if the main camera on your phone is
broken and you're only able to take
selfies than this repair is for you
today I'm going to walk you through
repairing the rear camera 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 plastic opening tools a
spudger and tweezers I already have the
majority of these tools 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 you can also see
comments and notes from other users who
have followed it which can be extremely
helpful 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 2 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 clack prise 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 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 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 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 and now we're going to remove
the rear camera using a pair of our
tweezers we're gonna first peel back the
rubber camera cover it won't come out
all the way so don't try to take it out
just yet as soon as you peeled that back
you just need to disconnect one cable
connecting it to the logic board and
pull the rear camera right out 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
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