you've been using assistive touch too
long and you're ready to repair that
home button good you've come to the
right place because today I'm gonna walk
you through replacing the home button in
your iPhone 5s
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 a plastic opening tool a
spudger tweezers and an eye opener or
other heat source to soften adhesive I
already have the majority of these tools
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 you can also
see comments and notes from other users
who have followed it which can be
extremely helpful please note only the
phone's original home button assembly
will be capable of using the touch ID
functionality installing a new home
button will only restore ordinary home
button functions not the touch ID
features first things first I'm going to
make sure that my iPhone is completely
powered off and once I've confirmed that
I'm going to get started by opening the
phone and removing the two screws by the
lightning connector with those screws
out I'm going to get started with
opening my phone and to do that I'm
going to use this tool called the ice
black the ice black prize your phone
open just enough making sure it won't
damage the home button cable that
connects the display assembly to the
lower part of the phone if you don't
have an ice Clack you can use a
combination of a small suction cup in
your spudger to pry the phone open just
be extremely careful not to damage the
home button cable or its connector using
the ice lack is super simple just
position the suction cups right over the
home button open the handles
and once the suction cups are fully
engaged
just press the handles together and
you'll have an open phone now we have
the phone open just enough room to
disconnect the home button cable and to
do that we're going to use the pointy
end of our spudger and first pry up the
bracket that's covering the connector
with the bracket cover off we just need
to disconnect the cable but be careful
when you're working with your spudger
that you're only prying the connector up
not prying the entire socket and now
that the home button cable is
disconnected we can open our phone 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 at the
top of the phone but before we can get
to the cables we need to remove the
cable bracket which is screwed in place
by four Phillips screws make sure you
use an organizational tool for keeping
track of your screws they're incredibly
small and can vanish very easily I'm
using one of our magnetic mats which
holds the screws in place and you can
also make notes and keep track of where
the screws come from and there are all
those cables to disconnect them we're
going to use the flat end of our
spreader the first step to removing the
home button assembly is unscrewing the
single Phillips screw that is securing
the home button cable this is a captive
screw that is fastened to the cable so
don't expect to completely remove that
screw when the screw is loosened use the
flat end of your spreader to fold the
cable down exposing both screws holding
the home button bracket in place to
remove those screws we're going to need
our Phillips bit
now that we have those screws out we're
going to use our spudger to peel the
home button cable from the front panel
assembly 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
membrane start to separate from the
display assembly if it gives you a lot
of resistance try applying a little heat
with your eye opener to soften the
adhesive 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 the reassembly on video check out
the iPhone 5s reassembly video on our
channel you can find all the parts and
tools you need for this and many more
repairs at ifixit.com and let us know
how it goes you can find me on twitter
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