All right, so today I'm going to show you how to replace the charging port on the iPhone
5. And it's actually pretty simple, you know, if you've ever used a screwdriver or ever
even opened anything before, you can probably accomplish this. Basically, take off the bottom
two screws. This is the same Pentalobe screwdriver that you would have used for the iPhone 4.
They're pretty inexpensive online. I'll list the tools that I use in the video description
below as well as where to find them on Amazon. The tool kit itself is only like fifteen bucks.
So not too bad. Anyway, grab a little suction cup once you've got those screws out, and
pry up a little bit. In hindsight, definitely use a plastic tool for this if you don't want
to scratch up your phone. But by this point the phones are mostly scratched anyway. You
wouldn't be able to tell. Then be very careful when you're pulling the screen away from the
body. You can see that there is a metal bracket right here. If you're going to take the screen
off, unscrew these three screws, take them out, and then you can pop the screen off. But what
I just did is I kind of just leaned the screen back against something so it wouldn't put
any stress on the cables but it would still be out of my way. Right here I'm taking apart
three screws off the metal bracket. The metal bracket comes apart in two places and you
can kind of see that I'm placing the screws on the piece of paper in such a way that I'll
remember where they go later. So all three screws and the two bracket pieces are organized
right there. Pop the ribbon cable off with just your plastic pry tool. Lift it away,
it's kind like a little LEGO piece, snaps on and off just like that. Then there are
seven screws down at the bottom. This corner one. And once again I'm placing the screws
very carefully in a certain order. Then there's four screws holding the actual charging port
in place. There's the two upper ones, and the two lower ones are smaller. Then here's
the other bottom left corner. And then there's one more screw right here that kinda holds
this other little metal part in place. Anyways you can see the placement of the screws just
corresponds directly with where they are on the phone and then I can put them back a lot
easier now that I know where they're at. Anyway, there's a little wire cable right here that
you have to snap off. Just kind of pry it up a little bit. And then this part you have
to be really careful with. This little ribbon cable is glued onto the plastic piece below
it, so if you just kind of pry up around each of the corners eventually the glue will just
unstick itself and you're good to go. If you rip that cable you'll have some problems in
the future. Anyway, here's the speaker itself. Pull that out. You can see this little plastic
bit up top. That's what kept it under the main motherboard. If you need to replace that,
that part's only like five bucks on Amazon. I'll put a link in the video description for
that as well. Anyway, then you take the ribbon cable and just kind of pull it away, gently,
and just kind of unstick it from the glue that is below it. It comes off pretty easily.
And then pull it off. And you can see that all of this right here is the part you're
replacing. You have the headphone jack on the left side. And then the microphone, between
the headphone jack right here, and then you have the charger itself. To put it back in,
I start by just putting the charger port in the correct spot and then just kind of popping
it in place. It fits, it slides right back in that groove where it came from. And then
positioning the headphone jack and the microphone in place as well. And then just kind of pressing
down, you know sliding this little corner underneath the motherboard and pressing down
the rest of the ribbon cable into place. And then you snap the ribbon cable in just like
a little LEGO, just where it came from. Anyway, put the speaker back in by sliding that little
notch underneath the motherboard and then all you have to do is make sure all the little
cables all line up. There's a little groove, a little pin that sticks up that aligns that
ribbon cable. Anyway, get all the screws back into place. Doesn't really matter what order
you do them in. And then snap the wire cable back in. It's just like a little pin that
snaps onto the head of the little pin on the motherboard. It's pretty straightforward.
Anyway as far as these little metal brackets go, I position them, and then I put the center
screw in first, and that keeps the brackets in one place where I can adjust them just
a little bit, so I can put the top and the bottom screw in. And then I tuck the top ribbon
cables in, and snap the screen down on top the iPhone itself. And you'll hear it snap
all the way around the outside. And then you're good to go. Make sure you do put the bottom
two screw in, the Pentalobe ones, to hold the screen down. But yeah, everything works.
If you have any questions, make sure to leave them in the comments section below. Make sure
to like this video if it helped you. And don't forget to subscribe. And once again I'll put
everything you need in the video description below so make sure you go down there if you
need any parts, just click them right from Amazon. Anyways thanks for watching.