Dock replacement, home not working, screen turns white

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I just bought a new dock connector and installed it. This is the 2nd dock connector I've had to buy in the lifespan of the phone so thankfully I have some experience in removing and installing a dock connector.

Anyway, I installed the dock connector with some ease and there weren't too many problems besides the ribbon cable for the dock connector not being bent into place on the dotted line.

When I got the phone back together, all seemed fine so I went to turn the phone on.

After the login screen, the phone swipe clicked with noise (I was thankful), I pressed lock button and went to unlock and the screen turned white.

Though I still had sound from the unlock swipe... I figured it was a lose connector and I managed to blindly turn it off using the power button hold 7 seconds and swipe to turn off.

I powered the iphone 3gs on one more time to see if the problem still existed. This was when I realized my home button also is not working and same problem, white screen. I blindly turned it off again.

I took the phone apart again and I checked my connections and found the new dock connector doesn't properly line up with the home button metal contacts very well.

I'm pretty sure my other connections are all lined up. That dock connector ribbon was almost too long.

Any help or ideas or anyone with a past experience relating to this?

Anything would be appreciated,

Thank you.

*UPDATE 09/18/2017 1630*

Well I took the phone apart and put the old dock connector back in to see if that was the problem.

Now I have a WSoD immediately at the turn on... no more apple logo or invisible slider to unlock, and turning off blindly does not work anymore either.

It's like this problem is getting worse.

Need some help here.

*UPDATE 9/18/2017 1728*

Now I can't turn the phone off. I browsed some other questions here on ifixit and came across someone else in 2011 with an iPhone 3GS overhaul.

(White Screen of Death- Best way to avoid a second time?)

He said he got the white screen and his home button was not working.

I believe the solution was to replace the LCD and digitizer.

Any help I would be truly grateful for.

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Are you sure you got the right dock connector cable? (3gs not 3g) also, try cleaning every contact/connection with isopropyl alcohol. Next try disconnecting the battery from the board. Lastly a screen replacement. If none of the above works, board damage is likely.

I'll try cleaning all the connections... that's what I originally thought the problem was but I also noticed on the new dock connector there was a piece of metal that is supposed to screw down that was bent upwards and barely visible. I put it into place but I am hoping it didn't cause a short somehow.

I'll try a screen replacement sometime if that fails.

The phone is from 2009... might be time to retire it...

Thanks for your advice.

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