if the lightning connector on your
iPhone 5c is broken you come to the
right place because today I'm going to
show you how to replace the Lightning
connector in your iPhone 5c
hi I'm Gwendolyn with iFixit and for
this repair you're going to need an ice
Clack plastic opening tools a flathead
screwdriver a phillips triple zero
screwdriver a phillips double zero
screwdriver tweezers a spudger a
pentalobe screwdriver a sim eject tool
and scissors 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 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
with the display assembly free we can
move on to the next step which is
disconnecting the battery even though
our phone is powered down it's a good
idea to completely disconnect any power
sources before continuing and repair 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
next up we'll get to work on removing
the SIM card removing the SIM card is as
simple as inserting a sim eject tool
into the SIM card tray
the first step to removing the battery
is removing the adhesive strips that
hold it in place the adhesive strip has
a tab that can be lifted up by using the
pointy end of your spudger once you've
got it fully out cut the black tab right
between the white adhesive strips and
carefully pull the innermost tab
straight up making sure to keep it flat
and not twisted
now that the adhesive strips have been
removed you can lift the battery right
out of the phone to remove the Lightning
connector we're first going to remove
the speaker assembly let's start by
peeling the home button spring contact
cable up from the speaker enclosure now
we can remove the speaker to do that we
just need to remove three Phillips
screws and then use the flat end of our
spudger to pry the speaker out of the
rear case
with the speaker out we can move on to
taking the lightning connector from the
phone first we need to disconnect the
ribbon cable from the logic board and
then we can work on removing the last
four screws holding it in place
and don't forget to disconnect the Wi-Fi
antenna connector from the base of the
logic board with those out we can use
the flat end of our spudger to work the
lightning connector data cable from the
rear case once you've released the cable
keep working your way around the
assembly until it's no longer adhered to
the rear case and then you can simply
pull it out of the phone
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
at Gwendolyn gaye and follow i fix it at
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