iPhone 15 Screen Replacement

• Allow your phone's battery to drain below 25%. A charged lithium-ion battery can be a safety hazard.
• Unplug any cables from your phone.
• Hold the power and either volume buttons, then 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.
• Make sure there's a smooth area near the bottom edge that's big enough for a suction cup to stick to.

• If inserted too far, an opening pick can damage your device. Follow this step to mark your pick and prevent damage.
• Measure 3 mm from the tip and mark the opening pick with a permanent marker.
• You can also mark the other corners of the pick with different measurements.
• Alternatively, tape a coin to a pick 3 mm from the tip.

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.
• Be careful not to heat the phone hotter than this-the battery is susceptible to heat damage.

• 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.

• As you slice the adhesive securing the screen in the next steps, be careful of the following areas:
• 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.

• Don't insert your opening pick deeper than 3 mm along the bottom edge.
• 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.

• Don't insert your pick deeper than 5 mm along the right edge.
• 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. 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.

• Don't insert your pick deeper than 3 mm along the top edge.
• 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.

• Don't insert your pick deeper than 3 mm along the left edge to avoid the two cables connecting the screen to the phone.
• 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.
• If the screen feels stuck, go back around the perimeter to check for missed sections of adhesive or stuck clips.

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

• Congratulations on completing disassembly! The remaining steps will show you how to reassemble your device.

When reconnecting press connectors, align the connector carefully over its socket and press down with your fingertip or spudger-first on one side, then the other-until it clicks into place. Don't try to force the connector into place. If you're having trouble, reposition it and try again.

• Be careful not to damage any of the spring contacts as you clean the frame.

This is a good point to test your repair before sealing up your phone. Connect the screen, power on your phone, and make sure it works as expected. Power it back down and continue reassembly.

• The adhesive remaining on your phone is difficult to remove and leaves residue. If you have trouble removing the adhesive, apply some heat using a hair dryer or heat gun.

Use a spudger to push the screen adhesive up until you can grab it with a pair of tweezers.

Use a pair of tweezers, or your fingers, to remove the adhesive around the entire perimeter of the iPhone.

• Any leftover residue will compromise your iPhone's seal. Be sure to clean the frame thoroughly.

Wrap a microfiber or lint-free cloth around the pointed end of a spudger and apply a few drops of high-concentration (greater than 90%) isopropyl alcohol to the cloth.

Wipe in one direction along the perimeter of the frame to clean the adhesive residue.

Wait a few minutes before proceeding to make sure any excess alcohol has evaporated.

• The ambient light sensor is located behind the screen, directly beneath the cut-out for the Face ID sensors.
• Check if the replacement screen comes with one installed. If it does, skip to this step.

• 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 a spudger to pry up the ambient light sensor.

• Gently slide an opening pick under the ambient light sensor cable, starting near the sensor and moving towards the opposite corner until it's free from the screen.
• If the adhesive doesn't peel up easily, apply more heat.

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

• Use tweezers to reposition any adhesive that may have covered the ambient light sensor during removal. The adhesive should form a border around the raised white rectangle.
• If the adhesive was damaged or stayed with the old screen, replace it with a 1 mm wide strip of thin, double-sided tape along its bottom border.

• Align the ambient light sensor with its recess in the back of the screen.
• Use a spudger or your finger to press the ambient light sensor into its recess.

Use a hair dryer, heat gun, or heated iOpener to soften the adhesive under the ambient light sensor and ambient light sensor cable. It only needs to be warm-not hot.

• Use your finger to press down the ambient light sensor cable.
• If the ambient light sensor cable isn't sticking, apply a few small pieces of double-sided tape, like Tesa tape, to the back of the sensor cable.

Use tweezers or your fingers to hook the ambient light sensor bracket over the back of the sensor and set it into place.

• Use a Phillips screwdriver to install the 1.3 mm-long screw securing the ambient light sensor bracket.

