Introduction
For an easier repair, use our fix kit and follow this shorter guide to replace your iPhone’s entire display assembly.
For more advanced fixers, this guide will help you replace only the iPhone 7 Plus LCD screen + digitizer assembly (a.k.a. the bare “front panel”). This requires you to transfer several components from your original screen to the new one before installing it—including the front-facing camera, earpiece speaker, LCD shield plate, and home/Touch ID sensor assembly.
For all screen/display repairs, it's important to carefully transfer the original home/Touch ID sensor onto the new display in order for it to function. The solid state home button is paired to its original logic board by Apple, so replacing it will render it unusable.
What you need
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Power off your iPhone before beginning disassembly.
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Remove the two 3.4 mm pentalobe screws at the bottom edge of the iPhone.
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If your display glass is cracked, keep further breakage contained and prevent bodily harm during your repair by taping over the glass.
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Lay overlapping strips of clear packing tape over the iPhone's display until the whole face is covered.
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If the broken glass makes it difficult to get a suction cup to stick in the next few steps, try folding a strong piece of tape (such as duct tape) into a handle and lifting the display with that instead.
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Use a hairdryer or prepare an iOpener and apply it to the lower edge of the iPhone for about a minute in order to soften up the adhesive underneath.
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Pull up on the suction cup with firm, constant pressure to create a slight gap between the front panel and rear case.
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Insert the flat end of a spudger into the gap.
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While pulling up on the suction cup, twist the spudger to widen the opening between the screen and rear case.
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Insert the flat end of the spudger between the front panel and the rear case at the lower left edge of the iPhone.
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Slide the spudger up the left edge of the phone starting at the lower edge and moving towards the volume control buttons and silent switch, breaking up the adhesive holding the display in place.
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Remove the spudger from the left side of the phone and insert the flat end into the bottom right corner.
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Slide the spudger up the right edge of the phone to the top corner, breaking up the adhesive holding the display in place.
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Slide an opening pick underneath the display along the top edge of the phone to loosen the last of the adhesive.
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Pull the display assembly slightly away from the top edge of the phone to disengage the clips holding it to the rear case.
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Open the iPhone by swinging the display up from the left side, like the back cover of a book.
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Remove the following four tri-point Y000 screws securing the lower display cable bracket to the logic board:
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Three 1.2 mm screws
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One 2.6 mm screw
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Use the point of a spudger to lift the battery connector out of its socket on the logic board.
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Use the flat end of a spudger or a fingernail to disconnect the two lower display connectors by prying them straight up from their sockets on the logic board.
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Remove the three tri-point Y000 screws securing the bracket over the front panel sensor assembly connector:
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One 1.3 mm screw
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Two 1.0 mm screws
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Remove the bracket.
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Remove the five Phillips screws securing the earpiece speaker bracket:
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Two 1.8 mm screws
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One 2.3 mm screw
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One 2.4 mm screw
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One 2.8 mm screw
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Use the flat end of a spudger to lift the front-facing camera from its housing.
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Gently bend the camera ribbon cable to the side to clear the way to the earpiece speaker underneath.
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Gently fold the camera and attached ribbon cable toward the bottom of the iPhone to allow access to the components underneath.
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Slide a spudger under the ambient light sensor flex cable, and lift the sensor out of its housing.
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Slide the tip of a spudger underneath the proximity sensor flex cable, and lift the sensor out of its housing.
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Insert the sharp edge of an iFixit opening tool underneath the camera assembly's flex cable, on the opposite side from the front-facing camera.
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Pry up to separate the edge of the flex cable from the back of the display.
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Insert the point of a spudger underneath the same portion of the flex cable that you separated in the previous step.
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Continue separating the remainder of the flex cable, pushing the spudger toward the row of circular gold earpiece speaker contacts.
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Continue using your spudger to carefully separate the last of the flex cable from the back of the display.
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Remove the front camera and sensor cable assembly.
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A piece of black double-sided insulating tape lies between the display and three rows of copper contacts on the back of the camera/sensor cable. It may remain stuck to the display, or it may come off with the cable.
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Remove the four Y000 screws securing the bracket over the home/Touch ID sensor:
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One 1.1 mm screw
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Three 1.3 mm screws
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Pry under the left edge of the home button cable connector to disconnect it from its socket.
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Carefully pry up the underlying connector and move it out of the way of the home/Touch ID cable.
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If the connector doesn't pry up easily, use a hair dryer or iOpener to heat and soften the adhesive securing the connector, and then try again.
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Flip the display assembly over. Use a hairdryer or prepare an iOpener and apply it to the lower edge of the display for about 90 seconds in order to soften up the adhesive underneath.
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Use an opening pick to gently separate the adhesive holding the home/Touch ID sensor cable to the back side of the display panel.
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Remove the home/Touch ID sensor assembly by lifting it through the front side of the display.
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Peel back the upper, rectangular portion of the LCD shield plate sticker to separate it from the flex cable underneath.
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Lift the LCD shield plate while pressing down on the flex cable it surrounds.
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Feed the flex cable through the cutout in the LCD shield plate, being careful not to snag it.
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