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Hi. I’ve done some fixing on my iPhone 5, and followed the iFixit tutorial for that. I have reassembled my phone, after replacing the power and audio control flex cable, which means a lot of parts, including the logic board. Anyway, everything works fine now, but the device isn’t closed tight enough, so the screen, on its upper part (near the power button), is protruding about 1.5mm up. I am aware that I should fit the screen in an order such that I first fit the upper part of it and only then the bottom, but once I fit the bottom, the upper part goes up a mm or so. It’s weird that once I fit the lower part of the screen this happens, because I never disassembled anything in the lower part of the device such as a speaker or anything, not even a single screw there was ever touched. Please help. :)
Make sure these parts are installed under the frame then it can’t rise up
There are plastic tabs at the top of the screen that have to go in first. They might be bent inward, you will have to straighten them. Be careful not to bend them too much they will break off.
I reassembled my phone, but the device wasn’t closed tight enough, so the screen, on either bottom side part (above the power button), was protruding about 1.5mm up. I ended up just making sure that those slots on the back cover were installed correctly. And then I made sure the bulging side got in first. The rest I literally just pushed hard in and it worked! I also ensured that the top part went in first because it has all those grooves.
I just fixed my iPhone 5 and I am facing the same problem. The phone is about 1/2 mm open on the top after I closed the lower side of the phone fully. When the screen is on light inside the phone is visible from outside. The phone works well. Not sure if I must press hard to close the upper portion of the phone but there is a risk of breaking the glass. Any suggestions
Check if the back camera is attached properly, and that is not making your screen protrude.
Guys, this is an old one that you bumped, but in my case it turned out that the two upper tabs of the screen were damaged, so the screen was protruding until my iPhone’s screen got broken when I was on a ride ($@$*!& mount didn’t do its job), and then I bought a new screen which was easy to attach to the rest of the phone.
Hi, I recently had this problem and I noticed that the clips on the side of the phone were functional. So, I looked inside the phone and noticed that the battery was kinda like puffed out. I popped a the plastic with a needle so that there wasn’t access air in the battery. This solved the problem and I could close the phone correctly.
A lot of double sided sticky tape try that for a change.
I have also same issue after changing the iPhone 5s screen the top part not close enough.
Did you use an Double sided tape to reassembly the new screen? If yes, you need to remove any older glue from the factory double sided tape. It happen sometimes. Update Well, you can glue it or let like this or change the screen.
