UPDATE: How to Fix Touch Disease on the iPhone 6 Plus (No Soldering or Bending) | appleEducate #05 

screen was flickering with no touch response. put the phone away for 3 years because it was out of warranty. I came across this video, my sister needed a phone. used your idea. BOOM!!! phone working perfectly. People like you make this world a better place. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SUBSCRIBED

My iphone 6 has been acting possessed for the last 6 months or so. Every... Single.... Time... I'd... Use... It...... Screen randomly stops working, sometimes the phone will unlock by itself, open the camera and snap a bunch of photos back to back and then shut down. If I had text open, it would randomly start texting a bunch of things like "fdsaklj asdjk 84,a 8arl dsa as" and then send the text.. ALL WITHOUT ME TOUCHING THE PHONE.... Weird stuff randomly happening, but I refused to upgrade. I will never buy another iphone again. EVER.... I found this video as a last ditch effort before tossing this phone and going with an android, but this video worked. It's been 24 hours and my phone hasn't acted up once. THANK YOU

This guy is making videos to save us 100's of dollars and yet people are still giving him a hard time. Follow his instructions and it should work. If it doesn't, chances are, you have a different issue. Worked like a charm for me. Thanks man!

I highly recommend to anyone doing this that you draw a map of the internal layout of your phone and draw little circles where you take a screw out, placing that screw on the map. It's vital that you replace the SAME screw where you took it from as they are different sizes.

Hey man just wanted to thank you for this fix! I replaced my screen and still had the problem. figured it was touch disease but didn't want to pay for my phone to be fixed by apple. Took me about an hour to insert the tape and BINGO! it works as good as new. don't listen to the "haters", a wise man once said if it's stupid and it works... it ain't stupid. Thanks again.

Already replaced the phone and it was just sitting around. Took it to a repair shop to ask about fixing it for one of my kids. They told me about the touch disease then. (An entire year after the issue and I was never contacted as being a 6plus owner). The repair shop quoted “at least $140 and the phone isn’t even worth that much”. So daughter was willing to twist it to get it to work, but that seemed stupid. Just paid $11 for a precision toolkit and followed the steps and it’s working with no bending! Good enough for me! Thank you!

I have yet to try this repair but for those who don't understand the SCIENCE behind this. The tape forces the chip down onto the motherboard when its screwed into the housing of the phone. Basically your chip has become ever so slightly disconnected from the phone and this fix prevents u from removing the whole chip and replacing the solder. I'm going to try it out as ive tried a billion new touch screens and none of them work. Also the phone in question I plugged in a new touch screen and it worked for about 3 mins then stopped home and power worked for a min and a half eventually stopped working and hasn't worked since. UPDATE: Worked like charm! Nice thank you for your fix. I can micro solder I just really hate it!

I performed this fix 2 months ago and my wife's phone is still working perfectly. Saved me the $350 plus dollars I was quoted for a fix. I had never taken a phone apart but found it to be relatively easy if you just take your time and take notes as you go. Thanks Rody

My aunt’s touch screen failed the other day and she didn’t have a backup saved. This method worked and I was able to get the screen working to take a backup! The only problem I had was removing the standoff screws since I didn’t have the right screwdriver, however I was able to finagle it with a flathead.

I posted a few weeks ago that after I purchased the tools from Frys (you'll have to buy the ones specifically for Apple - about $15) I had a problem in doing this because one of the microscopic screws was already stripped at the factory. I couldn't drill it out (worried about damage to the sensitive mechanisms) and finally gave up. But then the Apple store told me that it would cost $150 to repair, or I could buy a new phone (with the same flaw) - and blamed it on ME! So I then reread the posts here and saw one of the posters only took the back off (about 0:48 into the video), then, put the tape bundle *on top* of where the touch censors as opposed to going through the complete dismantle, and he swore it worked. So I did the same, wrapping the tape around a couple of more times for good measure. It works GREAT! No problems...THANK YOU RODY!!

Hi Rody. I would just like to give a massive thank you to you for posting this video. My iPhone 6 Plus was having major problems with an unresponsive screen, and, after following your instructions, thanks to you - My phone is now fully working again with a fully responsive screen! I'm so grateful for selfless, kind people like you who take the time to post videos to help others. God bless you my friend! Thank you so much!

Haven't tried it but don't take the stupidness of people to heart, they're most likely annoyed that you found a way to fix a problem that makes them money, keep doing what ya doin, Great Job!!

