Introdução
If your iPhone 12 mini screen is cracked, not responding to touch, or not showing a picture when your phone is powered on, use this guide to restore your iPhone to working order with a new screen, a.k.a. display assembly.
The combined earpiece speaker + sensor assembly affixed to the back of the display is paired to your individual iPhone from the factory, so you must transfer it from your old display to your new one during any display replacement. It contains the flood illuminator, which is part of the biometric Face ID security feature. If it is damaged or replaced, Face ID will cease to function, so take extra care not to damage any of these components during this procedure. If damaged, only Apple or an Apple-authorized technician can restore Face ID function.
Note: True Tone functionality is disabled after a screen replacement, even when using an original Apple screen. Additionally, your iPhone may temporarily show a warning about the “genuineness” of the display.
You’ll need replacement adhesive to reattach components when reassembling the device.
O que você precisa
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Power off your iPhone before beginning disassembly.
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Remove the two 6.7 mm-long pentalobe screws at the bottom edge of the iPhone.
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Measure 3 mm from the tip and mark the opening pick with a permanent marker.
Got to step 2 and realized the fix kit doesn't include an opening pick! Looks like a guitar pick, and I have those lying around. Is that expected? Looks like the pick is used in many steps below. There's a little blue crowbar that isn't mentioned in the instructions. Perhaps that replaces the opening pick?
Hi! I can't see which guide you were using when writing this comment. Can you reply here with which guide and fix kit you used?
I see you posted this in Meta. I hope it's resolved soon! In the meantime, a guitar pick may work well enough for your repair.
what fix kit?
My fix kit didn't include an opening pick either
My AliExpress refurbished screen came with a pick that has a coin-like circle that pops out, so no modification was necessary
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Lay overlapping strips of clear packing tape over the iPhone's screen until the whole face is covered.
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If you can't get the suction cup to stick in the next few steps, fold a strong piece of tape (such as duct tape) into a handle and lift the screen with that instead.
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Pull the blue handle backwards to unlock the Anti-Clamp's arms.
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Slide the arms over either the left or right edge of your iPhone.
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Position the suction cups near the bottom edge of the iPhone—one on the front, and one on the back.
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Squeeze the cups together to apply suction to the desired area.
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Support your iPhone on something sturdy such as a hardcover book so it rests hands-free and parallel to the ground; this makes it easier to work with in the following steps.
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Use a hair dryer to heat along the bottom edge of the iPhone. The screen should feel slightly too hot to touch.
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Wait one minute to give the adhesive a chance to release and present an opening gap.
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Insert an opening pick under the screen's plastic bezel when the Anti-Clamp creates a large enough gap.
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Skip the next three steps.
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Use a hair dryer or a heat gun to heat the bottom edge of the iPhone for 90 seconds or until the screen is slightly too hot to touch.
you need to clarify that you're heating the metal frame, not the glass. I gently heated the glass front with a heat gun and proceeded to pull the display apart, destroying it. :-(
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If you're using a single suction handle, apply it to the bottom edge of the phone, as close to the edge as possible.
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If your display is badly cracked, covering it with a layer of clear packing tape may allow the suction cup to adhere. Alternatively, very strong tape may be used instead of the suction cup. If all else fails, you can superglue the suction cup to the broken screen.
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Pull up on the suction cup with firm, constant pressure to create a slight gap between the screen and the frame.
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Insert an opening pick into the gap under the screen's plastic bezel.
I ended up separating my screen rather than getting under the scren casing.. BE CAREFUL TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE UNDER THE PLASTIC PART - otherwise you just ruin your screen... No mention of this precaution here and as a result, my phone is more broken than when I started
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Use a hair dryer to heat the right edge of the iPhone (the edge with the power button) for 90 seconds or until the screen is slightly too hot to touch.
The pictures show the left side. I know that the left side is the correct one to heat, but for others it might be confusing. 😊
@dviosz You mean the right edge! The picture shows the left edge but the right edge is the correct one to heat. As described in the text next to it. Opening the phone from the left will damage it!
Yeah, sorry, you are right! (tried to make something less confusing and created more confusion by accident… 😃 )
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Slide the opening pick around the bottom right corner and along the right edge of the iPhone, slicing through the adhesive holding the display in place.
