IPhone 7 Plus

Digitizer/LCD
REPAIR GUIDE
Version 1
2016 Edition
 IPhone 7 Plus Digitizer/LCD REPAIR
GUIDE
LCD AND DIGITIZER REPLACEMENT

RiAna Soto
Repair Training Specialist
[email protected]
 FOR EVERY REPAIR
MAKE SURE TO COMPLETE, INITIAL,
AND HAVE CUSTOMER SIGN THE CELLAIRIS
REPAIR LIABILITY WAIVER FORM
PRE-REPAIR DEVICE CHECK-IN
TOOLS NEEDED
• Philips screwdriver
• Spudger
• Tweezers
• Isesamo
• Magnetic Mat
• Heat Gun
• IPhone 7 Plus Digitizer/LCD
• Tri-point #000 screwdriver
HEAT-GUN PRECAUTIONS
• Always operate the heat gun on the lowest setting.
• Keep face, hands, hair, and clothing away from the air stream.
• The air nozzle also becomes extremely hot. Never grab the heat gun by the nozzle.
• Never operate the heat gun by laying it on its side on a table. It should be firmly grasped in one hand
at all times during usage.
• Never operate near flammable or explosive liquids and vapors. Cleaning supplies and the 3M #94
Primer are of concern. Make sure fumes are absent from the work area before operating the heat gun
• The heat gun nozzle should never get closer than 2“ to the object being heated.
• Keep heat gun moving. Never stay in one spot.
ADDITIONAL PRECAUTIONS
• Magnetic Pad: During the repair, you will be utilizing a magnetic pad to organize the plethora of
differing screws that you will be pulling out of the Samsung Galaxy S4. Below is a list of several
internal components of the Samsung Galaxy S4 that should never be placed on the pad, or you risk
damaging the hardware or erasing client data:
• LCD/Digitizer Assembly
• Cameras
• Motherboard
• Battery
• Speaker
ADDITIONAL PRECAUTIONS
• Power on/off: To avoid any damage to the hardware during the repair, it is best to have the device
powered off until you can get to and disconnect the battery.
• Battery: Never unplug any flex cables unless the battery has been completely disconnected to avoid
frying your hardware. Do not plug the battery back until all cables have been reconnected.
• Release Screws: Apply pressure on the screw and twist counterclockwise to initially loosen it, then
lighten the pressure and continue twisting until the screw is gently released. Make sure you have
properly sized screwdrivers available for the repair.
• Pin Connectors: extremely fragile and must be plugged or unplugged with extreme caution.
• Battery connector: held down by light adhesive and solder. If not cautious it will come off the
motherboard. Very time consuming to be repaired. Do not break it in the first place.
• Motherboard: small surface mount components can be easily damaged if they are nicked by the
spudger. Always take your time and never touch the surface of the motherboard.
LET’S START!
 Tools: Spudger, Fingers, Tips: Take your time opening the screen. Start from bottom
isesamo, pentalobe screwdriver left side there is a specific indention. Might want to heat
STEP 1 around the frame to loosen the adhesive but be careful.
The 7 plus is essentially the same as iPhone 7 just bigger in

Disassemble the device screen size for the digitizer/Lcd repair.

• Remove the two (2) pentalobe screws located at the

bottom of the phone near chargeport, using the
pentalobe screwdriver.
• Next use the isesamo tool and slide it in between
the frame of phone and screen. Start at bottom left
side of phone push the isesamo straight down
between the two then flex down to pry screen up.
After the screen is up on that side flex the isesamo
from left to right in upward motion around frame of
screen to pry phone screen up. However, Be careful
the screen unlike any other iPhone opens left to
right not from top to bottom.
 Tools: Spudger, Tri-point screwdriver
STEP 2
Disassemble the device
• Once the phone is open we will begin by removing metal bracket covering the battery and Digitizer/LCD cables.
Remove four (4) screws holding down plate with the tri-wing screwdriver. Remove plate.

• Disconnect battery with spudger then also using spudger disconnect Digitizer/LCD cables.

• Move your way up to the proximity sensor and notice a metal bracket holding that cable down unscrew three (3)
screws with Tri-point screwdriver and remove metal bracket. At this point screen should be completely
disconnected from the motherboard. We will now be working with old assembly removing components that need
to be transferred.
STEP 3 Tools: Spudger, Hands, tri-
point screwdriver, Philips
Disassemble the device screwdriver

• Starting with the ear speaker removal of five (5) Philips screws holding down the metal bracket covering
ear speaker.

• Once the metal plate is removed the ear speaker remove ear speaker. Simply use the flat end of
spudger to slide underneath proximity sensor cable to remove. You can use heat if necessary to help
loosen adhesive.

• Use the tri-wing #000 screw driver to remove four (4) screws holding down metal bracket cover home
button.

Two screws
 Tools: Spudger, Fingers,
STEP 4 heat gun, tweezers, tri-
wing screwdriver
Disassemble the device
• Once heat plate Is removed from home button disconnect home button flex connector using spudger. Then
use heat gun the same way as removing proximity sensor and then remove the home button.
• Next step is to remove metal heat plate covering the LCD, use the tri-wing screwdriver and remove all 6
screws. Once the screws are removed peel back thin black strip of adhesive (as shown in picture below) then
remove but use spudger to help peel off the adhesive holding the cables to heat plate on the back side of
LCD heat plate.
 Tools: spudger, Fingers,
STEP 1 tweezers

Reassembly of the
• Before reassembling make sure to separate the cables held down on the back of the Lcd heat plate.
device
• Take new iPhone 7 digitizer/LCD and place heat plate on it. Screw in the 6 screws using tri-wing screwdriver.

• Put the proximity sensor back into place at the top of the new assembly then place ear speaker on top of
proximity sensor and screw down the 2 Philips screws to ear speaker. Place metal bracket on top of those
components and screw in 3 Philips screws that hold metal bracket down.
 Tools: Philips
STEP 2 screwdriver, tri-wing
screwdriver, Fingers

Reassembly of the
• device
Next put home button on new assembly
by going through the front then laying in
place after its set correctly connect flex
cable.

• Put metal bracket over the home button

flex cable and screw four (4) screws with
the tri-wing screwdriver.

• Now that those components are now

transferred over to new Digitizer/LCD
you can connect cables back to
motherboard starting with proximity
sensor at the top.
 Tools: Heat gun, painters knife,
spudger, Hands
STEP 3
Reassembly of the
• device
Connect the Digitizer/LCD to motherboard then connect
battery.

• Place metal plate over battery and cable then screw down
the four (4) screws with tri-wing screwdriver.

• Begin to lay screen down by sliding screen in between the

frame of the phone and hooks at the top of new Digitizer
frame. Once down and in at the top slide you hands down
the side of the device as you push down on screen to lock
in place.

• Once the phone is laying flush put the two (2) pentalobe
screws back into the bottom of the phone.

• Power on phone and do Post test!

Troubleshooting
• If you notice the front facing camera is frozen do a hard reset by holding
down power button and home button at the same time until apple logo
reappears.

• If the device still says searching after being powered on turn airplane
mode on then turn it back off should bring the service back if not then
could have been a antenna error during repair.

• Lines in the lcd either mean a defective part or the cables weren’t properly
installed power off device then disconnect cables and reposition make
sure they are snapped down completely.
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