the power button in your iPhone 5c
hasn't been working for a while and
you're ready to fix it
well you've come to the right place
because today I'm gonna walk you through
replacing the upper component cable 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 phillips triple zero
screwdriver a flathead 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
Glac 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 live 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
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
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 with the battery out we
can get to work on all the cables
connected to the logic board a small
piece of tape may obscure the logic
board grounding clips so use a pair of
tweezers to remove the tape there are a
total of seven screws holding the logic
board in place and to remove those
you'll need both your phillips bit in a
small flathead bit
now that all the screws are removed we
can finally get to work on the logic
board using the plastic opening tool
gently pry the logic board up and out of
the phone but there is an antenna cable
that is still 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 your spudger to
disconnect it 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 you just
lift it out of the phone on the other
side of the phone you'll see the
vibrator which is held in place by two
screws once the screws are removed you
can simply lift the vibrator out of the
phone
back on the upper right side of the
phone we need to remove the upper
assembly contact bracket from the rear
case and to do that you're going to need
both your Phillips and flathead fit and
once the bracket is out of the phone you
can also remove the foam tape that is
obscuring the screw near the camera
cavity now we can get to work on the
upper component cable first up we're
going to remove the screws holding the
power button in place and remove the
power button from there we're going to
remove the volume button and the ringer
switch brackets on the side of the rear
case
with the tip of your spudger you can
gently pry the brackets away from the
rear case removing the ringer and volume
buttons as you gain access to them
alright now that the buttons are removed
we can start by removing the cable
itself using the flat end of our spudger
we're going to slowly separate the cable
from the rear case and then carefully
remove the cable
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 gay and follow i fix it at
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