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  1. Amanda Ripanykhazova

    iPhone 5 or earlier iPhone 5 (used as music player) suddenly stopped working

    I have this old iphone 5 with a severely broken digitiser (screen worked fine, - in fact digitiser worked fine!) that I have been using as a music player for a few years. I put a screen protector over the screen to cover the cracks and stop it splintering. Suddenly after a few months of...
  2. A

    iPhone 5 or earlier getting data off iphone 5 with dead screen

    Hi all! I have an old iphone 5 with a completely dead screen, and I'd love to be able to get some things off it (primarily voice memos of a lost family member). Anyone have any thoughts? Should I take it to some sort of data retrieval place, or is there a way to pull it off through a computer...
  3. W

    S0 won’t pair with iPhone5 - what to do

    Hi, i just got a new Watch S5 and gave my old S0 to my Dad to use along with his iPhone5. We both have read that the S0 works fine along with the iPhone5. Now we tried to set up and pair the watch with his iPhone but we can’t get it to work. We get the message that the software onthe iPhone is...
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    iPhone Iphone 5 ICLOUD ACTIVATION LOCK

    Hello , iam looking for a way to unlock my iphone 5 , i did not know that it would be locked .. i started With restoring my phone trough itunes , when finished it says icloud activation Lock and i dont know my icloud username or password Any1 got a solution ??? All replies appreciated =)
  5. seitsme

    iphone 5: disabling icons animation

    hello , i recently got a iphone 5 updated to the latest ios. I see that there is lot of animation i.e. when clicking icons etc. compared to my iphone4 and would like to ask if anyone had this problem and how to disable it ! I want no animations when i click on apps, games etc. regards
  6. gvnptt

    iPhone 5 Wifi Trouble

    Hi everyone, Had a dodgy replacement phone screen from a cheap shop, (it was jumping about and pressing the wrong bottons) took it back and the guy said doing a network reset should solve the problem, so he went on to do that.. Now ever since my iPhone struggles to to see any Wifi connections...
  7. C

    iPhone 5 stuck on non-spinning wheel.

    Hi, I have a colleague who needed his iPhone 5 restoring however it seems that I am unable to. After putting the phone into DFU mode and opening up iTunes, the phone is detected and it proceeds to download the latest update. Once it's all extracted, iTunes displays "Waiting for iPhone". At...
  8. S

    Iphone 5 Battery Expanding?

    Hello, Today I noticed an issue with my iPhone 5 screen, it felt lifted on the edges. I did a bit of research and found out that it may be the battery expanding. Being worried I opened up my iPhone to find that the plastic side edges of the screen assembly were splitting off from the screen...
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    ios 8 jailbreak 2017

    hi i was wondering if anyone knows if pangu 8 is still working to jailbreak , i have an iphone 5 runinig on ios 8 and it seems to me (in this case) not to be working .
  10. K

    Cant unlock my IP5 CANADA BELL SIMLOCK

    Hi I have Iphone 5 from Canada Bell network so i have simlock. I cant use other simcard. One week ago im writing to Canada Bell but they said "I'm sorry that you're not able to unlock the phone you have. Indeed, only the original owner of the device can request it to be unlocked. I apologize...
  11. O

    My iPhone 5 backup has 55k+ files, why?

    Hi, I have an iPhone 5 with iOS 9 and when doing a local encrypted backup using iTunes, the backup folder have more than 55k files in it. Its a 32gb iPhone with only 1000+ photos, and 200+ apps, no music or other big file count. Is this normal? What can I do? The backup takes forever to finish...
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    iPhone 5 revert back to iOS 9.3.5 - which ver?

    Greetings all - my wife and I both have iPhone 5 phones. We had both updated to the latest 10.0.2 iOS, however, while mine is working fine, it appears to have broken hers (wifi, bluetooth etc work fine, but she can't call out or receive calls - Verizon (and others) have checked and say they...
  13. vitolanzafame

    iTunes - a big fat Liar?

    Hi all I have itunes 12.4.1.6 on my mcabook pro retina, with my iphone 5, 16Gb Like many people with only 16g to play with, I'm constantly running out of space on my iphone. It really does my head in, as I feel I've whittled it down to the bare minimum of photos, apps and music that I am not...
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    iPhone 6 battery drains overnight

    Before i went to sleep my battery is about 80% and i left it there to see how much will it decrease over 1 night.Turns out that it loses about 45% over 1 night ,i also close the background refresh thing and turn off location service already,basically i've done all the battery saving tips that i...
  15. CryBabyTash

    Carrier iPhone Wifi Problems.

    Hey there, I'm Tash, I've been experiencing problems with my iPhone 5... it says it's connected to my home wifi even though when I try and connect my VPN to it it says this... (you may have to click on the picture - if it doesn't work click this http://prnt.sc/ainwws ) It happens with wishbone...