- As part of my ongoing series,
trying to save you
from spending stupid amounts of money
on someone else fixing your iPhone for you,
here is how to replace the screen
on your iPhone 6s.
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First up, you need to purchase a kit.
Again, the one I used is linked below,
but choose the one based on the color
of the front of your device
when you are choosing one.
Then, we're gonna remove the two hex screws
at the bottom of the iPhone
using the included screwdriver
that came with the kit.
Then, we're gonna take the suction cup
to pull up the screen
while wedging the pry tool under
to lift it up.
If that doesn't work,
you could try a sharper object.
Just be careful not to scratch the phone.
Also, put the suction cup
not over the home button.
If you do that,
it creates a little pocket of air,
and you'll lose suction.
Pull the screen back.
Once we get it up,
do not pass 90 degrees though.
You will damage the cables
holding the screen to the motherboard
and that would be bad.
Then, we're gonna screw the four screws
holding the metal plate
that has the screen cables underneath.
Then, we'll set that aside.
Always place the screws,
by the way,
next to the hole that they came out of
when you take any part out of the phone
because not all the screws are the same,
and this will save you a big headache later.
Then, we're gonna pop off the connectors
using either the pry tool or your finger,
and we can set the bottom half
of the phone aside.
Okay, now comes the most difficult part
for the most part
is removing all of the parts
from the old screen
that are missing on the new screen.
So, for example,
the earpiece stuff at the top,
the home button,
this metal bracket on the back,
et cetera.
So, to get started doing that,
we're gonna undo the three screws
holding in the earpiece
and set those aside,
along with the metal bracket
that was over the earpiece.
Just be careful not to rip the small ribbon
that comes off of the bottom
of that bracket.
Then, we can pull back the camera
and set the earpiece aside,
and then carefully peel the cables
and all their attached components
from the screen.
Be very careful not to rip them,
and then set those aside as well.
Next, we can pry off the two pieces of plastic
and the rubber piece
that the earpiece was sitting in
from under those components
and set them all aside as well.
Remove the metal backing
by undoing the screws on either side.
There are three on each side
and then one at the top
and one at the bottom.
Then, you'll have to carefully peel the adhesive
at the top of the metal bracket
to get it off entirely
and just be careful not to rip that.
Then, once that's done,
we can remove the metal backing entirely
and set it aside as well.
Undo the home button bracket
by removing the two screws
at the bottom
and set the screws aside
along with the metal bracket.
Again, keep track of what screw
goes in what hole
because they can be different sizes.
Then, we can push the home button
from the front
and that should pop it out of the back,
and then carefully peel the cables
that are connected
from the home button to the screen
just like we did with the front-facing camera,
et cetera.
Peel it,
disconnect it,
and just make sure not to rip it.
Put the plastic pieces back where they go,
up at the top of the screen,
but this time now on the new screen,
of course.
Then, stick the cables back down
for the front camera.
Usually you can line up this one
with the metal thing on it.
It has a tiny hole that a pin goes through.
You can line that up first,
put that down,
bend back part of this cable,
put in the earpiece,
bend that back over so that the metal pieces,
the four dots on that,
touch the four metal conductors on the earpiece.
Then, put the camera over that
and make sure it fits into its little slot
where the plastic piece was,
and finally put the metal bracket back on top,
and screw that back in.
Next, we can put the home button
on the new screen
by just sticking it face down
and then laying the home button cable down
and make sure that you reconnect the connector
at the end of it.
Otherwise, your Touch ID won't work.
Then, we can screw in the metal bracket
over the home button
and put the metal backing for the screen
over the flap of cable hanging down
so that it sits under the backing.
Put in the eight screws that we took out
to then secure the metal bracket back down.
Now, the new screen should look
like the old screen did,
and we can connect it back to the motherboard.
To do that,
we're going to line it up
against the motherboard
and connect the connectors for the screen
back to the motherboard.
Make sure that they snap into place
and that you're doing the right ones.
If you put them on the wrong ones,
you could break them
and kind of ruin everything.
Once those are connected properly,
turn on the phone
so that we can make sure
the screen works really quick.
So long as that works,
we can reattach the metal bracket for the screen,
screw that down,
then lay the screen back down on the phone
from the top to the bottom,
carefully applying pressure
along the edges
and working your way up.
Just be very careful.
If it feels like it's too much pressure,
you might break something.
Back off, open it up,
put it back down again,
and just try to be careful
not to crack the new screen.
After that, we can then put the two hex screws back in
and turn the phone on.
Use the touch screen,
check the selfie camera,
all that fun stuff,
to make sure that everything works.
And there you go.
You can now make a phone call on it,
check the front camera,
check Touch ID,
make sure that everything is working.
If any of those things are not working,
you're gonna have to open the phone back up
and just check the connections on those things.
It happens once in a while.
You might have to do that a couple of times
depending on how quick you were
trying to do this.
But that's it.
Once everything works,
you're all set.
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