- Hey guys, it's David from theunlockr.com, and today,
really quickly, I'm going to show you a complete guide
to replacing your screen on your iPhone 5C.
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So, the screen I'm using, you can click the link below
to get that.
Once it arrives, we can get started.
First, we've got to remove the old screen, so we're going
to unscrew the two screws at the bottom of the phone
using the included pentalobe screwdriver in the kit
that you bought, if you bought the one that I recommended,
otherwise, whichever one you bought, hopefully it came
with them.
Then, you're going to attch the included suction cup
to the screen at the lowest part without going over
the home button.
If you do, it'll cause basically an air pocket,
and you'll lose suction, so as close as you can
without actually going over it.
Then, we're going to pry the screen up with the included
pry tool.
Make sure to not pull it back too far when you do,
just pull it back to about 90 degrees.
If you pull it back too far, you could hurt the cables
that connect it to the motherboard, and that's a whole
other mess.
You can then unscrew the screws that hold down the metal
plate over where the screen's cables are attached
to the motherboard and remove that metal plate.
Again, set all of these aside on a piece of paper
to make life easy.
Then, we can pop off the connectors attaching the screen
to the motherboard, and then separate the screen from
the rest of the phone, and set that aside.
Then, looking at the new and old screens side-by-side,
you'll notice that with most screens you buy,
the new screen will be missing the home button,
the ear piece, the front-facing camera, and basically the
entire top part, so we need to now transfer over those
from the old, broken screen to the new one.
So first, we'll unscrew the two screws holding down
the earpiece, etc., then we'll remove the metal bracket
and set that aside.
Then, we need to pry up the camera and everything else
that is held on by loose glue.
So, we're gonna do that, just do it really carefully
and pull very slowly to get it to come off.
Then, we can remove the two plastic brackets under that,
as well, because we're also going to need these.
Then, we can remove the metal plate on the back
of the screen.
TO do that, we'll unscrew all of the screws on either side
of it, then the one on the bottom near the home button,
and the one at the top.
And then we can pry it off.
Now, we can remove the home button by unscrewing
the screws holding down the metal bracket over it,
removing the bracket, and pushing out the home button
from the other side.
And, be careful, by the way, because the metal bracket
does have a small piece of lightly-glued-down,
just like the top part did, so be careful to just peel that
and not rip it.
Now, we can work backwards, installing these things on to
the new screen.
We can put the home button in, put the metal bracket on top,
and stick it back on, then screw that back down as well.
Next, we're going to remove the protective film on the back
of the new screen, if yours came with any, and we can place
the metal bracket form the old screen on to the new one
and begin screwing that back on.
Then, we'll put the plastic brackets back on, and set the
front camera, etc., on it, making sure to put everything
back in the same way that it came out.
For example, there's a cable that should be bent back
on itself with a small metal piece that goes into a small
hole underneath the camera.
Then, we can line the earpiece back up, put the metal
bracket back on top of it, and screw that back down.
We can then attach the screen's cables to the motherboard,
making sure that they are properly connected,
and put the metal bracket on top of them, and screw that
down as well.
Now, we can slowly and carefully close the screen back down
bit by bit, and making sure nothing is getting crushed
as we do it, and making sure that it is snapping down
into place.
Before we put the pentalobe screws back in, we should turn
it on and just make sure that it works.
Then, we can put the two pentalobe screws back in
at the bottom of the phone and we're all set.
There guys, I hope that helped some of you save some money.
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