iFixit - Answers With Device "iPhone XS"

iPhone XS: Is it possible to restore my data from my iPhone 12 Pro?

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 07:24:33 -0700

Hello iFixit Forum,

im going to make it short and simple, my iPhone 12 Pro took a fatal blow that made the display not show the screen, but the touchscreen still remained functionable.

A few weeks before my iPhone 12 Pro got smashed i upgraded to iOS 26.1 and went on with my day.

Today i bought the iPhone XS in which i was referring to want to restore with my previous data in the title.

Im asking myself though, if i will be able to recover my data, since Apple just so conveniently decided to cut support for the iPhone XS, right when i needed it the most.

I can still make a backup with my iPhone 12 Pro that doesnt display a screen, but has working touch out of pure muscle memory, abd a bit of learning.

I dont know if i will be able to downgrade to iOS 18 on my iPhone 12 Pro, since like i said, i can basically only input my passcode, trust my computer, and make a backup.

Help would be very much appreciated, and i thank you in advance.

iPhone XS: تعطل في الجهاز بسبب سقوطه في الماء

Sat, 11 Apr 2026 19:22:59 -0700

كيف اصلحه مر تقريباً ٤اشهر ولا صلحته وكل شي فيه اصله هنا ولا في محل الجوالات

iPhone XS: Out speaker is out of order

Tue, 23 Dec 2025 05:48:16 -0700

My phone speaker is not working

⟐ Commented December 23, 2025 at 5:48 MST

iPhone XS: Outlook email disappeared today, there in am gone in pm

Tue, 30 Sep 2025 21:01:28 -0700

Outlook email on my XS disappeared today. How do I locate missing mail.

⟐ Commented September 30, 2025 at 21:01 MST

iPhone XS: Why is my phone suddenly acting up?

Sat, 30 Aug 2025 06:29:19 -0700

Hello good day, I have a question to ask. The device I have is an iPhone XS which was bought 2nd hand. And has a lot of issues, I mean mostly Hardware. Such as a cracked back glass and the replaced LCD. but the True Tone and Face ID works normally. After a few weeks I started experiencing random shutoffs when I leave my phone charging like idle. And also when I plug in my Wired Headphones it Also panics.the panics indicate a “panic(cpu 3 caller 0xfffffff029de57b8): "i2c0::_checkInterrupts error interrupt;

last write status 10810108 int shadow 00890100 xfer 80000000 fifo 00000002

for device accbuck" @AppleS5L8940XI2C.cpp:503” I just replaced it with a non original battery but transferred the BMS board from it, do I really need to change the flex of the charging cable? Or there’s more that needs to be replaced. Here’s the screenshots from the statistics

iPhone XS: iPhone restarts every 3 minutes after getting wet

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 01:23:45 -0700

i took apart the phone, cleaned everything with isopropyl alcohol put it back and issue still persists, then i came across then i came across teh iphone kernel panic page here! and thats my exact issue, so i did everything, got the logs read through it briefly and i found this

"panicString": "panic(cpu 3 caller 0xfffffff0264fb62c): userspace watchdog timeout: no successful checkins from thermalmonitord (2 induced crashes) in 200 seconds\nservice returned not alive with context : is_alive_func returned unhealthy : current 6ffffffffffff, mask 37ffffffffdff, expected 37ffffffffdff. SD: 0 BC: 1 RC: 0 BS: 2, Missing sensor(s): Prs0 \n

i looked through other forums and i found that it means the lightning flex cable is damaged (prolly from the broken back + glass water)

heres the whole kernel panic ( i changed the file extension to .json so it gets formatted by vscode) https://filebin.net/q6l2o1eazfo7u5l6

and also i mustve messed up the dot projector when taking the phone apart because face id doesnt work anymore for some reason

iPhone XS: Pictures from a probably restored iPhone XS

Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:12:49 -0700

I have an iPhone XS with pictures from a period when the phone was not synchronized with iCloud. The phone had of some reason gone into iPhone Unavailable mode. I have tried to unlock the phone, with the result that the phone may have been restored. I can still see some of the pictures on the phone, but there is a period that does not appear.

Does anyone know of any software that can restore pictures that cannot be seen on the phone, but which are possibly in the memory? The missing pictures are of great importance to me.

Anyone with a solution is welcome to write to me

⟐ Edited February 21, 2025 at 21:12 MST

iPhone XS: Come riparare il Face ID che non va più

Sun, 29 Dec 2024 02:30:28 -0700

Non so come rimettere il Face ID

iPhone XS: Contactless (NFC) not working

Sat, 19 Oct 2024 03:25:02 -0700

Replaced the rear glass on my phone, now my contactless isn’t working. Repairman says NFC nothing to do with the glass.

