iPhone 6 Lightning Connector and Headphone Jack

Meu Problema

The phone was not charging, the charge port was very loose

Minha Solução

First time attempting to open up and repair a phone. No issues in following the guide, everything clear and concise, probably the hardest part was getting the antenna to snap in place.

Meu Conselho

I skipped the steps at the beginning instructing me on how to take off the entire screen. Since all of the repair takes place at the bottom of the phone where the home button is, I left it propped up but did not need to take it off completely by disconnecting the wires at the top.

Meu Problema

Battery was not holding charge and on multiple occasions the reading on the battery percentage was false (Phone says it's at 49% when actually under 10% or vice versa). Lightning connector was damaged so that any charging cord used would have to be situated in such a position and cannot be moved as that would lose the connection

Minha Solução

The replacement process took longer than expected. The biggest obstacle was removing the old battery due to the old adhesive. Instead of pulling straight out like most guides predicated, the tabs broke instantly, causing me to resort to other methods of extraction. The dental floss method had no affect and heating the back of the phone in hopes of loosening the adhesive was to no avail. This resorted in the 30-45 minutes of prying with a spudger, ultimately bending the old battery. I had no remorse for the battery because I was just going to throw it away but for those who have hopes of retaining the previous battery, try a more calm and less eager approach than forcefully prying it out.

The lightning connector swap was much less headache inducing than the battery proved to be. However, Apple adhesive proved to be relentless in this endeavor as well. After removing the original assembly, ignoring how dirty it had gotten, I noticed that it included some components that the replacement piece did not have. Two small rubber pieces, rubber microphone cover and headphone gasket, had to be extracted and relocated onto the replacement assembly. Installing this new part proved rather trivial where the most difficult part was plugging the antenna back into its extremely small port on the phone, taking around 10-15 minutes to finally succeed.

Reassembling the LCD screen gave me some problems where some of the connections weren't fully made so the screen would show white boxes or the touch function was split down the middle where only the left side would respond to touch.

Meu Conselho

Not stated in the repair process, I had mucked up the installation of the new adhesive on the replacement battery. It all bunched into a ball like a piece of chewed gum. I eventually just cut those two balls of adhesive because there was no chance of fixing that and in trying to keep them there underneath the battery caused the battery to push up on the LCD causing visible points of distortion and possibly damaging the screen. I was able to savage about a half inch of adhesive and made do with what I had. The battery doesn't have much room to wiggle around in anyway but the little adhesive still gave peace of mind that the battery won't be moving around and disconnecting anything.

Meu Problema

Phone had to be positioned just right for it to charge. Lightning cable would often come out.

Minha Solução

The step-by-step guide on here worked perfect. The adhesive on the charging port assembly took a little more prying than expected but since you’re essentially replacing the whole thing it’s hard to damage anything. There were a couple pieces that need to be reused from the old part but they’re fairly easy to recognize.

The best part - my phone charges properly again! No need to have it in a particular position, no more charging on and off on and off on and off etc. and the lightning cable fits snug.

Meu Conselho

Just follow the guide and take it slow. Make sure to keep track of the screws.

Meu Problema

Bad power connection, difficulty charging phone.

Minha Solução

Flawless, iFixit as usual has amazing step by step guides and their parts are reliable 100% of the time in my experience.

The only thing that slowed me down was connecting the antena wire back but only took a bit of extra finesse. Otherwise not a hitch. Two thumbs up.

Meu Conselho

Can't recomend iFixit enough

Meu Problema

Lightning cable connection was bad no charge at all.

Minha Solução

The repair was fairly simple(for me at least) it does take some patience and organization

Meu Conselho

Use the tray your parts come in to organize your screws. I marked spots for each size screw so I didn't mix them up. Follow the instructions on ifixit and you should be good!