> On Jan 5, 2018, at 11:05, Jonathan Fletcher <[email protected]> wrote: > > Did you replace the button, Bill?
No, I moved the old button over from the old screen, so if I damaged something, it is the one button that will work. > > Touch ID requires the original button or it will never work again. The button > is evidently paired somehow with the motherboard for security. > > Some new screens come with the button, some don’t, is why I ask. > > jonathan > > >> On Jan 5, 2018, at 10:28 AM, Bill Rising <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> From: >> Subject: >> Date: January 5, 2018 at 10:28:22 AM EST >> To: Macintosh MacUser Group <[email protected]> >> Reply-To: Topics related to Apple and Macintosh computers >> <[email protected]> >> >> >> Hi all, >> >> I did manage to mostly repair my phone last night. >> >> Good news: with the new screen, the phone works better than id did ever >> since it's first crack in the screen 2 years ago. Way better than with a >> shattered screen. >> >> Bad news: Touch ID doesn't work. The Home button works fine, just no >> recognition of a thumb or finger (just one of 10 thumbs). >> >> I'm betting I messed up the infernal stuck-on cable coming off the Home >> button. I had to heat it to get it off, and then it still felt like I was >> forcing it to come off. I bet that I somehow tore something. I tried >> rebooting the phone. I tried hard-resetting the phone. I tried restoring the >> phone from a backup. [1] >> >> So, tonight I'll have to take the phone apart again (which is painful) to >> try and reseat the cable to the Home button. Does anyone have any tips for >> how I might check if I'm simply out of luck or tips on reseating a glued-on >> piece of sensitive equipment? >> >> Bill > > -- > Jonathan Fletcher > [email protected] > > Kentuckiana FileMaker Developers Group > Next Meeting: 1/23/18 > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > Posting address: [email protected] > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> > Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/>
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