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I have been successful in repairing many iphones over the past months. Screen and battery replacements, power and volume buttons, etc. I did a routine screen replacement on my son’s iphone 5 last night and reconnected everything. Worked beautifully. He plugged it in before going to sleep and woke up and it was dead. (Battery was replaced a few months ago.) Now when you plug it in to charge it doesn’t vibrate and just shows the red battery and cord images on screen…but never charges. I’ve gone through and removed and reconnected the screen and the same with the battery with no changes. Also can’t do a power button/home button hold with any reset results either. I have looked at the logic board right near the battery connection and it all looks fine with no visible damage. I would appreciate any help you all might be able to provide! Should i order a replacement battery and/or lightning charge port? Thank you ALL! iFIXIT Rocks! - Dave
A usb ammeter is the tool you need here–inexpensive on eBay. Figure out whether the device pulls any charging current and then troubleshoot parts–dock and battery to determine if this is a board level issue or not.
Did you confirm the phone would charge while it is on? Sounds like charging IC chip at fault if you already checked charging port and that it shows no signs of damage on the 8 charging pins or clogged up with gunk / dust or lint inside. If it is the Charging IC it can only be replaced by someone that does micro soldering as it’s soldered to the logic board.
