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I had a few people ask where the iPhone SC's home button falls on Mohs scale of hardness to let you know it does scratch at a level eight if you're confused as to what I'm talking about go ahead and hit that link in the upper right corner today we're gonna replace the screen on the iPhone se it is the exact same process as the iPhone 5s there's two pentalobe screws down at the bottom remove those and then using a suction cup and a very thin pry tool pry up on the edge of the screen and the edge of the phone make sure not to put any pressure on the glass only crack could open a tiny bit and I'll show you why first thing there's a little groove here on the frame for your pry tool makes it a little bit easier and then there's a little silly ribbon cable attached to the home button that plugs into the board down by the charging port I'll show you how to deal with that there's a little metal flap down here at the bottom that you lift up if you lose this little metal flap I will link replacement parts down in the video description same thing with the tools that you'll need then you can unsnap that little ribbon from the mainboard there are six screws you're going to remove from the phone two down here by the battery we're going to disconnect that before we remove the screen just so there's no power going through it we're going to move the top metal plate and then there's three ribbing cables that we're going to unsnap from the main board these are very similar to the Legos we're just going to pop those off with a plastic pry tool this top ribbon cables for the camera so you don't need to worry about that there's two screws that hold down the earpiece there's a little side latch that also holds it in place set those off to the side and make sure to keep your screws organized they are different sizes and you don't want to put them in the wrong spot down here by the home button there is a little metal doohickey make sure you don't lose that there's two more screws by the metal plate pull that away and set that next to the screws I usually press the home button out through the backside making sure not to tear any of the ribbon cables it is very fragile so be careful separate the glue from the back frame instead of just pulling up on the wire itself there's two screws here at the side one at the top and then another two screws on the other side of the screen that's going to remove the back metal plate then there's the front camera and sensors I'm going to leave those taped to the back metal plates I'm going to transfer this over to my new replacement screen but if you need to pull it off just be very careful if the copper sticker rips you can just stick it back together copper touching copper and everything will be fine so this is the screen component we have the LCD and we have the glass and we have the frame it's all sold as one unit and this is the easiest way to replace the screen on your iPhone now if you want to attempt a I only repair I strongly suggest you do not but it is possible go ahead and click the link in the upper corner to see how that is done let's reassemble the screen we're going to put the back metal plate into place set the front sensors and camera into place and you can see these little Springs that just touch the contact points on the earpiece we're going to rest those on top of each other and then set the bracket over the earpiece and screw it into place with those two screws it should fit easily and there should be nothing sticking up one more screw at the top of the top plate and then we're going to put the home button back in has the back metal bracket set that into place then this tiny screw screws into the back plate make sure little doohickey is facing up you don't want that pinch down underneath the little ribbon cable get the back plate screw it in with the two screws on either side and then we're going to plug in the screen there's the three ribbon cables once those three ribbon cables are in we're going to plug in the battery and before putting the metal plates on we're going to test and see if the screen works it should function as normal right now if there are lines or if your screen is gray there's a good chance that the ribbon cables do not have a good connection with the main board so disconnect the battery pop off those cables reseat them and try again if it's still not working there's a chance you got a bad replacement screen mine is working vines I'm going to go ahead and set those metal plates back into place and screw them in now I'm going to reseat the top of the phone into the frame and this will keep it stable while we're working on the silly little ribbon cable down here at the bottom you're going to hate this thing what I show here in just a few seconds is actually much more difficult in real life I'm going to seat the ribbon cable right above its connector on the charging port and snap it down just like a little Lego and then this is a bad angle but you can see the little metal part I put the top end first towards the top of the phone and then snap in the bottom part after after I line it up with the edge of the groove remember if you lose these I will put replacement parts screens and itty bitty metal bits down in the video description make sure the top of the screen is seated and then you can press each side down into the frame body turn it on and everything works now I have heard that the iPhone 5s screens are entirely compatible with the iPhone se it's pretty much the same phone just with the faster processor and better camera if you have any questions leave them in the comments get those bottom two screws in thanks ton for watching if I helped you out today with replacing your screen feel free to subscribe to my youtube channel does helped me out hope to see you around