iFixit - Answers With Device "Phone"

Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge: Sim card stuck without tray, how to take it out?

Mon, 03 Nov 2025 20:57:33 -0700

'''I am not used to phones with sim card trays so I very stupidly put the entire sim card in the slot without the tray.

Is there a way to take it out without disassembling, and if it not how much disassembling will be needed?'''

⟐ Commented 11월 03, 2025 at 20:57 GMT-7

iPhone 5c: White Vertical Lines on LCD

Tue, 07 Apr 2020 19:09:06 -0700

I have tried replacing the LCD/digitizer assembly twice on the iPhone 5c. Both screens initially look great and then, after assembly, the LCD starts to display white vertical lines and the digitizer fails to respond. I now have gone through 2 LCDs ($160). My supplier says it is static electricity. My question: Is there a resolution?

⟐ Commented 4월 07, 2020 at 19:09 GMT-7

Samsung Galaxy Note II: Why won't my galaxy note 2 turn on?

Fri, 16 Nov 2018 15:24:01 -0700

I rooted my galaxy note 2 and downloaded an app and now all it does is say 4g lte Samsung galaxy note 2 over and over. It acts like it is going to turn on but then it goes back to 4g lte. I have took the battery out and tried to restart it, I have tried manually rebooting it and nothing works! Please help me fix my phone please!

⟐ Commented 11월 16, 2018 at 15:24 GMT-7

iPhone 7 Plus: Lightning port too loose?

Fri, 23 May 2025 11:28:12 -0700

Looking for suggestions or similar symptoms to diagnose.

Lightning cables will just not stay in this phone if either is even shifted to the slightest. Unscientific measure; I used to be able to pick up the dropped phone by the cord alone without disconnect. Now ANY pull or pressure and the cord comes out. I don't see any debris in port, but my eyes aren't perfect. I can't tell if there are pressure levers or contacts that I see inside on left and right, and maybe one is bad?

YES, it still connects to laptop.

YES, it still charges fine.

YES, i tried original cable.

YES, i tried a NEW original cable.

YES, the cables 'pop' in/ fully seat.

NO, there is no case.

YES, i tried with a passthrough case.

help?

⟐ Commented 5월 23, 2025 at 11:28 GMT-7

iPhone 5s: Can I replace an iPhone 5s screen with a iPhone 5 screen?

Mon, 23 Nov 2020 21:36:51 -0700

I have cracked my iPhone 5s screen. An iPhone 5 screen is a lot cheaper than a 5s screen. I know the home buttons are different, but I could care less about having touch-ID. So is it possible that I could put an iPhone 5 screen on a 5s?

⟐ Commented 11월 23, 2020 at 21:36 GMT-7

Samsung Galaxy Note: Why are some of my pictures showing up as blank?

Fri, 01 Dec 2023 13:06:26 -0700

When I go to my gallery, some of my pictures show up as a black box with another small grey box inside it with a small lightning bolt symbol in the corner of the grey box and when I click on the picture, its a blank/black picture.

⟐ Commented 12월 01, 2023 at 13:06 GMT-7

ZTE ZMax: I broke my front screen cheap way to fix

Mon, 27 Aug 2018 18:16:10 -0700

I shattered the front screen and flooded the led or lcd fluid in there as well im looking for a cheap way to fix it help me

⟐ Answered 8월 27, 2018 at 18:16 GMT-7

iPhone 7 Plus: iOS 11 & iOS 11.0.1 Freeze and Hangs!

Fri, 15 Mar 2019 01:23:34 -0700

Hey, So I have had allots of issues with the new iOS update.

The whole system freezes and I cant move a thing about 30 seconds.

This happens to the 6s Plus and 7 Plus models.

Anyone who has the same issue?

⟐ Answer deleted 3월 15, 2019 at 1:23 GMT-7

iPhone 5: "No Service" after battery change on iPhone 5

Sun, 25 Nov 2018 00:20:41 -0700

I replaced my iPhone 5's battery today following the iFixit instructions. Everything appeared to go smoothly and was trouble free. After the replacment, the device was powering on, charging correctly, all buttons are functioning as well, and Wifi connections work just fine.

However, I can't connect to the cellular network. I have updated the date/time via settings and rebooted the phone. I also reset network settings and finally reset the entire device back to factory settings. However, I keep getting the "Searching" message on the status bar followed by "No Service".

Any idea on what went wrong?

⟐ Commented 11월 25, 2018 at 0:20 GMT-7

ZTE Zmax Pro: ZTE Zmax Pro: black screen/glowing home button, won't even vibrate

Wed, 26 Aug 2020 13:48:53 -0700

I have a ZTE Zmax Pro. This is the second phone of this exact model that I've had in the last 4 months, and they both have had the EXACT same flaw. I returned the last one because I thought it was just some manufacturing issue with that particular phone... apparently not.

The phone has randomly decided that it will not unlock or turn on. There is no red light, there is no FTM screen, and there is no android system recovery screen. I can't find anyone with this exact problem anywhere, but it's happened to me twice with two different phones! The screen is completely black aside from the slowly pulsating home button. I've tried charging it regularly, charging it through a computer as suggested, I've tried every single button combination there is, and it won't even so much as vibrate.

