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Hi all, I recently replaced the screen on an iphone 6 plus, and after the replacement the phone will not charge, my computer will not recognize its plugged in, and I can’t get it to turn on. It’s basically bricked. Any solutions to this problem? the iphone was sitting for weeks before the replacement, so I don’t believe it was on during the replacement, but I did forget to disconnect the battery during. I tried a few methods online to try to unbrick it but the iphone is completely unresponsive.

The most common causes for iPhones that seem “dead” after screen replacement are the following, as we’ve seen them and fixed them in our workshop: 1- No display (no image) or no backlight (extremely dim image), due to using a defective part or damaging it during install. iTunes should see the phone. A replacement screen should solve the issue. 2- No display, due to long screw damage = mixing screws on the plate that secures the screen cables. iTunes should be able to see the phone as well. 3- No back-light, due to damage to back-light circuit during screen installation. iTunes will see the phone. 4- Phone is dead due to using metal tools and causing pry damage or a short. Should not be detected by iTunes. Whatever the cause, apart from “1,” you need the help of a micro soldering technician to repair the phone.

Disconnect the battery then with screen and all still attached plug it into charger With battery disconnected and plugged into charger it should just show the apple logo and boot loop… The reason I say to do it with battery disconnected is because… if battery did go faulty and was connected then it wouldnt do anything on the display

I had issue where it seemed IPhone 6 Plus did not turn back on after replacing display. Also, was not being recognized via ITunes on PC. Was under impression phone was dead.. After reseating cables, and confirming screws were placed into proper location, I plugged phone into firewire to see if possibly battery issue. One hint to recognize phone was not dead was that the back of the phone would become warm after roughly 5 minutes. Second hint, when attempting to apply ribbon cable plate to display/Home button/Digitizer (don’t recall the 4 th cable) location, I found a ribbon cable was covering one of the screw holes. Turned out, I had ribbon cables plugged in wrong order. As soon as I placed in proper order, phone powered on.. Hope this helps someone!

I would double check all of the connections, especially the connection for the lighting cable connector, which I believe is right next to the battery connector. If it was sitting for weeks, it probably has a dead battery, so if the lightning ribbon cable isn’t plugged in well, it may not be able to charge. I would also just double check all of the screen connectors while you’re in there.

I had same problem with my 6plus after screen replace. I tryed everything, 4times. Then i noticed one screw hole was behinde one of the connectors. My hand was placed over my face, i put the wrong connectors in the wrong hole. So people, look 2-3times on the connectors when you replace the screen.

Here are the possible reasons below:

  1. Power Distribution Issue
  2. The Dead Battery Issue
  3. The Damage Board Issue
  4. Assembly Issue
  5. Problem with Flat Cable Connection You can check more details here: Why iPhone Won’t Turn On After Screen Replacement

Hi friend,I think it is the problem of usb charging port flex cable. Maybe the flex cable is damaged when it was replacing.You can test it to check.

Look if charging flex is connected wright, you could disconnect it when you disconnect battery. I just solved the same problem by reconnecting charging flex. Hi from Russian Caucasian!

it’s the cables!!! they are in the wrong position.

I teach people how to do soldering under a microscope, so I was unconcerned on doing a screen replacement and didn’t want Apple touching my wife’s phone. (They replaced my iPhone 6 battery and jacked it up, I had to fix it myself.) After replacing my wife’s screen, again, this time it didn’t power up. I can confirm if it seems bricked (won’t turn on, no charge indication, won’t connect to iTunes) that removing one of the battery leads for about 30 seconds, then reattaching it, can fix your problem. The battery for an iPhone 6s is not soldered into place, its just a connecter. Be sure to try that before taking it to a phone repair shop.

Hey so on my iphone 6 plus I tried fixing the flickering that froze my iphone for a few minutes I opened my phone up and disconnected the cables connecting to the screen and reconected them screwed everything back in place. I got mixed up which screws went ware but eventially everything fit good and i was a little rough on some of the stuff. (pressing down on the cables.) so when i put together everything it wouldnt turn on i plugged it into my imac it wouldn’t read tried restarting it many times opened it back up did the same thing many times. I have thousands of pictures on there i need to get to so if the phone is dead is there a way to get the sd card out and put it into a new phone i get so i can get my stuff off of it?

Hello! I was doing a screenreplacement on a IPhone 6 and after the repair a had the same issue. I was trying to charge it with my pc, and not with an outlet. And with the outlet everything worked fine. I don’t know what causes the issue but it worked for me.