iPhone 7 Teardown
iPhone 7 Teardown
iPhone 7 Teardown This is a whole iPhone 7 teardown repair guide,which shows how to replace iPhone 7 screen assembly, battery, charging port flex cable etc.
Written By: kaye
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iPhone 7 Teardown
INTRODUCTION For iPhone 7 Plus Teardown click here. For the official iPhone 7 teardown, click here. This iPhone 7 teardown guide is used to show people how iPhone 7 inside looks like and offer people some tips when repair iPhone 7, welcome to offer any advices!
TOOLS: SIM Card Eject Tool (1) Heat Gun (1) Tweezers (1) P2 Pentalobe Screwdriver iPhone (1) Phillips #0 Screwdriver (1) 64 Bit Driver Kit (1) with Y00 tri-point driver
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iPhone 7 Teardown
Step 1 — iPhone 7 Teardown
Power off the phone and take out sim card tray.
Undo 2 pentalobe screws by pentalobe screwdriver
Step 2
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Step 3
Heat up screen edges for a while by a heat gun or hair dryer.
Then use a double suction cup to lift up the screen assembly.
when a little gap was generated, insert the guitar pick for help to cut the screen adhesives.
Step 4
Now separate the screen assembly from the rear housing assembly. be careful when open it, the screen assembly is open to side, not like the predecessors
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Step 5
Undo 4 triangle screws covering the metal shield cover
Remove metal cover.
Disconnect battery and screen &digitizer connectors.
Step 6
Undo 2 Philips screws and its metal shield, then disconnect thefront facing camera flex cable.
Now the screen assembly can be removed.
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Step 7
Undo 3 small Phillips screws and then remove the metal cover.
Step 8
Remove earpiece speaker screws here.
Remove earpiece speaker now.
Remove front facing camera flex cable with with light and proximity sensor. be careful this flex cable assembly is sticked to the front frame.
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Step 9
Undo 4 triangle screws holding the home button metal shield
Remove the metal shield.
Step 10
Undo 6 triangle screws holding the metal shield.
Remove LCD metal shield. Be careful, the LCD and digitizer flex cables is bonded to the metal shield on its back!
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Step 11
Disconnect home button flex cableconnector.
Apply some heat to loosen the home button flex cable if you feel hard removing it, then press down the home button.
Step 12
Undo 2 small Philips screws holding the rear facing camera then release it
Remove metal cover and then remove iPhone 7 rear facing camera.
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Step 13
Undo 3 small Philips screws holding the Wifi antenna metal shield then 2 Philips screws under it, then you can remove the wifi antenna now.
Step 14
Here we need to undo 2 Phillips screws and remove the metal shield cover before release the side button flex cable connector.
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Step 15
Undo 2 small Philips screws then remove the antenna then you can remove antenna flex cable (be careful when pry up the antenna flex which is sticked to the rear housing).
Step 16
Undo all Philips screw holding the mother board.
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Step 17
Disconnect the charging port flex cable connector,signal cable clips.
Remove motherboard.
Step 18
Undo 3 Small Philips screws holding the Taptic Engine (vibrating motor).
Undo 2 Small Philips screws then remove the cover.
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Step 19
Disconnect the Taptic engine connector then release it.
Step 20
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Gradually pull out the battery adhesive to release the battery.
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Step 21
Undo 4 small Philips screws holding the loud speaker then release loudspeaker.
Step 22
Undo small Philips screws securing the charging port flex cable assembly then remove the charging port cable. there are 5 screws around in total.
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Step 23
Undo 5 small Philips screws and 1 Philips screw.
Step 24
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Remove side button flex cable assembly with microphone now.
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Step 25
So this is the whole teardown job of iPhone 7.
This document was last generated on 2017-06-23 03:25:23 AM.
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iPhone 7 Teardown This is a whole iPhone 7 teardown repair guide,which shows how to replace iPhone 7 screen assembly, battery, charging port flex cable etc.
Written By: kaye
© iFixit — CC BY-NC-SA
www.iFixit.com
Page 1 of 15
iPhone 7 Teardown
INTRODUCTION For iPhone 7 Plus Teardown click here. For the official iPhone 7 teardown, click here. This iPhone 7 teardown guide is used to show people how iPhone 7 inside looks like and offer people some tips when repair iPhone 7, welcome to offer any advices!
TOOLS: SIM Card Eject Tool (1) Heat Gun (1) Tweezers (1) P2 Pentalobe Screwdriver iPhone (1) Phillips #0 Screwdriver (1) 64 Bit Driver Kit (1) with Y00 tri-point driver
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iPhone 7 Teardown
Step 1 — iPhone 7 Teardown
Power off the phone and take out sim card tray.
Undo 2 pentalobe screws by pentalobe screwdriver
Step 2
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iPhone 7 Teardown
Step 3
Heat up screen edges for a while by a heat gun or hair dryer.
Then use a double suction cup to lift up the screen assembly.
when a little gap was generated, insert the guitar pick for help to cut the screen adhesives.
Step 4
Now separate the screen assembly from the rear housing assembly. be careful when open it, the screen assembly is open to side, not like the predecessors
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iPhone 7 Teardown
Step 5
Undo 4 triangle screws covering the metal shield cover
Remove metal cover.
Disconnect battery and screen &digitizer connectors.
Step 6
Undo 2 Philips screws and its metal shield, then disconnect thefront facing camera flex cable.
Now the screen assembly can be removed.
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Step 7
Undo 3 small Phillips screws and then remove the metal cover.
Step 8
Remove earpiece speaker screws here.
Remove earpiece speaker now.
Remove front facing camera flex cable with with light and proximity sensor. be careful this flex cable assembly is sticked to the front frame.
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iPhone 7 Teardown
Step 9
Undo 4 triangle screws holding the home button metal shield
Remove the metal shield.
Step 10
Undo 6 triangle screws holding the metal shield.
Remove LCD metal shield. Be careful, the LCD and digitizer flex cables is bonded to the metal shield on its back!
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Step 11
Disconnect home button flex cableconnector.
Apply some heat to loosen the home button flex cable if you feel hard removing it, then press down the home button.
Step 12
Undo 2 small Philips screws holding the rear facing camera then release it
Remove metal cover and then remove iPhone 7 rear facing camera.
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Step 13
Undo 3 small Philips screws holding the Wifi antenna metal shield then 2 Philips screws under it, then you can remove the wifi antenna now.
Step 14
Here we need to undo 2 Phillips screws and remove the metal shield cover before release the side button flex cable connector.
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Step 15
Undo 2 small Philips screws then remove the antenna then you can remove antenna flex cable (be careful when pry up the antenna flex which is sticked to the rear housing).
Step 16
Undo all Philips screw holding the mother board.
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Step 17
Disconnect the charging port flex cable connector,signal cable clips.
Remove motherboard.
Step 18
Undo 3 Small Philips screws holding the Taptic Engine (vibrating motor).
Undo 2 Small Philips screws then remove the cover.
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Step 19
Disconnect the Taptic engine connector then release it.
Step 20
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Gradually pull out the battery adhesive to release the battery.
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Step 21
Undo 4 small Philips screws holding the loud speaker then release loudspeaker.
Step 22
Undo small Philips screws securing the charging port flex cable assembly then remove the charging port cable. there are 5 screws around in total.
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Step 23
Undo 5 small Philips screws and 1 Philips screw.
Step 24
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Remove side button flex cable assembly with microphone now.
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Step 25
So this is the whole teardown job of iPhone 7.
This document was last generated on 2017-06-23 03:25:23 AM.
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