Iphone 6S Home button

Ad_Augendae · 12 Jul 2019 at 19:21

Any body know if apple can pair a new home button to an iphone 6S, I am hearing conflicting stories.
My understanding of this is the Iphone 6S is paired to the cpu and therefore cannot be re-paired with another. I have seen a video that shows soldering a new flex cable to the old button, but although I'll have a go at most things small I feel I would need a 'proper' scope to even attemp that kind of repair.

Deleted member 77746 · 12 Jul 2019 at 19:23

Yes they can pair them! I used to fix them couple jobs back and when they needed repairing they where sent to Apple to have them paired. There will be a cost though.

Ad_Augendae · 12 Jul 2019 at 19:26

Any idea on that cost score.
Thanks for the confirmation, good news!

Deleted member 77746 · 12 Jul 2019 at 19:34

https://support.apple.com/en-gb/iphone/repair - These are the cost breakdown, however I would put the serial in and check as repair cost can vary now. If it's going to cost you any more than 100 pound you can buy a 6S for around that fully working second hand anyway so might not be worth the repair.

Ad_Augendae · 12 Jul 2019 at 19:39

Yeah I'm just looking at options for the Lad, it's had a new screen,battery,and headphone jack OEM parts so I am at the end of my teather with it now.
Not even sure apple will look at it since parts have been changed even though they are OEM parts or so stated.
Thanks again for info @mrbell1984 Top Man!

Deleted member 77746 · 12 Jul 2019 at 19:42

Ad_Augendae said:
Yeah I'm just looking at options for the Lad, it's had a new screen,battery,and headphone jack OEM parts so I am at the end of my teather with it now.
Not even sure apple will look at it since parts have been changed even though they are OEM parts or so stated.
Thanks again for info @mrbell1984 Top Man!

When it gets to that stage you can only repair something so much. If it's a PAYG it might be worth now doing a search for a new phone. We used to just write them off once they got throw away cost vs repair cost e.t.c.

Ad_Augendae · 12 Jul 2019 at 19:54

Well, I guess I'll be passing on the Bad news then. It is a shame because it's very tidy inside and out now with no water damage and brand new seals.
Hey Ho....

bremen1874 · 12 Jul 2019 at 20:14

Doesn't using an unpaired button just disable touch ID?

Deleted member 77746 · 12 Jul 2019 at 20:24

bremen1874 said:
Doesn't using an unpaired button just disable touch ID?

Yeh the button will still work but the touch ID part won't.

Ad_Augendae · 12 Jul 2019 at 20:31

I tried a new button but it was of pretty bad quality.... reseated twice using new gaskets, but still no go. Seemed very stiff so I gave up and put the old button back in. Shame tbh because all parts we ordered so far were spot on.

MassiveJim · 12 Jul 2019 at 21:40

If the new button didn't fit it could be the hole in the screen isn't big enough, have had this in the past.

Beware though Apple told me they wouldn't touch a Phone that had been repaired by a 3rd party even if I paid

Deleted member 77746 · 13 Jul 2019 at 09:47

If it didn't fit then it's either;

A) Bad OEM Parts
B) Wrong OEM Parts

They can't just not fit.

Ad_Augendae · 13 Jul 2019 at 15:15

mrbell1984 said:
If it didn't fit then it's either;

A) Bad OEM Parts
B) Wrong OEM Parts

They can't just not fit.

I'll go with Option: A

Deleted member 77746 · 13 Jul 2019 at 18:37

That is a VERY bad home button! That's been opened and chewed by the looks of things.

Terminal_Boy · 13 Jul 2019 at 19:22

mrbell1984 said:
If it didn't fit then it's either;

A) Bad OEM Parts
B) Wrong OEM Parts

They can't just not fit.

That would be because unless the repair was carried out by Apple, OEM parts were used.

Ad_Augendae · 13 Jul 2019 at 19:41

mrbell1984 said:
That is a VERY bad home button! That's been opened and chewed by the looks of things.

Yeah I need to talk to the supplier and ask what has gone wrong, It was sealed in one of those anti-static packs but looking close it seems that they do break stuff down and recycle old parts on the site. But that button isn't even OEM, If you look at the cable it's a button only setup. IE a proper OEM button will have the cable tucking underneath the button housing like this.... at a guess to feed the fingerprint sensor ??

Ad_Augendae · 13 Jul 2019 at 19:50

Infact if you hold it up to the light you can see daylight (perfect for water ingress) through the side of the inner black disk, I didn't even give it a second look till after I pulled it back out of the phone, then you can imagine my thoughts when I looked through the scope thinking isn't this brand new!

Deleted member 77746 · 13 Jul 2019 at 19:58

Terminal_Boy said:
That would be because unless the repair was carried out by Apple, OEM parts were used.

Nah, when I did repairs the OEM parts where spot on! nothing like what the pic is like here.

Ad_Augendae · 13 Jul 2019 at 20:05

The only assumption I have is this is a very bad mod of an old button.
And as for OEM, anything I have ever bought OEM for a vehicle or other item, OEM stands for a like for like part and always has in my mind.

Feek · 14 Jul 2019 at 16:48

If the parts didn’t come from Apple, they won’t be genuine Apple parts. It’s as simple as that. Third parties can claim that they’re using genuine parts but they’re telling porkies because only Apple have genuine Apple parts.