• Lay the adhesive next to the phone and use features like cutouts for spring contacts and the front-facing camera to make sure the adhesive is oriented correctly.
• Your adhesive may look slightly different.

• Once the adhesive is pressed into place, you can't reposition it-you'll have to remove it and start over with new adhesive.
• Use the pull tab to begin peeling the back liner off of the adhesive starting from the bottom, but do not remove the liner all the way.
• While holding the back liner out of the way, carefully align the exposed edge of the adhesive to the bottom edge of the iPhone's frame.

When the adhesive is aligned, use the flat end of a spudger, or your finger, to press it down firmly along the bottom edge.

• Continue peeling the back liner off of the adhesive while pressing the adhesive into place along the edges of the iPhone's frame.
• If you correctly aligned the lower edge of the adhesive, the side and top edges will fall perfectly into place. If the adhesive is misaligned, remove it and start over with new adhesive.
• If your adhesive is misaligned and you don't have another set handy, it's okay to temporarily put your iPhone back together and use it normally without any adhesive, but keep in mind that your iPhone's water resistance will be compromised until you install new adhesive.

• Make sure the liner is aligned properly by checking that all spring contacts and the front-facing camera are in their cutouts. If they aren't, remove the adhesive and start over with a new sheet.
• Use the flat end of a spudger to press the adhesive firmly into place all around the iPhone.
• Be careful not to press on the camera, spring contacts, or other internal components.

• Insert the point of a spudger under the top liner's hole at the bottom of the frame.
• Pry up to separate the liner from the frame-enough to grip it with your fingers.
• Your pull tab may be in a different location. Make sure you're pulling the full-size top liner, not the thin liners under it.

• Peel back the top liner and remove it.

• Use the flat end of a spudger or your finger to connect the screen and front sensor press connectors.

• Insert the front sensor connector cover into its slot in the frame at a 90-degree angle vertically.
• Lay the cover over the press connector.

• Use a tri-point Y000 driver to install the two 0.9 mm-long screws securing the front sensor connector and screen connector covers.

• As you remove the liners in this step, the adhesive will be fully exposed.
  Make sure nothing touches the exposed adhesive.
  Use a spudger, or your fingers, to separate the pull tabs at the bottom right corner of the frame.

• Remove the narrow liner covering the adhesive along the right and top edges of the frame.

• Remove the liner along the bottom edge of the frame.

• Without letting the screen touch the adhesive, hold it over the phone so you can access the final liner along the left edge.
• Use a pair of tweezers or your fingers to remove the final liner along the left edge of the phone.

• Lay the screen straight down onto the frame and press until the clips engage.
• Press around the perimeter of the screen to engage all clips.

• To help the adhesive bond, apply heat to the edges of the screen using an iOpener, hair dryer, or heat gun until it's hot to the touch.
• If you have screen vise clamps, use them to strengthen the bond of your new adhesive. If not, keep reading for more ways to secure the screen.

To evenly compress your iPhone and strengthen the bond of the screen to the frame, you need to account for the camera bump.

• If you have the box your iPhone came in, take the lid and place it on a flat surface.
• Place your iPhone screen-side-up in the lid of your box with the camera bump in its recess.
• Find something close to the size of your iPhone, but taller than the sides of the box. Stack it on top of the iPhone, followed by a few heavy objects.

Leave the objects in place for at least thirty minutes. The lighter the objects, the longer they should be left. Ideally, leave them stacked overnight.

• If you don't have the original box for your iPhone, follow the next three steps for another method to evenly compress the screen.
• Place the iPhone screen-side-down on a soft, flat surface.
• Apply tape to the back glass to protect its finish.

• Place evenly spaced layers of coins or similarly thick objects on the tape along the edges of the back glass.
• Stack them to a consistent height taller than the camera bump.

• Stack multiple books or other heavy objects on your iPhone.
• The coins may leave an impression on the bottom object, so don't use anything valuable.
• Leave the objects in place for at least thirty minutes. The lighter the objects, the longer they should be left. Ideally, leave them stacked overnight.

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