I was given an iPhone 5s (not brand new) and the screen is totally smashed. It connects to iTunes and beeps constantly when I charge it but the screen is totally black and remains that way no matter what I try?
I've tried restoring it and resetting it to factory settings but nothing is working. Can an iPhone get so smashed that the screen stops working completely? If I got the screen fixed would it be fixed? ahhh
ChristianAnthony3 wrote:
Can an iPhone get so smashed that the screen stops working completely?
Sure it can. The screen is a sensitive part of the phone. Whatever caused the glass to break may have caused other more extensive damage to the internla components.
ChristianAnthony3 wrote:
If I got the screen fixed would it be fixed? ahhh
No way to answer that. Its impossible to know if only the screen is damaged or if something else suffered damage when the screen broke.
Judging by the constant beeping, I would think its developed a short or some other failure somewhere from the accident.
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