How To Replace Iphone 7 Screen And Digitizer

iPhone 7 Full Teardown for Screen, Battery And Charging Port

BY kaye | September 21st, 2016 | | 16

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After months of speculation and impatient waiting, Apple has finally announced the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus. The excellent camera, A10 Fusion chip, wireless headphone, the new iPhone 7 impressed all a lot, here we're going to disassemble iPhone 7 to offer some repair tips when fix LCD screen, battery or charging port flex cable etc.

Tools Needed:

Heat gun or hair dryer
Suction cup separator
Phillips screwdriver
Tri-point screwdriver
Pentaloble screwdriver
Tweezers

Step 1. Shut down the device then take out the SIM card tray.

1.power off and take out sim card tray

Step 2. Undo 2 Pentalobe screws on the bottom of the device. (Same screwdrivers as 6S/6S+/6/6+, however, the screws are a little bit longer)

2.undo 2 screws

3. Heat up the edges of the device, separate the screen assembly and the rear housing assembly with the help of a double-sided suction cup. (the flex cables of the screen are on the right side of the phone, take your time here in case of breaking any of them)

3.heat up screen

4.lift up screen with suction cup

5.open a gap with guitar pick

6.cut screen adhesives

7.lift up screen

8.iPhone 7 screen

Step 4. Undo 4 triangle screws (the same triangle head screwdriver used on Apple watch) holding the metal shield covering the battery, LCD display and digitizer connectors.

9.Undo 4 triangle screws

Remove the metal shied, release battery and screen connectors.

10.remove metal sheild

11.remove connectors

5. Undo 2 Philips screws and its metal shield, then disconnect the front-facing camera flex cable.

12.undo screws

13.disconnect connector

Then the screen assembly can be removed now.

14.remove screen assembly

Step 6. Undo 3 small Philips screws holding the front-facing camera metal shield and then remove the metal shield.

15.remove 3 phillips screws

16.remove metal cover

Step 7. Undo 2 small Philips screws holding the earphone.

17.remove earpiece screws

Then remove theear speaker.

18.remove earpiece

Step 8. Apply proper heat then pick up the front-facing camera with light and proximity sensor.

19.remove front camera and proximity sensor

Step 9. Undo 4 triangle screws holding the home button metal shield.

21.remove metal shield

Step 10. Undo 6 triangle screws holding the metal shield. Be careful, the LCD and digitizer flex cables are bonded to the metal shield on its back!

22.remove 6 tri-point screws

23.remove metal screen shield

24.screen shield

Step 11. Disconnect home button flex cable connector, apply some heat to loosen the home button flex cable, then press down the home button.

Step 12.Undo 2 small Philips screws holding the rear facing camera then release it

28.undo rear camera screws

29.remove metal cover

27.release rear camera connector

30.remove rear camera

Step 13. Undo 3 small Philips screws holding the Wifi antenna metal shield then 2 Philips screws under it, then you can remove the wifi antenna now.

Step 14. Undo 2 triangle screws holding the side keys metal shield.

Step 15. Undo 2 small Philips screws then remove the antenna then you can remove antenna flex cable (be careful when prying up the antenna flex which is stuck to the rear housing).

remove another antenna screw