iFixit - Answers With Device "iPhone 3GS"

iPhone 3GS: yellow screen on restoring with error no 28

Sat, 08 Jan 2011 08:29:10 -0700

i m trying to restore my iphone 3gs with 4.2.1 custom firmware. my baseband is 6.15 of ipad. i m not able to restore its give me error no 28. i tried every thing but not restoring.

pls pls pls help me.

⟐ Answer accepted 1월 08, 2011 at 8:29 GMT-7

iPhone 3GS: Water, cleaned, new battery & dock. Works but not charge or sync.

Mon, 03 Jan 2011 23:05:04 -0700

3GS Toast after water damage. Completely cleaned. New battery and new dock connector. Phone works great but will not charge or sync. Looks like logic board is shot. I can't think of anything else to try.

Anyone repair logic boards if I have identified the exact broken capacitors (part??) ? I must have damaged the 2 small capacitors 1/4 inch to the left of the no. 4 pin connector (circle 8 blue lines surrounding capacitors just to left of fixation screw joint) per this hires photo of board. http://s1.guide-images.ifixit.com/igi/hs...

Any ideas or is board toast? prior post re this repair effort: dropped 3GS in toilet. Dried then cleaned. Battery low & not charging...

Prior post: dropped 3GS in toilet. Dried then cleaned. Battery low & not charging

Any ideas re having the logic board looked at????

⟐ Answer accepted 1월 03, 2011 at 23:05 GMT-7

iPhone 3GS: different types of front panel connectors...? (cable #2)

Thu, 02 Dec 2010 23:35:09 -0700

Hello.

I ordered a repair set at Amazon.com for my iPhone 3G.

No mistakes possible one would assume...

Beware ! Connector #2 comes in various types.

Now I am stuck with a wrong front panel. What to do about that?

The old cable says: 821-0766-A (2008)

The new one says: 821-0621-A (2009)

How can one know the differences?

The screens are sold as if it is quite easy to replace a screen.

Not at all!

I have not seen any warnings that the screens/connectors come in different shapes. It shows afterwards, when it is too late.

What can be done about this?

⟐ Answered 12월 02, 2010 at 23:35 GMT-7

iPhone 3GS: Liquid damage, everything works except for SIM card reader & backlight

Thu, 07 Oct 2010 11:51:06 -0700

My new iPhone 3GS fell into a vase of clean tap water. As a first emergency step I tried to dry it with towel and then leave it inside a bag of rice (I read that it can help salvage water damaged mobile phone).

3-4 days later, it is dry and works fine. I can watch video, listen to music, connect to internet, and play game with the responsive touch screen. However the back light no longer works. The screen became dark and almost impossible to read it under the sunlight. Also now, it doesn't read any of the SIM card.

Obviously because it is because of water damage, the guarantee doesn't work. I can't afford the service charge. Please help! Any suggestions are welcome.

⟐ Commented 10월 07, 2010 at 11:51 GMT-7

iPhone 3GS: Broke screw bracket on bottom of iPhone

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:06:22 -0700

Where the two screws go in at the bottom of the iphone, one side is broken. It's the little metal piece the screw goes into.

I think I need a back shell but I'm not sure? The back shell images I've seen don't have those in them.

I also need a replacement bottom screw. Do you guys sell either of these parts or know what part I need to fix the broken screw bracket?

⟐ Answered 9월 03, 2010 at 11:06 GMT-7

iPhone 3GS: Replaced Glass Front Panel and now touch screen isn't working properly

Fri, 16 Jul 2010 17:49:07 -0700

I replaced the front panel (Glass only) of my iphone 3gs. Now when I start it, I can only slide pages. When I push a button it doesn't activate the right icon. It seems to be off to the left.

⟐ Answered 7월 16, 2010 at 17:49 GMT-7

iPhone 3GS: iPhone keeps dropping USB connection

Sun, 09 May 2010 00:14:27 -0700

My iPhone 3GS keeps getting disconnected from the USB port of my Mac Mini. I have tried restarting the phone and the mini as well as various other tricks found on Google.

