in a world of staying connected it can
sometimes be a luxury to turn off your
phone
not only can a broken power button in
your iPhone 5 be annoying but it can
cheat you out of those few quiet moments
so today we're going to show you how to
replace your iPhone 5 power button
hi I'm Gwendolyn with iFixit and today
I'm going to be walking you through this
repair but as always make sure to check
out our step-by-step guide at ifixit.com
when you do your repair for this repair
you're going to need one of our iPhone 4
pentalobe screw drivers which
conveniently works with the iPhone 5 a
Phillips double zero screwdriver a small
flat-head screwdriver a sim ejector tool
or a paper clip if you don't have one
handy a set of plastic opening tools a
small suction cup and a spudger if you
don't have any of these tools I would
recommend grabbing one of our pro tect
tool kits 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'd 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 okay 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
okay 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 rear case I personally
found this to be the most difficult part
of the repair there's 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
to 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 disconnect the three cables
connecting the display assembly to the
logic board
now that the front panel assembly has
been removed we can work on getting the
battery out to start with we're going to
remove the battery connector bracket
which is held on by two Phillips screws
with that bracket off we're going to
gently pry the battery connector up and
out of the socket the battery is held in
place by a good amount of adhesive so to
free it you're going to use your opening
tool to gently pry it out of the rear
case take your time and be careful you
don't want to deform or puncture the
battery when prying up the battery it's
essential that you only pry from these
three locations make sure you especially
avoid the area around the pool tab as
they are sensitive chips that can be
easily damaged by the prying tool now
that the battery is out all potential
power sources have been removed from the
phone so we can get to work on getting
the logic board out the first thing we
need to do is disconnect a bunch of
cables remove two brackets holding the
logic board in place and pop out the SIM
card
when lifting the logic board out make
sure you live from the bottom here and
before you go talking on it too hard you
need to disconnect the antenna cable
that is connected to the back of the
board and just like that the logic board
is out now we can turn our attention to
the power button there's only one
Philips screw holding the power button
in place and once you get that out you
can simply swing the cover open and use
your spudger to poke the power button
out of place
now all I have to do is install my new
power button and work backwards on a
step-by-step guide to reassemble my
iPhone of course 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 we'd love to hear
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