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| Use this guide if your new display assembly comes with the front-facing camera, earpiece speaker, and LCD shield plate already installed. You'll simply remove the old display assembly and transfer the home/Touch ID sensor to the new display assembly. | | If your replacement display does not include those components, you'll need[https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/iPhone+8+Plus+LCD+Screen+and+Digitizer+Replacement/111373|follow this more in-depth guide] to remove them from your old display and transfer them to the new one. We'll have detailed guides for this process in the near future, so stay tuned. | | | In either case, '''the original home/Touch ID sensor must be transferred onto the new display in order for it to function.''' | | | As of July 2018, replacing the iPhone 8 Plus display disables the ambient light sensor, even when using original Apple parts. Consequently, auto-brightness and True Tone functions won't work with replacement displays. [https://ifixit.org/blog/9917/11-3-update-breaking-iphone-screens/|It's believed this is due to a bug in iOS 11]. The beta release of iOS 12 partially fixes this issue, so it’s possible Apple will resolve it in a future iOS update. |
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