iFixit - Answers With Device "iPhone 1st Generation"

iPhone 1st Generation: Why can I not navigate my screens

Sun, 07 May 2017 19:01:07 -0700

My otherhalf has iPhone 4 it suddenly went blank he put it on charge ,the screen lit up and then when he tried to retrieve his messages he can't clear that to use another screen ,the large button at the bottom(forgive me I don't know what it's called) does not work someone help me before I lock him in the shed !!!

⟐ Answered 5월 07, 2017 at 19:01 GMT-7

iPhone 1st Generation: iPhone 1st gen backcover.

Wed, 14 Dec 2016 05:41:21 -0700

I would like to purchase the back cover to replace my original. The wifi antenna in it has been broke. DO you know where I can purchase one of these?

⟐ Answer accepted 12월 14, 2016 at 5:41 GMT-7

iPhone 1st Generation: WI-FI Not Working, logic board or communications board

Wed, 14 Dec 2016 05:39:40 -0700

My wifi is not working and it is definitely hardware related. Is it the logic board or communications board that needs replaced....?

⟐ Answer accepted 12월 14, 2016 at 5:39 GMT-7

iPhone 1st Generation: while charging iPhone is getting heated up.. resulting in poor battery

Sun, 25 Sep 2016 09:11:19 -0700

while charging the device its rare is heating up...

⟐ Answer accepted 9월 25, 2016 at 9:11 GMT-7

iPhone 1st Generation: My screen isn't working

Wed, 14 Sep 2016 06:55:36 -0700

the bottom of my screen works but the top doesn't when i touch it. so i cant get into the camera,or messages. please help.

⟐ Answer accepted 9월 14, 2016 at 6:55 GMT-7

iPhone 1st Generation: Step by step guide for replacement of LCD screen?

Sun, 02 Jan 2011 11:49:47 -0700

I got a iPhone 1st generation that is in perfect working order but the screen is cracked and some of the pixels are bad. I ordered a new LCD screen kit for it but cannot seem to find a step by step guide pertaining to how to install it. Does anyone know of any? Also how hard is this task?

⟐ Answer accepted 1월 02, 2011 at 11:49 GMT-7

iPhone 1st Generation: Any methods for cleaning up the back plate?

Sat, 03 Feb 2024 14:25:08 -0700

Title says it all, I got an OG iPhone about a year ago but haven’t been able to find any useful info about cleaning up and removing scratches from the rear metal panel. Is there a reliable method these days or not worth the effort? Cheers!

iPhone 1st Generation: good aftermarket screen for iPhone 2g

Sat, 18 Feb 2023 15:28:39 -0700

the damage to the lcd is dead pixels and a dark spot when the phone is off

the lcd and digitizer for the iphone 2g here on ifixit is sold out, is there anything that i could get that's identical to the one on fixit?

⟐ Edited by author 2월 18, 2023 at 15:28 GMT-7

iPhone 1st Generation: changed lightning connector and battery on 1st gen SE...still no power

Thu, 14 Jul 2022 21:42:26 -0700

charging my iphone required wiggling the cable until a charge started. eventually i couldn't charge it anymore. i installed a new lightning connector. no effect. i assumed the battery was no good at this point, so i changed it. i just connected the new battery and still on sign of life. please help!

iPhone 1st Generation: iPhone 2G stuck on itunes screen

Fri, 17 Sep 2021 03:34:14 -0700

so i bought this iphone 2g in my country (netherlands) for 80 euro with matching box. But its stuck on this itunes screen, its a at&t version phone so i bought a at&t simcard on ebay in the hopes that would unlock it but it did not work for me. I also tried jailbreaking it but it just did not work and i ofcourse tried resetting via itunes. But know i dont know how i can use the phone and acces the homescreen?