Completely fixed my problem!!! Works perfectly!!!! And I don't like my cell phone at all, so your video saved me 250 dollars (price in Brazil for the fixing). Of course I've made a mess with the screws (I've never opened a cell phone before) and there's one left looking at me right now (I don't care!!!). But everything is working perfectly! Thank you very much!!!

I folded mine 9 times. I made it full width then cut it to precisely fit just on the two chips and not overhanging onto the board. Works perfectly the first time!! Take your time and do it right the first time. Take pictures and or keep your screws separated so you get the right screws in the right places!!! I believe there are 7 different kind of screws. Length and width vary. Other than that very good idea! I believe it's a better fix that heat gun soldering it back as it will keep the constant pressure on the chip so the problem does not come back!! Your the man! Thank you.

Man nice work. I did this repair back in Nov to my 6+ and it worked perfectly the first time. Haven't had a problem since. Don't mind all these tech shops that are hating on you. Not everyone has the $$$ to pay for these things. And they are losing money to the somewhat tech swave viewers who can preform this procedure following your instructions. Not meant for all. But keep up the good work man

It worked! My iPhone 6 Plus became infected with the no touch disease. I watched this video and preformed the operation and now my phone works perfectly! I used 3 little squares of electric tape. Thank you.

Thanks Rody, this method really works.. I did this 8-10 months ago, until now there's no problem.. the ghost touch won't come back. To those who don't believe, go pay the shop and ask them fix if for you. If you want to fix it free and fast.. try follow Rodys video

I want to say thank you, thank you, thank you, for this post. I took a chance and removed the motherboard and followed your instructions, when I put everything back together I was getting grey lines and squares on the screen. I assessed what could be wrong which something must have no been reconnected properly, I re-did the process disassembled everything and to my surprise the apple logo popped up. I was back in business. This trick works. It saved me a lot of money.

Hi, I recently tried your method and it worked, my touch sensitivity came back but now I have no cell service whatsoever, all connections seem right

i used this trick on my iPhone 6+ 128gb because it is such a great phone that i would hate to have it stop working. also this has worked great so far with no problems. thanks for instructing me on how to do this.

From an I.T. professional I would like to say this is a good tip for users whom are either saving up for IC repair or plan to upgrade to a new phone. The iPhone touch disease is something Apple should have fixed before they shipped the phones... But..... Electronic issues keep us professionals in business despite who is at blame (manufacture or customer).

Did this yesterday afternoon and it is still working. Usually it would have already glitched out by now and I am writing this msg from the same phone. Seem to have worked!!! Thanks man.

This is the best band-aid fix ever. Works like a charm. My iPhone 6 Plus developed this issue recently, perhaps coincidentally after updating to iOS 11.2.1. Thanks so much.

I followed your first video on this, it worked at first but it came back. But since doing this new video there has been no problem. Thank You!

I did this three weeks ago and my phone has been working perfectly ever since. thank you so much

never took a phone apart before was told my local cell repair phone was not fixable. Followed tutorial hour later full working function. Good job for getting this information out! keep up the awesome work!!!!

took me 10 mins and BOOM....iphone 6 plus is back working 100 percent. Thanks

I definitely thought I wouldn’t be able to put everything back in its place. I was worried. I just kept skipping back from the end to put it back together. Actually worked.👍👍👍

Bro you are genius!!! This worked on my iPhone 6 iOS 12.4.9 Thanks mann. You saved my valuable time and money. Respect

This definitely works. Instead of tape, I cut a piece of a fairly thick rubber band and place it on the chips under that tape. Been working for almost two weeks without one little flicker. Thank you for this video.

Thanks for the useful video. Mine just got "the disease" today. Sorry about all the trolls on here that seem to have a financial interest in people using their services so they go out trashing people who provide an alternative solution. Keep up the good work!

Just watched allll these videos doing this and that, but here's what fixed it for me. remove digitizer detach all flex cables from digitizer make sure it's clean carefully and securely attach flex cables (listen for the click) keep your finger pressed very slightly on those flex cables till you get that panel on and bang magic. Works like a charm.

It works! Thanks for saving me from giving into Apples scam to get me to buy a 7

My phone screen originally was constantly flickering and turning off and on. After i tried this tutorial IT COMPLETELY FIXED THE PROBLEM. I couldn't believe that a piece of electrical tape would fix it but it did. Thanks Rody!

