(sweet robot music)
- Hey guys, it's David from TheUnlockr.com.
And, thanks to my girlfriend breaking her screen,
today I'm gonna show you how to replace
the screen on an iPhone 5.
First you'll need a broken screen.
Yep. That'll do.
Then you're gonna need a tiny pentalobe screwdriver,
as well as a tiny Phillip's head screwdriver.
You'll also need your pry tool, a suction cup,
and, of course, the new screen.
Now, there are different versions of this screen kit.
You can have it just bare bones, which is what I have here.
It just has these connectors at the top and that's about it.
And the screen, obviously.
Other than that, though, you can get one
that also has the home button, and the ear piece,
and all that fun stuff, built in,
which will save you a whole lot of time.
If you can find it, get that version.
It's probably maybe 30 or 40 dollars more expensive
than the bare bones version,
which is the one I'm using in this video,
but it will save you a lot of headache.
Now, I'm gonna use the bare bones,
just so that we can show you
everything that needs to be done.
Just in case you end up with one of these kits.
First we're gonna remove the two tiny pentalobe screws,
one on either side of the USB connector.
And make sure to set both of those aside.
Then we're gonna use our suction cup
and the little pry tool to kind of get underneath it.
If that doesn't work, which it didn't for me,
because the screen's cracked and the suction cup
can't get any suction on the cracked screen,
you're going to have to use something metal.
When you do this, just be careful
that when you separate this,
you don't scratch the bottom part of your phone.
Because metal on metal, of course, will scratch.
Obviously, scratching the top part,
which is the screen, you won't care about,
because you're going to be replacing it anyway.
But, if you choose to use this route, just be careful.
You're probably gonna scratch a little bit.
Once you get it open a little bit,
with the metal if you had to,
then use the plastic one to avoid further scratching,
and separate the device.
Then you can pull the top back.
But don't try to pull it all the way off, there are
connectors here that will stop that from happening.
So then, you're going to remove this little metal plate
by undoing these three screws here.
Then you can remove the metal plate,
which will show you the actual connectors underneath.
You wanna just kind of use your finger,
and kind of pry them off one at a time,
until they all three of them come off.
Okay, if you see this headpiece,
and also you have a home button,
you can pretty much skip a big chunk of this video,
and just kinda skip to where I start to reassemble stuff.
Because that's pretty much it, you're done.
If you don't though, and your kit
looks like mine and it's bare bones,
then you're gonna have to follow the rest of this video
to replace the earpiece, and the home button as well.
Next, remove this thing, by taking off these two screws.
And just make sure that you keep those screws
as close to those holes as possible,
so you remember where they go, and set that aside.
Then we're gonna take off the home button.
To do that, we're gonna undo these two screws,
and this third screw here at the top.
Then we're gonna remove this back plating,
by going around the sides.
There's two screws on one side, and two on the other.
And we're gonna finish removing the plate
by taking out that screw at the top.
Now, what I do, is I try to keep all of the screws
kind of where I took them out from, along the table.
Just so that you know exactly where to put them back,
because some of them are different sizes,
and you do not want to confuse them.
Next, we'll actually remove this back plate.
It just kinda slides off.
And we're going to get the home button out
by moving over the metal bracket
and pushing the home button from the other side.
Then we're going to remove this.
And it may seem scary, but you actually
just kind of peel it slowly back.
Just be very careful not to rip it.
And it comes off just like that.
Same thing's gonna happen to the top,
and that one's a little easier,
but just kinda peel it until it comes off.
Then we're gonna take the home button,
and put it in the new screen,
and put on this metal thing over it.
Essentially reversing the steps we just did.
And we're gonna screw it in.
And we're gonna place this third screw.
Again, going backwards, we're putting this guy in.
There is a tiny little piece
that needs to be put into a hole,
where it's on the connector,
and the connector's kind of bent backwards.
It seems a little weird,
but if you didn't notice it the first time,
when you took it off, now you'll notice.
And that needs to go in there
before you push the rest of this in.
Make sure that the camera sits in the hole,
and you slide this down.
Then we're gonna put the back metal back on,
and screw that back in by putting in all four screws.
And the fifth one here at the top.
And this guy goes back.
And we screw him down.
And we're going to attach the new screen
back to the motherboard, by connecting these connectors,
and just kind of making sure that they are connected.
Be very cautious of that, because if they're not,
the phone will not turn on.
And then put the metal case back on,
and screw that back in, as well.
Finally, we're going to just kind of slide it back together
and, slowly, from the top down, push it all
until it snaps back into place.
Then we're going to put our pentalobe screws back.
And there you go.
Your screen is replaced.