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Hi, I have an iphone 7 plus that has a shattered screen and bent body and the apple store wouldnt replace the screen for that reason. I do not have an iCloud back up and want to get my data off of that phone. Based on a few other questions, I understood that if I just replace my logic board from the broken phone into my wife’s working iphone 7 plus I should be able to get the data from it. However, Now that I have replaced the logic board, the phone comes on, screen lights up with Apple logo for a while then for a split second on the screen I see, “iphone is disabled”, and then the screen goes dark. Nothing shows on the screen. if I turn the mute switch on/off I can hear some buzzing but pressing the home button is not doing anything. Pressing power does not do anything. If I hold the power button and volume down button to reboot it and then Apple logo appears again… What am I missing? is there any other components that I need to replace along with the logic board to get it working enough to back it up to iTunes and get the data out of my phone? Short version: Replaced logicboard into a working phone now it doesn’t work, phone lights up for a split second, screen shows ‘iphone is disabled’ message, screen doesn’t seen responsive, goes dark right away. What am I missing?
Replacing the housing with a known good one was a good idea to rule out possible faulty parts causing side issues. Unfortunately that was it as far as you can do on a DIY basis, switching housing doesn’t fix a faulty phone and if you want to get your data back you’ll have to fix it first. A bootlooping iPhone 7 is not an easy repair, reasons for bootloop can be many and finding the trouble can be difficult and time consuming even for a skillfull Pro, who seems the only alternative you have left.
