Repair guide : Dock Connector iPhone 5C

To open your iPhone 5C, put the iSclack or a suction cup on the front panel.

With the iSclack : Put the iPhone in between the plastic suction cups. Close the handle, it will pull the front panel up from the rear.

With a suction cup : Put a suction cup above the home button. Then gently pull to lift the front panel of the iPhone 5C.

Make sure the suction cup is completely on the screen.

You can now open the display assembly vertically.

Remove the 4 screws circled in red holding the cables to the logic board.

With a pair of tweezers, remove the panel assembly cable bracket from your iPhone 5C.

With a nylon spudger, disconnect the 3 connectors on the screen :

The third one, is the LCD Retina cable.

You iPhone 5C's display assembly is now disassembled.

Remove the two cruciform screws circled in red that maintain the metal battery connector bracket .

You can now remove the battery bracket.

With a nylon spudger, gently pry up on the battery connector to disconnect the logic board.

Insert the iSesamo at the top of the battery to lift it up.

Remove the 7 cruciform screws circled in red that hold the speaker to the rear panel.

With a nylon spudger, gently pry on the antenna connector to disconnect the logic board.

With a nylon spudger, gently pull the cable as shows on the pictures..

With a pair of tweezers, remove the metal bracket holding the speaker of the iPhone 5C .

With a nylon spudger, gently pry on the iPhone's rear panel to take off the speaker.

With a nylon spudger, gently pry on the dock connector cable to disconnect it.

Remove the dock connector cable from the logic board with a nylon spudger.

Remove the dock connector cable from the rear panel with a spudger.

The dock connector is now disassembled. You can replace it by a new one.