Replaced Battery, phone has no service and is constantly "searching"
My phone was working perfectly except that the battery life was bad. I had replaced the battery before and figured what could go wrong by doing it again. I followed the ifixit steps and used ifixit parts. I had some minor trouble getting the old battery out but I thought everything went smooth. I turned on the phone and everything seemed fine.
After a bit, I lost cell service. My phone displayed “Searching” and if it wasn’t showing that it showed “No Service”. Everything else on the phone worked fine.
I attempting a reset by holding the power and home buttons until the apple logo appeared. This got the signal back, but only for a bit, then it went back to “Searching”
I then tried doing a reset of the cellular network. This also helped for a bit, but ultimately the phone went back to “Searching”
I then tried taking out the SIM card, blowing in the slot, taping down the SIM card but none of these methods provided better results.
I opened up the phone again to see if there was any damage I might had done near the sim card on the logic board, but the phone looked fine…I closed it back up and got service again only to lose it after a few minutes.
Unfortunately, my phone seems to be getting worse after the second opening. My phone now had turned off randomly (even just while sitting on a desk untouched) and then once I touch it to attempt to use it, the apple logo appears and it boots back up. Additionally, the WiFi won’t be used when I initially use the phone. Only after a few seconds does it come back on and get signal. This isn’t every time, rather more sporadic for both situations.
I have no idea what I might have done or did do. Besides these random on off and WiFi patches, the only thing that is wrong with the phone is the cell signal. Please help!!!
Edit: My phone now will barely stay on, keeps resetting even when just sitting on a desk, it will reset over and over again, each time after a few minutes. This all while still having the problems above. Please help before my phone becomes a brick!
Edit 2: Followed the steps that were provided below but still have the “Searching” problem. Unsure if the resetting problem was fixed from this but so far so good in that regard.
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