Things break, and so can your phone.
For instance maybe you pushed your home button
a little too hard and it broke.
That's ok, you don't know your own strength.
Well, I'm here to help!
So today I'm going to show you how to
replace the home button in your iphone 6.
Hi I'm Gwendolyn with iFixit and for this
repair you're going to need: a pentalobe
screwdriver, an iSlclack, plastic opening tools,
a Phillips #000 screwdriver and
tweezers. When you do your repair be sure
to follow the step-by-step guide on
ifixit.com. Not only will walk you
through the complete repair but you can
also see comments and notes from other
users who have followed it. Which is
really cool and very helpful. Please note
that if you're replacing the home button
you may lose touch ID functionality.
Installing a new home button will only
restore ordinary home button functions.
Let's get started! Every time you do a
repair you want to make sure your device
is completely turned off and once you've
done that you can start by removing the
two pentalobe screws at the bottom of
the phone.
With those screws out now I can open my phone. To do that I'm
going to use a tool called the iSclack.
the iSclack prys your phone open just
enough making sure you won't damage any
of the cables inside your iphone. If you
don't have a iSclack you can use a
combination of a small suction cup and
your spudger or opening tools to pry the
phone open. Just be extremely careful not
to damage any cables inside the phone.
Using the iSclack is super simple! Just
position the suction cups right over the
home button and open the handles. Once
the suction cups are fully engaged,
press the handles together and you'll
have an open phone. The first step to
disconnect the battery is to first
remove the screws securing the bracket
holding the battery connector in place.
and once you get that off you can
disconnect the battery from the logic board
with the flat end of your spudger.
We're now going to work on removing the
front panel, but keep in mind that the
display assembly is still connected to
the logic board. To get it completely off
we're gonna need to disconnect all the
cables, but first we need to remove the
cable bracket which is screwed in place
by five Phillips screws.
make sure you use an organizational tool for keeping
track of the screws because they're
incredibly small and can manage very
easily. I'm using one of our magnetic
mats which holds the screws in place and
I can also make notes to keep track of
where the screws came from. all
There are those cables! To disconnect them i'm
going to use the flat end of my spudger.
The first step to removing the home
button assembly is unscrewing the two
screws securing a home button bracket in
place.
Now that we have those screws out and the bracket off we're going to use
the flat end of our spudger to disconnect
the cable and peel it up from the front
panel.
It's time to get the home button out of
the display assembly. Gently push the top
left corner of the home button until you
see the button membrane start to
separate from the display assembly. You
don't want to push the entire button
through for right now we're just
focusing on this corner.
Once you have that corner up use the tip of your
spudger to release the home button the
rest of the way way.
For reassembly we recommend you follow the step-by-step
guide on ifixit.com in Reverse. 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
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