Introduction
Internal prerequisite to remove the lightning connector and speaker assembly
What you need
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Remove the following screws securing the Lightning connector and speaker enclosure assembly to the rear case:
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One 2.5 mm Phillips screw
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Two 3.3 mm Phillips screws
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One 2.9 mm Phillips screw
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Two 1.5 mm Phillips screws
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One 2.8 mm Phillips screw
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Use the flat end of a spudger to gently pry the Lightning connector and speaker enclosure assembly cables up from the rear case.
this is NOT the right way to remove the speaker, anyone following this guide will do unnecessary damage to the phone.
Speaker is one of the "official" serviceable part of iPhone 5. Which means you don't have to remove the logic board and the battery. Skip straight to step 27, peel up the home button contact flex, remove the red, blue, yellow and the green screw, peel loose the grounding flex stuck around the headphone jack, then remove the flex and the speaker as one part. NEVER remove the lightning connector flex unless you really need to.
Heyi successfully took out this speaker and jack but i found 4 small rings and i dont know where they were placed
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Remove the Lightning connector and speaker enclosure assembly from the rear case.
Make sure to clean any bits of golden glue left on the phone case
The metal washers appear to have come from the bottom side of the lightning connector. Underneath the four screws. Two of mine were stuck on the old part that I had removed. I noticed this after installing the parts.
Any idea what is the strip which is stuck on the speaker, which helps connect the two screws? does it have any specific functionality or is it just to keep the speaker in place?
I see that it just connects two end points to the iphone body.
That part is the cellular antenna. iPhone 5 Cellular Antenna
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I am trying to find these washers that go under the lightning connector as to where I can find an extra one of these for a repair and also need some help figuring out after replacing power cable, LCD and screen, lightning connector and both flex cables on the motherboard, the back case and the battery why the iPhone 5 is not charging or powering on... If you can help me figure out this issue I would greatly appreciate it.
Could one missing washer cause this to be the issue.
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
Every step after this one is vague and hard to understand. Seems to be a lot missing. Proceed with extreme caution!
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