Any damage caused to your iPhone 5 can be frustrating, whether the screen has suffered a crack or perhaps your battery is draining fast and needs a replacement. At iSmash, we are dedicated to offering express turnarounds with a high-quality repair, so you'll have your iPhone back looking as though it has come out of the original packaging in no time.
The iPhone 5 introduced by Apple was a larger 4-inch display than the previous iPhone 4 with a slimmer sleek build. With a more colourful display, the iPhone 5 was the first phone to feature 4G with a super-fast processor. Siri was an improved feature brought with the 5, with better voice recognition and requesting internet searches and calls were made simpler. With the new iOS Maps app, using this to navigate your way around proved a very successful feature by Apple.
Even the tiniest of cracks to your screen will need a complete screen repair. Our iPhone 5 screen replacement come with both LCD/digitizer and glass screen bonded together and are even backed by lifetime warranty. We also offer repairs for any other faults you are encountering with your device. From your device being damaged by water to your camera not capturing clear shots, come in and speak with our tech repair specialists in-store who can offer an on-the-spot diagnosis and solve the issue for you.
Whatever your iPhone 5 repair needs are, get in touch with us and we'll be able to help. Need an iPhone 5s, iPhone 5c or iPhone SE repair instead? To book an appointment, simply choose a date, time and an iSmash store near you in London or UK nationwide.
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Here are some of the most common questions we get asked around iPhone 5 Repairs - select your issue and see what we can do for you.
You might not need a new battery: there are several reasons why your device isn’t holding its charge and it might not be down to an iPhone 5 battery problem at all. Here are a few things to check: shine a light into the charging socket on your phone - if there’s any lint or fluff in there, this could be causing the problem. Use a toothbrush (or something similar that won’t conduct electricity!) to clean the charging port.
Borrow someone else’s charging cable and try this with your iPhone 5 - the issue may be a faulty or broken cable, and not your device at all. If your phone is dead, try undertaking a ‘hard reset’ - to effect this, hold down the power and the home button together for 30 seconds which may reboot the phone and fix the problem.
If none of the above works, it might be that an iPhone 5 battery replacement is required. Get in touch with us at iSmash and we’ll diagnose the problem for you and fix it while you wait.
Please forgive us for asking but...is the volume turned up? If it is, and there’s still no sound, at least you’ve eliminated one potential issue. All is not lost: we have some tricks to help you break the silence. First, check there is nothing plugged into the headset jack (if you have your earphones in or it is connected via bluetooth to another device, the sound could be being piped elsewhere). Next, check the speaker and dock ports are free of debris - use a toothbrush or something that won’t conduct electricity to get any grime out. If you still have no sound on your iPhone 5, check again that Bluetooth is turned off, restart the device, and check you have the latest version of iOS. Still only hearing the sound of silence? Let iSmash look into it for you and we’ll restore some audio to your life.
In order to diagnose this and work out if you need an iPhone screen repair or replacement, we need to understand if the problem is software or hardware related. If it’s software, rejoice: there are some things that you can do. If it’s an intermittently occurring problem that only manifests itself when a certain app is in use, try uninstalling that piece of software. As with many common issues, a hard reset is occasionally a good starting point to clear out the phone and restore it to its former glory. You shouldn’t do this regularly, but it can be a way to fix deep-seated problems. To do a hard reset, hold the power and home buttons together for 30 seconds. If the iPhone 5 screen is still not working, it may be a hardware problem. If you’ve recently dropped your phone, this could be to blame even if there is no visible damage to the phone. A repair to the circuitry behind the screen, or possibly an iPhone 5 replacement screen is necessary - iSmash will be able to help. Contact us to get your device booked in for diagnosis and repair while you wait.
It depends on the type of repair you require, but with iSmash it ranges between £20 and £49.99. Here is a list of repairs available for the iPhone 5:
- iPhone 5 Screen Replacement from: £25 (30 minutes)
- iPhone 5 Battery Upgrade: £39.00 (30 minutes)
- iPhone 5 General Diagnostics: £20.00 (24 - 48 hours)
- iPhone 5 Liquid Diagnostics: £20.00 (24 - 48 hours)
- iPhone 5 Data Recovery Diagnostics: £20.00 (24 - 48 hours)
Firstly, if you are not already certain that your iPhone has water damage, you can check by looking at your iPhone's water damage indicator. On the iPhone 5, this is a little white tab located in the SIM card tray slot. If the indicator has turned red your phone likely has a problem. If so, then these are the steps that you need to follow:
- Immediately turn off the phone to stop it from short-circuiting
- Remove your phone case if you have one
- Remove the SIM card tray)
- Wipe down your iPhone with an absorbent cloth
- Wrap a small piece of absorbent cloth around a toothpick or pin, use this to soak up any water from the charging port, headphone jack and sim card tray
- Leave your phone in a dry place, and let it air for as long as possible without turning it on
- Wait for as long as possible. If the phone has any water in it when you turn it back on there's a good chance it will short-circuit, so leave it for at least 48 hours, ideally longer
It is worth noting though that even after taking this action, the iPhone's internal circuitry will still eventually break down, this process just stalls it. Therefore, it is best to bring it into iSmash to have it checked over by one of our repair technicians. An iPhone 5 Liquid Diagnosis costs £20 and takes between 24 and 48 hours.
Most common camera issues can be fixed by trying the following solutions:
- Ensure your iPhone camera isn't being obstructed by a phone case or cover
- Close and restart the camera app
- Reset your iPhone to default settings by going to "Reset All Settings" in the iPhone settings app
- Restart your iPhone by pressing the Home and Power/Sleep buttons simultaneously
- Set up your iPhone as new by going to "Erase All Content and Settings" in the settings app
If you have applied all these tips and your camera still isn't working, then just bring your iPhone to an iSmash store near you and we will get it fixed!.