Any ideas?

iPhone XS: Why is my back camera shaking constantly

Fri, 30 Aug 2024 02:49:01 -0700

My back camera shakes constantly that i cannot take focused picture or video. Also i hear weird sound from camera like the lens is shaking

iPhone XS: iPhone XS multiple black screen of deaths, with sudden resurrections

Wed, 28 Aug 2024 09:34:40 -0700

My wife's iPhone XS is acting up. It did the following a few times in the past 2-3 weeks: the phone just switched off for no reason (the battery wasn't depleted), and it was not possible to turn it back on. The charge was about half or more. Even if I put it on charger, nothing happened. On a wireless charger, the charger led lit up, so maybe it was charging. It was not hot, so it should be an overheat issue. I also tried plugging in the phone to both a Macbook and a PC, and the phone was not recognized in either, no USB connect sound, nothing. Then, after about half a day, the phone started working again all of a sudden.

The same thing happened multiple times. Black screen, nothing works (I also tried the force reboot keypresses a countless times, to no avail). Sometimes the phone just cames back online after a few hours, sometimes much more. When it comes back online, the charge level is normal... The battery health is 81%, still the original battery.

Any ideas what this could be? Is the motherboard faulty? Or something else? Is it possible to repair this phone economically? (It's a 64GB model).

Thanks!

iPhone XS: All buttons not working

Tue, 13 Feb 2024 12:09:54 -0700

After doing a microphone repair, all the buttons arent working. Volume rockers silent button and power button are not working. Any idea why and how to fix?

Thanks

iPhone XS: Why Is my phone not going out of recovery mode and giving me the error

Mon, 15 Jan 2024 10:46:43 -0700

hey guys i hope your doing well so basically a few days ago i got my iphone xs it was fully new like basically unused but it wasn't updating so i thought maybe it didn't support ios 17 so I searched it up in google but it was supported. So i tried updating it with itunes but while updating my phone got stuck in recovery mode. I tried updating and restoring it a couple of times but it always gave me the error (-1) , (1) or (3194). Im really sad but if anyone could help me i'd be greatful because i dont know if its a software or hardware issue

iPhone XS: Camera and flash not working

Sat, 02 Dec 2023 21:17:29 -0700

I was given an iPhone XS in very poor condition that I wanted to restore. However, upon testing it I found that the flash doesn’t work when trying to use the flashlight, but does function in the camera app with flash turned on, and the 1x camera shows a black screen. (The 2x camera still works). Ive since taken it apart and reseated the 1x camera connector and flash connector in hopes that it was a loose connection, but that didn’t work. Being that the flash still works in camera, but not as a flashlight, could this be a software issue, or are the parts just damaged?

iPhone XS: Why does it turn off when used?

Fri, 24 Nov 2023 20:51:13 -0700

When I use my iPhone, why does it turn off during use?

⟐ Commented November 24, 2023 at 20:51 MST

iPhone XS: iPhone Xs - Screen is too sensitive after replacement

Wed, 20 Sep 2023 16:44:39 -0700

Replacement went smooth, but now when I put my phone in my pocket, it seems to be detecting touch from the fabric of my pants and keeps locking out me out due to incorrect passcode attempts. When I actually use my phone everything works great, no phantom/ghost touches and it feels accurate, so i’m guessing its just too sensitive and my pants are just activating the screen. Anything I can do for this or do i need to look into getting another replacement screen?

iPhone XS: My iPhone xs glitchy

Tue, 22 Aug 2023 11:22:01 -0700

the whole screen doesn't glitch yet, but only the words, sentences or text that you'll see through screen are the one who's glitching.

⟐ Commented August 22, 2023 at 11:22 MST

iPhone XS: Calling time ECO type sound come from speaker.

Fri, 11 Aug 2023 10:06:01 -0700

When I calling someone or when someone calling me that time irritating sound will come from speaker ( sometime I don’t able to hear a sound from person and sometimes they hear a irritating sound from me on calling, and if when bluetooth connected that time also this irritating sound problem )

Only in simple call sometime this problem will happen.

But whatsaap call is clearly perfect.

Please Give me a solution 🙏

iPhone XS: I dropped two different iPhone XS's both have 4013 error!

Tue, 25 Jul 2023 14:13:07 -0700

Hello,

I dropped a refurbished (gently used I'm good condition) with a good screen protector and one of those extended battery "protection" case which made the phone a lot heavier. It didn't break the screen physically but shortly afterwards it went into the green screen boot loop which eventually led to me having to spend another $220 to buy another one.

I bought another one (iPhone XS) and used the same case was very careful with it but I did drop it and it went into a similar boot loop but without a green screen.

I attempted the repair with the older phone but lost some screws already.

Also the new phone I was able to FINALLY get out of the boot loop but pressing the right button will usually put it right into boot loop again...

Any advice on the right button?

Should I go with the repair on the newer phone and try and reseat all the connections?

Is there a step by step tear down of the xs?

I bought a screen replacement from Amazon and just want some advice on the earpiece thing as I don't care that much about face ID.

Thanks.

iPhone XS: Cant add card to wallet

Wed, 19 Jul 2023 10:51:52 -0700

So… I cant add any card to wallet.

This is what i tried:

-4 different credit cards, all of them working perfectly in my older iphone 8

-3 different icloud accounts

-DFU restore

-Set up the device as new and try to add

⟐ Answered July 19, 2023 at 10:51 MST