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Use this guide to replace a blown-out earpiece speaker.
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Power off your iPhone before beginning disassembly.
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Remove the two 3.6 mm Pentalobe P2 screws next to the dock connector.
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Push the rear panel toward the top edge of the iPhone.
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Pull the rear panel away from the back of the iPhone, being careful not to damage the plastic clips attached to the rear panel.
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Remove the rear panel from the iPhone.
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Remove the following screws securing the battery connector to the logic board:
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One 1.7 mm Phillips screw
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One 1.5 mm Phillips screw
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Carefully push the pressure contact away from the battery connector until it slides free from its position.
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Remove the pressure contact.
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Use a plastic opening tool to gently pry up the battery connector from its socket on the logic board.
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Place the tip of the tool between the loudspeaker enclosure and the metal cover of the connector, and lift the bottom edge of the connector first.
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Insert the edge of a plastic opening tool between the battery and the outer case near the bottom of the iPhone.
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Run the plastic opening tool along the right edge of the battery and pry up at several points to completely separate it from the adhesive securing it to the outer case.
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Wait about one minute for the alcohol solution to weaken the adhesive.
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Use the flat end of a plastic opening tool to gently lift the battery.
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Use the exposed clear plastic pull tab to peel the battery off the adhesive securing it to the iPhone.
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Remove the battery.
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Remove the following screws securing the dock connector cable cover to the logic board:
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One 1.5 mm Phillips screw
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One 1.2 mm Phillips screw
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Remove the metal dock connector cable cover.
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Use the edge of a plastic opening tool to pry the dock cable up from its socket on the logic board.
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Peel the dock connector cable off the adhesive securing it to the logic board and the side of the speaker enclosure.
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Use the edge of a plastic opening tool to pry the cellular antenna cable up from its socket on the logic board.
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De-route the cellular antenna cable out from under the metal fingers attached to the logic board.
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Remove the following four screws securing the cable cover to the logic board:
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One 2.7 mm Phillips screw
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One 2.6 mm Phillips screw
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One 1.3 mm Phillips screw
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One 1.2 mm Phillips screw
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Use the edge of a plastic opening tool to pry the cable cover tabs out of their slots cut into the EMI shield on the logic board.
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Lift the cable cover from its edge nearest the top and remove it from the iPhone.
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Use the edge of a plastic opening tool to pry the rear camera connector up from its socket on the logic board.
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Remove the rear camera from the iPhone.
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Use a SIM eject tool or a paperclip to eject the SIM and its tray.
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Remove the SIM and its tray.
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Remove the five cables near the top of the logic board in the following order:
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Headphone jack/volume button cable
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Front facing camera cable
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Digitizer cable
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Display data cable
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Power button cable (located underneath the headphone jack/volume button cable as shown in the second picture.)
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Remove the 1.5 mm Phillips screw securing the grounding clip to the logic board near the headphone jack.
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Use the tip of a spudger to pry the small grounding clip up off the logic board.
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Carefully grasp the grounding clip and remove it from the iPhone.
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Remove the 4.8 mm standoff screw near the headphone jack.
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Use the edge of a plastic opening tool to disconnect the Wi-Fi antenna from the logic board.
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If present, peel the piece of black tape covering the hidden screw near the power button.
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Remove the 2.6 mm Phillips screw securing the logic board near the power button.
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Remove the following screws securing the logic board to the case:
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One 2.5 mm Phillips screw near the vibrator motor
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One 2.4 mm Phillips screw
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One 3.6 mm standoff along the side of the logic board nearest the battery opening.
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Carefully lift the logic board from the end closest to the speaker enclosure and slide it away from the top edge of the iPhone.
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Remove the logic board.
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Use the edge of a plastic opening tool to carefully pry the metal front facing camera retainer away from the case of your iPhone.
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Remove the front facing camera retainer.
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Remove the two 1.6 mm Phillips screws securing the power button bracket to the outer case.
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Slightly pull the power button bracket away from the outer case.
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Use a pair of tweezers to remove the power button from the iPhone.
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Use the edge of a plastic opening tool to pry the earpiece speaker off the adhesive securing it to the outer case. Note that the power button cable is glued to the the case as well, and will need to be pried up.
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Use a pair of tweezers to unfold the earpiece speaker from its recess in the outer case.
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Use the edge of plastic opening tool to gently move the top sensor assembly away from the outer case.
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Gently pry the top sensor assembly off the outer case.
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Lift and remove the power and sensor cable assembly from the iPhone.
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Use the edge of a plastic opening tool to peel the earpiece speaker off the foam adhesive securing it to the iPhone.
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Remove the earpiece speaker.
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Earpiece speaker remains.
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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Is the earpiece the same as for the iPhone 4?
Followed the steps and completed this guide with no problems. Very easy to follow and so happy to be able to hear my conversations now! :) thanks iFix it staff!
Fantastic Guide. Helped me to change speaker and Smashed lcd.
Be careful not to over-tighten the red screw in step 14, the head of the screw broke of with very little torque applied:( Apart from that minor mishap I worked though the guide in a little over 2 hours, big thanks for a fantastic guide!!!
Hi,
I have an iphone 4s belonging to a friend whos speaker appears to be faulty.
When making calls the recipient sounds extremely muffled to the point of being inaudible.
As a technician I have never encountered an issue before whereby replacing the speaker didnt work.
The main test i performed was to take out the motherboard and place it into the chassis of a perfectly working iphone 4s and yet the problem still persisted.
Reason for the above is because it negates the need to individually test the dock connector and other various minor parts.
My question is where on the motherboard where this problem maybe occuring?
Is it the 2 copper plates that connect the speaker part to the m/b.
Is there any other way I can troubleshoot this?
Any help would be appreciated.
