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Which iPhone 3G Screw Go to Which Hole/Thread? Same for the iPhone 5?
Hello Mac friends. I'm reviving the old iPhone 3G. I should have documented where each screw go (draw the iPhone's parts and wrote the dimensions of the screws or marked each screw and screw hole w/ a different color gel pen). iFixit doesn't indicate which screws go to where, is there another...- Alvin777
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- iphone 3g iphone 5 screw which screw goes to which hole?
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- Forum: iPhone Tips, Help and Troubleshooting
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iPhone SE (2016) Apple Screwed Up the Keyboard on Smaller iPhones...
I don't know if this is intentional or if it's a byproduct of less testing being done on smaller phones, but hear me out: the first-generation iPhone SE is harder to type on than the iPhone 5S and 5. I've noticed this and so have friends and family. I own a couple variants of the 5S, all on iOS...- WindowsXPuser
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- 4-inch iphone 5 iphone 5s iphone se (2016)
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iphone error connecting to icloud after restore
Hi all, I have an old iphone 5 that I am trying to wipe and restore to be used as a music player/camera. I go into iTunes (12.9.5.5) on my imac running Mojave (10.14.6). I click on Restore, it downloads the software and installs. After the restore, my iphone 5 then goes to the "Hello" screen...- Bill Forest
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- cannot login to icloud after restore iphone 5
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- Forum: iPhone Tips, Help and Troubleshooting
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iPhone 5 or earlier Iphone 5 disable
Good day. I have an iPhone 5 that is disabled. I would like to redo the ios on it but I have one problem. My home button don't work so I am unable to put the device in dfu mode. Is their a way I could put it in dfu mode without a home button -
Other The old phone appreciation thread
Still using and enjoying my 8 Plus. Estimated savings over purchasing an equivalent new iPhone every year: $6000 (including cases, accessories, etc.) Have a friend who is still using a flip phone. Every year he looks at the new iPhones but invests the money he would have spent on a new phone...- janeauburn
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- iphone iphone 11 iphone 12 iphone 3 iphone 4 iphone 5 iphone 6 iphone 7 iphone 8 iphone x
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iPhone 5 or earlier Sprint iPhone 5 help
Picking up a iPhone 5 (Sprint only not unlocked) for my collection and obviously I'd like to simply get it past the activation and any setup menus, but I don't have a old sprint sim. Could I just activate it using a T-mobile sim and try calling them up if it doesn't work? I know you could also... -
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Iphone 5 and whatsapp
Whatsapp is avatible in ios 10 or newer ios systems. Last january/february i read an artcle saying (whatsapp) will no longer work in ios 9. THink next year will pass to ios 10 to ios 11. You guys know is "working" or "Updating". If i dont update my iphone 5 to a "better" iphone i will not be...- James2McGill3
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- ios10 ios11 iphone 5 whatsapp
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- Forum: iOS 10
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iPhone 12 A love letter to the iPhone 12 mini
Apple got something really right with the iPhone 12 mini. Playing around with my Black mini for the last 24hrs has been a nostalgic experience, sending me 7 years back to the good ol' iPhone 5 days. At the same time, it makes a strong, completely unexpected argument for what the future of iPhone...- benjaminww
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- iphone 12 mini iphone 5 iphone x
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iPhone 5 or earlier Glitch on home screen with installing/installed app.
This is on my iPhone 5s running iOS 12.3.1, created an account on this forum just to show off haha lol .... nek minit can’t even upload photos (Cheers ibb.co). Has this happened to anyone else if so what iPhone model? Photos: Home Screen: - https://ibb.co/Vq5rDd4 So called “app” in my “games”...- unknowengee
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- ios 12.3.1 iphone iphone 5
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- Forum: iPhone
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iphone 5 powers up only with Home+power key combination
My iphone 5, was a secondhand device bought a while ago as a replacement to other model i have had. It has the latest ios on it. It was working ok despite it came in contact with water and then was cleaned with isopropanol and started up ok. The charging dock was also replaced from another...- seitsme
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- booting iphone 5 power problems restart startup
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- Forum: iPhone Tips, Help and Troubleshooting
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iPhone 5 or earlier Howto copy-restore apps from a backup to a new iphone 5 without old device
hello, I have had an iphone 5 16GB, until i sold it. I have had a backup of it as i was using offline map software with bookmarks. Now i bought another iphone 5 64GB. I want to duplicate and move or transfer or restore the map apps from the backup to the new phone so i can have their settings... -
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Original Plastic Screen Protectors
Yo, I’m looking to find an eBay link or something where I can buy those original screen and back protectors that come on iPhones. Looking to further legitamise my collection lol Thanks- Sheen1024
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- back collection iphone 4 iphone 4s iphone 5 iphone 6 original rebox screen screen protector
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- Forum: iPhone Accessories
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iPhone 5 or earlier Found my old iPhone 5!…can I make this a "safe" kids iPod?
First of all I LOVE this form factor. Am I the only one!?!? It makes me really wonder if Apple will/can ever go back to this size. It's surprisingly comfortable to hold, use and read. Obviously my Xs is faster/better, but wow would I love the Xs features (and camera) in a 5 body. Anyways… My... -
iPhone 5 or earlier iPhone 5 battery from OWC
Hi guys, This sounds kinda ancient but I want to replace the battery on my iPhone 5 and I have been looking all over the place online to find a good battery. I was considering iFixit but it was too expensive. I stumbled upon OWC's website and found that they sold batteries for the 5. I've...- ThatiPhoneUser
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- battery iphone 5 replacement
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iPhone 5 or earlier Should one upgrade to the iPhone 5S in 2018?
Is it recommended to upgrade to the iPhone 5S or the iPhone 6 in 2018? One of my younger cousin's (David) who is 23 (12 years younger than me) and uses the iPhone XS's younger cousin (Alina ) who is about 14, has just switched from an undefined Android phone to an iPhone 5S (not SE). Some of the...- iPhoneAndTechReviews
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- iphone 5 iphone 5s iphone 6
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Help with Skeleton Dual Cameras attempt...
For a school, project, trying to just bare bones an iphone 5s with just the dual cameras and the charger. Wondering if I just used the logic board, power cord, storage and cameras should work, correct?? Logic to control, storage to record, power for power and so on... Again just the bare...- blackharley87
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- camera iphone 5
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- Forum: iPhone Tips, Help and Troubleshooting
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iphone 5 rebooting alone after power on
Hi, I've owned an iPhone 5 for some time, a few months back, the battery indicator has deregulated and drops rapidly by 100% and decreases until it reaches 3% and stays 3 hours, so I got used to it. this, over time after the iPhone shut down or restart it, always when it turns on it stays a 2...- claudiofilho12
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- iphone iphone 5
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Downgrade version will speed up my iPhone?
Hi all, I have iPhone 5 - version 10.3.3. The phone is preeeety preeeety slow. Granted, it's an old phone. But I don't recall it being this unbearable. Will it help to downgrade the version? If so, which one and mostly, how? Thank you! (never EVER switch to android with which I'm stuck with...- Yaelism
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- downgrade ios 10 iphone iphone 5 version
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- Forum: iPhone Tips, Help and Troubleshooting
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iOS Memory Bug?
I have had a weird bug this morning... my iPhone X memory was suddenly full and kept freezing when I was trying to turn the alarm off.... I decided to restart the phone and it basically bricked it and was stuck on the apple logo. Ive put it in recovery mode and im in the process of doing a full...
