iPhone 6 home button replacement guide. Please note that every single home
button has a unique connection with the logic board and cannot be replaced for
touch ID purposes. All other standard functions will work after replacement. We will 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. Although not absolutely necessary we suggest removing the screen so that
you have unhindered access to the home button. Okay we're in now we need to
remove the screen cable shield. The shield is secured with five Phillips
head screws. Make sure to place them in their 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 prying 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. The home button is secured with
two 00 Phillips head screws. Go ahead and remove the two screws placing them aside
in the orientation in which you took them out because they do differ in size.
Gently lift up and remove the shield now. Using the plastic prying tool go ahead
and unsnap the ribbon cable that connects the home button to the screen.
Be careful when prying on this connection, it's very fragile. The home
button is now ready for removal. It is slightly glued on to the screen frame. Be
very very careful when you're pulling it apart. Once again please note that after
installing a new home button you will lose the ability to use touch ID.
Now let's reinstall the home button. Go ahead and place the home button in the
orientation as shown. Carefully wiggle it into its placement. Apply slight pressure
with the spudger to reconnect the ribbon cable to the screen.
Make sure to apply some pressure with your finger to make sure it's completely
locked in. Go ahead and reinsert the shield to cover the home button. Note
that if the home button doesn't feel tight, you can bend the shield slightly
inwards to tighten it. Go ahead and re-secured the two Philips head screws. The
next step is very important. Pick up the screen and test the pressure of the
button. Make sure it feels correct. We're ready to reinstall the screen. Go ahead
and push back all of the ribbon cables except for the one furthest back. Go
ahead and apply slight pressure either with your finger or with a 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 secured, 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 tighten. 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. Reinstalling the two pentalobe screws will complete the screen
replacement by securing its connection to the frame.
It's time to power up and test the phone. This concludes the home button
replacement video. Thank you for watching. Hit like and subscribe and check out
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