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Reattaching screw post to PCB

Unfortunately for me.. I've had numerous issues with the front facing camera cable assembly on my iPhone 5. Somehow in the process of repeatedly installing and uninstalling the replacement cables, retesting each cable, I sheared a screw post off the PCB. 3 screws hold the cable cover down, and I haven't had issues only using 2 screws. However, I would really like to reattach the 3rd screw post (outlined in yellow in the picture link below), but I'm not sure what I should use to reattach the post to the pcb. Any suggestions? Thank you.

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If anyone doesn't want to use the link above, it's the screw post directly below the spudger in step 11 below. The screw post where the non-magnetic screw goes, directly below the rear facing camera.

iPhone 5 Front-Facing Camera and Sensor Cable Replacement

*Edited to remove imagebam link, and insert picture here, which I didn't know I could do.

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just remove all the cables and you can use a soldering iron just lay it on top of the screw nut for 20 seconds and let go and let it cool off thats the way they are attach to the board.

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Thank you for your reply. It's hard to tell, and I couldn't really get a good picture either. Are the little silver dots solder? I might give what you said a try. I was hoping that there might be some sort of pcb adhesive I could use. My hands are a little shaky, and doing any type of precision work like this makes me nervous, so I don't want to spread any solder where it shouldn't go, even though it looks like there is barely any there now.

Here's a picture of what things look like right now.

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