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This guide shows how to remove the screen from an iPhone 17 Pro Max.
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iPhone 17 Pro Screen Removal
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Apple iPhone 17 Pro
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Safety precautions
Cracked glass preparation
- Apply strips of packing tape to the cracked glass until it's completely covered—this will help keep the glass contained and allow the suction cup to stick.
- Make sure there's a single strip of tape (not overlapping) across the bottom edge, big enough for a suction cup to fit on.
Remove the pentalobe screws
Mark your opening picks
Heat the bottom edge
Apply a suction handle
Screen bezel information
- There's a plastic bezel on the underside of the screen that sits on the frame. Insert your pick here, making sure it's completely under the bezel.
- There's a seam between the plastic bezel and the display panel. Don't insert your pick here or you'll separate the two, complicating the repair.
Insert an opening pick
- Pull up on the suction handle with strong, steady force until a gap forms between the screen and frame.
- Insert the tip of an opening pick in the gap you just created.
Screen information
- The screen and ambient light sensor cables are located near the volume and Action buttons.
- There are delicate spring contacts around the perimeter of the phone.
- The underside of the screen has thin, metal clips that go into corresponding slots on the frame.
Separate the bottom edge adhesive
- Slide the opening pick along the bottom edge to separate the adhesive.
- Leave the pick inserted under the bottom right corner to prevent the adhesive from re‑sealing.
Remove the suction handle
Heat the right edge
Separate the right edge adhesive
- Insert a second opening pick under the bottom right corner of the screen.
- Slide the pick up the right edge to separate the adhesive and release the two clips.
- Leave the pick inserted under the top right corner to prevent the adhesive from re‑sealing.
Heat the top edge
Separate the top edge adhesive
- Insert a third opening pick under the top right corner of the screen.
- Slide the pick along the top edge and just barely around the top left corner to separate the adhesive and release the two clips.
- Leave the pick inserted under the top left corner to prevent the adhesive from re‑sealing.
Heat the left edge
Separate the left edge adhesive
- Insert a fourth opening pick under the bottom left corner of the screen.
- Slide the pick up the right edge to separate the adhesive and release the clip, stopping just before the volume up button.
Prop up the screen
Remove the cover screws
- Use a JIS 00 screwdriver to remove the two screws securing the cable covers:
- One 1.4 mm‑long screw for the screen and front sensor cable cover
- One 1.3 mm‑long screw for the battery cover
Remove the covers
Disconnect the battery
Disconnect the screen
- Use the tip of an opening pick or the point of a spudger to pry up and disconnect the screen and ambient light sensor press connectors.
Remove the screen
- Remove the screen.