if you've got a case of the
butterfingers and cracked your iPhone 5c
you've come to the right place because
today I'm going to show you how to
replace the display assembly in your
iPhone 5c hi I'm Gwendolyn with iFixit
and for this repair you're going to need
an ice Clack an iphone 5-point pentalobe
screwdriver a Philips double-0
screwdriver a Philips triple zero
screwdriver plastic opening tools a
spudger and an eye opener or other heat
source to soften adhesive I already have
the majority of the tools I need in my
pro tect tool kit so I'm ready to get
started when you do your repair make
sure you follow the step by step guide
on ifixit.com
not only does it walk you through the
complete repair but you can also see
comments and notes from other users who
have followed it which is extremely
helpful first things first I'm going to
make sure that my phone is completely
powered off and once I've confirmed that
I'm going to get started opening my
phone by removing the two screws down by
the Lightning connector with those
screws out I'm ready to open up my phone
to do that I'm going to use this tool
called the ice clock if you don't have a
nice clack you can use a combination of
a small suction cup and a spudger or an
opening tool to pry the phone open using
the ice Clack is super simple just
position the suction cups right over the
home button and open the handles once
the suction cup is fully engaged just
press the handles together and you'll
have an open phone now that we have the
phone open we can move on but keep in
mind that the display assembly is still
connected to the logic board to get it
completely off we're going to need to
disconnect all the cables but before we
get to those we have to remove the cable
bracket which is held in place by four
Phillips screws
make sure you use an organizational tool
for keeping track of your screws they
are incredibly small and can vanish
easily I'm using one of our magmatic
mats which holds the screws in place and
I can also make notes and keep track of
where the screws come from and there are
all those cables to disconnect them I'm
going to use the flat end of my spudger
the first step to removing the home
button assembly is unscrewing the two
screws securing the home button bracket
in place now that we have those screws
out we're going to use our spudger to
peel the home button cable from the rear
case
it's time to get the home button out of
the display assembly gently push the
top-left corner of the home button until
you see the button membranes start to
separate from the display assembly you
don't want to push the entire button
through right now we're only focusing on
this corner and once you have that
corner up use the tip of your spudger to
release the home button the rest of the
way moving on to the top of the display
you will find two Phillips screws that
are holding the upper component bracket
in place once you remove those you'll be
able to remove both the bracket and the
earpiece speaker with those pieces up we
now have access to the front-facing
camera and sensor cable this cable is
pretty delicate and glued to the phone
so to prevent any damage while we're
removing the cable we're going to use
our eye opener to soften the adhesive
before we begin prying it up
the last piece of the display assembly
that we need to remove is the LCD shield
plate which is held in place by a few
Phillips screws for reassembly we
recommend you followed the step by step
guide on ifixit.com in Reverse and if
you're in the mood to see a reassembly
on video check out the iPhone 5c
reassembly video on our channel you can
find all the parts and tools you need
for this and many other repairs at
ifixit.com and let us know how it goes
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