Clems

Same issue here. I read in a help group somewhere about someone with the same issue but for the Surface 4 and what they did was to make their own wifi antenna out of aluminium foil - and it worked apparently. Maybe if you have a tear in the cable you could bridge it with foil? Worth a try I guess as I can’t find this cable anywhere :(

Actually, the charging ports are exactly the same apart from the socket where the home button connects to. The only difference is that it appears to have an extra bit of "housing" where the home button flex connection sits which can easily be transferred from the original cable anyway. I've just connected a 5S charging port to a SE and it charges perfectly!

Have you read the other answers to this on here? Try giving the mesh which covers the earpiece speaker a clean. You should use rubbing alcohol and a cotton bud / q-tip. If that doesn't help much, you may have to scrape it with a toothpick or something similar and then try the rubbing alcohol again (be very careful with the toothpick as the mesh is very fragile). Whatever you do, don't use water to clean it with.

I doubt it would severely damage the phone to be honest if you put the screws in the wrong holes. Yes, they may get stuck but as long as you could get them out you would be fine. The only problem I could see with doing that is that you may not be able to fully re-fit the screen correctly but it would hardly be noticeable to be honest.

Just to add to other success stories on here, I saw that someone had cleaned their phone with a qtip and water!!!! Try to avoid cleaning your phone with water as it could end up damaging the phone. If you have to use water, make sure you use a damp (not wet) cotton bud/q-tip) Where possible, always use rubbing alcohol as this evaporates and is the safest liquid you can use for cleaning electronic equipment.

Before we go into details about what it could be, have you tried my suggestion above using rubbing alcohol? Dip a cotton bud (or do you guys in the US call it a q-tip or something like that?) in the rubbing alcohol and clean the mesh with it. You may need to do this a few times and then use a clean cotton bud to wipe away the excess. You can also use a toothpick to scrape the mesh to see if any dirt comes off as well but I really wouldn't use the sucking method as you may end up swallowing a load of earwax or other muck (gross!). Silly question but have you checked your volume settings? It may also simply be that you need to change the ear speaker in the phone.

Use a cotton bud dipped in rubbing alcohol (isopropanol) which can be bought from ebay. Make sure it is at least 99% pure though, do NOT use the 70% pure or less as this is mixed with water and could damage the phone. It has to be at least 99% pure (if you can get 100% pure then even better).

I don't think it will make a difference if you have the sticker or not but I couldn't say that for sure. The only other thing I can suggest if you have tried everything else is to see if you have tightened the screw as in the first suggestion and to replace the wifi emi shield. I messed about with my iPhone yesterday with the bottom speaker part to see if it had any effect on the wifi and it would appear that it is actually just related to the antenna and not the wifi as I first suggested. This is really weird as this fix has always worked for me in the past but I guess I must have just been lucky. If it still doesn't work then it may be that there is a fault with the wifi chip or you may have a blown capacitor? I've also heard that if you clear the cache, cookies etc on the phone (under settings) then this sometimes helps but I've not tried that myself so don't know if this will make a difference or not. Anyway, at this point it would be a good idea to change the wifi emi shield to see if that helps (I've...

It sounds like you may have inadvertently blown more crap into the earpiece rather than remove it. Try cleaning it with a cotton bud (preferably with a tiny bit of rubbing alcohol or if you haven't got that, wet the bud so it is damp - do not soak it in water though) or use a very soft toothbrush. If it still doesn't work then it sounds like the earpiece speaker will need to be replaced - it's quite an easy (and cheap) job to do. There are lots of tutorials on the net to help you with this. Good luck :)

I would advise against using a vacuum cleaner on sensitive equipment such as a mobile phone as the static created from the cleaner *could* damage the phone.

A spudger worked fine for me. As long as you’re careful you should be fine.

What I did mess up though was the wifi antenna. I was extra extra careful when working on this area but I still managed to break the wifi cable due to the fact that the screen has copious amounts of glue / sticky tape stuck to the top of it which makes it near impossible to remove the screen without causing damage - Way to go Microsoft! >:(

How is this difficult? Seriously, if you can’t even manage a simple procedure like this then you shouldn’t even be attempting this replacement. Take it to a repair shop and give it to someone who knows what they’re doing.

I wouldn’t rate this as extremely difficult though to be honest. I’d say moderate at best.

You really need to let people know about the amount of adhesive on the back of these screens. They are NOT easy to take off (it’s almost as if they have superglue on the back of them) and they can crack with the slightest of pressure. Clearly going from this guide, the adhesive from the back of the screen had already been removed, making this look like an easy process when it actually isn’t :(

One of the parts isn’t genuine. Either your actual charging port or the cable you’re using.

Either you haven’t connected it back up properly, you may have bent pins or debris on the connections or you have a faulty charging flex cable.

Thanks for this guide. Almost Identical to a Galaxy Note 3 screen replacement. A lot easier than I though it would be.

Thanks for the info. I was just thinking about Step 14 and if the cables would be long (or strong) enough. You answered my question ;-)

The lcd on my phone was physically glued to the inside of the phone so it broke when trying to remove it (which wasn't a problem as it was dead anyway) but this needs to be mentioned as it isn't!

Sorry but this has got to be THE worst guide I've ever seen! All it does is state the obvious! Why do I need a guide for that? :(