How to Replace an iPhone 5C Screen

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Use a pentalobe screwdriver to remove the 2 bottom screws located near the charging port.

   Using a pry tool or something thin that is not sharp gently pry around the outside of the phone and slowly lift the broken screen and fold it open towards the top.
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   Step 2: Place packing tape over the display if it is overly cracked.

   Place a suction cup near the home button and pull the screen up.
   
   This will require some force.
   
   Slip something thin like a guitar pick or spudger into the crack to pry it open carefully. , Note their positions.
   
   Placing the wrong screw in the top right hole will cause the phone to no longer boot correctly and cause permanent logic board damage. ,  There are 3 cables in total. , Replace this on the new display. , Don't forget the small white square for the light sensor! , Remove the LCD shield plate and replace it on the new display. , Use 3M adhesive the reattach the new frame.
   
   Be careful not to use to much heat or you will burn the LCD. 20 seconds on high with a blow dryer about a foot away should be fine. ,, Common problems are:
   Lines across the new screen (this could mean you have not connected it correctly).
   
   Push it in ALL the way.
   
   Make sure it is perfectly lined up.
   
   No visual at all
   - please ensure once again you check the connections. , This is common.
   
   Just reboot or disconnect and reconnect the battery. , Reinstall the four screws and close the phone.
   
   Line up the frame correctly or it will not close. , This reduces the chance of the Pentalobe screws being stripped.
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   Step 3: Using a Phillips head screwdriver

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   Step 4: disconnect the four screws on the metal plate.

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   Step 5: Use a non conductive spudger and gently disconnect the cables connecting to the main logic/motherboard.

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   Step 6: Using a spudger

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   Step 7: carefully and slowly detach the small square with gold contacts and remove the two screws from the home button.

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   Step 8: Carefully remove the screws from the earpiece and front camera and transfer them.

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   Step 9: Unscrew the four Phillips screws on the LCD shield plate.

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    Step 10: If your new display did not include a new frame

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    Step 11: carefully use a spudger to remove the plastic frame from around the old display.

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    Step 12: Reconnect just the two cables for the LCD and Digitizer and test the screen.

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    Step 13: Test to see your new screen is working.

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    Step 14: White screen.

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    Step 15: If it works

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    Step 16: attach the flex cable for the front camera and earpiece.

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    Step 17: Reinstall the two Pentalobe screws

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    Step 18: or if you wish to Liberate you iPhone(recommended) with Phillips screws

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    Step 19: use a Liberation kit from iFixit.

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