I know how frustrating it can be when
something doesn't work on your phone
especially the rear camera so many
missed photo ops well you've come to the
right place because today I'm gonna show
you how to replace the rear camera in
your iPhone 5c hi I'm Gwendolyn with
iFixit and for this repair you're going
to need an ice Clack a pentalobe
screwdriver a Philips triple zero
screwdriver plastic opening tools a
spudger and tweezers 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 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 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 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 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
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
gonna use the flat end of my spudger now
we can remove the rear camera to do that
we're going to start with a bracket that
is held in place with two Phillips
screws once the bracket is off you can
use your spudger to disconnect the rear
camera and just lift it out of the phone
for reassembly we recommend you followed
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
channels 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 gay and follow i fix it at
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