iPhone 16 Plus 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 USB-C port.

Apply a heated iOpener to the bottom edge of the screen for two minutes.

Apply a suction handle to the bottom edge of the screen, above the USB-C port.

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.

Two delicate cables connecting the screen to the phone—one just above the Action button and the other about halfway between the volume down button and the bottom of the phone.

Multiple spring contacts around the perimeter of the phone.

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 resealing.

Apply a heated iOpener to the right edge of the screen for two minutes.

Slide your opening pick around the bottom right corner and up the right edge of the screen to separate the adhesive and release the metal clip.

Apply a heated iOpener to the top edge of the screen for two minutes.

Continue sliding your pick around the top right corner and across the top edge to separate the adhesive and release the two metal clips.

Apply a heated iOpener to the left edge of the screen for two minutes.

Slide the opening pick down the left edge of the screen to separate the remaining adhesive and release the last two metal clips.

Swing open the screen over the left edge of the phone and support it with a clean, sturdy object.

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

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

Use tweezers or your fingers to lift the front sensor cover to a 90-degree angle and unhook it from its slot in the logic board.

Lift the cover out of its slot and remove it.

Repeat this process for the screen connector cover.

Use the tip of a spudger to pry up and disconnect the screen press connector.

Repeat this process for the front sensor press connector.

Lift the screen off of the frame and remove it.

Use a Phillips screwdriver to remove the 1.3 mm‑long screw securing the ambient light sensor bracket.

Use a pair of tweezers or your fingers to lift and remove the ambient light sensor bracket.

Use a hair dryer, heat gun, or heated iOpener to soften the adhesive under the ambient light sensor and ambient light sensor cable.

Use an opening pick to pry up the ambient light sensor.

Gently slide an opening pick under the ambient light sensor cable, starting near the sensor and moving to the opposite corner.

Continue slowly sliding the opening pick under the ambient light sensor cable until the cable is free from the screen.

Use a pair of tweezers to lift the ambient light sensor off of the screen.