I didn't drop it. I keep it far from any moisture. The buttons aren't stuck. The battery was at an 87% charge when the screen went black, and it didn't seem to actually shut down (it looked as though it just locked like normally), so I doubt it's just got a broken charge port like some comments are suggesting.

Please help. I can't afford a third phone. :(

⟐ Answered 8월 26, 2020 at 13:48 GMT-7

ZTE Phone: What does FTM mean

Wed, 21 Feb 2024 05:06:25 -0700

FTM popped up on my screen. Can't turn the phone on or off. Help"!!

⟐ Commented 2월 21, 2024 at 5:06 GMT-7

Alcatel One Touch Android Phone: My sim slot has been locked permanently

Sun, 18 May 2025 09:27:31 -0700

how do i solve that problem

my sim slot slot has been locked permanently

⟐ Commented 5월 18, 2025 at 9:27 GMT-7

iPhone 5s: iPhone 5S Stuck in recovery mode : iTunes restore error 50

Tue, 19 Jan 2021 06:45:04 -0700

Hi,

I bought an iPhone off eBay germany. It always gives the same restore error in iTunes :

"The iPhone [iPhone] could not be restored. An unknown error occurred [error 50]."

Anyone got a idea how to get the iPhone to work? I've tried 2 different computers with firewall off, different USB ports, different cables but keep getting this error at around 65% of the restore process.

I've tried restoring in the DFU mode too, still the same error pops up. I read somewhere it might be the Baseband IC which needs to be replaced. Would replacing the Qualcomm MDM9615M help?

Anyone who has had the same issue or knows about it? Kinldy help me out of this.

Haris

⟐ Commented 1월 19, 2021 at 6:45 GMT-7

Samsung Galaxy S III: Why is my screen Purple/Pink

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 10:12:58 -0700

I dropped my screen and it didn't turn on for an hour and then turned back on. After it turned on it had a purpleish pinkish screen with a black square on the top left of the screen! I can barely see because of the pink/purple screen. PLEASE HELP!!!!

⟐ Commented 10월 15, 2021 at 10:12 GMT-7

Samsung Galaxy S 4G: Why my android phone draining while charging?

Wed, 25 Dec 2024 07:00:34 -0700

I've had my Android for a while now. For the last few days my phone has been draining the battery while the charger were still plug.

⟐ Answered 12월 25, 2024 at 7:00 GMT-7

Infinix hot 10i: Touch Screen is automatically Working?

Sun, 15 Mar 2026 01:18:32 -0700

When I start using my phone after sometimes it's touch starts working itself and I press power button and then it works well for a few minutes.

⟐ Answered 3월 15, 2026 at 1:18 GMT-7

Huawei Ascend G630: G630-u10 dead boot(Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008)

Thu, 09 Jul 2020 01:02:14 -0700

hi.

i have G630-U10 and phone is dead

and show Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008

help me.

⟐ Answered 7월 09, 2020 at 1:02 GMT-7

Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge Plus: How to bypass a google account

Sun, 06 Jun 2021 18:10:03 -0700

I have a galaxy s6 edge plus that got stolen now, i found out who stole it and go it back but im locked out of my phone. I did the hard reset on it but, now i cant pass the google verification on it. I dont know no where that can bypass it for me??? i really dont want to get another phone. Please help??

⟐ Answer deleted 6월 06, 2021 at 18:10 GMT-7

iPhone 5: Replaced Battery, Constantly Reboots and unchanging battery percent

Wed, 28 Apr 2021 10:15:42 -0700

I've recently replaced my iPhone 5's battery with a cheap $10 one from amazon.

Right after, I've experienced many problems. Every few minutes or so, my phone reboots itself and I get a panic message in the diagnostics.

Another issue is that my battery does not change (percent or icon) until I reboot my phone.

I've done the following:

Reset all settings

Restored as new

Restored from backup

Removed the sim and put it back

All of these did not work, unfortunately.

I've even put back the original battery, however I still experience these problems. I'm guessing that I may have damaged the original battery trying to take it out, so maybe that's why it doesn't work.

Anyway, I've ordered a replacement from here and am currently waiting for it to be delivered so that I can see whether I damaged something internally or whether it was both of the batteries.

Does anyone have any suggestions or ideas?

Edit:

I've received my iFixIt battery and have installed it.

It did not fix my issue unfortunately. Does anyone have any other suggestions?

Also, when using iBackUpBot's error log I get:

Could not get event from temperature service

Could not get value for gas gauge

Unable to lookup battery voltage

⟐ Commented 4월 28, 2021 at 10:15 GMT-7

Lenovo Phone: The phone mention me android is checking file system while restart

Mon, 25 Jul 2022 00:31:28 -0700

*cannot on the phone

always mention me "android is checking file system " and "abnormal shutdown , checking file system" while restart the phone and mention me again with the same word until the battery die.

Lenovo Phone A388t

⟐ Answered 7월 25, 2022 at 0:31 GMT-7