iPhone 5 disassembly, screen replacement and repair

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Tools required for disassembly: iPhone tool kit

(If you are replacing a badly cracked digitizer glass, cover the screen in sticky tape before starting). First turn your phone off and remove the sim tray by pushing your sim removal tool into the hole circled below. If you don't have a sim removal tool, use a paperclip. Next remove the 2 pentalobe screws, circled below. Now attach a suction cup near the bottom of the screen. If your screen is cracked, try and place the suction cup in an area which isn't damaged. Pull the suction cup up and you should lift the screen enough to allow you to get the edge of a plastic tool under the edge of the screen, as pictured below. Run your plastic tool along both sides of the screen. There are ribbon cables holding the screen in place near the top, so don't run your plastic tool along the top edge of the screen. Lift the screen up and you'll see a metal cover held in place by 3 screws. Remove these screws. The metal cover is now free.  You now have access to three ribbon cables, indicated below. Each has a plug and socket like connection, so lever each up, away from the circuit board. The screen is now free. If you are replacing the screen and your new screen does not come with the earpiece, front facing camera, proximity sensor, home button and sensor, then you'll need to remove them from your old screen. To remove the earpiece, remove the 2 screws circled below. The earpiece and metal cover are now free. To remove the flex ribbon cable for the front facing camera and proximity sensor, first apply some heat with a hair dryer for around 30 seconds, which will soften the adhesive holding it in place, then use a flat head screwdriver to carefully lift the cable free, from the point indicated by the screwdriver below. Then pull the tab, indicated by the arrow below, towards you. The flex ribbon cable is now free. Below is a closer view of the flex ribbon cable. To remove the home button and sensor, first remove the 2 screws circled below. Now apply some heat with a hair dryer for around 30 seconds, which will soften the adhesive holding the sensor in place, then carefully pull the home button sensor away from the back of the screen. Carefully pull the home button sensor away from the back of the screen. The home button sensor is now free. Next push the home button, indicated by the arrow below, from the other side of the screen and it will fall out. The home button is now free. Next remove the 2 screws circled below. Now remove the 2 screws circled below. Also remove the 2 screws on the other side. The metal cover can now be removed from the back of the old screen. If you only want to replace the LCD screen, you don't need to follow the guide any further, simply reattach the parts to your new screen and reverse the whole procedure for reassembly. If you've found this disassembly guide useful, please support formymobile.co.uk and order the tools and parts you need from our site. We ship worldwide! Continue following the rest of the guide for complete disassembly of your iPhone 5. Next, remove the 3 screws circled below. The 3 screws have been removed and the two metal covers are now free. The ribbon cable from the battery, indicated below, needs to be disconnected. This ribbon cable has a plug and socket like connection, so lever it up, away from the circuit board. To lift the battery free, pull the tab indicated by the arrow below. Some force is required. You may need to heat the battery using a hair dryer on a low setting for around 30 seconds. This will soften the adhesive holding the battery in place and allow you to lift it out. The battery is now free. Another 2 ribbon cables need to be disconnected, indicated below. Although each cable is slightly different, each has a plug and socket like connection, so lever each up, away from the circuit board. The 2 ribbon cables are now disconnected. Now disconnected the 3 ribbon cables indicated below. Disconnect ribbon number 1 first, then 2 then 3. Make sure ribbon cables 2 and 3 are disconnected at both ends. Again, each ribbon cable has a plug and socket like connection, so disconnect them in the same way as the others. The ribbon cables in the last stage have now been disconnected. Next remove the 6 screws, circled below. Now remove the 5 screws, circled below. Now lift the circuit board from the point indicated by the arrow below. The circuit board is still connected by the ribbon cable on the other side, so lift the circuit board up and turn it over, from right to left. The circuit board has been flipped over and is almost free. Disconnect the ribbon cable circled below. Again, it has a plug and socket connector, so disconnect it in the same way as the others. The circuit board is now free. Now remove the 7 screws, circled below, and you can lift the loudspeaker/lightening port assembly free. The loudspeaker/lightening port assembly is now free. Circled below is the part which makes a connection with the home button sensor. Carefully peel this part back (it's held in place lightly with adhesive tape) and you'll be able to detach the loudspeaker. The loudspeaker is now free. Next remove the 7 screws circled below. The vibrating motor will come loose. The screws and vibrating motor are now free. The ribbon cable for the volume, mute switch and power button, indicated by the arrow below, is held in place with double sided adhesive tape. Carefully peel this away. The volume buttons, mute switch. power button, all the screws and the ribbon cables have been disconnected. Disassembly is now complete. Reverse the whole procedure for reassembly. If you've found this disassembly guide useful, please support formymobile.co.uk and order the tools and parts you need from our site. We ship worldwide!
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