iPhone 6 LCD and Digitizer Replacement

Power off your iPhone before beginning disassembly.

Remove the two 3.6 mm-long Pentalobe screws next to the Lightning connector.

If your display glass is cracked, keep further breakage contained and prevent bodily harm during your repair by taping over the glass.

Lay overlapping strips of clear packing tape over the iPhone's display until the whole face is covered.

If the broken glass makes it difficult to get a suction cup to stick in the next few steps, try folding a strong piece of tape (such as duct tape) into a handle and lifting the display with that instead.

If the plastic depth gauge is attached at the center of the iSclack, remove it now—it's not needed for larger phones like the iPhone 6.

Close the handle on the iSclack, opening the suction-cup jaws.

Place the bottom of your iPhone in between the suction cups.

Position the iSclack's upper suction cup against the display, just above (but not covering) the home button.

Open the handles to close the jaws of the iSclack. Center the suction cups and press them firmly onto the top and bottom of the iPhone.

Hold onto your iPhone securely and close the handle of the iSclack to separate the suction cups, pulling the front panel up from the rear case.

The iSclack is designed to safely open your iPhone just enough to separate the pieces, but not enough to damage the display cables.

Peel the two suction cups off your iPhone.

Skip the next three steps and continue on to Step 8.

If you don't have an iSclack, use a single suction cup to lift the front panel:

Press a suction cup onto the screen, just above the home button.

While holding the iPhone down with one hand, pull up on the suction cup to slightly separate the front panel assembly from the rear case.

Using a plastic opening tool, begin to gently pry the rear case down, away from the display assembly, while continuing to pull up with the suction cup.

Pull the plastic nub to release the vacuum seal on the suction cup.

Remove the suction cup from the display assembly.

Open the iPhone by swinging the home button end of the front panel assembly away from the rear case, using the top of the phone as a hinge.

Open the display to about a 90º angle, and lean it against something to keep it propped up while you're working on the phone.

Add a rubber band to keep the display securely in place while you work. This prevents undue strain on the display cables.

Remove the following Phillips screws from the battery connector bracket:

One 2.2 mm screw

One 3.2 mm screw

Remove the metal battery connector bracket from the iPhone.

Use a plastic opening tool to gently pry the battery connector up from its socket on the logic board.

Remove the following five Phillips screws securing the front panel assembly cable bracket:

Three 1.2 mm screws

One 1.7 mm screw

One 3.1 mm screw

Remove the front panel assembly cable bracket from the logic board.

Use a spudger or a fingernail to disconnect the front-facing camera and sensor cable connector.

Use a spudger or a fingernail to disconnect the home button cable connector.

Use a spudger or a fingernail to disconnect the display data cable connector.

Use the flat end of a spudger to disconnect the digitizer cable connector.

Remove the front panel assembly from the rear case.

Remove the following Phillips screws from the earpiece speaker/front-facing camera bracket:

One 2.3 mm screw

One 3.0 mm screw

One 2.2 mm screw

Remove the earpiece speaker/front-facing camera bracket from the front panel.

Lift the front-facing camera out of its recess in the front panel.

Holding the front-facing camera out of the way, remove the earpiece speaker from the front panel.

Keeping the front-facing camera out of the way, use the point of a spudger to push the ambient-light sensor up out of its recess in the front panel.

Fold the front-facing camera and sensor cable up to allow access to the microphone.

Carefully pry the microphone end of the sensor cable off of the adhesive holding it to the front panel.

Remove the front-facing camera and sensor cable from the front panel.

Remove the two 1.9 mm Phillips screws securing the home button bracket.

Remove the home button bracket from the front panel.

Use the point of a spudger to disconnect the home button cable connector by pushing it up and away from the home button.

Apply mild heat (with an iOpener, heat gun, or hair dryer) to soften the adhesive securing the home button membrane.

Using your fingertip, apply firm, constant pressure on the home button from the front side of the display assembly, until the membrane starts to separate from the front panel.

Peel the home button the rest of the way off of the display by prying gently with a spudger.

Use the point of a spudger to carefully separate the home button cable from the adhesive securing it to the front panel.

Once all the adhesive has been separated, remove the home button from the front panel.

Remove the following Phillips #00 screws securing the LCD shield plate to the front panel:

One 1.7 mm screw

Six 1.6 mm screws (three on each side)

Lift the front-facing camera end of the LCD shield plate up slightly.

Slide the point of a spudger behind the shield plate to gently peel the home button cable up off of the front panel.

Remove the LCD shield plate.