bigger screen bigger problems am i right
we all love the iPhone 6s plus and all
the viewing real estate it provides but
sometimes bigger just means more surface
area to damage if you have butterfingers
like me this repair is for you today I'm
going to show you how to replace the
display assembly in your iPhone 6s plus
hi I'm Gwendolyn with iFixit and for
this repair you're going to need an
opening pic an eye opener a p2 pentalobe
screwdriver a phillips double zero
screwdriver a plastic opening tool a
small suction cup a spudger and tweezers
I already have the majority of the tools
I need in my pro tect tool kit and I
also have my magnetic mat it helps keep
screws organized and I never do a repair
without it so let's get started when you
do your repair be sure to follow the
step by step guide on a fix-it comm 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 really cool
and very helpful please note that when
you're replacing your front panel you
must transfer your old home button to
the new panel if your home button or
home button cable are not the ones
originally shipped with the phone you
could run into error 53 this is a
problem that occurs on early versions of
iOS 9 make sure you're running the most
recent version of iOS before you do this
repair on to the repair every time you
do a repair you want to make sure your
device is 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 I'm ready to open
my phone for the past few iPhones we've
used the ice clack but due to the
construction of this device we found a
better option we need a few tools for
this a suction cup a spudger and a
little patience let's start by placing
the suction cup in the bottom left of
the display right above the home button
you should also note that there's a thin
strip of adhesive around the back of the
display and while you don't have to
replace it you may notice the force
touch panel doesn't stay quite so
planted down without it while still
pulling up on the suction cup insert the
flat tip of the spudger into the gap
directly above the headphone jack
now you can twist the spudger to widen
the gap between the front panel and the
rear case we're going to use the spudger
just like this around the bottom left
corner all the way to the top and then
we're going to start over on the bottom
right corner and move to the top again
open the iPhone by lifting the home
button end of the display assembly away
from the rear case using the top end of
the phone as a hinge don't open the
display more than 90 degrees it's still
connected to the top of the phone by the
display digitizer and the front camera
cables which can tear easily now let's
disconnect the battery before we go any
further so we're sure there's absolutely
no power to the phone first we need to
remove the two Phillips screws holding
the bracket in place and once the
bracket is out of our way we can
disconnect the battery with our spudger
make sure to bend the connector back a
little so it doesn't make contact and
power the iPhone while you're working on
it with the phone open and the power
completely disconnected we're now going
to work on removing the front panel from
the phone to get it completely off we're
going to need to disconnect all the
cables connecting it to the logic board
and before we get to those we're going
to have 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
your screws they're incredibly small and
can vanish easily they also need to go
back into the right place so they don't
damage the logic board
and there are all those cables to
disconnect them I'm going to use the
flat end of my spudger start with the
front facing camera and sensor cable
connector then the display data cable
connector and finally the digitizer
cable connector to replace your display
you're going to need to move your home
button over to the new display assembly
before you reattach it to your phone
I'll show you how to remove the home
button in the next few steps starting
with two Phillips screws holding the
home button bracket place with those out
of the way
lift the bracket from the home button
now use the pointed tip of this budget
to disconnect the home button cable from
its connector on the display assembly
the next step requires a little heat so
pause this video and prepare your iover
mine is already hot and ready so i'm
going to lay it over the home button and
soften the adhesive on the gasket now we
get to use our handy pic insert the
opening pic between the home button
gasket and the front panel to lift the
assembly off the panel then just lift
the display so that you can get to the
home button from underneath using your
fingertip gently push the home button
assembly up and begin separating it from
the front panel if the home button does
not easily come free continue separating
the adhesive with your opening using the
tip of your spreader run it underneath
the perimeter of the home button to
finish separating it from the front
panel assembly you can also use it to
pry the lightly adhered home button flex
cable off the display assembly once it's
free you can lift the home button from
the display and add it to your new
assembly for reassembly we recommend you
follow the step by step guide on
ifixit.com
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