hey guys I'm going to Lin with iFixit
and today I'm going to show you how to
replace the adhesive on your Apple watch
screen and seal it up good as new
we're going to start with prepping the
screen for new adhesive by cleaning and
removing the old adhesive grab your
opening tool or a spudger and scrape
around the edges you can even enlist the
help of tweezers to lift some of that
silicone looking adhesive now that we
have all the gunk out of the way we want
to make sure it's nice and clean so use
an alcohol soaked q-tip to clean any
residue off the back of the screen time
for new adhesive use tweezers to peel
the outer ring off of one of the
adhesive strip pads make sure you get
both the double-sided adhesive and the
brown backing paper but be sure you
don't bend fold or stretch the adhesive
tape as this will make it too thick to
seal the screen now we can lay the
adhesive in the wash the guide will tell
you to lay the back adhesive tape down
on the fourth touch sensor I found it
easier to lay the adhesive in the
display either way will work place it
around the edge where the screen rests
start in the corner with the tape as
close to the corner as possible
now you can use your plastic opening
tool to press around the brown backing
paper to secure the adhesive around the
entire perimeter adhesive is done now we
can reassemble the watch first I'm going
to reconnect the display data and
digitizer cable connectors with the help
of my opening tool I'm going to be
careful not to touch the contacts
directly as the oils from my fingers can
impede connectivity next is the metal
bracket line up the single tab with the
slot on the top of the lower half and
slide the bracket down and then snap it
in place battery goes in next line the
battery connector up with its mate on
the cable inside the watch you can use
tweezers to press the two connectors
together rotate the battery and press it
into position this is the best time to
check and make sure everything is
connected correctly and the watch turns
on it would be a shame to ruin all that
new adhesive you just put on my work so
I'm going to move to securing the screen
back on its body first I need to remove
the paper backing strip
finally it's time to marry the two
pieces move the screen back to the right
folding the display data and digitizer
tables neatly Center the screen over the
case and press firmly down into the
adhesive and that's all there is to it
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