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Use this guide to replace a faulty front camera on your iPhone 8 Plus. This camera is part of a larger assembly containing a microphone and proximity/ambient light sensors, all of which are replaced as a single unit.
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iPhone 8 Plus Front Camera and Sensor Cable Replacement
Use this guide to replace a faulty front camera...
Apple iPhone 8 Plus
Moderate
40 minutes - 2 hours
Guide 111372
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Repair step
- Power off your iPhone before beginning disassembly.
- Remove the two 3.5 mm pentalobe screws from the bottom edge of the iPhone.
Mark your opening picks
Tape over any cracks
- Lay overlapping strips of clear packing tape over the iPhone's screen until the whole face is covered.
- If you can't get the suction cup to stick in the next few steps, fold a strong piece of tape (such as duct tape) into a handle and lift the screen with that instead.
Anti-Clamp instructions
- Pull the blue handle backwards to unlock the Anti-Clamp's arms.
- Slide the arms over either the left or right edge of your iPhone.
- 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.
- Squeeze the cups together to apply suction to the desired area.
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- Pull the blue handle forwards to lock the arms.
- Turn the handle clockwise 360 degrees or until the cups start to stretch.
- 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.
- Fold the iOpener so it lays on the bottom edge of the iPhone.
- Wait one minute to give the adhesive a chance to release and present an opening gap.
- Insert an opening pick under the screen when the Anti-Clamp creates a large enough gap.
- Skip the next three steps.
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- Use a hairdryer or prepare an iOpener and apply it to the lower edge of the iPhone for about 90 seconds in order to soften up the adhesive underneath.
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- Pull up on the suction cup with firm, constant pressure to create a slight gap between the front panel and rear case.
- Insert an opening pick or other thin pry tool a few millimeters into the gap.
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- Slide your pick around the corner and up the left edge of the phone, moving towards the volume control buttons and silent switch, breaking up the adhesive holding the display in place.
- Stop near the top left corner of the display.
Screen information
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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.
- Lean the display against something to keep it propped up while you're working on the phone.
Battery Disconnection
- Remove four Phillips (JIS) screws securing the lower display cable bracket to the logic board, of the following lengths:
- Two 1.3 mm screws
- One 1.4 mm screw
- One 2.7 mm screw
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- Use the point of a spudger to pry the battery connector up from its socket on the logic board.
- Bend the connector cable up slightly to prevent it from accidentally making contact with the socket and providing power to the phone during your repair.
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- Remove the two tri-point Y000 screws securing the bracket over the front panel sensor assembly connector:
- One 1.0 mm screw
- One 1.2 mm screw
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- Remove the five Phillips screws securing the earpiece speaker bracket:
- Two 1.8 mm screws
- One 2.3 mm screw
- One 2.4 mm screw
- One 2.8 mm screw
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- Remove the earpiece speaker bracket.
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- Use the flat end of a spudger to lift the front-facing camera from its housing.
- Gently bend the camera ribbon cable to the side to clear the way to the earpiece speaker underneath.
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- Remove the earpiece speaker.
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- Use a hairdryer or heat gun or prepare an iOpener and apply it to the top front of the display for about a minute, in order to soften the adhesive securing the sensors.
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- Insert the sharp edge of an iFixit opening tool underneath the camera assembly's flex cable, on the opposite side from the front-facing camera.
- Pry up to separate the edge of the flex cable from the back of the display.
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- Insert the point of a spudger underneath the same portion of the flex cable that you separated in the previous step.
- Continue separating the remainder of the flex cable, pushing the spudger underneath the row of circular gold earpiece speaker contacts.
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- Remove the front camera and sensor cable assembly.
- A piece of black double-sided insulating tape lies between the display and three rows of copper contacts on the back of the camera/sensor cable. It may remain stuck to the display, or it may come off with the cable.