When the phone is connected to the USB port, it gives the "charging" beep and sometimes it immediately disconnects while at other times it loses the connection after a minute or two. I have tried changing ports, using a different cable and connecting it to my PC, everything yielded the same fruitless result :(

Could anyone help with this please?

Thanks

IMZ

⟐ Answered 5월 09, 2010 at 0:14 GMT-7

iPhone 3GS: iPhone 3GS earpiece speaker candle wax

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:00:51 -0700

Hot candle wax spilled on my iPhone and got into my earpiece speaker. Now my earpiece speaker is muffled and sounds buzzy when I am on a call. Does anyone know of something I can clean it with? If not steps to replace it? Would like to try and clean it first.

Thanks in advance

⟐ Answered 3월 08, 2010 at 21:00 GMT-7

iPhone 3GS: Why am I unable to update my iPhone os?

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 09:53:46 -0700

I have found that I am unable to update my iPhone 3GS from 3.1.2 to 3.1.3. When choosing either to download and update or just download, I get the following error:

"There was a problem downloading the software for the iPhone (name of my iPhone). An unknown error occurred (-23)"

The same thing happens when I try to restore the phone (including trying to restore in recovery mode), which scratches that idea.

I have uninstalled iTunes and reinstalled, with no change.

Any ideas?

And no, it's not jailbroken.

Thanks!

⟐ Answer accepted 2월 22, 2010 at 9:53 GMT-7

iPhone 3GS: ear phone no sound, everything else is working

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 08:04:38 -0700

Hi!

I had water in, but could open all and dry it out with rice. Everything is working fine now, only the ear speaker doesn't (earphones and room speaker work perfectly).

I tried to clean out the earphone jack as it was explained in youtube, but no effect. Is it possible that one of the cables 1, 2 or 3 is responsible for the ear speaker? Could I have replugged them badly?

Thanks for all answers!

Markus

⟐ Answered 2월 02, 2010 at 8:04 GMT-7

iPhone 3GS: How to I restore photos on my iPhone witch is disabled for 20 million?

Thu, 15 Sep 2022 15:39:55 -0700

my phone is disabled for 24 million minutes. is there anything i can do to get my photos back? thats all i want. if the phone ends up bricked in the end, or if i need to install custom firmware or home brew i dont care, as long as i can get my photos or videos in the end. im not sure when it happened, or what caused it, but i want to fix it.

⟐ Answered 9월 15, 2022 at 15:39 GMT-7

iPhone 3GS: Not charging or turning on

Fri, 03 Jun 2022 15:48:35 -0700

Connected to charger yet won’t turn on after a few hours

⟐ Answer edited 6월 03, 2022 at 15:48 GMT-7

iPhone 3GS: All I am seeing is the apple logo?

Fri, 09 Feb 2018 10:38:18 -0700

The internet would not connect on my phone so like other times I just shut it off and when I turned it back on all I saw is the apple logo screen.

The Iphone was in the bathroom when I was taking a shower before all of this happened but I checked the phone and I did not have any water damage so what is wrong? How do I fix this?

⟐ Answer accepted 2월 09, 2018 at 10:38 GMT-7

iPhone 3GS: Why does my screen have lines across?

Wed, 07 Feb 2018 08:55:51 -0700

I was replacing my broken LCD screen. The iPhone was powered off. I disconnected the ribbons 1, 2, and 3. I then noticed that there was some dirt on the connector of ribbon 1 (on the board). I wasn't thinking too much and decided that instead of just blowing to get rid of the dirt I decided to remove it with a tiny screwdriver. Then I saw a spark. I didn't have to test anything, I knew I had made a big mistake. Anyways, I continued putting the phone back together and the result is in this video. I hope someone can help me find a solution.

