Repair guide : Power, vibrator, volume, flash, microphone cable iPhone 7
The flash of your iPhone 7 does not release ? You can't control the volume or the vibrator does not work ? Whose fault is it ? Probably the power, vibrator, volume, flash and microphone cable !
Follow our repair guide that our experts at SOSav have created for you with pictures and comments so you can fix your iPhone 7 yourself. DIY and save money.
Symptoms :
- Can't control the volume
- Can't turn on/off your iPhone
- Teared cable
- No flash when taking pictures
Flex iPhone 7
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Step 1
Before disassembling the power, volume, vibrator, flash, micro cable 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
The bracket is now removed.
Step 14
Disconnect the proximity/front camera cable.
The complete display assembly is now removed from the iPhone 7.
Step 15
Disconnect the battery by lifting the connector from the logic board.
Step 16
Then start removing the tape at the bottom of the battery.
Step 17
Repeat that step with the left tape.
Step 18
Grab the tape by pulling it gently.
Do the same with the second tape.
If the tape breaks when pulling it, do not hesitate to use the hairdryer to remove it more easily with the nylon spudger.
Step 19
Once the stickers are removed, lift the battery with the spudger.
The battery of your iPhone 7 is now removed.
Step 20
Remove the two screws circled in red with the Triwing.
Those screws hold the volume and power button connector bracket.
Step 21
Once unscrewed, remove the bracket with a pair of tweezers.
Step 22
Disconnect the power and volume button cable with the nylon spudger.
Step 23
Still with the nylon spudger, disconnect the back camera.
Step 24
Remove the five screws circled in red with a cruciform screwdriver.
Step 25
Remove the bracket with a pair of tweezers.
Step 26
Remove the last screw with a cruciform screwdriver.
Step 27
You can remove the grounding pin with a pair of tweezers.
Step 28
Use a flat head screwdriver to remove the 4 rivet screws circled in red.
Those screws maintain the logic board to the rear panel.
Step 29
Disconnect the antenna the the nylon spudger's tip.
Step 30
Then do it again with the second antenna.
Step 31
Use the flat part of the spudger and disconnect the dock connector.
Step 32
Remove the WiFi antenna connector with the spudger's tip.
Step 33
Put the nylon spudger under the logic board and start lifting.
The logic board of your iPhone 7 is now disassembled.
Step 34
Use a cruciform screwdriver to remove the two screws circled in red .
Those screws hold the back camera bracket.
Step 35
Use tweezers to grab and remove the camera.
Step 36
Still using the spudger, remove the back camera from its socket.
Step 37
Remove the two screws circled in red with a cruciform screwdriver.
Step 38
Remove the WiFi antenna with a pair of tweezers.
Step 39
There's still a screw on the flash bracket, remove it with a cruciform screwdriver.
Step 40
Remove the bracket with a pair of tweezers.
Step 41
Remove the three screws circled in red with a cruciform screwdriver.
Those screws hold the volume/vibrator buttons.
Step 42
Use tweezers again and grab the bracket that hold the small vibrator button and vibrator cable.
Step 43
Then lift the cable and start peeling it.
Do not remove the cable just yet !
Step 44
With the nylon spudger, peel off the microphone and the camera flash.
Step 45
Remove the two cruciform screws that hold the power button.
Step 46
Gently remove the cable from the rear panel.
Step 47
You can now remove the cable from the rear panel.
Step 48
The complete cable of your iPhone 7 is now removed from the rear panel.
You can replace it by a new one.
To reassemble your iPhone 7 follow this guide in reverse order.
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