my volume button broken I I can't turn
it down hi I'm Gwen Dillon with iFixit
and today I'm going to show you how to
replace the volume button in your iPhone
5 but as always make sure to check out
our step by step guide on 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 for 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 masks now 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 okay so
now that I have all my parts and tools
together I'm going to 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
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
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 disconnect the three cables
connecting the display assembly to the
logic boards
now that the front panel assembly has
been removed we can work on getting beat
battery outs the 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
batteries 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
with the battery out all potential power
sources have been removed so now we can
get to work on getting those volume
buttons out first thing we're going to
do is take out the three Phillips screws
holding the vibrator in place the volume
button is held in place by a total of
three screws and once you remove those
you can use the spudger to pry the
volume button away from the rear case
now all I have to do is install my new
volume button and work backwards on the
step-by-step guide to reassemble my
iPhone of course you can find all the
parts and tools you need for this and
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