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I have an iPhone 5 that I got from someone, because he dropped it and the screen broke pretty heavily. Quite a bit of the glass in the top right corner is completely gone. And he couldn’t boot it anymore either.
However, I might be interested in fixing it. Question is though, how much do I have to fix? Current symptoms; When I received it, you could turn the phone on, but it wouldn’t actually boot. Instead, it would reboot constantly.I tried connecting it to my Mac and doing a factory reset on it through iTunes. However, after wiping the system, that fails with an ‘unknown error (2015)’. This happens on all my restore attempts.Now, connecting it to my computer shows 1) the Apple logo, and then 2) the image asking to connect it to iTunes. Restore sequence;
So my question is; does anyone know if just replacing the screen would work? Or do I have to replace something else as well?
2015 is an error regarding the internal power of your battery which should be replaced.
Boot loops are indicative of the phone failing its health check on startup, so likely there is something physically wrong with the device (at least in its current state) besides the cracked screen. If it hit hard enough in the top / top right corner then it might have damaged the front camera/speaker flex cable, the rear camera, etc If you’re comfortable trying to fix it yourself I’d give it a go. The screens for that model are really cheap these days and the experience is worth something. If it’s still having issues post-replacement try not reconnecting the front ribbon cable and/or disconnecting the rear camera.
