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Ok so I’m having a weird problem. I couldn’t find anything about this around. I have been trying to replace my screen. The screen works fine when it’s apart, however when trying to clip it into place it stops working. First the phone freezes and then after a few seconds the screen goes black. I have to turn it off holding the power and home button and then wait a little while for it to turn on while separated again. At first it would not turn on at all but after reseating the connections it powers up just fine. I thought maybe I could have bent something which could be making contact with a part of the phone it’s not supposed to when fully seated or perhaps it is when it makes contact with a small piece of copper at the bottom of the phone near the charging port and where the home button sits. It will still work fine at 99% seated and seems to freeze when the very bottom right corner clips in. What could be causing this? I’m stumped. I will also mention that I’m one of the fools that forgot to disconnect the batter before removing the screen however as stated everything works fine until fully seated. I also managed to backup the phone while it was like this. Please help! Thanks

Here are a few things to try.

  1. With the battery unplugged hold the power button for 10 seconds to drain the residual power in the capacitors and other components on the logic board. Plug battery back in and test it again.
  2. Another thing is to hold the power + home button for 15 seconds a few minutes after the phone is on to force a hard reset and see if it works when you turn it on again. Is the screen sitting flush on the frame? If not, it be bending / flexing while seated on the frame causing the touch screen to not work properly.

I have a question about removing the shields from the logic board. Should I attempt it or would most of the damage be done outside of the shielded area? I have read some things about them being removed and although it seems quite difficult I may get a different phone in the meantime and still attempt to fix this. Like I said though, I don’t understand why the phone would work perfectly fine with the screen out of the frame and then when seated properly would just freeze. Has anyone every experienced this?