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Recently, my iPhone 5s started only charging intermittently, then not at all. I tried very hard to get it charging again, but eventually the ’empty battery’ icon disappeared and the screen was left totally black. I have since replaced both the lightning port assembly and the battery myself (without obviously messing up, save tearing the TouchID cable), but have never been able to charge it nor seen anything other than a black screen, despite the new battery. I’m not sure whether I simply haven’t fixed the initial problem, or whether I’ve managed to cause additional problems along the way. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Hi Ben, unfortunately if you have already replaced the charging port your problem is very likely going to be the charging IC called U2 or USB IC on your iphone 5s motherboard. This is responsible for charging and other functions. It’s a quite common problem in several iphone models. Is possible to fix it but you have to find a repair shop that makes this kind of job, it’s not very cheap but you can have your iphone fixed for about 100-150 $. Bye.
I dropped my Iphone 5 and the screen went black. I tried the power and home button reset and now it doesnt even vibrate . It will not respond at all. I plugged it into my laptop and it is showing up and charging. Any fix for this please
