your lightning connector is broken and
now your phone won't charge don't worry
we've got you covered cuz today I'm
gonna walk you through repairing the
Lightning connector in the iPhone 5x
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hi I'm going to LA with iFixit and for
this repair you're going to need an ice
Clack an iphone 5-point pentalobe
screwdriver a phillips double zero
screwdriver a phillips triple zero
screwdriver plastic opening tools a
spudger an iphone SIM card eject tool a
2.5 millimeter flat head screwdriver and
tweezers 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 first things first I'm gonna
make sure that my iPhone is completely
powered off and once I've confirmed that
I'm gonna get started by opening the
phone and removing the two screws by the
lightning connector with those screws
out I'm gonna get started with opening
my phone and to do that I'm gonna use
this tool called the ice black the ice
black prise your phone open just enough
making sure it won't damage the home
button cable that connects the displace
then bleed 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 it's
connector using the ice black 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 gonna 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
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with the display assembly free we can
move on to our next step
disconnecting the battery even though
our phone is powered down it's a good
idea to completely disconnect any power
sources before continuing any 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 up and out of its socket make
sure you're prying the connector itself
and not the actual socket because you
don't want to break the connector
entirely now we can get to work on
removing the SIM card removing the SIM
card is as simple as inserting the SIM
opening tool into the SIM card tray with
the SIM card out we can get to work on
the cables that are connected to the
logic board there are a total of seven
screws holding the logic board in place
and to remove those you're going to need
both a Phillips bit and a small flathead
bit
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using a plastic opening tool jelly pry
the logic board up and out of the phone
there is an antenna cable that is
attached to the logic board on the
underside so before you try to pull the
board all the way out roll the board
over and use the flat end of your
spudger to disconnect it with the logic
board out now we can move on to removing
the speaker to do that you're just going
to remove the two Phillips screws and
then use the flat end of your spudger to
pry the speaker out of the rear case
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with the speaker out we can move on to
taking the lightning connector from the
phone let's start by removing the five
screws holding it in place now that
those screws are out we can use the flat
end of our spudger to pry the lightning
connector data cable from the rear case
once you have 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 there are two small metal
pieces a bracket and a washer that are
easy to lose but are necessary for
reassembly so just be careful when
you're replacing your lightning
connector assembly 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
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