Just did this on my iphone 6. Lets see how long this will work. Thank you for the tutorial

Make sure you put enough tape. Touch Disease came back and I had to re-do it to make the tape thicker. It’s been 3 weeks since I re-did it and its working good so far. 👍🏼 iPhone 6 Plus

i cant believe that it actually worked... and i got 4 screws as a bonus putting it together

I didn’t have electrical tape at the time so I used casting tape and I can say it is working fine for 2 days now

Works great for me, but I might do it again to do it thicker Good job on your first video and the second video. Thanks

I was able to do this fix on my phone with no problem with the tools that I had. However, a recommendation is for the tape, don't make it too thick because when you put everything back together, the screen will not be flushed. Also, the result on my iPhone 6 Plus is not fixed all the way, the touch on the screen comes and goes ( but not as bad after doing the changes with this video). Overall, good video. Thanks.

Did this last night and my 6 plus is working perfectly now!! Thank you so much for this!

After having Touch Disease for 2 weeks, I applied this hack and it has worked perfectly for 2 days now. I'm also being very careful with my phone when placing it down! Thanks :)

thanks Rody. it totally work. big thumbs up for you man.

This is very nice teaching .so value in poor guys . including me

Tried your procedure on my 6 plus! Initially ghost touch played for 2 minutes after phone gets little warm there was no ghost touch problem! I’ll update my comment once again ! Thank you !!

Thank you so much!!! I just resurrected my IPhone 6 Plus ! It is back to normal.

I just want to thank the RU-vidR!!! this fixed saved me 600 bucks cause i was going to buy another phone!! Thanks brother and yes this does work i have stress tested my phone like crazy and it does work 100%

Just completed this work-around on my iPhone 6+, been working perfectly since. Thanks for the video Rody. Will update later if it begins experiencing issues, however I don't have any reason to believe that will occur. For anyone thinking about doing this, do it (order the $12 kit on amazon so you've got the right tools). The hardest part was putting it back together, which just took a bit of time. Also - be sure not to mix up which screws go where, for this I laid everything out on a sheet of graph paper according to its relative position.

Thank you. This worked great for me. I have been suffering with the condition for a couple years now and it got really bad recently. I took it to the Apple store since they have a touch disease program but was told my phone was too old Last ditch effort, I follow these instructions and after one false start (cables needed to be reseated) it’s working like a champ! Better than having a glitchy phone and way cheaper than a repair.

This worked like a charm. Hope it keeps working

This works OMGSH actually thank you we didn't even have the correct tools but my phone is working perfectly now!

I don't know the first thing about soldering, but I do know that this fix makes sense as pressure applied to that IC chip area gets rid of the problem. It took me 2 hours to take everything apart and pay attention to all the screw locations and mark accordingly, but in the end after putting everything back together (and it didn't power up at first I had to reseat some of the connections again), everything powered up without problems and the grey bar is gone and so is the touch disease issue. I did fold that electrical tape 8 times and then pressed down on that whole area. For those who complain that this is not a true solution, I say it doesn't matter - many people would take a temporary fix over a non-working phone. Further, as I mentioned, not everyone wants to pay Apple or whoever $150 (or higher in Canada) to fix something which is an inherent engineering and manufacturing problem. Further, I do know and have confirmed with Apple store at my local mall, that Apple will just swap it out for a refurbished unit, with only a short warranty. It is very likely you will get another 6S Plus with the same problem eventually and by then you will be encouraged to just upgrade the phone. There are those of us who do not want a 7, 8 or higher (I like plugging in headphones on my 6S Plus, but moreover, there are many of us who would be happy with a short-term fix that may last long term. Again, it beats having a 100% non-working phone. I don't know how to solder and not interested in paying someone else to do something similar or having Apple roll the dice and give me another one which has zero guarantee of not having this problem. I for one am glad for this video and thank Rody for posting it.

The right way to fix this might be with micro soldering, but this hack worked for my iPhone 6 and has for over a week. Since it cost me time and a piece of electrical tape, I'm satisfied.

I know that this is a *very* bad fix, but fixing iPhones for a living myself, I would never do this for a customer, but since it's for my personal phone, I figured why not give it a try, and at my surprise, it does work.

