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Use this guide to remove or replace the volume button covers in your iPhone 7. This guide is for the physical buttons, and not the electronic switches beneath.
If you need to replace the volume control cable, follow this guide.
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Power off your iPhone before beginning disassembly.
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Remove the two 3.4 mm pentalobe screws on the bottom edge of the iPhone.
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Measure 3 mm from the tip and mark the opening pick with a permanent marker.
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Pull the blue handle backwards to unlock the Anti-Clamp's arms.
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Slide the arms over either the left or right edge of your iPhone.
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Position the suction cups near the bottom edge of the iPhone just above the home button—one on the front, and one on the back.
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Squeeze the cups together to apply suction to the desired area.
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Pull the blue handle forwards to lock the arms.
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Turn the handle clockwise 360 degrees or until the cups start to stretch.
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Make sure the suction cups remain aligned with each other. If they begin to slip out of alignment, loosen the suction cups slightly and realign the arms.
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Heat an iOpener and thread it through the arms of the Anti-Clamp.
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Fold the iOpener so it lays on the bottom edge of the iPhone.
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Wait one minute to give the adhesive a chance to release and present an opening gap.
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Insert an opening pick into the gap.
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Skip the next three steps.
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Heating the lower edge of the iPhone will help soften the adhesive securing the display, making it easier to open.
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Use a hairdryer or prepare an iOpener and apply it to the lower edge of the phone for about 90 seconds in order to soften up the adhesive underneath.
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Apply a suction cup to the lower half of the front panel, just above the home button.
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Pull up on the suction cup with firm, constant pressure to create a slight gap between the screen and the frame.
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Insert an opening pick into the gap.
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Slide the opening pick up the left edge of the phone starting at the lower edge and moving towards the volume control buttons and silent switch, breaking up the adhesive holding the display in place.
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Stop near the top left corner of the display.
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Re-insert your tool at the lower right corner of the iPhone, and slide it around the corner and up the right side of the phone to separate the adhesive.
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Gently pull up on the suction cup to lift up the bottom edge of the display.
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Pull on the small nub on the suction cup to remove it from the front panel.
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Slide an opening pick underneath the display around the top left corner and along the top edge of the phone to loosen the last of the adhesive.
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Slide the display assembly slightly down (away from the top edge of the phone) to disengage the clips holding it to the rear case.
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Open the iPhone by swinging the display up from the left side, like the back cover of a book.
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Lean the display against something to keep it propped up while you're working on the phone.
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Remove four tri-point Y000 screws securing the lower connector bracket, of the following lengths:
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Three 1.2 mm screws
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One 2.4 mm screw
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Use the point of a spudger to lift the battery connector out of its socket on the logic board.
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Use a spudger or a fingernail to disconnect the two lower display connectors by prying them straight up from their sockets on the logic board.
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Remove the two 1.3 mm Phillips #000 screws securing the bracket over the front panel sensor assembly connector.
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Disconnect the front panel sensor assembly connector from its socket on the logic board.
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Insert a SIM card eject tool or a paperclip into the small hole in the SIM card tray.
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Press to eject the tray.
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Remove the SIM card tray assembly from the iPhone.
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Use the flat end of a spudger to disconnect the rear-facing camera connector.
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Remove the following Phillips screws securing the rear camera bracket to the rear case:
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One 1.3 mm screw
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One 2.5 mm screw
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Use the pointed end of a spudger to pry up and disconnect the antenna bus connector, just left of the rear camera module.
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Remove the two 1.2 mm tri-point screws securing the upper cable bracket.
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Use the flat end of a spudger to disconnect the upper cable connector.
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Remove the four Phillips screws securing the Wi-Fi antenna:
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Three 1.2 mm screws
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One 1.7 mm screw
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Remove the following Phillips screws:
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One 1.3 mm screw
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One 2.2 mm screw
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Remove the 2.2 mm standoff screw from the grounding bracket.
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Use tweezers to gently bend the logic board grounding bracket out of the way.
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Use the point of a spudger to lift the two antenna cable connectors up off of the sockets on the logic board.
