Do you or someone you know live with a cracked iPhone 5 screen.
Are your fingers covered in bandaids, because of it? You should know
that's gross, and you don't have to live that way. So today we're going to show
you how easy it is to replace your iPhone 5 front panel display.
Hi I'm Gwendolyn with iFixit, and i'll be walking you through this repair.
But as always be sure to check out our step-by-step guide on ifixit.com when
you do your repair.
For this repair you will need one of our iPhone 4 pentalobe screw drivers. Which
conveniently works on the iPhone 5. A Phillips double zero screwdriver. A set
of plastic opening tools. And a small section cup. If you don't have any of
these tools i would recommend grabbing one of our protect toolkits. It has all
the tools you'll need for this repair and many others.
And while you can do this repair without it i strongly recommend using one of our
magnetic mats. It's not listed as one of the required tools for this repair, but i
don't know how i live without it.
The iPhone 5 has a ton of really small screws, and using the mat will not only
keep them all in one place, but you can organize them.
I like to write what step I took the piece or screw out on, but you can make
whatever doodles help.
Ok so now that I have all my parts and tools together I'm gonna get started.
And as always make sure your phone is off and completely disconnected from any
power source.
Check and check now we can remove the two pentalobe screws down by the
lightning connector.
Ok with those screws out
we're going to use our small suction cup to help us lift up the front panel.
You're going to want to place this right above the home button and once you've
got it on there nice and tight,
gently pull up to separate the front panel of the rare case. I personally
found this to be the most difficult part of the repair.
There are several clips around the display holding it in place and they
really work.
You may have to use more force than you would think but you only need to open it
enough to get the plastic opening tool in. Once you get the tool in there
you're going to want to gently pry the front panel away from the rear case.
Start at the bottom, and work your way up the sides.
Now that the clips along the bottom and the sides of the phone are released we can
finally lift up the panel away from the rear case, but be careful there are
several cables that connect the display to the phone and we don't want to damage
those. You don't want to lift the display more than about 90 degrees from the rear
case.
Next up we need to remove the three Phillips screws holding the cable
bracket in place and then using our trusty plastic opening tool to
disconnect the three cable connecting the display assembly to the logic board.
Now that we have the front panel assembly off we can get to work on
taking off all those little pieces attached to the assembly. To Begin with
we're going to remove the two Phillips screws holding the front facing camera
bracket on.
With that bracket off, the earpiece speaker should just lift right off.
And with some careful prying, the cable, and front-facing camera will come right
off after. Moving down to the bottom of the phone we see the two Phillips screws
holding the home button bracket in place.
As soon as those screws are removed you
need to pry the home button cable up gently. Make sure that you start on the
contacts that are on the right, and work your way left. Otherwise you risk tearing
the cable. If you're having trouble getting your home button or the cables
off, the adhesive can be loosened with a little heat from the iOpener.
The last thing we need to do is remove the four Phillips screws on the side, and
the two Phillips screws on the back of the LCD frame. With those screws out the
frame should lift right off.
Now you can replace the damaged display, with a shiny new one
Remember friends don't let friends live with cracked screen, and let's face it, there's
no reason to with a repair this easy. Of course you can find all the parts and
tools you need for this repair and many others at ifixit.com. And let us know how
it goes.
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