iPhone SE - Replacing the Lightning connector

1. Turn your iPhone off completely to avoid damaging it during the repair.
2. Press the standby button for about three seconds until the slider appears.
3. Wipe it from left to right. Now your iPhone will shut down completely, which can take about ten seconds.

• 2 × Pentalobe

1. You need a pentalobe screwdriver to open the iPhone SE.
2. Remove the two pentalobe screws at the bottom of the enclosure. They are located to the right and left of the Lightning connector. Store these screws in the same box.

1. Put your iPhone SE on a soft, clean surface to avoid scratching the back.
2. To lift the display, you need a suction cup and a hard plastic pick. If the screen is severely cracked, cover all of it with tape before you continue. Risk of injury due to broken glass.
3. Place the suction cup over the Home button if possible (otherwise, put it next to the button). While lifting the display with the suction cup, use the hard plastic pick to press down the aluminum frame. At the same time, insert the hard plastic pick between the aluminum frame and the display. This usually takes several attempts.
4. Once a little gap has opened up between these two parts, you can open it further by slightly turning the pick.
5. As soon as you can lift the display a few millimeters, you have to carefully work your way around the outside until it’s loosened on both sides.Don’t take off the display all the way. You have to disconnect the Home button first.
6. There’s a metal cover blocking the Home button. Carefully detach the cover using a pair of tweezers.
7. As soon as the cover is off, you can disconnect the Home button from the flexible flat Lightning cable.

• 2 × 1.5 mm Phillips
• Connector

1. The battery contact and the contact for the flexible flat Lightning cable are under a cover. This cover is fastened with two Phillips screws. Remove the Phillips screws using a Phillips screwdriver and then lift the cover with a pair of tweezers. Put all the parts in the same compartment of the organizer tray.
2. Carefully detach the battery contact using the spudger. Insert the pointed tip of the spudger slightly below the connector. If you don’t have a spudger, you can also try using your fingernail.

• 1 × 1.4 mm Phillips
• 1 × 1.5 mm Phillips
• 2 × 1.1 mm Phillips
• Connector

1. First remove the four Phillips screws from the silver cover. Put the screws in the same container. Then lift the cover to remove it.
2. Disconnect the following three overlapping connectors in the order shown in the image. Be very careful. Place the pointed tip of the spudger very slightly below each contact and lift it up.

• Lightning connector
• Antenna

1. Disconnect the plug connection on the Lightning connector’s flex cable. Place the pointed tip of the spudger very slightly below the contact and lift it up. The flex cable is lightly glued to the back cover. Detach it from the back cover and then carefully fold the cable over.
2. Also use the spudger to detach the antenna cable from the logic board.

• 1 × 3.0 mm Phillips
• 2 × 3.3 mm Phillips
• 2 × 1.3 mm Phillips
• 2 × 2.7 mm Phillips

1. Remove the seven Phillips screws. Put the screws in different containers so you can easily identify them later.

1. Use the flat end of the spudger to carefully lift the speaker out of the enclosure. Note that there are two tabs holding the speaker in the device. One of the two tabs is under the logic board, below the antenna connection. The second tab is below the connection for the Home button on the Lightning connector.
2. Use the tweezers to turn and remove the speaker.

1. The Lightning connector is glued to the back cover. To detach the glue, use a heat gun to heat the back cover and the connector.
2. Using the steel laboratory spatula, carefully disconnect the Lightning connector by inserting the steel spatula under various parts of the flexible flat cable.
3. Carefully remove the ribbon cable using your fingers or the tweezers.

1. Put the Lightning connector in its original position in the back cover.
2. Press on the flexible flat cable firmly so the glue will stick to the back cover better.
3. Make sure the microphone with the rubber sleeve, the Lightning connector and the headphone jack are fitted properly in the frame.

1. Put the speaker back where it was originally. Note that there are two tabs holding the speaker in the device. One of the two tabs is under the logic board, below the antenna connection. The second tab is below the connection for the Home button on the Lightning connector.Use the tweezers to turn the speaker and insert it.

• 1 × 3.0 mm Phillips
• 2 × 3.3 mm Phillips
• 2 × 1.3 mm Phillips
• 2 × 2.7 mm Phillips

1. Fasten the Lightning connector with the seven Phillips screws.

• Connector
• Antenna

1. Connect the antenna cable to the logic board.
2. Reconnect the Lightning connector to the logic board.

• Front camera flex
• LCD
• Digitizer
• 1 × 1.4 mm Phillips
• 1 × 1.5 mm Phillips
• 2 × 1.1 mm Phillips

1. Reconnect the connectors. Connecting the display connector sometimes takes a few tries. Be very careful to avoid bending the connectors.
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 display connectors aren’t connected properly, stripes will appear on the display or parts of the touchscreen won’t work.
3. Install the cover and screw it in place.

• Connector
• 2 × 1.5 mm Phillips

1. Connect the battery contact to the logic board.
2. Put the cover back on and screw it in place with the two Phillips screws.

1. Insert the display into the enclosure at the upper edge where the connection cables are. The display has to click into place correctly.
2. Before you can connect your device to the display, you have to connect the Home button to the Lightning connector and secure them with the cover.
3. Carefully press on the display toward the Home button until it’s entirely in the frame. The display has to be flush with the frame.

• 2 × 3.8 mm Pentalobe

1. Now screw in the two pentalobe screws at the bottom of the enclosure.

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.