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Use this guide to replace the power button cable.

• Remove the following screws securing the antenna bracket to the rear case:

• One 1.5 mm Phillips #00 screw

• One 2.8 mm Phillips #00 screw

• Grasp the antenna bracket with a pair of tweezers and lift it off the iPhone.

• Carefully pry the antenna connector up off the logic board with a plastic opening tool.

• Grasp the antenna connector with a pair of tweezers and gently lift it from its retaining clip on the logic board.

• The two connectors may be coupled by a single adhesive tab. If this is the case, then they may detach as a pair.

• Disconnect the power button cable and audio control cable connectors from their respective sockets on the logic board.

• Remove the following screws securing the top cellular antenna to the rear case:

• One 2.8 mm Phillips #00 screw

• Two 1.6 mm Phillips #00 screws

• Use a pair of tweezers to grasp and remove the top cellular antenna out of the iPhone.

• During reassembly, make sure to place the small washer in the top left corner of the antenna assembly.

• Pry the vibrator connector cable up from its socket on the logic board with the flat end of a spudger.

• Use the tip of a spudger to disconnect the interconnect antenna cable from its socket on the logic board.

• Grasp the interconnect antenna cable with a pair of tweezers and carefully deroute it from its channel on the speaker assembly.

• Remove the two 2.5 mm Phillips #00 screws securing the vibrator to the rear case.

• Lift and remove the vibrator out of the iPhone.

• Insert a SIM card eject tool or a paperclip into the small hole in the SIM card tray.

• Press to eject the tray.

• This may require a significant amount of force.

• Remove the SIM Card tray assembly from the iPhone.

• When reinserting the SIM card, ensure that it is in the proper orientation relative to the tray.

• Remove the single 2.8 mm Phillips #00 screw securing the plastic clip to the logic board.

• Remove the single 1.3 mm Phillips #00 screw recessed against the top of the rear case.

• Use a pair of tweezers to firmly grasp the plastic clip and remove it from the iPhone.

• Remove the single 1.6 mm Phillips #00 screw securing the antenna clip to the rear case.

• Carefully grasp the antenna clip with a pair of tweezers and remove it from the iPhone.

• Remove the following screws securing the logic board to the rear case:

• Use a small flathead screwdriver to remove these standoff screws.

• Two 2.4 mm standoff screws

• One 2.1 mm Phillips #00 screw

• Carefully raise—but do not remove—the logic board, lifting it from the bottom edge nearest the Lightning connector.

• Do not remove the logic board. At this point it is still tethered to the rear case via an antenna connector.

• Continue carefully lifting the bottom side of the logic board until it is vertical.

• Gently lay the logic board upside-down, with the top portion resting against the rear case of the iPhone.

• Use the flat end of a spudger to disconnect the antenna connector from its socket on the back of the logic board.

• Lift and remove the logic board out of the iPhone.

• Use a pair of tweezers to peel the single adhesive tab that resides on top of both the power button and audio control/rocker switch cable connectors.

• Remove the single 1.3 mm Phillips #00 screw securing the power button cable bracket to the rear case.

• Carefully grasp the bracket with a pair of tweezers and remove it from the iPhone.

• Remove the following screws securing the power button cable bracket to the inner edge of the rear case:

• One 2.1 mm Phillips #00 screw

• One 1.7 mm Phillips #00 screw

• Grasp the power button cable bracket with a pair of tweezers and remove it from the iPhone.

• Remove the single 2.1 mm Phillips #00 screw securing the power button switch to the rear case.

• Pull the power button switch out of its recess on the rear case with a pair of tweezers, and begin carefully peeling the power button cable from the rear case.

• Continue gently peeling the power button cable off the rear case and remove it from the iPhone.

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