BOOM MIC DROP BIG SHOUT OUT TO YOU RODY DAVIES. IT WORKS as a long time user of iPhone the 6 plus is one of the worst made. i was a user who had to bend his phone everyday all day i was kick off my warranty form At&T and apple so this video works just take your time so noting messes up.

Ordered everything to replace the chip but as the parts make their way from China this has helped me use my phone without issue. Nice job.

how about a video where you show the re-assembly order. it is kind of difficult to play this video backwards...

Thanks for the video! This was the first time taking an iPhone apart and it works :) Spent $7.99 on an iPhone tool kit from Amazon and didn't have to spend the $149+ to get it fixed elsewhere... now to see how long this repair lasts without doing some other damage.

Update 12/15/16: After hard reseting my phone (hold power and home till it reboots), and taking the screen off and tightening one of the screws behind the white mark on my screen, most of my issues have gone away now. Phone is definitely much more stable now. I can get it to freeze still by pressing firmly on the location where the IC chips are, but a quick power button press and login clears the issue quickly. I still have a smaller white mark on the screen, have ordered a better screwdriver to tighten the screws another turn and see if it goes away. YMMV, I probably would do it all over again, given I just don't want to spend either the $150 to get Apple to fix it (and problem come back again), or buy another iphone 7. I think I would take HateTheG's suggestion and use a thick piece of rubber band. Thanks for posting this! Thanks much for this video, unfortunately I followed all the steps very carefully, made sure I had a thick enough tape, put'r all back together...and same problem. It's intermittent, but when it happens, have to hit power button and lock it, and re-open it. I also have a white blotch on my screen now, about 5 mm square. Not major enough to complain about, but I sure would not try this procedure again, took over an hour to very, very carefully track every little screw. So thanks again, but it did not fix my issue!

Thank you Rody! Fixed the problem completely! Saved me from having to buy a soldering iron for the job. You’re a legend!

Oh snap, this actually worked! The screen still has some streaks but at least the touch is working, which is the more important part!

Yup! It works, not a complete solution but it's more of a band-aid solution.

this is a temporary solution not a fix .... u can damage the chip like that

Hey @Rody Davis, this didn't work for me. I followed the directions exactly and watched many videos about iPhone disassembly (including ones from iFixit) to make sure I did everything correctly. When I powered the phone back up, I found it actually made the problem worse. It is so much worse that the touch display does not work at all if the display is all the way in the phone and screwed in. However, I found that if I lift the display out of the phone it will work. In other words, if there is less pressure on the Touch IC chips the screen works.. Since that is the case, these instructions to add electrical tape to increase pressure did the exact opposite of what it was supposed to do. I guess I will start taking apart my phone again to remove this tape...

It actually works but it seems to only be temporary. The first time I tried it didn't but the second time it works. but from time to time its going again so, I remove the screen and put some pressure to the board and it works

My iPhone 6 had the same issue and this trick surprisingly works so well! Though I’ve looked up on the ifixit tutorial for the disassembly since this video is covering the Plus version, the main goal to give the bulge to the mainboard seems the same. I really appreciated your tutorial. Thanks a lot 😊

This absolutely worked. The only problem was putting all the pieces and screws back since this was my first time opening a phone. You should make a backward video lol. Thank you.

Hey thanks for the awesome tip on fixing my Iphone 6 plus. I thought you moved too fast for me (Im a novice with Iphone repair) but i did use the electrical tape trick. I used another video which was much slower and more detailed. Your video was great but I think it was for more experienced Iphone repair folks. I realize you made that disclaimer in the beginning!! Thanks again!!!

I literally hate apple now. I will never buy another 1000 dollar phone from them after this.

Will try this tomorrow wish hope this works

I went to the Apple Store today and asked about the Touch Disease, and they said it was caused by "flex cable" being bent. I said what about the fact it's the Touch IC failure and they said it is because they phone bends. They said they replace the phone with one that has never been bent at the price of a display replacement (Meaning it will have the issue again). Its sad that they are not even fixing the issue correctly.

This worked for about 2 months, now every now and again I have white lines at the top of the screen and unresponsive touch. Applying a little pressure to the top right of the screen brings back the touch. The phone seems very hot around the tape area. I will probably open it up again and replace the tape.

Just leave a little material like SIM card between the ic tray. It works amazing

I kinda rushed it becasue i said to myself if it doesn't work ill just buy a new phone. Didn't really care to much but it actually worked, thanks bro!

