the taptic engine is new to the iPhone
and you can't imagine how you ever lived
without it then it stops working and you
realize it's essential to your iPhone
experience don't worry I can help
because today I'm going to show you how
to replace the topic engine in your
iPhone 6s plus
hi I'm Gwendolyn with iFixit and for
this repair you're going to need a P two
pentalobe screwdriver a small suction
cup a spudger tweezers a Philips
double-0 screwdriver and a plastic
opening tool 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
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 really cool
and very helpful onto 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 plaque but
due to the construction of this device
we've 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 buttons
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
displayed 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
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
now let's move all the way to the bottom
of the phone where we'll find the
amazing taptic engine let's tackle the
bracket for the cable first start with
the three Phillips screws and then lift
the bracket out of the phone now we need
to disconnect the cable and move on to
the two Phillips screws holding the
taptic engine in place with the screws
out of the way the only thing left to do
is to lift the taptic engine from the
phone 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
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