First I bought only the screen and I successfully removed the broken glass and replaced it but they sent me the part for a 3G instead.

So now that I attached it to my frame I have to buy the whole frame plus screen. When I received it I installed it but the earpiece sounded like it was blown. I tried many times to put the ribbon cables in again and I also removed the cable from the earpiece from my original frame all to no avail.

I ordered a new frame plus screen again and when I first installed it the screen worked fine but again the speaker sound was too low, I could barely hear anything. So I tried reinstalling the ribbons a few times and checking it and I got the white screen of death then it went black but the display still worked.

I found out how to reformat it so I did that and now the white screen of death is back and no amount of hard resetting it is working. It turns off and it won't come back on until I hold down the power button. Please HELP!!!

⟐ Answer accepted 9월 14, 2010 at 23:38 GMT-7

A couple of days ago I used the phone, connected to the mobile power station, just surfing the web. Then, suddenly, the LEDs on the mobile powerstation started flashing. The iPhone LCD flashed one time and then the phone went dead.

And now, it's still dead. I mean really dead, dead, dead. It won't power on, no charge in neither wall or computer.

I tried soft reset (HOME+Power) and connecting to Itunes in DFU-mode, nothing works! :(

It seems to be a hardware error, but what?

Burned circuits?

When I check the liquid submersion indicator in the dock connector it looks red, just like it suffered a water damage. But I know that my phone never suffered a water damage so I suppose the indicator went red just by humidity.

So my question is, what happend to my phone? what do I need to do to repair it?

Thank you!

⟐ Answer accepted 7월 23, 2010 at 11:31 GMT-7

Being i cannot afford a new 3gs should i get a broken glass 3gs and replace the glass or a new screen or if the screen and glass is busted or should i get these seprate or get the whole front assembly if they are both broken

or should i wait for iPhone 4g

⟐ Answer accepted 6월 27, 2010 at 16:09 GMT-7

My iPhone3GS GPS/compass doesn't work. In the maps application the locate button doesn't secure a lock. The compass application shows 0 deg at all times.

Have tried restoring to 3.1.2 but doesn't help. Looks like a h/w problem. Any pointers?

TIA.

⟐ Answered 5월 24, 2010 at 4:51 GMT-7

I recently bought a used 3gs with a damaged screen, however i found that the previous seller had also damaged connector for cable 3. I have had a look and a new connector will probably need to be soldered on. But I can seem to pin point where the solder was initially applied to the part. is it on the front side of the logic board or the reverse side? Thanks in advance

⟐ Answered 4월 28, 2010 at 21:30 GMT-7

where could I buy the plastic back in white or black for the 3GS??? Thanks... Juergen

⟐ Answered 4월 21, 2010 at 16:10 GMT-7

Front Panel

Display

Display Assembly

I asked a previous questions about which part(s) I need to fix a visibly cracked screen and dead pixels, and was told the Display Assembly. ($199, same as new phone if I wait for my upgrade eligibility)

As the crack in my screen is a fine hairline, I've decided I can live with the crack if there's a way to replace the now faulty display (dead pixels).

Why I'm confused is that the info about the display repair procedure says "Cracked or faulty display?". This sounds like it's referring to the glass. I think I just want whatever it's called, that creates the image on the screen.

To me, a display creates and presents an image, it's not the glass over the image (unless of course it's actually one piece of hardware) - thus my confusion.

Sorry for the long rambling.

⟐ Answer accepted 2월 04, 2010 at 8:47 GMT-7

please help me out

i want use my iphone 3gs just with wifi

just to watch youtube and see pictures

Here's a video about it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnKlUfeW...

The tech at Mac Pros said it was probably due to water damage on the motherboard.

⟐ Edited by author 3월 19, 2016 at 22:41 GMT-7

I opened it back up and double-checked all connections, reassembled it, re-inserted the SIM card. Still no service. Tried a hard reset. Still no service.

Any ideas?

⟐ Answered 9월 05, 2016 at 5:32 GMT-7

⟐ Commented 6월 22, 2017 at 8:25 GMT-7

I wiped the old phone, and put in a Hong Kong sim card (my normal one is from Macau), placed all my apps back on it, and charged it up.

I have left it unplugged for 30 hours and the battery is sitting at 91%. The new phone (with the old Macau SIM card) is a iPhone 4, and it's going through batteries quickly (about 6 hours - 8 hours, including juice pack)

Is it possible for a SIM card with wear and tear to somehow drain a battery stupid quickly? OR is it possible that there is some strange carrier setting that changed with a new carrier profile that is killing my battery? Any thoughts on how to diagnose?

⟐ Answered 7월 11, 2016 at 20:27 GMT-7

I’ve taken the device apart and measured the battery voltage, this was 0.16v so completely dead. I though this could have been the issue so to resolve this I remove the battery and charged it up using a bench power supply, it’s now reading 3.76v. I’ve reinstalled it into the phone but still nothing. (Maybe this voltage is still too low as even with the battery installed testing the battery probe points suggests it’s not charging)

I’ve checked what I believe to be the fuse for the battery and this has continuity, and I’ve checked to see if I have 5v on the dock connector motherboard test pads which I do.

I also checked to see if the dock connector voltage was present on the battery terminals, it doesn’t seem to be, could this be because the iPhone does not detect a battery?

I have also found that even powering the iPhone with no battery (through the dock connector) using an iPad 10W charger the iPhone shows no signs of life.

I have ordered a new battery, dock connector and digitiser. The digitiser is cracked but I’ve tried the phone without it to check it isn’t shorted. What are the chances of replacing these components fixing my issue?

does the iPhone need to detect a voltage above 3.7v before it will start?

Thank you,

Oliver

⟐ Answer accepted 9월 27, 2019 at 5:10 GMT-7

it will not charge on anything and itunes doesn't recognize it. what do you think?

⟐ Answered 3월 25, 2019 at 4:47 GMT-7

Any ideas?

edit: it appears now to work but requires a lot of pressure... again, the rest of the touchscreen is fine.

perhaps the glass is not seated correctly?

⟐ Answered 4월 28, 2018 at 9:18 GMT-7

⟐ Answer accepted 2월 22, 2018 at 9:43 GMT-7

I recently repaired an iPhone 3GS. When I had connected the last of the ribbon cables, i turned the phone on. It worked, but it was extremely dim (practically black). I managed to make it to settings and adjust the brightness, but neither sliding it all the way up or all the way down had any effect. Then, when i disconnected the display and tried to connect it again, nothing was displayed at all! What could this be?

I was replacing both the LCD and the glass.

⟐ Answer accepted 10월 09, 2016 at 8:00 GMT-7

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