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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.
