if the lightning connector on your
iPhone 5c is broken you've come to the
right place cuz today I'm gonna show you
how to replace the Lightning connector
in your iPhone 5c hi I'm Gwen Dillon
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 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 black 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 groups to disconnect the
battery we're going to use the flat in
the bar 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
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 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 sponger
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
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