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 black you can use a
combination of a small suction cup and a
spudger or an opening tool to private
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 how to 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
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 starting 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 twitter
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