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it's time to replace the screen on an iPhone 7 plus this is actually my personal phone the only phone I have ever broken on accident everything's still worse great is just the screen that shattered to bits I went to hug a friend and her purse knocked it out of my hand and it was Merry Christmas to the ground the broken LCD perfectly blocks out the battery life indicator the time of day and the name of the person I am texting so it's definitely time to fix this thing it's pretty much the exact same process as the regular iPhone 7 there are two pentalobe screws down at the bottom of the phone right next to where the headphone jack used to be if you need a screw driver or replacement screen I will link those for you in the video description right below this video now heat is not 100% mandatory for this repair but it does help soften the thin band of adhesive that surrounds the screen on all sides this is a type of waterproofing adhesive so after completing this repair your phone will not be water resistant anymore but if your screen is cracked it's already not water-resistant so you're not losing too much I'm taking one of my thin metal pry tools and going between the metal frame of the phone and the plastic edge of the screen and cutting through the adhesive this makes lifting off the screen a lot easier don't slide in very deep though because there are fragile ribbon cables along that right side of the screen that are very important the bottom of the screen will lift up first and then you'll have to pull the top of the screen down and out of the phone frame then the whole thing flips open like a book for this next part we need a new bit it is called a y triple zero tri point screwdriver and I'll include a link for that as well in the video description there are seven of these tri point screws holding down two silver plates it is excruciating ly important that you keep your screws organized put them on a separate piece of paper next to you and draw a picture or label where each screw comes from some of them are different sizes I'll use a plastic pry tool to unsnap the battery connection so that there is no power to the rest of device and then I'll start unclipping a little ribbon cables these are just like little Mega Bloks once the display and fingerprint scanner ribbons are disconnected you can unsnap the top earpiece ribbon and that will release the screen from the body of the phone here is what the replacement screens look like remember all have these link down in the video description it is super important to be gentle the ribbon Cable's if they get bent or kinked too far in any direction your new screen will not work after the installation is complete we do have to transfer over some of the components to the new screen like the earpiece and the home button I'll start with the earpiece there are five screws up here at the top that need to be removed these ones are regular Phillips head screws now that the screws are out I will remove the top metal bracket and slip out the little earpiece speaker then comes the tricky part this little ribbon cable might look complicated but it's actually not it is fragile though and while it is very inexpensive to replace it is better just to keep the original intact and not rip anything so be very gentle with it it's about as strong as paper is each little segment like the front camera the proximity sensors and the little golden circular contact points have some adhesive holding them to the back of the screen I'll show you how to origami it back into place in a second but first let's get this home button transferred there are four screws we have down here these are the same why triple-zero screws that we were working with before and once these are out we can remove the metal bracket this exposes the guts of the fingerprint scanner touchpad there is one more super tiny ribbon connector remember that this ribbon is also very fragile so be careful with it since this original home button does need to be transferred over to your new screen once the ribbon cable is lifted up the button will just fall out from the front side of the phone there is only one more thing we have to remove from the old screen and that is the large metal backplate this also has the white triple-zero screws on it three on one side two on the other side and one more little screw down at the bottom there is some adhesive holding the plate to the ribbon cables you can lift that up and then slide the whole plate up and away from the back of the old shattered screen take that same plate and feed the ribbons from your new working display through the little hole being gentle with the ribbons make sure they are straight and not kinked before you screw the plate down and get all the metal frame screws into place three on the right one at the bottom and two on the left side and then the home button gets put back into place from the front side of the screen there is a little plastic guiding pin on the backside of the screen that will help the little ribbon fall in the exact place that it needs to go then it can be snapped into the other little connector right next to it when you are screwing the screw for the back of the home button make sure to snug but don't go too tight it is a pretty fragile little piece of tech and a super aggressive screw might cause damage now let's get the front camera and earpiece into place remember these little plastic pins I was talking about these are going to be your friend up here as well get the ribbon down by lining those up and getting a little box sensor into place it'll be like giving a cat a bath but eventually everything should line up the speaker gets tucked under the front camera making sure the gold springs line up on the gold contact circles and after the camera is tucked into the clear plastic circle the metal plate holds it all together and finally we can attach the screen to the foam body again I'll start with the two ribbons in the center and then clip the top ribbon down right afterward you'll fill each of them snap into place just like a little Lego has a much better ring to it the last thing you want to plug in is the battery connector before putting on the protective metal plates I usually test my screen to make sure everything works if the screen is grey or has lines running through it it might just be a bad connection so turn the phone off and reconnect the little ribbons again and if that doesn't work one of the ribbons might have gotten bent during the installation or it could just be a bad screen get the seven screws back in over the metal plates and then make sure the top of the screen is lined up with the phone body first before clamping down the rest of the screen also don't put any stress on the right side ribbon cables remember they're as fragile as paper and very very important to the functionality of your phone so don't let them rip thumbs up for success I have a working phone again I'm normally an Android guy but I've been using an iPhone for the past few months I'll have my review video posted with my verdict very very soon let me know if you have any questions I try to be pretty active down in the comments and if I don't respond someone else sure will you can usually get an answer pretty quick here on my channel my Twitter followers heard the story of my broken phone the night had happened so if you want to stay up to date on random stuff like that head on over to my Twitter and if you've made it this far in the video comment your favorite flavor of ice cream I'm always curious as to who makes it to the end of my videos I personally prefer Oreo ice cream the more Oreos the better thanks done for watching I'll see you around