Step 1

• Power off your iPhone.
• Remove the two Pentalobe screws, located at the bottom of the iPhone, next to the lightning connector.

Step 2

• Heat the bottom of the iPhone so that the adhesive softens.

Step 3

• Place a suction cup just above the home button.
• Pull the suction cup to create a small gap between the display and the rear case.
• Insert the flat end of a spudger into the gap. Slide the spudger alongside the left side of the iPhone. Twist the spudger to widen the gap.

Step 4

• Use a opening pick to free the display from the remaining adhesive that is holding the screen in place.

Step 5

• Pull the display slightly away from the rear case, to unlock the clips holding it to the rear case.
• Open the iPhone by swinging it up from the left side, like the cover of a book.
• Do not fully try to seperate the display yet! There are several connector cables connected to the logic board.

Step 6

• Remove the following tri-point (Y000) screws from the lower connector bracket.
• Label the holes and the screws. When the screws are placed in the wrong holes, it might permanently damage the iPhone.

Step 7

• Remove the metal lower connector bracket.

Step 8

1. Disconnect the battery connector from its socket on the logic board. Bend the connector to make sure it doesn’t connect with the socket and providing power to the iPhone while repairing it.
2. Use the point of a spudger to pry the lower display connector out of its socket.
3. Use the point of a spudger to disconnect the second lower display cable.

Step 9

• Remove the three screws securing the bracket over the front panel sensor assembly connector.

Step 10

• Remove the bracket.

Step 11

• Use the point of a spudger to disconnect the front panel sensor assembly connector.

Step 12

• Remove the display assembly.

Step 13

• Remove the four Y000 screws securing the bracket over the home/Touch ID sensor: