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I’ve searched far and wide for an answer and I just can’t find anything definitive.. My iPhone 6 does the following: When not plugged in, it does absolutely nothing. Doesn’t boot, doesn’t show low battery. When plugged into the wall with a genuine charger, it shows the red battery symbol, nothing else. No indication it’s charging, and I let it sit like that for 30 minutes, then the following happens: The apple logo comes on, stays for 5 seconds about, then turns off and tries again. About 5 times and then it stops. What I’ve done so far: Changed the battery, to a refurbished one, nothing changed. Tried to go into recovery, it only works when plugged in and iTunes doesn’t see the phone when connected. My question now: is this a specific collection of symptoms, maybe for a tristar chip damage? Or is that just a software problem? Is the phone savable? Thanks for everything!
Buying water damaged or terminally ill devices on eBay rarely works out well. For every device that just required a simple fix because the seller couldn’t be bothered, there are also rabbit hole devices that have probably been looked at by on or more techs before giving up. It really all comes down to luck. However, all is not lost, you know have a device that you can really practice on. And you may still be able to fix it with some luck. To properly troubleshoot devices, it is always important to have high quality new or known-good replacement parts. Do a thorough visual inspection of the device; take the logic board out and closely inspect it for signs of physical damage (connectors, components etc.). Look at all the flexes and insure there aren’t any tears. Look for even the tiniest tear! Also look to see if there are any signs of water damage. Then report back!