I like your video, but I have a question does high-temperature heat resistance tape work?

Thank you! I haven't used my iPhone 6 plus in 4 years. Found it in a box and decided to see if it was possible to fix the touch disease. Works like a charm! Shame on Apple for the way they handled the touch disease debacle. There's no way they didn't know.

My iPhone just got this disease, I really want to fix it myself, but I'm afraid I can't put the pieces back altogether. @Rody, your video is awesome. #twothumbsup!!!

Worked a charm. Was a bit difficult reversing the process but I got it done

Great job bro, just did it and I am back up and running, the size of the tape is truly the magic for this fix. Good Job again.

Could u do an assembly video 😂 I'm pretty nervous

Thank-You so much Rody Davis for this quick fix!! My iPhone 6Plus was unresponsive even to bending it and I was fear that all was going to be lost as I had not backed up for a while, however, I did this, and it has worked 100% for me, the touch screen is working and as we speak I am backing up all my photos from my phone!! Big AAA+++ to this life hack.

Thank you Rody ! It worked !

took me almost 2 hours to ope and close it but didnt work for me maybe because I put just single tape I didnt realise tgat it supposed to be thick. so I will do it tonight again and comeback for review if it willuuj work for me or not.

Just spent the last few hours doing this - and seems to have resolved the non-responding touch screen on my iPhone 6 - for now ;)

IT WORKED!!!!!! YeeeHaawww!! Thanks SO MUCH DUDE!!! 3 weeks of touch disease was sooo annoying. So far so good! I'll keep you updated!

Just go to settings in your phone and reset (reset all settings) Do not take the chance of damaging your phone.

Thanks you so much I just replaced the battery and the screen as it was completely cracked and the battery powered off at 90% saying it had no charge and when I turned it wouldn’t respond to touch and I was trying to find a way to fix and found ur video, thank you so much

When I opened up. There was a screw already loose. I didn't proceed further and tightened that screw and the problem seems to have fixed. Today is the 3rd day without any hiccups

Hi! The solution proposed worked as a charm. I managed to map the screws not to miss anything while putting it back but know I have another problem. After assembling it I saw that the phone is really heating up in that area and sometimes even shutting off. Also the front camera is not working but it is connected properly. Any suggestions to what i might've done ? Any other users experience this issue ? Thank you!

Although this may seem to work for some, it will defiantly not fix the issue in the long run and will make the issue work and possibly harder to repair in the future. Having an experienced tech work on it by replacing or re balling the touch IC and damaged pads will fix it correctly and for the long term.

Großes Dankeschön!! Beim 2 Versuch hat es dann auch bei mir geklappt....Der kleber muss min. ca. 2mm dick sein, wenn er zu dünn ist, macht es keinen unterschied

I've had my iphone 6 since the 6 came out. and a few months ago this happened. (I've already passed the phone on to my daughter at this point. I took it in he said it wasn't fixable for less than the price of a new phone because I'd have to replace the motherboard, so I'd be better off to get a new phone, which we did. Then today I decided to figure out how to get it to work even long enough to erase the data off of it. I found that when I toot the screen off an put it back on the touch would work... up until i put the phone back together. I narrowed it down. The second it started working was the second I took the metal plate off the cables that connect the screen. So I put it back together without that metal plate. (the one being taken off around 1:27 on the video above). Now it works good as new. no need to take the rest of the phone apart. Took about 5 mins in total time.

Thanks for the video. Well I just did your method and the heating up the chip with a sodden iron together. Phone powered up and screen is working so far. In addition to replacing the battery. I will check back for time to time on the status, thanks again

I fold the tape 3 times instead 6. It work like a charm. Thanks bro

Great information. On your next video can you show me how to properly install a headphone jack in my iPhone 7? I messed up the last 2 times and am out of insurance claims.

After successful completion of 6 plus ! I did it for IPhone 6 today , it works fine! But when it’s cool down problem starts and again I need to wait till it gets some heat ! After that working

tried it and my iphone 6 is alive again. used regular tape and was still effective. thanks

Jesus christ - it actually bloody works. Thanks mate, youve saved me a whole bunch of cash. Kudos

It worked! Thank you so much for posting this. God bless you!

Have you tried or considered reflowing the solder with a heat gun instead of the tape? Also, is six layers of tape the magic number? There's no problem with the board distorting the LCD?