iPhone not turning on after I opened it

**King C Wat** · 02-17-2009, 10:17 PM

Ok, I fixed the phone...well kind of. Now everything works EXCEPT the ear piece. The only time I can hear a phone call is when it's on speaker phone. Can anyone help me out?

I've had many problems with my iphone, first a cracked screen then my camera wouldn't work.

So I ordered some opening tools to see if the camera was connected.

I opened it to check and i didn't notice anything out of place so I reassembled and the first time the touch screen would work so I undid the ribbon cables then put them back in.

Now it doesn't turn on at all...my battery was low when i was doing this.

Any ideas?

If not anyone wanna buy a broken iphone?

**JStraitiff** · 02-17-2009, 10:29 PM

lol how much

you really shouldnt undo the ribbons those can be testy

**King C Wat** · 02-17-2009, 10:46 PM

^^who ya telling?

This is all the reason for me to go pick up the BB 8900.

I had put it off cause the iPhone was holding me over quite nicely. I can't lie...It will be missed.

**JStraitiff** · 02-17-2009, 10:47 PM

so how much ya askin

**King C Wat** · 02-17-2009, 10:52 PM

oh, didn't think you were serious.

I'm still playing with it and now it turns on but it's stuck at apple logo

**JStraitiff** · 02-17-2009, 11:13 PM

oh just reload the firmware

**King C Wat** · 02-18-2009, 12:45 AM

When I try doing a restore it gets the spinning wheel and eventually an error 1604

any ideas? I even tried DFU mode and itunes says something like "an ipod has been detected but cannot be properly recognized. Please disconnect and reconnect"

after fondling with it for the past few hours I finally got it to work!

YAY FOR ME!!! This can be closed now.

As for fixing it...i have no idea what i did or didn't do this time around

**JStraitiff** · 02-18-2009, 03:10 PM

well we dont close threads when were done with them....just when we dont want people to keep disscussing a topic

**Pcpro745** · 02-18-2009, 03:54 PM

Atleast its fixed!

**King C Wat** · 02-18-2009, 07:40 PM

Ok, I fixed the phone...well kind of. Now everything works EXCEPT the ear piece. The only time I can hear a phone call is when it's on speaker phone. Can anyone help me out?

**cpjr** · 02-18-2009, 07:48 PM

^Does the screen cut off when you hold it up to your face???

If not, you didnt connect one of the flex cables back good. Cause there is one just for the earpiece and proximity sensors (cuts screen off).

Flex #3 to be exact.

**n00neimp0rtant** · 02-18-2009, 07:58 PM

I see what cpjr is trying to say. I have experienced BOTH of these problems on separate phones. The "no sound through earpiece" can be one of two issues: either the phone thinks headphones are plugged in, or the earpiece itself is broken. Press one of the volume buttons, and if it says "ringer (headphones)" then the issue is the headphone jack.

**King C Wat** · 02-18-2009, 11:47 PM

Originally Posted by cpjr

^Does the screen cut off when you hold it up to your face???

If not, you didnt connect one of the flex cables back good. Cause there is one just for the earpiece and proximity sensors (cuts screen off).

Flex #3 to be exact.

Bingo...kudos to you for helping me figure it out

but sucks for me cause I think i screwed up the connector port for flex 3 trying to raise it up to release the flex

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