Repair guide : Front Panel iPhone 7
An accident is never really far from happening and your iPhone 7 had one recently ? No problem, because SOSav is here to help you with the fixing of your iPhone 7 ! Whether it's a display issue, a defective touch screen or if you're phone won't turn on, doing it yourself will help you save money ! Our experts have prepared for you a repair guidewith pictures and comments to replace the front panel of your iPhone 7 in just a few minutes ;)
Symptoms :
- Broken screen
- Cracked screen
- Display issue
- Touch screen issue
- Black screen
- Dead pixels
Screens iPhone 7
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Step 1
Before disassembling the front panel 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
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 5
Take a second opening pick and slide it around between the display and rear case.
Step 6
Start again on the right side.
Careful when sliding the pick because the screen connection cable are on this side.
Step 7
You can now open the iPhone by swinging the display up from the left side, like opening a book !
Step 8
Use the Triwing screwdriver, to remove the four screws circled in red on the picture.
Then with tweezers, remove the lower connector bracket
Step 9
The lower connector bracket is now removed.
Step 10
Use a nylon spudger to disconnect the display connector .
Step 11
Then unlock the second display connector.
Step 12
With a cruciform screwdriver, remove the two screws that maintain the front panel sensor assembly connector bracket.
Remove the bracket with tweezers.
Step 13
Use the nylon spudger to disconnect the front camera cable from the logic board.
The complete screen is now disassembled.
Step 14
Remove the five cruciform screws from the earpiece speaker bracket.
Step 15
Then remove the bracket with a pair of tweezers.
Step 16
Then gently remove the front camera with the nylon spudger flat side to free to the earpiece speaker.
Step 17
Grab the earpiece speaker with tweezers and remove it.
Step 18
Put the nylon spudger under the front camera cable to start peeling off the screen.
Step 19
Continue by removing the microphone and then the proximity sensor.
The proximity sensor is very fragile, you have to remove it very carefully.
Step 20
Use the Triwing screwdriver and remove the 10 screws circled in red on the picture.
Step 21
Then grab the home button bracket with tweezers.
Step 22
Then put the nylon spudger under the plate to pry.
Peel off the cable under the LCD shield plate.
Step 23
The LCD shield place is now removed from the front panel.
Step 24
Disconnect the home button cable with a nylon spudger while holding the connector edge.
Then lift the cable with the flat side of the spudger and remove it from the rear panel.
Step 25
Remove the cable then use the spudger and gently push on the home button to remove it.
Step 26
The home button is now disassembled.
The front panel is now disassembled. You can replace it by a new one.
To reassemble your iPhone 7 follow this guide in reverse order.
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