Screen & Back Housing Replacement HELP!

[ryno509]

This is for an iPhone 3GS AT&T
First let me say this if my first time trying to work on this sort of thing, I'm very hands on just having some trouble.

Here were my problems before I took it apart:
-cracked screen
-cracked back housing
-power button and vibrator non-functioning

Everything went pretty smooth as it could for my first time. Although my new back housing fits like a new shoe two sizes two small.

After getting it all back together. It works! (yay)

My issues now:
-home button does not depress (or click) *therefore I can't really browse though my phone* [i'm not really sure what I did wrong here... I followed specific instructions on www.ifixit.com]
-ear speaker non-fuctioning *note - it did work before disassembly* oops
-power button and vibrator non-fuctiontion *i did buy a new power button and vibrator* neither did the trick. I presume it may be in the headphone ribbon?
Although my volume and headphone still work.


Any help is much appreciated.


Thanks


Ryan

 

[bandofbrothers]

This is for an iPhone 3GS AT&T
First let me say this if my first time trying to work on this sort of thing, I'm very hands on just having some trouble.

Here were my problems before I took it apart:
-cracked screen
-cracked back housing
-power button and vibrator non-functioning

Everything went pretty smooth as it could for my first time. Although my new back housing fits like a new shoe two sizes two small.

After getting it all back together. It works! (yay)

My issues now:
-home button does not depress (or click) *therefore I can't really browse though my phone* [i'm not really sure what I did wrong here... I followed specific instructions on www.ifixit.com]
-ear speaker non-fuctioning *note - it did work before disassembly* oops
-power button and vibrator non-fuctiontion *i did buy a new power button and vibrator* neither did the trick. I presume it may be in the headphone ribbon?
Although my volume and headphone still work.


Any help is much appreciated.

Thanks

Ryan

Hi,

I applaud your decision to give it a go but only if the warranty is out and apples costs would have outweighed the cost of the device itself.

I would suggest you seek help from a mobile phone engineer for further assistance, or let the 3gs go to apple heaven and let it resurrect as an iPhone 4 or 4s.

Just a thought.

 

[Shadowbech]

Well it could be possible that when you had to put the phone back in together that somehow your ribbons didn't go in all the way or put in a wrong place??

 

[ryno509]

Whatever reason the button would click if i just held it in my fingers, but not when i placed in the mid frame.
I assume maybe from the heat from the heat gun when i pulled the glass off the mid frame.
I ended up buying a mid frame locally with the home button glass and speaker already assembled for 20 bones.