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Hi Any one experiencing Touch ID not working on iphone 6 after a screen replacement since IOS 10 was released. I have replaced 100’s of screen with no issues with the touch ID. I have now done two iphone 6 with IOS 10 on them and both have non-functioning touch ID. This look like it might be a similar issue as last year with error 53.
I’ve done many 6, 6S, 6S+ screen swaps and never had an issue. I never had an issue with error 53 last year and even documented tearing down multiple phone, using multiple screens and different home button flexes. Its not the screens and its not iOS. Disconnect the battery before you disconnect anything. Reconnect all cables, ESPECIALLY THE HOME BUTTON CABLE before you reconnect the battery and you won’t have issues. I have an iPhone 6 sitting next to me that I’ve swapped out nearly every single part on, short of the actual home button, and its runnion iOS 10 and Touch ID works fine. Its even got the cheapest screen I could find, just to prove that the screen doesn’t matter. Its also got a replacement home button flex that I ordered from China, again, just to prove that isn’t the issue. Saying there is some mass error just because of 2 phones is just silly.
We have the same problem here in Sweden but only on i6S, and you dont have to replace the screen to get the touch id problem you will get it just by removing the home button and all the flex cables it looks like.
I’m having the same issue, Repaired 21 phones with iOS 10 and 6 of these have given this error. 3 of those we removed with a hard reset. The other 3 we couldn’t recover from.
try to replace the flex that connect homebutton with mother board “the flex is under the screen in metal cover”
Do you still have this problem?
Have you tried a new home button extension flex cable (the cable that runs from the top of the metal plate to the bottom)… I work on these every day (own a repair shop), and at least once a week I damage one of these cables without knowing it at first. They tend to be the most fragile on the bottom end, and if not taken off carefully the small metal plate under the bottom connector comes off.
Does anyone have a solution I am really stuck with my touch id. I have swapped it with 2 new screens but still no luck, it just says can not activate touch id.
I has nothing to do with flex cable. It’s the update that detects screen being removed and touch id disabled. No solution yet, hope someone will solve it soon.
I just finished putting together my iphone 6s and had the same issue with the touch id not working. The home button connection was not seated properly. I undid the connection and pressed it back on firmly and works fine now.
