5 Best & Effective DIY Techniques for iPhone Screen Issues

If you are having a cracked or non-responding screen on your iPhone, your first impulse might be what to do? Buy a new phone or get it repaired? You might also feel like throwing out your iPhone with all the frustration. But, such a move would be disastrous on many levels. It is better to peacefully look into the problem and examine the repair possibilities. Everything from an iPhone screen replacement to a total motherboard replacement is possible.

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Check Your iPhone Screen

Before troubleshooting the problems, check your screen for residues like water, dust or any sticky substance that might hamper the working of the screen. Clean-off the iPhone screen with a soft cloth to remove these residues.

Also, depending upon the environment you live or work, there are chances that your phone might get dirty or wet. Hence, it is always advised to use a phone with completely clean and dry hands.

Also, if your phone screen is not responding and it has those built-in screen protectors on, then it might also alter the iPhone screen functioning.  So, try using your iPhone without the screen protectors and see if the problem persists. If only the screen-protector was the problem, then try and invest in a good one. If this is not the case, move on to the next step.

Force Restart Your iPhone

Don’t underestimate the power of simple reboot. Rebooting can fix all the temporary problems and unresponsive to touch. You might come across certain situations that you might need to force restart your iPhone.

• For iPhone X, iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus: For force starting iPhone 8 and above models press and quickly release the volume up button. Then, quickly press and release the volume down button. Lastly, press and hold the power button until you see the Apple logo.

• On iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus: Simultaneously, press and hold the lock key and the volume down key until you see the Apple logo.

• For iPhone 6s, iPhone SE and Earlier: Press and hold down the “Home” button and the lock button until the Apple logo appears on the screen. If there was only a temporary problem, then after rebooting iPhone screen should work fine unless it is a software related issue.  If that doesn’t fix the problem, seek iPhone Repair Services.

Update, Delete, Reinstall App

• There might be times when your screen doesn’t respond to a particular app then you can blame that app without any second thought. When the app is frozen, no matter what you do, the touch will not respond.
• Press the home button to exit the non-responsive app and check for any updates in the App Store. If that also not works reinstall the app in doubt.
• Press and hold the app icon until it starts to jiggle, ‘x’ sign will appear on the icon and tap on that bin symbol to delete the app.
• If still, the non-responsive screen problem persists, the app might have a bug that needs to be fixed. You can send a message to the App Developer to put that into their knowledge so that they can address the issue in the next update.

Free Up Some Space

There are also chances that if your iPhone runs out of storage, the touch might become unresponsive. So, you can check your storage by visiting your phone Settings > General > iPhone Storage.

It happens because it is always advised to make some storage available for iOS to work properly. Many installed apps will freeze as they need storage for their cached files.

So, if you don’t have enough storage space on your phone, delete the apps that you don’t use. Apps like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram use lots of RAM and secondary storage on the phone. Considering recent day scenario smart phone users can’t live without these apps, but it’s even harder to live with an unresponsive iPhone.

Screen Cracked or Damaged

In case you’ve dropped the iPhone and the screen is shattered and then it became unresponsive. The obvious reason behind this is that touch sensors may not work on a broken screen. The display is connected to the motherboard of your iPhone in a very intricate manner. When the iPhone is dropped that connection may get hampered.

In case, connection between the display and the logic board is not that strong, the touch screen won’t work properly and only screen replacement should fix the issue.  You can seek help for iPhone Repair Services from iPhone repair in Singapore.