iPhone 3gs Flex Ribbon -Number 1- Broke while replacing digitizer

Nils999 · Nils999 #1 (**permalink**)

05-16-2010, 12:29 PM

Hey, I'll describe you what happened, One day i was running down my drive, i was wearing tracksuit bottoms so they were bouncing arround, in my pocket was my iPhone.. It fell out of my pocket and the screen then cracked on the floor! Oh Dear!

I then phoned apple but unfortunately they couldn't help me, so i purchased this: iPhone 3GS Digitizer LCD TOUCH SCREEN Replacement GLASS on eBay (end time 15-May-10 15:52:52 BST) I replaced the digitizer and everything was complete, THE MOMENT AWAITED! I turned my iphone on, but the LCD Was not working..

I Re-opened my iphone, and found a tiny little gold bit of wire, i took a closer look and found that the plug on cable number 1 was broken, the tiny little chips in the cable had been dislodged, HELP!

Thankyou

nution · nution #2 (**permalink**)

05-16-2010, 01:03 PM

I would say contact some1 who hase experience with replacing iPhone screens in the regio you live and ask for advice . Iff the cable indeed is broken search some1 who can burn the 2 pieces back 2gether

Nils999 · Nils999 #3 (**permalink**)

05-16-2010, 02:34 PM

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chscag · chscag #4 (**permalink**)

05-16-2010, 07:49 PM

You need to replace that entire ribbon cable as the connector can not be soldered back in place. Since I'm not sure what's on the other end of the cable, it's probably best you take it on to your local Apple store and pay them to do it for you. Any further attempts at repair may make matters worse.

Regards.

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Nils999 #1 (permalink)
Member Since: May 16, 2010 Posts: 2	05-16-2010, 12:29 PM Hey, I'll describe you what happened, One day i was running down my drive, i was wearing tracksuit bottoms so they were bouncing arround, in my pocket was my iPhone.. It fell out of my pocket and the screen then cracked on the floor! Oh Dear! I then phoned apple but unfortunately they couldn't help me, so i purchased this: iPhone 3GS Digitizer LCD TOUCH SCREEN Replacement GLASS on eBay (end time 15-May-10 15:52:52 BST) I replaced the digitizer and everything was complete, THE MOMENT AWAITED! I turned my iphone on, but the LCD Was not working.. I Re-opened my iphone, and found a tiny little gold bit of wire, i took a closer look and found that the plug on cable number 1 was broken, the tiny little chips in the cable had been dislodged, HELP! Thankyou
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nution #2 (permalink)
Member Since: May 12, 2010 Posts: 4	05-16-2010, 01:03 PM I would say contact some1 who hase experience with replacing iPhone screens in the regio you live and ask for advice . Iff the cable indeed is broken search some1 who can burn the 2 pieces back 2gether
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chscag #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 23, 2008 Location: Fort Worth, Texas Posts: 31,991 Mac Specs: 21.5" iMac 2.5 GHz i5, iPad 3rd Gen., 3 iPods	05-16-2010, 07:49 PM You need to replace that entire ribbon cable as the connector can not be soldered back in place. Since I'm not sure what's on the other end of the cable, it's probably best you take it on to your local Apple store and pay them to do it for you. Any further attempts at repair may make matters worse. Regards.
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