iPhone 6 main speaker replacement guide. We'll need a triangular plastic pick, a
plastic prying tool often referred to as a spudger, a proprietary Apple
screwdriver called the pentalobe screwdriver, a Philips head double zero
screwdriver. All of these tools should come standard with your replacement kit.
Go ahead and power down the iPhone. Make sure not to miss this step. Flip it over
so you can see the charging port there you'll see there are two pentalobe
screws securing the screen to the frame. Go ahead and remove those with your
pentalobe screwdriver. Once removed we can go ahead and pry open the iPhone and
access the internal parts. Go ahead and use your triangular pick to find a spot
near the auxilary cable to slide it in. Once you slide it in, go ahead and
slide it across the crack digging it slightly deeper in but be very careful
with your movements, you don't want to damage any internal parts. Once the pick
is in about a quarter of an inch go ahead and slightly twist it from left to
right to get that prying action. You want to crack open the lower half of the
phone. Be careful because the top portion of the phone is connected with about
four cables to the logic board. Not to run the risk of ripping the screen
cables, go ahead and remove the screen before you remove the speaker.
The shield is secured with five Phillips head screws. Make sure to place them in
the orientation in which you take them out because they are all different sizes.
A quick note is to make sure to work away from the table edge as if a screw
drops, it won't fall off the table. Another quick note, if these screws get mixed
up make sure that you remember that the one on the top right is the long one.
With the shield removed, using the plastic fine tool we can go ahead and disconnect
the four ribbon cables that are securing the screen to the logic board. When
prying these connections apart make sure to go very slowly and gently as you can
damage the socket if you remove it too fast.
Now that the screen is disconnected we won't run the risk of ripping the ribbon
cables. Remove the two Phillips head screws that are securing the ribbon
cable and battery cable.
Use the plastic pry tool to disconnect the ribbon cable.
Now disconnect the antenna cable. The cable runs through a loop on the speaker.
Disconnect the four Phillips head screws that are securing the speaker in place.
Go ahead and gently lift the speaker out of its socket. Installing the new speaker.
Place the speaker into its slot, it makes a spring-loaded connection on two of it's
circuits. Go ahead and secure it with four Phillips head screws.
When's the top-left screw is secure go ahead and pry in the antenna cable into
the slot. Secure the bottom two Phillips head screws.
Reconnect the ribbon cable gently with your finger, make sure you hear it click.
Reconnecting the antenna cable takes a little bit of work, this is a difficult
connection. Be very careful try to use the plastic tool if you can. In this
segment we use a Phillips head screwdriver for precision. Secure the
cable cover with the two philips head screws. The longer screw goes on the left.
This concludes the reconnection we're ready to reinstall the screen. Go ahead
and push back all the ribbon cables except for the one furthest back. Go
ahead and apply slight pressure either with your finger or with the plastic
tool make sure to hear click when you push down the ribbon cable.
Make sure it's nice and solid and that all the teeth line up and actually click
into the socket. Go one cable at a time, the bottom left cable is the last one to
get connected. With all the cables secure go ahead and reinsert the cable shield.
Gently place it down. Align it correctly and secure it with
one Phillips head screw in the middle. Securing the middle screw first will
allow you to comfortably re secure the rest of the screws evenly. If at any time
you mixed up any of the screws, just remember that the longest one out of all
of them goes in the top right corner.
Secure the remaining three screws.
We're now ready to clamp up the phone. Go ahead and take the top portion of the
screen and push it into the top portion of the frame of the phone and gently
start putting it in. Apply slight pressure going around the contour of the
phone do this portion slowly to make sure that the connection is aligned
properly and tight. Once you went all the way around and you feel like you have a
solid lock it's time to reinstall the two pentalobe screws. It's time to power
up and test the phone. This concludes the main speaker replacement. Thank you for
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