Here is a link to understand when I say lines across the screen:

Result of the mistake

⟐ Answer accepted 2월 07, 2018 at 8:55 GMT-7

iPhone 3GS: Phantom adapter is connected

Wed, 13 Sep 2017 06:58:06 -0700

Upon startup my phone says "This accessory is not supported for iPhone"

I noticed there is sound with ring tones but no sound from the music player, slider to unlock the phone, or keyboard clicks.

The headphones work.

Could this be a bad dock connector?

Thanks.

⟐ Answer accepted 9월 13, 2017 at 6:58 GMT-7

iPhone 3GS: How to turn off voice over?

Tue, 17 Jan 2017 08:16:51 -0700

Can't scroll to the selections to turn off the voice over setting. Phone will not scroll.

⟐ Answer accepted 1월 17, 2017 at 8:16 GMT-7

iPhone 3GS: Spilt Maccas OJ on my iPhone!

Wed, 07 Dec 2016 10:30:51 -0700

Help! I spilt maccas oj on my iphone 3gs and now the screen is dim and the speaker isn't working although the person on the other line can hear me! So devastated! Someone told me to submerge it in uncooked rice for a day so I have just done that...any other suggestions?

⟐ Answer accepted 12월 07, 2016 at 10:30 GMT-7

iPhone 3GS: Repairing water damaged iPhone - backlight intermittent

Sun, 13 Nov 2016 09:08:46 -0700

I am repairing a 3gs that had water damage. I took it apart down and gave the logic board a good soak in 90% alcohol, and gently scrubbed it down with a toothbrush (noticing and removing some corrosion that appeared on the 6r8 coil). Backlight worked for 3 days. This could help most people.

I, however, am not most people. The backlight went out again. Soaked the logic board again in alcohol, overnight this time. Worked until I shut the phone off, then no backlight when I turned it on again. Any ideas on this one?

⟐ Answer accepted 11월 13, 2016 at 9:08 GMT-7

iPhone 3GS: Identifying a motherboard component iPhone 3G S

Wed, 09 Nov 2016 12:27:48 -0700

Can anyone help me identify a component of the motherboard of iPhone 3G S?

I have my hands on an iPhone 3G S the previous owner describes the problem as it does not turn on, but the review I realize shows that is "missing" component that appears in the image:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/75193663@N0...

Someone help me to know what is it and what values do it have?

Thank you very much!

⟐ Answer accepted 11월 09, 2016 at 12:27 GMT-7

iPhone 3GS: Phone shuts off every 15 minutes and turns on by itself

Tue, 25 Oct 2016 15:55:24 -0700

Last week I started a project to repair my brother's old broken iphone 3gs (no idea how it broke) mainly because I had the money, time, and the feel to explore my inner self (kind of corny I know). So I lent the phone to a local radio shack and asked what parts needed replacement and said the phone was in so much damage that it seemed that every part except for the camera, logic board, and dock connector seemed fine. So they guys at radio shack offered to repair it but the price didn't agree with me so I looked online for the best prices and trusted websites (advice from friends) and bought every part imaginable and started to repair. I successfully repaired the phone to it's former state but the only problem I encountered were that the power button would not work and the phone would randomly shut off and would turn itself back on. This would occur every 15 - 20 of use. A day later during work, there was a birthday party and some of the kids like to play games (a lot) and would play games on anything that has a screen, so then they found my phone in my room played around with it and left it on the couch where then my 350lb uncle came to have a sit and fortunately sat on the phone. a couple hours later when I came home after work I found my phone to be in good condition (on the outside) but then would shut down 5 seconds after plugging the phone into my computer to turn it on. So I open my phone to find that the contact between the battery and the logic board has been cleaned by rubbing alcohol and a fairly tiny piece on the dock connector fell out and seemed to have been ripped out by accident (my brother's way of trying to help). So now that pretty much sums up my problem, I know its a long story but I wanted to state myself clear to show what happened.

⟐ Commented 10월 25, 2016 at 15:55 GMT-7