iPhone 5 Interconnect Cables Replacement

If your display glass is cracked, keep further breakage contained and prevent bodily harm during your repair by taping the glass.

Lay overlapping strips of clear packing tape over the iPhone's display until the whole face is covered.

• This will keep glass shards contained and provide structural integrity when prying and lifting the display.

Power off your iPhone before beginning disassembly.

Remove the two 3.6 mm Pentalobe screws next to the Lightning connector.

Regardless of the tool you use, you need to be sure you pull up the entire display.

If the glass begins to separate from the plastic, as shown in the first image, slide a plastic opening tool between the plastic frame and the metal phone body to pry the metal clips out of the case.

Close the handle on the iSclack, opening the suction-cup jaws.

Place the bottom of your iPhone in between the suction cups, against the plastic depth gauge.

• The top suction cup should rest just above the home button.

Open the handles to close the jaws of the iSclack. Center the suction cups and press them firmly onto the top and bottom of the iPhone.

Hold onto your iPhone securely and close the handle of the iSclack to separate the suction cups, pulling the front panel up from the rear case.

The iSclack is designed to safely open your iPhone just enough to separate the pieces, but not enough to damage any cables.

Peel the two suction cups off your iPhone.

Skip the next three steps and continue on Step 9.

Press a suction cup onto the screen, just above the home button.

While holding the iPhone down with one hand, pull up on the suction cup to slightly separate the front panel assembly from the rear case.

With a plastic opening tool, begin to gently pry the rear case down, away from the display assembly, while you pull up with the suction cup.

Continue to pry up around the sides of the front panel assembly, detaching the clips along the left and right side.

Once the clips have been released on the bottom and sides of the front panel assembly, pull the bottom of the assembly away from the rear case.

Open the display to about a 90º angle, and lean it against something to keep it propped up while you're working on the phone.

• Add a rubber band to keep the display securely in place while you work. This prevents undue strain on the display cables.

Remove the following two screws securing the metal battery connector bracket to the logic board:

• One 1.8 mm Phillips screw
• One 1.6 mm Phillips screw

Remove the metal battery connector bracket from the iPhone.

Use a plastic opening tool to gently pry the battery connector up from its socket on the logic board.

Remove the following screws securing the front panel assembly cable bracket to the logic board:

• Two 1.2 mm Phillips screws
• One 1.6 mm Phillips screw

  • This screw tends to not be attracted to a magnetized screwdriver. Take care not to lose it when removing, and make sure it gets back into the right place—a magnetized screw may interfere with the compass.

Lift the display cable bracket toward the battery to unhook it, and remove it from the iPhone.

Use a plastic opening tool or a fingernail to disconnect the three front panel assembly cables:

• Front-facing camera and sensor cable
• LCD cable
• Digitizer cable

  • When reassembling your phone, the LCD cable may pop off the connector. This can cause white lines, or nothing at all to appear when powering your phone back on. If that happens, simply reconnect the cable and power cycle your phone. The best way to power cycle your phone is to disconnect and reconnect the battery.

Remove the front panel assembly from the rear case.

Remove the following two screws securing the metal battery connector bracket to the logic board:

• One 1.8 mm Phillips screw
• One 1.6 mm Phillips screw

Remove the metal bracket securing the battery connector from the iPhone.

Use a plastic opening tool to gently pry the battery connector up from its socket on the logic board.

Remove the single 1.2 mm Phillips screw remaining in the mid logic board bracket.

Remove the mid logic board bracket.

Use a plastic opening tool to pry the two interconnect cables up from their sockets at the top of the logic board.

Disconnect the two interconnect cables from the bottom of the logic board in the same manner described above.

Remove the interconnect cables from the iPhone.