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After installing my new battery my phone won’t charge. I have tried a force restart but nothing works. During the replacement, when I took the battery holder off and removed the battery connection, another component was stuck to the battery holder, It had a small disc at the end of a wire and appeared to fit in a socket receptor adjacent to the screw receptor furthest from the edge of the battery. I replaced this but wonder if it might be broken. Update (04/24/2017) The old battery sometimes wouldn’t charge if I didnt have the connector in firmly. However, when charged the battery wouldn’t hold the charge for more than a couple of hours. When I connect to the charge port now my iphone isn’t recognized on my computer so I must have done damage when I changed the battery. The only problem I had was that when I pulled off the battery holder the wire with the connector came with it as well as another wire that was lifted out of it’s socket. I don’t know what the latter was for but suspect that is the issue.
I think you are talking about the cellular data antenna. Even if you damage that it wouldn’t stop your phone from starting up. I would try plugging into itunes, you may have to restore it from there.
Did the phone charge with the old battery? If so, try a known good battery. If not, there is probably something wrong with the charge port or charge circuitry.
