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Hey there ifixit’ers I just replaced the battery and lightning connector in my iphone 5 using the ifixit guides and tools. When I tighten the left side pentalobe screw in, the home button stops working. If I leave it loose and pry it up a little bit, it works fine. I imagine it has to do with those gold terminals on the left side, but I can’t understand why tightening the connection makes it fail and loosening it makes it work fine again. In the meantime, to avoid dust, I enabled assistive touch and tightened the left side of the screen. What should I do when re-assembling the phone to ensure the home button connects properly and works? It worked fine before doing the repair.
Sometimes if anything is not seated properly, it could cause the slightest things to stop working or not work at all when other things are tightened properly. Have you checked to make sure everything is snug and fully fitted/seated?
