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Repair information and guides for the Apple iPhone 5s that was announced on September 10, 2013. Model: A1533, A1453, A1457, A1528, A1530, A1518

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Need to replace iPhone 5S Home button cable

Hello,

when I opened my iPhone 5S it seems that I broke my Home Button Cable so that after assembling the phone again, the Home Button does not work any more.

Can I buy this part individually or do I have to replace the whole button?

I'd really appreciate if you could tell me which part I have to buy to fix this one.

For a picture of the damaged connector cable, please see the photo attached.

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Apple repair for the display assembly is $129 but it may safe your touch ID. I would at least give it a try. https://www.apple.com/support/iphone/rep...

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The problem with trying to replace the flex cable is that the cable is tied to the logic board of the iPhone for security purposes. I have not personally soldered a flex cable or connection back together, but others have. I believe there are six connections that must be soldered.

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Do you have any instruction available on doing this? I might give it a try.

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I do not. A search on the Answer Forums should yield a few results about the subject though.

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Keep in mind that replacing the cable will disable Touch ID functions. You may be able to repair the cable by soldering the connections.

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So I guess there is no flex cable available that will still support TouchID?

Do you really think that one can repair this by soldering? It seems to be a complicated connector which will surely not work if simply soldered together.

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The chip in the home button unit is coded with a matching code on the mother board . If you change home button unit then you will not have touch I'd again . Apple have the equipment to code a new home button to suit the phone , they only normally change as a complete screen unit . This is at a high price and mainly only carried out if the phone hasn't been tampered with.

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