iPhone 5s - Removing the mainboard

1. You need a pentalobe screwdriver to open the iPhone 5s.
2. Remove the two pentalobe screws at the bottom of the enclosure. They are located to the right and left of the Lightning connector. Put the screws in the same compartment of your organizer tray.
   2 x 4.0 mm pentalobe screws

1. Put your iPhone 5s on a soft, clean surface to avoid scratching the back.
2. To lift the front panel, you need a suction cup and the hard plastic pick. If the screen is severely cracked, cover all of it with packing tape.
3. Place the suction cup over the Home button (if possible) or next to it (see figure 1).While lifting the screen with the suction cup, insert the hard plastic pick between the aluminum frame and the display frame and press down the aluminum frame. Also use the hard plastic pick to raise the screen (see figure 2). This usually takes several attempts.
Do not lift the display more than two centimeters to avoid tearing the Home button cable below it.
4. As soon as you can lift the screen a few millimeters (see figure 3), you have to carefully work your way around the outside until it’s loosened on both sides (see figure 4).

If the display is disconnected, only lift it a little bit. The Home button cable connects the display to the Lightning connector. This cable can tear if you lift the display too much.

1. Remove the silver cover over the Home button connector by placing the pointed tip of the spudger slightly below the cover and lifting it out (see figure 1).
2. Now you have to disconnect the contact from the connector.Carefully pull it off using the laboratory spatula or spudger.
3. Once the cable is disconnected, you can lift the display at the Home button. Note that the LCD/touchscreen cables are still connected to the logic board (see next step).

1. First remove the four Phillips screws from the silver cover (see figure 1). Put the screws in the same compartment of your organizer tray. Then lift the cover to remove it.
   1 x 1.7 mm Phillips screws (not magnetic)
   2 x 1.2 mm Phillips screws
   1 x 1.7 mm Phillips screw
2. Disconnect the following three connectors (see figure 2). Be very careful. Place the pointed tip of the spudger very slightly below the contact and lift it up.
   Touchscreen
   LCD
   Front camera/sensor/earpiece/ambient microphone

1. The camera is attached with a rubber strap to stabilize it. Insert the laboratory spatula or a pair of tweezers below the rubber strap and uncover the camera (see figure 1).
2. Now disconnect the connector. Place the pointed tip of the spudger very slightly below the contact and lift it up (see figure 2).
3. Now lift the camera out of the phone (see figure 3).

1. Use a Phillips screwdriver to remove the Phillips screws on the battery connector (see figure 1). Then lift the cover using the spudger (see figure 2). Put all the parts in the same compartment of the organizer tray.
   2 x 1.6 mm Phillips screws
2. Now carefully lift the battery connector by inserting the pointed tip of a spudger slightly below the connector (see figure 3). If you don’t have a spudger, you can also try using your fingernail.

1. First remove the sticker next to the camera. There’s a screw below it (see figure 1).
2. Then lift the standby/volume cable set connector to remove it (see figure 2). Carefully place the pointed tip of the spudger or spatula below the contact and lift it up.
3. Disconnect the connector of the Lightning connector’s ribbon cable (see figure 3) by placing the flat end of the spudger very slightly below the contact and lifting it up. Then carefully fold the cable over.
4. Carefully lift off the antenna connector using the laboratory spatula (see figure 4).

1. You can use the SIM Tool or a paperclip to remove the SIM card tray. Press the SIM Tool into the small hole in the SIM card tray to remove it.

1. Now unscrew all six screws that hold the logic board in place.
2. Four of the screws have an internal thread. The one next to the rear camera isn’t magnetic. You can remove this screw with a flathead screwdriver or the spatula. Put the screws in the same compartment of your organizer tray.
   3 x 2.7 mm Phillips/flathead screws
   1 x 2.7 mm Phillips/flathead screw (not magnetic)
   2 x 2.3 mm Phillips screws

1. Remove both Phillips screws (see figure 1) and the bracket below them (see figure 2) that connects the antenna to the frame. Put the parts in the same compartment of your organizer tray.
   1 x 1.3 mm Phillips screw
   1 x 2.4 mm Phillips screw

1. Slightly raise the logic board using the spudger (see figure 1) and turn it around the longitudinal axis by the plastic tab (see figure 2).
2. On the other side, disconnect the antenna connector by carefully pulling it off the plug head using the spudger (see figure 3).
3. Carefully remove the logic board.

1. Reconnect the antenna connector to the logic board (see figure 1) and put it back in its original position (see figure 2). Use figure 3 to check whether your logic board is in the right place.

1. Install the bracket that connects the antenna to the frame (see figure 1), and screw it in place (see figure 2).
   1 x 1.3 mm Phillips screw
   1 x 2.4 mm Phillips screw

1. Now screw in all six screws that hold the logic board in place (see figure 1).
   3 x 2.7 mm Phillips/flathead screws
   1 x 2.7 mm Phillips/flathead screw (not magnetic)
   2 x 2.3 mm Phillips screws

1. Now reconnect the following connectors:
   Antenna connector
   Battery connector
   Dock connector plug
   Standby/volume cable set connector
   When you connect the thin antenna connector, make sure it’s fitted properly. Press it carefully onto the slot.

1. Then put the cover on and screw it in place.
   2 x 1.6 mm Phillips screws

1. Reconnect the camera (see figure 1) and attach the rubber strap again. The strap has to be on the side below the clip (see figure 2).

1. Reattach the connectors (see figure 1). The touchscreen connector sometimes comes undone when you connect the LCD connector.
   Touchscreen
   LCD
   Front camera/sensor/earpiece/ambient microphone
2. Start your iPhone as soon as the connectors are securely attached. Check the function of the LCD, touchscreen, proximity sensor, front camera and earpiece.
   If the connectors aren’t connected properly, stripes will appear on the display or parts of the touchscreen won’t work.
   
3. Now attach the cover and screw it in place (see figure 2).
   1 x 1.7 mm Phillips screw (not magnetic)
   2 x 1.2 mm Phillips screws
   1 x 1.7 mm Phillips screw (magnetic)
Make sure you don’t screw the big 1.7 mm screw into a different thread because that could damage conductive paths on the logic board and cause a bluescreen.

1. This step is pretty tough. Use tweezers or the spudger to position the cable set’s connector and then use the spudger to carefully press the connector onto the connection (see figure 1).
2. If the connector is fitted correctly, put the silver cover over the connector. It’s easiest to position the cover using tweezers (see figure 2). Using the spudger, carefully press the cover on until it gently clicks into place (see figure 3).

1. Then carefully fold down the screen. Make sure that the edge on the upper part of the screen where the cables are clicks into place properly. Now carefully push the screen on toward the Home button until it is properly installed in the frame.

1. Now screw in the two pentalobe screws at the bottom of the enclosure.
   2 x 4.0 mm pentalobe screws

When the battery is removed from the device, the iPhone loses the time and sets itself to 1:00 a.m. on 1/1/1970.You could have trouble connecting to the cellular network if the time isn’t set.

After a repair, complete the following steps:

1. Synchronize your iPhone with iTunes or connect to a WLAN network and wait until the time is set.
2. Remove the SIM tray with the SIM card and reinsert it.
3. Activate airplane mode on the device and then deactivate airplane mode.