[Q] S4 rear cover freezes phone - Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

The issue is as follows:
I replaced my LCD, connected all cables and connectors, put the battery in, turned the phone on. Success. Then I replaced the rear cover and all of a sudden the phone froze and turned off. I soon found out that it was one bit of the back cover causing it, the bit closest to the power button. This made me think that the power button might be pressing down, but that wasn't it because it was working fine for a few seconds. I took the back cover off and pressed on the motherboard. The phone froze.
I soon found that these tiny gold contacts were causing the phone to freeze whenever they were depressed. I don't know what they do or how to fix it. The case itself is pressing these contacts down and causing the restart.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Video of problem and photo of antenna below.
youtu.be/5GjBhUNZa7E
imgur.com/a/6wZN5

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thacmonster said:
i did this. it is hell to solder on. I would say replace the phone
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Argh.. well, i'll give it a go with the power switch.... do you think it will affect the phone to be missing the comm manager switch off the mainboard too... or will the phone still function without this piece soldered on?
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Hey all, I'm new to the forums but I can't wait to get my 8125 working. I bought a replacement screen on ebay and a broken 8125.. on receipt all I got was a white screen, then last night I replaced with the new screen and got the cingular logo and the windows mobile "touch anywhere to set up.." message.
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