if the home button is broken on your
iPhone 5c and you're ready to fix it
you've come to the right place cuz today
I'm gonna show you how to replace the
home button in your iPhone 5c hi I'm
Gwen Dillon with iFixit and for this
repair you're going to need an ice Clack
a pentalobe screwdriver a phillips
triple zero screwdriver plastic opening
tools and a spudger i already have the
majority of the tools i need in my pro
tech 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 gonna 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 gonna use this tool called the
ice clag 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 magnetic
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 gonna 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 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
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