iPhone 6 rear camera replacement guide. We'll need a triangular plastic pick, a
plastic prying tool often referred to as a spudger, a proprietary Apple
screwdriver called the pentalobe screwdriver, a Philips head double zero
screwdriver. All of these tools should come standard with your replacement kit.
Go ahead and power down the iPhone. Make sure not to miss this step. Flip it over
so you can see the charging port, there you'll see there are two pentalobe
screws securing the screen to the frame. Go ahead and remove those with your
pentalobe screwdriver. Once removed we can go ahead and pry open the iPhone and
access the internal parts. Go ahead and use your triangular pick to find a spot
near the auxilary cable to slide it in. Once you slide it in go ahead and
slide it across the crack digging it slightly deeper in but be very careful
with your movements, you don't want to damage any internal parts. Once the pick
is in about a quarter of an inch go ahead and slightly twist it from left to
right to get that prying action. You want to crack open the lower half of the
phone. Be careful because the top portion of the phone is connected with about
four cables to the logic board. Okay we're in now we need to remove the
screen cable shield. The shield is secured with five Phillips head screws.
Make sure to place them in the orientation in which you take them out
because they are all different sizes. A quick note is to make sure to work
away from the table edge as if a screw drops it won't fall off the table.
Another quick note, if these screws get mixed up, make sure that
the one on the top right is the long one. With the shield removed, using the plastic
prying tool we can go ahead and disconnect the four ribbon cables that
are securing the screen to the logic board. When prying these connections
apart make sure to go very slowly and gently as you can damage the socket if
you remove it too fast. Now that the screen is disconnected we won't run the
risk of ripping the ribbon cables. With the plastic prying tool go ahead and
start scraping off a little bit of the tape residue that is covering one of the
Philips head screws. Make sure not to use a metallic object to scrape off this
tape residue because you can damage the camera flex cable. Go ahead and pry out
the remainder of the tape with the plastic prying tool. Go ahead and dig up
underneath the flex cable and gently push it out of its socket.
With the ribbon cable unplugged remove the two Phillips head screws that are
securing the bracket.
Move the bracket out of the way. You can now gently lift up the camera.
The reassembly is straightforward and simple. Place the camera back into its
socket.
Carefully align it make sure that it sits in without any tension.
Go ahead and mash in the ribbon connector. Put the top bracket back on
and secure it with the two Phillips head screws. Once the screws are secured go
ahead and flip over the phone and look at the camera through the lens. Make sure
that it's aligned properly and unhindered. We're ready to reinstall the
screen. Go ahead and push back all of the ribbon cables except for the one
furthest back. Go ahead and apply slight pressure either with your finger or with
the plastic tool. Make sure to hear a click when you push down the ribbon cable. Make
sure it's nice and solid and that all the teeth line up and actually click
into the socket.
Go one cable at a time, the bottom-left cable is the last one to get connected.
With all the cables secure, go ahead and reinsert the cable shield. Gently place
it down align it correctly and secure it with one Phillips head screw in the
middle. Securing the middle screw first will allow you to comfortably re-secure
the rest of the screws evenly. If at any time you mixed up any of the screws just
remember that the longest one out of all of them goes in the top right corner.
Secure the remaining three screws. We're now ready to clamp up the phone. Go ahead
and take the top portion of the screen and push it into the top portion of the
frame of the phone and gently start putting it in. Apply slight pressure
going around the contour of the phone. Do this portion slowly to make sure that
the connection is aligned properly and tighten once you went all the way around
and you feel like you have a solid lock it's time to reinstall the two pentalobe
screws.
It's time to power up and test the phone. This concludes the rear camera
replacement. Thank you for watching. Hit like and subscribe and check out more
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