⟐ Commented March 04, 2026 at 20:59 MST

⟐ Answered January 05, 2026 at 2:28 MST

⟐ Answered January 01, 2026 at 8:49 MST

I had my iPhone X ear piece speaker stop working the other day. I bought a replacement Earpiece Speaker and Sensor Assembly for my model phone off of ifixit, and just replaced it today. After swapping it, turning the phone on, I got the message pop up saying “Unavailable to activate face ID on this phone”. I then go into my face ID settings, attempt to set it up, but then get the message “Face ID is not available, try setting up face ID later”. The ear speaker is now working fine, but face ID is not. I opened it back up, verified all the connections are good, re-seated all of them, checked the sensors, made sure they were all clean, no prints or dirt, but still no luck. Could the replacement I got have a bad sensor? Anybody have any other suggestions at all?

Thanks!

⟐ Commented December 29, 2025 at 17:30 MST

⟐ Answer edited November 02, 2025 at 16:49 MST

Should I change a new screen or it’s a connection issue ? Anyone has any suggestion? thx!

⟐ Commented October 21, 2025 at 6:42 MST

⟐ Answered October 19, 2025 at 9:37 MST

The customer said he had originally had the screen replaced at a mall kiosk and it worked well for a couple of months but one day it would not turn on. What I actually found was the phone was turning on but the screen had failed and was not turning on. I installed a new screen and all seemed well. I gave it back to the customer in seemingly 100% working condition. A few days later he brought it back to me and said it was rebooting every few minutes.

1. I tried forcing an update - no change, still rebooted after a few minutes.
2. I tried a DFU restore - no change, still rebooted after a few minutes.
3. I googled the issue and found numerous reports about issues with the charge port causing the phone to restart every 3 minutes. I checked and confirmed the phone would reboot after 3 minutes consistently. So I ordered a new charge port flex.
4. I first tried to temporarily disconnect the original flex in the phone and temporarily connect the new bare charge port flex. Voila, the phone stayed running beyond 3 minutes.
5. I disassembled the phone, removed the original charge port flex, reinstalled the new charge port and reassembled the phone. Initially the phone seemed to be fixed. But after several hours I noticed it starting to go back to the 3 minute reboot cycle again. Grr. Maybe I damaged it during installation I thought.
6. I ordered another new part and repeated step 4 and 5 but with greater care. Again, with the new part installed the phone seemed to fixed. This time I set the screen to stay on and started a stop watch. The phone stayed on for over 3 hours so I left it overnight.
7. In the morning, the phone was BACK TO RESTARTING every 3 minutes!!!
8. For fun I disconnected the 2nd new flex that was installed in the phone and connected one of the other charge ports that I had swapped out. With only the charge port by itself connected the phone still reboots. Conclusion - the flex is getting damaged somehow just by connecting it to the phone (my theory anyway).
9. Some posts on here suggested a DFU restore fixed this issue - in my case, it does not. Tried it. No difference.

I dug into the analytics logs and using 3U Tools see that every time it reboots it logs a “Panic CPU x caller” entry.

Here is the detailed text from one of these entries. Has anyone seen this? What can I try next? I’m hesitant to install a third charge port but do have one if need be.

Thanks in advance for your help,

Larry

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{"bug_type":"210","timestamp":"2021-11-06 21:28:52.00 -0600","os_version":"iPhone OS 15.1 (19B74)","incident_id":"41C3AD2D-4165-42EE-9166-C156236A84EC"}

{

"build" : "iPhone OS 15.1 (19B74)",

"product" : "iPhone10,6",

"kernel" : "Darwin Kernel Version 21.1.0: Wed Oct 13 18:16:58 PDT 2021; root:xnu-8019.42.4~1\/RELEASE_ARM64_T8015",

"incident" : "41C3AD2D-4165-42EE-9166-C156236A84EC",

"crashReporterKey" : "d6ac110a82cef07ecd55c818d6c8d79130b244dc",

"date" : "2021-11-06 21:28:52.45 -0600",

"panicString" : "panic(cpu 1 caller 0xfffffff02941f0f4): userspace watchdog timeout: no successful checkins from thermalmonitord since load\nservice returned not alive with context : is_alive_func returned unhealthy : current 7bfffffffff, mask 67fffffffff, expected 67fffffffff. SD: 1 BC: 0 Missing sensor(s): mic1 \nservice: backboardd, total successful checkins since load (180 seconds ago): 19, last successful checkin: 0 seconds ago\nservice: SpringBoard, total successful checkins since load (168 seconds ago): 17, last successful checkin: 0 seconds ago\nservice: mediaserverd, total successful checkins since load (180 seconds ago): 19, last successful checkin: 0 seconds ago\nservice: logd, total successful checkins since load (180 seconds ago): 19, last successful checkin: 0 seconds ago\nservice: thermalmonitord, no successful checkins since load (180 seconds ago)\nservice: runningboardd, total successful checkins since load (180 seconds ago): 19, last successful checkin: 0 seconds ago\nservice: wifid, total successful checkins since load (180 seconds ago): 19, last successful checkin: 0 seconds ago\nDebugger message: panic\nMemory ID: 0x6\nOS release type: User\nOS version: 19B74\nKernel version: Darwin Kernel Version 21.1.0: Wed Oct 13 18:16:58 PDT 2021; root:xnu-8019.42.4~1\/RELEASE_ARM64_T8015\nKernel UUID: 13E2F321-3388-3B9E-9D68-75E2081A4A02\niBoot version: iBoot-7429.42.2\nsecure boot?: YES\nPaniclog version: 13\n

⟐ Commented October 16, 2025 at 23:09 MST

⟐ Answered October 12, 2025 at 15:07 MST

I have an iphone x and was trying to replace my screen. On the left is the screen i received - it seems to have support brackets all the way around and does not fit my phone. However, my original screen does not have these brackets and is flat all the way around. Does anyone know what my problem is + why my iphone x seems to be different than the normal one?

if this is the correct screen…how are these tabs supposed to fit into what looks to be a flat bracket covering?

also comparing other iphones online, mine looks to be a bit different with this top area as well? anyone know whats going on here?

⟐ Commented August 26, 2025 at 9:52 MST

I don’t think anything went inside the lens, but it’s extremely blurry when I try to take a picture.

Also, there is a tiny black hole on the lens, so I am wondering if there is a way to reach glue that went down there as well.

I’ve heard of using nail polish remover, but I am afraid of how that will react with the lens, possibly removing some sort of protective layer or something. I’m not entirely sure how the lens relates to the actual camera.

Is there a way to get rid of most, if not all, of the superglue without damaging the lens?

I believe that the glue was gorilla super glue.

Thanks

⟐ Answered August 19, 2025 at 14:49 MST

⟐ Answer accepted August 10, 2025 at 15:10 MST

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⟐ Answered June 06, 2025 at 6:53 MST

⟐ Answer edited June 02, 2025 at 11:23 MST