Repair guide : Complete Display Assembly iPhone 7
The screen of your iPhone 7 is broken, cracked, bent and you can't stand it anymore ? You found the right place ! Experts at SOSav have prepared a repair guide with pictures and commentr to help you fix the complete display assembly in just a few minutes. Do if yourself and save money !
Symptoms :
- Broken screen
- Black screen
- Dead pixels
- Display issue
- Touch screen issue
Screens iPhone 7
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Step 1
Before disassembling the complete display assembly of your iPhone 7, you have to securely turn it off.
Maintain the power button on the top for a few seconds.
Then slide to the right to "power off" button in red.
Your iPhone 7 is now turned off.
Step 2
With a pentalobe screwdriver, remove the two screws circled in red.
Those screws are on both sides of the dock connector.
Those two screws hold the bottom part of the display assembly to the iPhone.
Step 3
With a hairdryer, heat up the edge of the iPhone' screen as shown in red on picture 2.
This consists in peeling the seal between the screen and the rear panel.
Step 4
With a pentalobe screwdriver, remove the two screws circled in red.
Those screws are on both sides of the dock connector.
Those two screws hold the bottom part of the display assembly to the iPhone.
Step 5
With a hairdryer, heat up the edge of the iPhone' screen as shown in red on picture 2.
This consists in peeling the seal between the screen and the rear panel.
Step 6
Then put the suction cups as near as possible to the home button.
Pull the cup enough to let a gap appear.
Put an opening pick between the display and rear case.
Step 7
Take a second opening pick and slide it around between the display and rear case.
Step 8
Start again on the right side.
Careful when sliding the pick because the screen connection cable are on this side.
Step 9
You can now open the iPhone by swinging the display up from the left side, like opening a book !
Step 10
Use the Triwing screwdriver, to remove the four screws circled in red on the picture.
Then with tweezers, remove the lower connector bracket
Step 11
The lower connector bracket is now removed.
Step 12
Use a nylon spudger to disconnect the display connector .
Step 13
Then unlock the second display connector.
Step 14
With a cruciform screwdriver, remove the two screws that maintain the front panel sensor assembly connector bracket.
Remove the bracket with tweezers.
Step 15
Use the nylon spudger to disconnect the front camera cable from the logic board.
The complete screen is now disassembled.
Step 16
Retirez les 5 vis cruciformes de la plaque du haut-parleur interne.
Step 17
Then remove the bracket with a pair of tweezers.
Step 18
Then gently remove the front camera with the nylon spudger flat side to free to the earpiece speaker.
Step 19
Grab the earpiece speaker with tweezers and remove it.
Step 20
Put the nylon spudger under the front camera cable to start peeling off the screen.
Step 21
Continue by removing the microphone and then the proximity sensor.
The proximity sensor is very fragile, you have to remove it very carefully.
The proximity and light sensor / front camera of your iPhone 7 is now removed.
Step 22
Use the Triwing screwdriver and remove the 10 screws circled in red on the picture.
Step 23
Then grab the home button bracket with tweezers.
Step 24
Use the nylon spuger to pry up under the shield plate.
Careful not to remove it entirely, it is attached by a cable.
Step 25
Peel off the LCD shield plate cable.
Step 26
The LCD shield plate is now removed from the screen.
Step 27
Disconnect the home button cable with the nylon spudger while maintaining the connector's side.
Step 28
Lift the cable with the flat end of the spudger and gently push the home button to remove it.
Step 29
The iPhone 7 complete display assembly is now disassembled.
You can replace it by a new one if needed.
To reassemble your iPhone 7 follow this guide in reverse order.
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