So to make a long story short, everyone’s worst nightmare with their phone happened to me; I got it wet. After being told by Apple that I would have to either send it to a data recovery service and spend upwards of $5k to get my data back or take the loss of over 4 months of data and get a new phone, I decided to do some research on DIY repair.What Apple won’t tell you is repairing your phone is quite easy though you do need to be careful not to unplug the wrong thing, forget to plug something in the right place, or lose a couple important screws. Tool kits themselves will usually cost you about $20-30 dollars and give you the specific screw drivers and screen removal tools you need, all that you need outside would be a basic hair dryer.Should you ever find yourself in the situation I did, focus on repairing the battery and the proximity flex cable first. This kit is perfect because you don’t even need the external tool kit (I didn’t find this listing until after I purchased one) and gives you a brand new cable.The repair itself takes about 5 minutes; unscrew the bottom screws, warm the edges of the phone to release the adhesive keeping the front and back together, gently pull the pieces from each other, then go about unscrewing the metal piece at the top of the back of the screen. You’ll need to gently pull the cable from it (it’s got more adhesive to keep it down) but a little rubbing alcohol will help that process along. There’s 2 pieces of this cable that pop off the motherboard on the back part of the phone as well you need to pop off. I found a YouTube video that guided me through the process and it’s really simple, just go slow and gently.As you can see in first of my pictures, my proximity sensor (the little black square) and the cable had totally separated from each other. If these pieces aren’t connected, your phone will cycle through the Apple logo and not stay on long enough to recover through iTunes, also known as an Error 4013. You can repair this part with a soldering iron if you want to maintain FaceID and not pay to replace it, but as I don’t own one and have no experience with one, replacement was easier with the sacrifice of FaceID. As long as you have a passcode, you should be able to access your phone just fine.Thanks to this listing for the fast shipping time (2 days with Prime) and a new battery, I was able to get my phone backed up and recover over 4 months of data I either would’ve lost or paid exorbitant rates to recover. I have absolutely never DIY repaired my phone, but honestly? It’s super easy for repairs like this where you literally unplug one thing then plug in a new one and it saves you so much stress wondering if everything you have is lost for good.As you can see in my last pictures, after a new battery and this cable, I got my phone back on, was able to back up my data, and have since gotten a replacement now that I know all my data won’t be lost. Sometimes it’s worth a little research and trial and error, sometimes it’s worth biting the bullet. If I could do it all again? I would do the repairs I did a lot sooner and not have stressed as much about losing everything forever.Thank you so much for helping me get my data back! If you’ve made it this fair, thank you for reading this and best of luck to you! If these steps don’t help and you’re still having trouble, that’s when I would consider going towards data recovery if what you have is worth it in your mind. Saving my data through DIY repair cost me about $100 ($50 for a battery replacement and somebody to replace it for me, $30 for a tool kit, and $20 for this part due to this listing). My data was worth more, and I wish Apple would tell people this but I understand why they don’t. It costs them money and they can’t have people figuring out how much repairs actually cost and how easy some can be to do yourself.

Worked Great easy install