[marsman478]

Woah...

[AirH0g]

Excellent post, just the information i was scouring the net for. Let me ask if i may, in your opinion, if the home button as well as charging/syncing were all not functioning, do you think this would suggest the logic board?

Looking at the flex cable it doesn't appear to have any resistors (l14/L15) associated with the home button (S1) so assuming the cable was properly connected, would you possibly still consider this a cable problem, or suspect the logic board.

Just for background the phone was dropped, now the home button as well as the charge sync are non responsive.

Thanks again for the great post.

[one1]

It's always the home button FIRST.

logic board - $150
flex cable- $10

Order of elimination - priceless.

[StealthBravo]

Scary

[Eric.Catalyst]

this is getting off topic... but one1 has the best sense of humor of anyone on the forum.. hahahaha...

[myke55]

send yo a PM one

...????

[one1]

I don't sit here all day waiting on people to PM me. This is a free thing to help people. (referencing the double bump)

[vvsaraf]

Hello one1,
I have the 1st generation iphone 8GB upgraded to 2.0.

I have seen your post and my iphone has all the symptons you mentioned (USB does not work, this accessory is not made to work with your iphone) in addition to -

1) phone does not shutdown (for past 2 months)
2) have you use my headphone otherwise nobody can hear me
3) home button is not working

What flex cable do I have to purchase to replace this and from where? Can you help me with the same? I looked up for Audio Jack Flex cable on ebay and see one available for $10 but what others do I need before I can have this actually fixed to work again as it used to?

Your suggestions would be very helpful.

Thanks.

sorry, I just saw these posts on login only. I see the board for 150 and flex cable for 10. Can you please tell from where I can buy these? Links would be appreciated! Thanks!

[WillyDavidK]

Wow this would have been pretty helpful a week or so ago.I got an iPhone 2G for repair, and the owner said the home button had stopped working completely. I was quite frustrated by all of the online disassembly guides because they all stop after you get the logic board out! So I continued disassembly by myself, much more slowly and with somewhat more shaky hands than before.

After much deliberation I finally discovered the location of this ribbon cable, which seems almost hidden in this little plastic cavity fused to the metal frame, as if to tease you (you know you want to separate me from this frame, go ahead and try!!!) Anyways, after more tinkering I discovered how to pop out the speaker and microphone and slide the whole ribbon cable out. It was pretty clear why the owner had a problem - the ribbon cable just above the home button was torn, the home button and microphone were their own pieces :-/. I couldn't find a replacement ribbon cable online tho, so I ended up selling off the parts of the iPhone still worth something and scrapping the rest :-/

Oh, and FWIW, I have no professional degree, but I do have a LOT of experience taking things apart, including iPods and cell phones, so it can be done by non-professionals, but you have to at least be an electronics enthusiast...

[cpjr]

Originally Posted by WillyDavidK

Wow this would have been pretty helpful a week or so ago.I got an iPhone 2G for repair, and the owner said the home button had stopped working completely. I was quite frustrated by all of the online disassembly guides because they all stop after you get the logic board out! So I continued disassembly by myself, much more slowly and with somewhat more shaky hands than before.

After much deliberation I finally discovered the location of this ribbon cable, which seems almost hidden in this little plastic cavity fused to the metal frame, as if to tease you (you know you want to separate me from this frame, go ahead and try!!!) Anyways, after more tinkering I discovered how to pop out the speaker and microphone and slide the whole ribbon cable out. It was pretty clear why the owner had a problem - the ribbon cable just above the home button was torn, the home button and microphone were their own pieces :-/. I couldn't find a replacement ribbon cable online tho, so I ended up selling off the parts of the iPhone still worth something and scrapping the rest :-/

Oh, and FWIW, I have no professional degree, but I do have a LOT of experience taking things apart, including iPods and cell phones, so it can be done by non-professionals, but you have to at least be an electronics enthusiast...

So close....but yet so far.....

Search better (LOL)....those cables are pretty cheap.

[one1]

Originally Posted by vvsaraf

sorry, I just saw these posts on login only. I see the board for 150 and flex cable for 10. Can you please tell from where I can buy these? Links would be appreciated! Thanks!

I've had time to see most of the cables offered on ebay and the ones for $10 have quality issues. Get the one's for $20.

[calingasan]

[WillyDavidK]

Originally Posted by cpjr

So close....but yet so far.....

Search better (LOL)....those cables are pretty cheap.

Well the battery also wouldn't charge, and I couldn't tell if it was because of the ribbon cable or a possibly bad battery as well. And the owner said she wasn't willing to put any money into the phone to fix it. Oh well. Soldering on a new battery wouldn't be a problem for me (I ended up having to resolder one of the connections on the battery anyways cuz one came loose after enough handling) but it's just a pain and she apparently got the phone as a gift in the first place, so she wasn't that attached to it.

[vvsaraf]

Originally Posted by one1

I've had time to see most of the cables offered on ebay and the ones for $10 have quality issues. Get the one's for $20.

Thanks, can you point out what I should search on E-bay? I really want to buy the right thing and I am pretty unsure with so many parts being sold. Really appreciate any possible keywords or URLs that I can use to buy these. Thanks!

[JCNapoleon]

ONE1, I've replaced my screen and digitizer on my 1st Generation iPhone. Since then my HOME button and sound stopped working, I noticed the flex cable was torn, so I replaced it. Screen and sound work, but the HOME button still doesn't. I restored the phone and no luck. Any suggestions? BTW, this phone is jailbroken.