Side buttons and screen will not function after screen replacement

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iPhone 13

Apple's mainstream 2021 iPhone was released on September 24th and comes with a 6.1" OLED display, a dual 12 MP camera system, and in five available colors. Successor to the iPhone 12.

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crwdns2931729:0crwdne2931729:0: tiawara ta 9 agoNdz 18, 2025

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Side buttons and screen will not function after screen replacement

Title says it. None of the side buttons do anything anymore. Also put new screen on it, phone powers up but not the screen. I’ve done the basic troubleshooting checking the connectors and ensure clean. Carefully switched the sensor stuff over but can’t figure out why the screen won’t come on.

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Did you try to connect it to your computer? If it shows up in iTunes then restore it to see if that solves the issue. If there's data in it then back it up first.

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Did the side buttons function at all before replacing the screen?

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Did you try to connect it to your computer? If it shows up in iTunes then restore it to see if that solves the issue. If there's data in it then back it up first. — Leooooo1061
Did the side buttons function at all before replacing the screen? — Jacob Mehnert

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Maybe you torn down the interface cable or just bad connected it? It's easy to destroy those cables when doing a self-made display replacement. To recover them, you'll need a microscope.

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iPhone 13

Side buttons and screen will not function after screen replacement

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