So, you heard that a simple date change could ruin your phone? And you tried it?
Congratulations! Now what? Basically, unplug it. If you’re comfortable with
opening up your phone to disconnect the battery, this trick will get your phone
back to its old self in no time. You won’t lose any data and it is a quick fix. Just
remember to be gentle with your screen, if you lift it back too far when you pull it
up, you can risk damaging the screen ribbon cables. After reading this article feel
free to watch the accompanying video on YouTube:
If you haven’t tried it and are just curious, this is how it happens. After you change
your iPhone’s date back to January 1, 1970 you turn off the phone and all it does
when you try to turn it back on is power cycle. The apple comes on the screen,
hangs out for a few minutes, turns off, comes back to life, and the fruity cycle of
doom repeats. Taking your phone to the Apple store is one way to handle the
situation, but if you have circumstances preventing that, you can also fix it
yourself. Once you unplug your battery the time and date will reset automatically,
granting you full access to your phone. Now here is how you do the job.
The tools used for this repair can be found on Amazon by following this link:
Bonafide Hardware Smart Phone Tool Kit
Round up these tools for the job: a pentalobe screwdriver, a suction cup that will fit
on the phone screen (optional), a plastic nonmarring tool (or a razor blade if you
don’t mind scratching the phone a bit), and a small phillips screwdriver. There are
4 screws you’ll be removing for this job.
Begin by removing the two pentalobe screws at the bottom of the phone. Next,
take your nonmarring tool, or razor blade, and carefully pry the screen up and
away from the base, but be careful not to lift the screen off too much because it
could damage your phone. If you’re confused by this, reference the video.
Once your phone is open, you’ll see the battery, it’s the largest thing inside. Near
the bottom of the phone, next to the battery you will see the last two screws to
remove (phillips head) connected to a metal bit and under that is the battery cable
that connects the battery to the motherboard. After removing the screws and metal
bit, gently snap up that black cable and keep it unplugged for about 30 seconds.
Then, plug it back in, set all the brackets, screws, and the screen back in place, and
you’re done.
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