Be very careful your tool does NOT go in between the screen and the screen frame but rather in between the screen frame and the phone frame. If not you will damage the screen and need a new one. This has happened to MANY people. The screen is attached to the screen frame with an adhesive that can also be accidentally pried apart if not done carefully. This is probably more likely if your tool is too thin, if you dont heat enough, or dont suction and pull enough to create a big enough separation between the screen frame and the phone frame.
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Use a hair dryer to heat the top edge of the iPhone for 90 seconds or until the screen is slightly too hot to touch.
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Use a hair dryer to heat the left edge of the iPhone for 90 seconds or until the screen is slightly too hot to touch.
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Insert a second opening pick in the bottom left corner of the iPhone.
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Twist both picks simultaneously until the left edge clips release.
Don't go from just one corner (like on the right side). I've done that (forgot this step) and broke my screen.
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Rotate your iPhone so the right edge faces you.
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Open the iPhone by swinging the display up from the right side, like the front cover of a book.
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Lean the display against something to keep it propped up while you're working on the phone.
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Remove the 1.25 mm-long Y000 screw securing the battery & display connector cover bracket.
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Use a pair of tweezers to remove the battery & display connector bracket.
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Use a spudger or a clean fingernail to pry the battery connector up from its socket on the logic board.
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Bend the connector slightly away from the logic board to prevent it from accidentally making contact with the socket and providing power to the phone during your repair.
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Use a spudger or a clean fingernail to pry the OLED panel cable connector up from its socket on the logic board.
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Remove the five 1 mm-long Y000 screws securing the front sensor assembly cover bracket.
what 3 are the small ones? I don't know anymore
in case anyone else reads this, the 3 small ones screw directly onto the board. the two longer ones screw into standoffs (the two top screws, based on the picture above)
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Use a spudger or a clean fingernail to disconnect the front sensor assembly cable connector.
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Remove the 1.1 mm-long tri-point Y000 screw.
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Remove the 1.8 mm-long tri-point Y000 screw.
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Remove the two 1.6 mm-long Phillips #00 screws.
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Use a hairdryer or heat gun or prepare an iOpener and apply it to the top front of the display for 1-2 minutes, in order to soften the adhesive securing the sensors.
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Use the pointed end of a spudger to carefully pry the proximity sensor out of its recess.
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Use a spudger or a pair of tweezers to pry the flood illuminator out of its recess.
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Remove the earpiece speaker and front sensor assembly.
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Flood illuminiator
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Proximity sensor
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Microphone
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Compare your new replacement part to the original part—you may need to transfer remaining components or remove adhesive backings from the new part before installing.
To reassemble your device, follow the above steps in reverse order. Apply new adhesive where necessary after cleaning the relevant areas with isopropyl alcohol (>90%).
Take your e-waste to an R2 or e-Stewards certified recycler.
Repair didn’t go as planned? Check out our iPhone 12 mini Answers community for troubleshooting help.
Compare your new replacement part to the original part—you may need to transfer remaining components or remove adhesive backings from the new part before installing.
To reassemble your device, follow the above steps in reverse order. Apply new adhesive where necessary after cleaning the relevant areas with isopropyl alcohol (>90%).
Take your e-waste to an R2 or e-Stewards certified recycler.
Repair didn’t go as planned? Check out our iPhone 12 mini Answers community for troubleshooting help.
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The only way to pair the new sceen to the phone to retain Tue Tone is to buy a dedicated board that copy the data from the original screen to the new.
This guide was impeccable! The hardest part is definitely getting the screen glue off. Ended up separating the frame of the screen from the display itself. All worked out in the end though!
Should the phone turn ON and screen work with out speaker/sensor module?
is it oem apple battery, because at some photo shows(Ifixit) and another shows (apple) ... wait your answer?
karim - Responder
BEWARE! This screen isn’t the same as older iPhone models’ screens. The iPhone mini 12-screen comes with a thin plastic frame around the screen on its back. Thus, make sure you don’t insert the pick in between the screen and its plastic frame, as you’ll seperate the screen and leave the plastic frame still sitting in the phone’s metal housing (this cost me 100 dollars…). Carefully heat the sides of the metal housing and do not heat directly on the glass, as doing so will potentially loosen the glue from the plastic frame stuck to the screen. My suggestion is that you watch a video of this repair as this step-by-step-guide is undercooked.
Dan - Responder
This is an excellent comment. Following this step-by-step guide to the letter will break your screen; it's by far the worst iFixit guide I've seen to date.
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