iPhone 12 Repair

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iPhone 12 and 12 Pro Teardown

The iFixit team embarked on a side-by-side teardown of the iPhone 12 and 12 Pro. Check it out!

Initial camera repair tests on the iPhone 12 failed, and a leaked document indicates Apple may have deliberately disabled repairs outside of its network. Read more at Is This the End of the Repairable iPhone?

If you are experiencing problems with your iPhone 12 but aren’t sure what’s causing the issue, check out our iPhone 12 Troubleshooting page for some diagnostics help.

This is the regular version of the iPhone 12 series. Its other siblings are the iPhone 12 mini, the iPhone 12 Pro, and the iPhone 12 Pro Max.

The most often replaced iPhone 12 parts include the battery, screen, and rear camera lenses.

You can identify the iPhone 12 by finding one of the model numbers either on the inner edge of the SIM card tray or within the phone's Settings app:

• A2172
• A2402
• A2403
• A2404

You can find the model number through the phone's UI by going to the Settings app and navigating to General > About. Tap on the number listed in the Model Number section and it should change to a format that looks like the numbers above.

The iPhone 12 features a 6.1 in (diagonal) flat glass screen, thin black bezels, and a notch at the top of the screen to accommodate a speaker and selfie camera. The back cover is glass and the edge frame is made from flat anodized aluminum.

Volume controls and the SIM tray can be found on the left edge while the power button is situated on the right. A rectangular camera "bump" containing two vertically-aligned cameras protrudes slightly from the back case. This model has no home button.

The iPhone 12 can be differentiated from the iPhone 11 by the 11's curved edges relative to the flat edges on the iPhone 12.

Announce date: October 13, 2020

Operating System: iOS 14

Display:

• 6.1-inch “Super Retina XDR” OLED display
• Haptic Touch
• 2532‑by‑1170-pixel resolution at 460 ppi
• 2,000,000:1 contrast ratio (typical)
• True Tone
• P3 wide color gamut
• 625 nits max brightness (typical); 1200 nits max brightness (HDR)
• Fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating

Dual primary camera:

• True Tone flash with Slow Sync
• HDR video recording with Dolby Vision, up to 30 fps
• 4K video recording, up to 60 fps
• Wide-angle module
  • 12 MP
  • ƒ/1.6 aperture
  • Optical image stabilization (OIS)
  • Autofocus with 100% Focus Pixels
  • Seven-element lens
• Ultra-wide module (120° field of view)
  • 12 MP
  • ƒ/2.4 aperture
  • Five-element lens

TrueDepth selfie camera with Face ID:

• 12 MP
• ƒ/2.2 aperture
• HDR video recording with Dolby Vision, up to 30 fps
• 4K video recording, up to 60 fps
• Retina Flash

Processor: A14 Bionic with Neural Engine

• 5 nm process
• 6-core CPU
• 4-core GPU

RAM: 4 GB

Storage: 64, 128, or 256 GB

Battery: 2815 mAh

• Up to 17 hours of video playback
• Up to 65 hours of audio playback
• MagSafe wireless charging, up to 15W
• Qi wireless charging, up to 7.5W
• Fast-charge capable

Sensors:

• Face ID
• Barometer
• Three-axis gyro
• Accelerometer
• Proximity sensor
• Ambient light sensor

Wireless Connectivity:

• 802.11ax Wi‑Fi 6 with 2x2 MIMO
• 5G (sub‑6 GHz; mmWave only on bands n260 and n261 / US models A2172 and A2176)
• Gigabit-class LTE with 4x4 MIMO and LAA
• Bluetooth 5.0
• Apple-designed U1 Ultra Wideband chip for spatial awareness
• NFC

Dimensions: 5.78 inches × 2.82 × 0.29 in (146.7 mm × 71.5 × 7.4 mm)

Weight: 162 g (5.71 oz), 164 g (5.78 oz) mmWave model

Colors: Black, White, (PRODUCT) RED, Green, Blue

• iPhone 12 Official Tech Specs (Apple)
• Wikipedia: iPhone 12
• Apple: iPhone Battery and Performance