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Use this guide to remove or replace a cracked or broken back glass on your iPhone 15 Pro Max. You'll need replacement back glass adhesive to complete this repair.
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iPhone 15 Pro Max Back Glass Replacement
Use this guide to remove or replace a cracked...
Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max
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1 - 2 hours
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Prepare your phone for disassembly
Tape over any cracks
Mark your opening picks
Remove the pentalobe screws
Heat the bottom edge
Insert an opening pick
- Apply a suction handle to the bottom edge of the back glass.
- Pull up on the handle with a strong, steady force to create a gap between the back glass and the frame.
- Insert the tip of an opening pick into the gap.
Back glass information
Separate the bottom edge adhesive
- Slide your pick back and forth along the bottom edge to separate the adhesive.
- Leave your pick inserted in the bottom left corner to prevent the adhesive from re-sealing.
Heat the left edge
- Heat the left edge of the back glass until it's hot to the touch.
Separate the left edge adhesive
- Insert a second opening pick to the left of the first one.
- Slide this pick to the top left corner of the back glass to separate the left edge adhesive.
- Leave this pick inserted to prevent the adhesive from resealing.
Heat the top edge
- Heat the top edge of the back glass until it's hot to the touch.
Separate the top edge adhesive
- Insert a third opening pick in the top left corner of the back glass.
- Slide your pick to the top right corner to separate the top edge adhesive.
Separate the top right corner adhesive
- Rotate your pick around the top right corner of the back glass.
- Slide your pick to the volume up button.
- Leave this pick in place to prevent the adhesive from resealing.
Heat the right edge
- Heat the right edge of the back glass until it's hot to the touch.
Separate the right edge adhesive
- Insert a fourth opening pick at the bottom edge of the back glass.
- Rotate your pick around the bottom right corner of the back glass.
- Slide your pick to the volume down button.
Swing open the back glass
Remove the wireless charging connector cover
- Use a tri-point Y000 driver to remove the 1.0 mm‑long screw securing the wireless charging connector cover.
- Use tweezers to slide the cover out of its slot on the logic board and remove it.
Disconnect the wireless charging coil
Remove the back glass
- Remove the back glass.
Disassembly complete
- Congratulations on completing disassembly! The remaining steps show how to reassemble the iPhone.
Remove the back glass adhesive
- Use the point of a spudger to ball up a larger section of adhesive and remove it from the frame.
- Repeat this process until all the larger strips of adhesive are removed.
Repair step
Repair step
- Apply a few drops of adhesive remover or high-concentration (90% or higher) isopropyl alcohol to a clean lint‑free cloth or coffee filter and wipe all residual adhesive off the frame to prep the surface for the new adhesive.
Orient the replacement adhesive
Apply the replacement adhesive
Repair step
Repair step
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Press the adhesive into place
Remove the top liner
- Lift the pull tab in the top‑right corner of the frame to peel off the top liner and remove it.
Adhesive information
- Once the top liner is removed, there should be three narrow liners on top of the adhesive with pull tabs near the bottom edge.
- If you don't see these pull tabs, you may have accidentally removed the thin liners in the previous step. Be careful not to touch anything to the exposed adhesive.
Align the back glass
- Set the back glass on the right edge of the iPhone frame and use one hand to hold it in place.
Connect the back glass
Install the wireless charging connector cover
- Use tweezers to slide the tab on the wireless charging connector cover into its slot on the board and set it into place.
- Use a tri-point Y000 driver to install the 1.0 mm‑long screw securing the wireless charging connector cover.
Remove the final adhesive liners
- Hold the back glass over the phone so you can access the narrow liner covering the adhesive on the right edge of the frame.
- Use tweezers to remove the narrow liner on the right edge.
Repair step
Install the back glass
- Align the back glass over the frame and press it into place.
Repair step
Install the pentalobe screws
Heat the back glass
Press the back glass
- If you have the iPhone's original box, take the lid and place it on a flat surface.
- If you don't have the original box, skip this step for an alternate method.
- Place the iPhone screen-side-up in the lid of the box with the camera bump in its recess.
- Find something close to the size of the iPhone, but taller than the sides of the box. Stack it on top of the iPhone, followed by a few heavy objects.
- Leave the objects in place for at least thirty minutes, ideally overnight.
Repair step
- Place the iPhone screen-side-down on a soft, flat surface.
- Apply tape to the back glass to protect its finish.
- Place three layers of coins or similarly thick objects on the tape along the edges of the back glass.
- Evenly distribute the coins and make sure they are at least as thick as the camera bump.
Repair step
- Stack multiple books or other heavy objects on your iPhone.
- Leave the objects in place for at least thirty minutes, ideally overnight.