iPhone 15 Plus Earpiece Speaker 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 back glass 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 back glass.
• Pull up on the handle with a strong, steady force to create a gap between the back glass and the frame.
• Insert the tip of an opening pick into the gap.

As you slice the adhesive securing the back glass in the next steps, be careful of the following areas:

• There's a delicate cable connecting the back glass to the phone, right next to the volume up button. Don't insert your pick here to avoid slicing the cable.
• There are multiple spring contacts around the perimeter of the phone. Be extra careful not to insert your pick deeper than suggested in each step to avoid bending these contacts.

Don't insert your opening pick deeper than 5 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.

• Don't insert your pick deeper than 7 mm along the right edge.
• Rotate your pick around the bottom right corner and slide it halfway up the right edge or until you feel a hard stop at a clip securing the back glass.
• Don't slice near the volume buttons to avoid damaging the wireless charging cable.
• Leave this pick inserted to prevent the adhesive from resealing.

• Don't insert your pick deeper than 5 mm along the left edge.
• Insert a second opening pick at the bottom edge.
• Rotate the second pick around the bottom left corner.
• Slide this pick up to the top left corner to separate the adhesive.
• Leave this pick inserted to prevent the adhesive from resealing.

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

• Don't insert your pick deeper than 3 mm along the top edge.
• Rotate your second opening pick around the top left corner and slide it to the top right corner to separate the adhesive.
• You might hear and feel clicks as the top two clips release.
• Leave this pick in place to prevent the adhesive from resealing.

Heat the top right corner of the back glass until it's hot to the touch.

• Don't insert your pick deeper than 4 mm along the right edge.
• Rotate the second opening pick around the top right corner and slide it to the volume up button to separate the adhesive.

• Gently swing open the back glass to the right of the phone.
• If the back glass feels stuck, go back around the perimeter to check for missed sections of adhesive or stuck clips.
• Rest the back glass against a raised surface so it doesn't strain the cable.

• Throughout this repair, keep track of each screw and make sure it goes back exactly where it came from.
• Use a tri-point Y000 driver to remove the two 1.3 mm-long screws securing the lower connector cover.

• Use tweezers to slide the cover toward the top of the phone to unlatch it from the logic board.
• Remove the cover.

• Hold the back glass upright with one hand and rotate the bottom edge to the left to reveal the battery press connector just below the volume buttons.
• Use the tip of an opening pick to pry up and disconnect the battery press connector from the logic board.
• A plus and minus sign is printed on the head of this connector.
• To reconnect a press connector, align it over its socket and gently press down on one side until it clicks into place, then press down on the other side. Make sure it sits flat, as the insulating rubber around the sockets might prevent it from connecting fully.

1. Use your tri-point Y000 driver to remove the two 1.3 mm-long screws securing the upper connector cover.
   Remove the cover.

• Use the tip of an opening pick to pry up and disconnect the antenna, front sensors, and front camera press connectors (three connectors in total).

1. Use tweezers or your fingers to pull the front camera and sensors out of their recess in the frame and remove them.

• Use the tip of an opening pick to pry up and disconnect the earpiece speaker press connector.

• Use a Phillips #000 driver to remove the seven screws securing the earpiece speaker:
  
  • Five 1.6 mm-long screws
  • Two 1.3 mm-long screws

• Insert the flat end of a spudger between the top left edge of the earpiece speaker and pry up until you can grab it with your fingers.
• Remove the earpiece speaker.

• Your earpiece speaker has an adhered antenna that must be transferred to your new speaker.
• Insert your opening pick between the antenna and the earpiece speaker.
• Slide the pick under the antenna and pry up to separate the adhesive securing it.
• Remove the antenna

• During reassembly, follow these steps to reinstall the antenna:
  
  • Remove any leftover adhesive from the earpiece speaker and antenna.
  • If the existing adhesive is still sticky, you can reuse it instead of applying new tape.
  • Before sticking the antenna to the earpiece speaker, fasten the earpiece speaker to the frame and install the front camera and sensors. Connect all three press connectors.
  • Apply a small piece of thin, double-sided tape, such as Tesa tape, to the antenna.
  • Finally, connect the antenna press connector, then stick it onto the earpiece speaker.