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Use tweezers to gently derout the antenna cables from the metal bracket on the logic board.
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Use the point of a spudger to disconnect the lower cable connector.
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Remove the following screws:
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One 1.4 mm Phillips screw
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Three 2.2 mm standoff screws
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Use the point of a spudger to move the SIM card eject plunger out of the logic board's way.
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Use the flat end of a spudger to gently lift the battery connector end of the logic board up.
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Lift the battery connector end of the logic board and pull it up and out of the rear case.
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Use a pair of tweezers with blunt tips to peel back one of the adhesive strips on the lower edge of the battery.
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Use a pair of tweezers with blunt tips to peel back the other adhesive strip on the lower edge of the battery.
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Slowly pull one battery adhesive tab away from the battery, toward the bottom of the iPhone.
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Pull steadily, maintaining constant tension on the strip until it slips out from between the battery and the rear case. For best results, pull the strip at a 60º angle or less.
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Repeat the previous step for the second strip.
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If you removed both adhesive strips successfully, skip the next step.
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Otherwise, if either of the adhesive strips broke off underneath the battery and could not be retrieved, continue with the next step below.
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Prepare an iOpener and apply it to the back of the rear case, directly over the battery. Alternatively, you can apply heat using a heat gun or hair dryer.
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After about a minute, remove the iOpener, flip the phone over and use a plastic card to break up any remaining adhesive behind the battery.
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Remove the battery from the rear case.
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Remove the following Phillips screws:
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Two 1.9 mm screws securing the power button.
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Three 2.3 mm screws securing the volume buttons.
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Remove the following 1.3 mm Phillips screws:
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One screw beside the rear-facing camera
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One screw on the rear case
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From the outside of the phone, push the hold switch into the rear case with the point of a spudger.
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This action will free the hold switch and gasket from the rear case.
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Use a pair of tweezers to remove the rear-facing camera.
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Moving from power button side of the phone, use an opening pick to separate the adhesive holding the antenna flex cable to the rear case.
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Slide the point of an opening pick underneath the antenna flex cable towards the top of the phone, separating the remaining adhesive.
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Use tweezers to move the antenna flex cable away from the edge of the phone, freeing the screw bracket from the rear case.
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Remove the antenna flex cable.
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Remove the 2.3 mm standoff screw securing the flash bracket to the rear case.
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Use the point of a spudger to gently unseat the flash module.
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Use the blade of a Halberd spudger to separate the adhesive holding the microphone to the rear case.
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Gently fold the power button module from the edge of the rear case.
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Slide the blade of a halberd spudger under the power button end of the button cable to separate it from the adhesive on the rear case.
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Continue to separate the adhesive by moving the blade towards the top of the phone.
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Continue to move the blade of the halberd spudger underneath the power and volume control cable.
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Slide the halberd spudger under the volume control portion of the button cable.
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Gently slide the blade underneath the cable towards the bottom of the phone, separating the remaining adhesive.
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Remove the power and volume control cable.
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Pull the volume button clip towards the bottom of the phone to free it from the bracket.
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Pull the clip towards the top of the phone to remove it.
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Pull the volume button clip towards the bottom of the phone to free it from the bracket.
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Pull the clip towards the top of the phone to remove it.
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Slide the flat end of a spudger underneath the bottom edge of the volume button bracket.
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Adjust the spudger so that it can move away from the rear case without contacting the protruding peg that is on the volume button.
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Rotate the spudger to pop the bracket off of the peg on the volume button.
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Pull the bracket from the rear case.
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Repeat the procedure to remove the second volume button bracket.
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Use the pointed end of a spudger to push each of the volume button covers out of the rear case.
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Remove the volume button covers.
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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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Removing the battery is excluded from this repair.
R u able to fix water damage
Hi r u able to fix water damage for iPhone 7
Hi Alex, the repairability of water damage varies hugely depending on your unique circumstances, but this guide is a good place to start. If the damage is extensive you may want to take your phone to a local repair professional.
Bonjour je voudrais savoir si vous avais la même explication mais pour iPhone 7+ s’il vous plaît ??
