So the iPhone 14 Pro Max will restart ever 3 minutes when these 2 flex cables are unplugged:
1. Prox/ALS that is attached to the top of the screen
2. Charging Port
After comparing the Panic Logs that are generated, I think I found the key thing to look for to know the fault.
When the Prox is unplugged, the panic log it generates, I see it says:
SMC PANIC - ASSERTION FAILED
sensor array 0 - 4 is 0x0, 0x80000
And when the charging port flex is unplugged, I see it says:
SMC PANIC - ASSERTION FAILED
sensor array 0 - 4 is 0x0, 0x40000
Essentially, you look at the last section of the above.
0x4000 is the port
0x8000 is the prox
I have duplicated this mutliple times to be sure that these are the 2 major differences between the 2 panic logs.
I'm to assume this is also true for the 13 Pro Max, as I have seen the "SMC PANIC - ASSERTION FAILED" message in FB group posts
So if you have a 13PM, please give this a test & let me know if that's the case too.
See the 2 attached pics
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