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 clack 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
the battery connector is located right
below the battery connector bracket
which is held in place by two Phillips
screws to disconnect the battery we're
going to use the flat end of our spudger
to lift the cable out of its socket make
sure you're prying the cable connector
itself and not the actual socket 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
match 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 brackets and the
earpiece speakers 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 follow 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 you can find me on twitter
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