iPhone 5s Display Assembly - Video Tutorial Replacement

Written By: ZFix
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iPhone 5s Display Assembly - Video Tutorial Replacement

Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

12

Time Required

25 - 30 minutes

Introduction

For the official iFixit guide, click here. The guide you are viewing is retained for historical purposes only.

How to disassemble an iPhone 5S and to change / replace the touch screen digitizer glass & LCD display assembly.

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    • Turn off the phone.

    • If the touch screen is not working, press and hold the home button and the power button for 5 seconds.

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    • With a pentalobe screwdriver remove the two security screws near to the charging connector.

    • Put the suction cup on the glass and with a cutter carefully lift a little the glass to make a room for the plastic tool.

    • With a plastic pick or other plastic tool separate the screen from the phone but not open it fully.

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    • Disconnect the Home button flex cable.

    • Up on the connector there is a small metal bracket.

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    • Remove the two Phillips screws.

    • Remove the metal bracket.

    • Disconnect the battery.

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    • The display flex cable connectors bracket is secured by four Phillips screws.

    • Remove them and the remove the bracket.

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    • Disconnect:

    • The front camera flex cable

    • The LCD flex cable

    • The touch screen flex

    • Now you can remove the display assembly.

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    • From the old spare part we have to remove and install to the new spare part:

    • Home button assembly

    • Earpiece

    • Front camera and proximity sensor flex cable

    • LCD shield

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    • Remove the 3x Phillips screws.

    • Remove the metal bracket.

    • Use a plastic tool and gently separate the Home button assembly.

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    • Remove the two Phillips screws.

    • The screws are different sizes.

    • Remove the earpiece bracket.

    • Remove the earpiece.

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    • Use a plastic tool and gently remove the flex cable.

    • Originally the flex cable is stuck to the LCD shield by a black sticker. Unstuck the sticker or remove the flex cable together with the LCD shield. Do this careful!

    • Inspect the new spare part and install on it all small missing parts from the old spare part (front camera bracket, light sensor bracket, etc.).

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    • The LCD shield is secured by 5x Philleips screws.

    • This is the final part that we have to remove from the old display assembly.

    where is the part where you remove the cracked screen and put in a new one?

    Bob Sacco -

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    • Start with reassembling:

    • Install the LCD shield with 5x Phillips screws

    • Install the front camera flex and the earpiece with the bracket with two fillips screws (the screws are different).

    • Install the home button assembly - metal bracket and 3x Phillips screws

    • Connect the display assembly flex cables and install the bracket with 4x Phillips screws

    • Connect the battery and install the bracket with two Phillips screws

    • Connect the home button flex and put the small bracket up on it

    • Close the display assembly and and secure it with the two penatalobe screws

Conclusion

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

Author

ZFix

Member since: 09/12/13

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2 comments

The display flex cable connectors bracket is secured by four Phillips screws, but they are diferent and i had read that, if you put in different place , you can make a damaged in the motherboard. Please said how is the right place for any of them, becouse i changed the lcd and appears 5 lines and dont work the digitaizer there. i was trying to cleaning the connectors and still same way.

maxi -

you fail to show how you replaced the glass screen that was cracked.

Bob Sacco -