I spilled energy gel on my iPhone a few months ago - the super sticky and thick substance oozed into the speaker and microphone assembly and my iPhone has never been the same. Curtis, my husband, decided to order a new speaker and battery for it and try and repair it.
The parts on the phone are ridiculously tiny. Apple must have a room full of four year olds with awesome dexterity assembling phones all day long. We (well really Curtis) took the phone apart, too all the guts out, swapped out the bad parts and put in back together... over an hour later... mild success. The speaker works, the microphone kind-of works, and now there is minimal cell reception. The whole process made me so nervous that I began pacing. The phone is like a child to me and I just can't see it all exposed like that. I had to sequester myself to the bedroom before I wore the finish off the floor. At the moment, he is still working on it - reviewing information and You Tube videos to see if he can diagnose the reception issue. I have to hand it to him... he is much calmer than me. All those tiny screws and micro connectors are making me crazy.
BTW - phone is up and running with new battery and functioning very well now - thank you very much. Definitely did not go as planned but fun nevertheless.
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