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Basic disassembly tutorial for iPhone X.
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iPhone X Disassembly
Basic disassembly tutorial for iPhone X.
Apple iPhone X
Moderate
4 hours
Guide 99651
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Turn off the phone and remove SIM Card
- Press the wake button and volume down button to turn off the phone.
Open the phone
- Use the Pentaloble screwdriver to remove the charging port screws. Heating the phone with a heat gun will allow the phone to be opened more easily.
Remove the iPhone X OLED screen
- Undo 5 screws shown in the picture below with a tripoint #Y000 screwdriver
- These screws are all different sized so keep track of where they go
- Release the battery/LCD screen/digitizer/ear speaker connectors with a spudger.
Remove the ear speaker
Remove rear-facing cameras.
- Remove the 2 Phillips #PH00 screws and remove the metal plate, release the rear cameras connectors.
- These screws are also different sizes
Remove motherboard.
- Release all connectors on the motherboard with a spudger
- Undo 3 Phillips #PH00 screws on the mother board then we can take out the mother board.
Remove Loudspeaker and Taptic engine
- Undo 8 screws on the retaining plate then remove the plate taking care to not break the small connector on the plate that connects just under the taptic engine
- Remove the loud speaker and the taptic engine.
Remove battery
Remove front-facing camera
Remove the charging port and antenna
- Release 4 screws on the frame shown in the picture
- Heating the charging port flex cable then we can remove it easily
