(New) iPhone 15 Screen Removal

Unplug any cables from your phone.

Hold the power and either volume buttons and slide to power off your phone.

If your screen or back glass is badly cracked, lay overlapping strips of packing tape over the glass to protect yourself and make disassembly easier.

Measure 3 mm from the tip and mark the opening pick with a permanent marker.

Use a P2 pentalobe driver to remove the two 7.7 mm-long screws on either side of the charging port.

Use a hair dryer or heat gun to heat the bottom edge of the screen until it's hot to the touch.

Apply a suction handle to the bottom edge of the screen.

Pull up on the handle with a strong, steady force to create a gap between the screen and the frame.

Insert the tip of an opening pick into the gap.

There are two delicate cables connecting the screen to the phone, one just above the mute switch, and the other about halfway between the volume down button and the bottom of the phone.

There are multiple spring contacts around the perimeter of the phone. Be extra careful not to insert your pick deeper than suggested in these locations to avoid bending the contacts.

Slide your pick back and forth along the bottom edge to separate the adhesive.

Leave your pick inserted in the bottom right corner to prevent the adhesive from re-sealing.

Heat the right edge of the screen until it's hot to the touch.

Slide your pick around the bottom right corner of the screen and toward the power button until you feel a hard stop at a clip securing the screen.

Rotate your pick so the flat edge is under the screen.

Hold the pick with one hand and twist it to increase the gap between the screen and the frame and release the right clip.

Insert a second opening pick to the right of the first one.

Slide the first pick back to the bottom right corner of the screen.

Slide the second pick to the top right corner of the screen to separate the adhesive.

Leave these picks inserted to prevent the adhesive from resealing.

Heat the top edge of the screen until it's hot to the touch.

Insert a third opening pick in the top right corner, just above the previous pick.

Slide your pick around the top right corner and along the top edge until you feel it stop against the top left screen clip.

Rotate your pick so its flat edge is under the screen.

Twist your pick to release the top left screen clip.

Slide your pick to the top left corner.

Heat the left edge of the screen until it's hot to the touch.

Slide your pick around the top left corner of the screen and along the left edge to release the clips and separate the adhesive securing it.

Gently swing open the screen over the left edge of the phone.

Use a tri-point Y000 driver to remove the 0.9 mm-long screw securing the front sensor connector cover.

Use tweezers to lift the cover to a 90-degree angle.

Unhook the cover from its slot in the logic board.

Remove the cover.

Use the tip of an opening pick to pry up and disconnect the front sensor press connector.

Use your tri-point Y000 driver to remove the 0.9 mm‑long screw securing the screen connector cover.

Use tweezers to lift the cover and unlatch it from its hook on the logic board.

Remove the cover.

Use the tip of an opening pick to pry up and disconnect the screen press connector.

Remove the screen.