iPhone 5C battery and lightning/headphone jack

crwdns2853023:0crwdne2853023:0

The battery was dying at about 70% charge. Apple said I needed to wait a week for an appointment and they couldn't say if the store would have the battery at my appointment. So I remembered about ifixit and found the battery for a faction of the apple price.

crwdns2853024:0crwdne2853024:0

The repair was pretty straight forward. I skipped some steps in the guide. I didn't remove the screen just flipped it up 90 degrees so I could get to the parts. I realized after putting it back together that one of the contacts for the home button got bent. It broke off completely when I tried to bend it back so I used a drop of solder where the contact was and that worked but I ordered the tbolt and headphone module anyway since it was only $25. That part was a bit harder to install but not bad. The guides and pics on the site are very well done.

crwdns2853025:0crwdne2853025:0

Be careful of the contacts for the home button they are very tiny and delicate. No need to remove the screen or the battery if you are just replacing the tbolt/hdph module. Just take your time and never force anything. I did notice there was a metal tab with a screw hole on the original tbolt/hdph module that was not on the replacement part but everything works fine so much respect to Ifixit for the help!