⟐ Commented 9월 17, 2021 at 3:34 GMT-7

iPhone 1st Generation: stripped screw holes out side by usb

Mon, 23 Aug 2021 15:17:26 -0700

The screen has 2 pins at its bottom near the USB/ charge port when I finally finished the battery screen replacement, snapping the new screen into place I went to put the hold down screws into place the new screen’s screw holes were striped or absent. I drove the screws in any way probably never to get them out. After a couple tedious days of much work on the phone I was not about to send the screen back for 2 screw holes. I though my phone was fully fixed. Than I tried to use my camera which now does not work. The lens of which appears to be out of place I was going to go back into the phone?

iPhone 1st Generation: when I tsp my home button the home screen flashes 3 times why

Sat, 24 Jul 2021 02:09:54 -0700

every time i tap the home button 3 times my home screen flashes do u know why

iPhone 1st Generation: iPhone 2g not charging or recognized by computer

Fri, 23 Oct 2020 08:02:32 -0700

I have an iPhone 2g in recovery mode that I want to restore to iOS 3.1.3. When I connect it to an outlet it charges fine, but when I connected it to my 2019 MacBook Pro it does not charge or is recognized. I have windows 10 boot camp installed so I tried that with the same results. Since I only have usb c ports on my Mac I had to use Apple’s adapter, I thought that might be the problem. I have a 2009 Dell which I tried and still didn’t connect. I have an iPhone 4 that uses the same 30 pin connector, and that works just fine with everything I tried. Please let me know if you have any suggestions because I am out of ideas.

iPhone 1st Generation: Why itunes display only didnt open

Tue, 22 Mar 2016 04:49:20 -0700

why itunes display only didnt open the phone

iPhone 1st Generation: DFU and Recovery Mode restore not working

Wed, 09 Mar 2016 17:32:36 -0700

I was trying to software unlock my iPhone 2g with an old version of redsn0w, which I've done before on other phones and it worked fine. Everything was running smoothly and bootneuter 2.1 had just come up on the phone but it was taking way longer than normal and it seemed to be stuck so I (stupidly) tried to reboot the phone assuming it would just cut the unlock process and I could restore the phone and try again. Well the phone apparently didn't like that because when it turned back on it got stuck on the apple boot logo...

I've run into boot issues on other iPhones before and usually all you have to do is pop it into DFU mode or recovery mode and plug it into iTunes and voila it'll restore and everything is back fresh... THAT did not happen... I tried both recovery and DFU mode and both times i plug it into iTunes and click on restore the screen (on the phone) goes white while iTunes is "preparing iPhone for restore" and iTunes spits out error 23...

From what I've read error 23 is a hardware error that's most likely to do with the logic board but unless my little process here somehow fried the logic board I know my phone works fine.

I'm in a real panic here as I'm sure you can imagine... I cherish my retro iPhone and I really dread the idea of it being permanently bricked so I really need some expertise...

⟐ Commented 3월 09, 2016 at 17:32 GMT-7

iPhone 1st Generation: iTunes error 28 when trying to restore the phone

Mon, 05 Oct 2015 09:17:48 -0700

Hey,

I am haveing problems restoreing a iPhone 2g, when i try to restore it from the itunes recovery screen:

When the recovery starts the iPhone gets to this stage before restarting and giveing me iTunes error 28. This is the same if I try to put the phone in dfu and pwnd dfu.

Any tips to how to get the phone working?

⟐ Answer deleted 10월 05, 2015 at 9:17 GMT-7

iPhone 1st Generation: My iPhone fell in water, and has problem with installing the IOS?

Tue, 14 Apr 2015 02:58:38 -0700

I have an iPhone 2g 8gb and by mistake i put it in a box with some water. After 6 hours i went to see my iPhone and i saw that it was in water and i didn't knew what to do and i put it on a shelf in my house until a few days ago(all this happened around 3-4 years ago) that i grabbed it, and i was wandering if it will open now. I tried to open it with the lock button but it didn't worked. I connected it to the charger and it opened to the srceen with the battery. After a while i went to see it and it was on the screen that was telling me that i needed to connect it with itunes. I connected it and iTunes was saying that i needed to format and restore it. I downloaded the latest available IOS and i made a restore but when it tries to install the IOS, the iPhone disconnects and connects. What can i do to repair it, if i can?