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I have an iphone 6 with error 53 half the way of installing it stops it could not acces kernelcache to write the process it is locked pangu fails to install too how open kernelcache and write ios to partition Update today a new flex cable installed <– error 53 Update Not working with 8.3 <—- again error 53 R.I.P. iPhone 6 32gb
Jeff–I believe that error 53 is not solvable. It seems to me to occur during a restore that has a hardware defect–in my case a customer sent me a phone that clearly had a torn prox flex. Original home button. They had been getting red screen, and rather than try to fix the hardware defect they tried to restore (ugh–software can’t fix hardware!). Came up error 53. Now even restoring that phone with all original hardware doesn’t clear error 53. I believe that Apple was accepting error 53 phones since all iPhone 6 phones are still under warranty. Put it back together as original, and send it in.
Then the core issue is that the home button is broken or replaced. If that is the case, the phone is beyond repair, at least for everyone on this planet that does not work for Apple.
the problem is that the touch id flex cable and the home button itself are programed with the logic board of the device… so if you have the original touch id injured your device can notice that and it does not let the phone make the recovery .. u.u i have research a little in the web and i found that there is no solution avalible for this issue .. u.u if you get a solution i will be thankful if you share
My friend… Just restor the iPhone by iTunes that’s all You will pass error 53 and the phone will wl work but the finger print will not worked. Apple slove that in the new update
error 53 caused by changed home button flex or broken . if it has been replaced, you had to save the original home button flex. Even tho you replace with new original home button flex from other original iphone, it won’t work. try to go to apple store right away but make sure every single part from your phone is apple original part from you original phone.
Need original finger print .the main point is need good finger print. If u don’t believe that u test to without fingerprint to installing iOS update .from u r good iPhone 6 & 6 plus, u will know this error,after u installing again with fingerprint u can install finish.iphone 5 s is no problem.he he he now I know how to pass this error ,buy new one iphone Update This problem is very easy to think ,now Apple is they want to fix their iPhone & they want to take a lot of money from customers.that is fact.
I’ve seen it twice this week, Wednesday with an iPad mini 3, I replaced the screen but kept the original home button intact 100% no damage, worked fine, restored it to wipe old data off it, just gets stuck halfway through with error 53 Ive tried a couple of software tool’s with an exit recovery dfu mode but no good and exactly the same with an iPad Air 2 today I was preparing for sale. it wouldn’t be an issue if you could get them back out of recovery and just live with no touch ID, but Ive got two very expensive boards heading to scrap…. bad week.
Had this issue with a phone that suffered alcohol spillage. I was constantly getting this error with original TouchID sensor (home button) and another one from a different phone. I had to replace the flex cable that goes from the TouchID sensor to the port and cleaned up the connector just in case. I used the restore function in iTunes with a specific IPSW file (8.4.1 in my case) and that seemed to work. Now before I had this issue (error 53), my TouchID failed to setup in the setup settings. After I changed the flex cable, it doesn’t give me the error but it fails to detect my finger. I honestly don’t know where the issue might reside; is it the sensor or a solder joint or the crystal or something else?
Inside the .IPSW there is a buildmanifest.plist which can be modified to possibly disable FDR (touch ID sensor checks) and restore using libmobiledevice and terminal commands" idevicerestore.exe xxx.IPSW", OR commands" idevicerestore.exe -e -d XXX.ipsw" and of course the current corresponding firmware.. Use -l command to download and install your firmware automatically , in my case would be: “idevicerestore.exe -l iPhone7,2_9.1_13B143_Restore.ipsw” , for iphone 6 ( 7,2) IOS 9.1 firmware. Just an idea.. Not yet working but still testing and getting several different errors..
The long flex cable that hooks to the motherboard and goes behind the shield can get damaged very easy. When replacing the screen if the flex cable becomes damaged Error 53) will come up. If you replace the long cable it will restore or update. You can’t replace the home button it is programed to your motherboard and if the home button breaks it will have to be repaired. If it needs replacing only apple can replace it. The new one will have to be programed by them. No one else can do it.
Error 53 on iphone 6 is easy to solve..you just have to replace the home button…and note… you must have the original home button…if you dont have. you have to get one from a new iphone 6..or you buy a original home button from amazon and most are fake..it worked for me when i replaced home button from another iphone 6
Have this issue also – took my iPhone 6 to an Apple Store and they said it is a hardware/firmware issue and the phone will need the be replaced for $300. My phone was only about 14 months old and barely out of warranty. I made the case that the phone worked just fine until I tried to update to iOS 9, and then it got stuck in the “connect to iTunes” screen – when I tried to restore, it failed with error 53. Anyway, pretty disappointed in Apple’s lack of standing by the quality of their product. Their response was “Well, you should have gotten Apple Care”. Bullshit. My phone is barely a year old, never got wet, always protected in a shock-proof case, never handled roughly, and worked fine until this update. A $450+ product should not fail due to a company-pushed update. Regardless, I am interested in hearing more about the flex cable replacement I have the original touched home button – is it correct to say that I should be able to replace the flex cable and potentially solve the problem?.
Concur with other answers relating to the original touch ID, but more commonly its the flex that connects the HB to the LB that is faulty or has been torn slightly during repair, its a $2 part so you may as well try that first.
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It working I restore mi iPhone 6 without original home button With iOS 9.3 beta 5 and skip the Error 53
