Repair guide : Rear Case iPhone 7
Because of repetitive falls, your iPhone 7 has a broken or cracked rear case ? We know it's essential to you, so follow advices from experts at SOSav in order to fix all your problems ! With this repair guide, save money and do it yourself !
Symptoms :
- Bent rear case
- Broken case
- Damaged case
Components iPhone 7
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Step 1
Before disassembling the rear case 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 both tapes are removed, lift the battery with the nylon spudger.
The battery of your iPhone 7 is now removed.
Step 20
Remove the 2 screws circled in red with a Triwing screwdriver.
Those screws hold the volume and power buttons 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 spudger with the flat side and unlock 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 it.
The iPhone 7 logic board 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
Then with tweezers, remove the WiFi antenna.
Step 39
There's still a screw left on the flash bracket, remove it with a cruciform screwdriver.
Step 40
Use tweezers again and remove the metal bracket.
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
Start removing the 11 cruciform screws holding the dock connector.
Step 49
Then with a pair of tweezers, remove the vibrator connector bracket.
Step 50
Use the spudger again and unclip the vibrator connector to remove it from its socket.
Step 51
Still with the flat side of the spudger, lift the speaker and remove it.
Step 52
Remove the three cruciform screws that hold the dock connector.
Step 53
Peel off the dock connector cable by sliding the spudger under the cable.
Step 55
Do the same with the other side of the phone.
Step 56
Grab the cable with tweezers and remove it from the rear case.
Step 57
Remove the last cruciform screws on the top of the rear case.
Step 58
Remove the grounding bracket with tweezers.
Step 59
The rear case of your iPhone 7 is now disassembled.
You can replace it by a new on.
To reassemble your iPhone 7 follow this guide in reverse order.
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