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Dear Everyone, My phone (iPhone7) got water damaged. Everything working wells except the vibration, I guess is the Taptic Engine thing. Im find a weird situation where, under the settings (Sound & Haptics) if I turn on “Vibrate on Ring” and select the ringtones, all the ringtones having the same Ringtones Sound which is (Opening (default) ) sound. If I turn of the “Vibration on Ring”, I’m able to play ringtones when I choose other selection example (Apex, Beacon and etc..) My question is if I replace Taptic Engine does it resolved my issue? Thank you.
Ifixit has a guide here to fix the feedback motor. Try switching the switch on the side. If you can feel vibrations after that, there is no need to replace the taptic motor. Otherwise, I recommend replacing the taptic engine. You do know that the iphone 7 is waterproof, rite? How did it get water damaged?
I solved this with a hard reset, on/off button simultanious with the volume down button, wait untill it reboots. The phone is water proof BUT when it is exposed to water you have to wait 5 hours to charge it.
Soaked my iphone 7 plus under the faucet for about a minute or 2. Vibration and haptic feedback stopped working after that. Ive read somewhere of the same case wherein the vibration/haptic worked again after 12 hours. In my case i just waited for around 5 hours before it came back. Hope it works for you.
Hard reset worked for me. Hold the down volumn and power button.
I tried three times with Hard Reset, and it worked. Thanks for helping guys!
I also had the same issue. I washed my iphone 7 under water and after about half an hour the haptic engine stopped working. Now it works again. I remember i tried keeping the back of my phone close to my ear and i heard slight sparks. I left my phone shut down for approximately 5 hours. Then it worked for a while and stopped working again. After that i left it turned off overnight and then it started working and still is. I guess the trick is to make sure the water evaporates before it gets to do any permanent water damage. I hope this helps.
I have the same problem the home button in my iphone 7 is not working and one of 2 speakers not working because I washed my phone and tried it for a quarter of an hour and I was playing music and then I dried my phone out of the water and then put it on the charger for 10 minutes and after 10 minutes I looked at my iphone written “The home button May Need Service” So Is the solution is turn off the phone for 12 hours or 5 hours ? please I’m in Saudi arabia we don’t have Apple store help me :(
Anyone knows how to fix this without taking it to the Apple Store? I’m abroad right now and there isn’t an Apple Store in this island!
i am just after repairing a water damage iphone 7 after swimming pool incident . From what i seen the entry point appears to be via face on, bottom left mesh of your phone. i detached the haptic connector and seen slight corrosion. i cleaned with 99% isopropyl, back together and working perfect now . also someone had mentioned loud speaker (bottom right of phone) not working correctly after water . try this . Download an app called Sonic (app is orange with a black wavy line through it ) set to about 450hz for 5 minutes say, then that will physically push moisture out of the mesh. try it even now and you will feel air com out if held to your lips
Hello everyone, So I got my screen replaced after I broke it and was recently in the bathroom and somehow the iphone 7 came in contact with the water for like 2 seconds. I quickly threw it off on the bed. After I came back from the shower, I saw that the phone was automatically rebooting. I thought it’s updating the firmware but later “Your home button needs to repair” popup came up with assistive touch. The Touch ID was working fine & the the silent/loud switch was giving vibrations when toggled. I put the phone in rice bowl ( I know it doesn’t work but maybe placebo effect :P) and kept it there overnight. Morning i took it out, blew hair dryer for like 2 mins and started the phone. Works without any issue. :)
I tried the rice method and it intermittently solved the problem then it stop vibrating again. I solved the problem permanently by vacuuming the bottom section of my iPhone 7 Plus. My guess is I managed to vacuum all the water out of the ports.
I dropped my iPhone 7 into water while it was ringing so it drained. I disassembled it hence dried all the water out and i booted it again but Upto now my phone vibration doesn’t work.
I have same issue, also water damage, but the phone is heating on bottom side (around TAPTIC ENGINE) is it possible that there is something else broken or only replacing taptic engine will fix all this?
I got mine replaced by Apple. You could bring it to Apple Store and let them diagnose. As i know for haptic engine issue, there is no part, it’s one to one exchange.
You should go to Apple store and ask them to diagnose. Then they should replace it for a new one and you probably would have to pay a part. As far as i know there is no taptic engine part available to replace. I recently had the same problem in my country and I had to pay something like 380USD, but I got a new 7+ 128Gb. PD: On the diagnose they told me the water pass trough the home button.
