How To Replace The Touch Ic On The Home Button Repair Guide

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                          15 - 20 minutes            

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• How to replace the touch IC on the home button
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Step 1

              Fixing the home / touch  ID button in an iPhone 7               

• In this tutorial you will learn about fixing the home button in an iPhone 7. To find out more about iPhone repair and more check my other guides!

In this tutorial you will learn about fixing the home button in an iPhone 7. To find out more about iPhone repair and more check my other guides!

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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

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                    Alex Sander                     

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Abbigail huari - Feb 23, 2018

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Do you have clear instructions and tools how to do it

Dylan McGarrity - Mar 5, 2018

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So do you need to move the chip to replace the home button?

Alex Sander - Mar 6, 2018

You need to reball or replace the chip to repair Touch ID.

billa.4you - Mar 11, 2018

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If the home button or its flex cable is broken then it’s completely shot, short of taking it to an Apple store for a replacement.

On the other hand, it could also be caused by the home button’s extension flex cable running through the back of the lcd, and/or a damaged camera/speaker flex cable on top. So make sure to check all those out carefully before resorting to the Apple store.

After reading through a lot of suggestions, here’s one which sounded interesting to me. Low and behold, this solution has actually worked!! I have removed that single screw completely, restarted the phone, and the home button started working perfectly.

05/31/2017 by screensaviors

I loosened the screw behind the center of the home button (holding it to the metal bracket), and it magically works now. This may not fix a lot of them, but it worked for me. I was just tightening that screw snug, but must have been too snug.

Alex Sander - Mar 13, 2018

Very good points, it will certainly help people to resolve some of their problems, thanks for sharing your experience!