iPhone 5c Disassemble/Take Apart/Tear Down Tutorial

Apple announced the iPhone 5C on September 10, 2013. Different from the iPhone 5, the iPhone 5C is built with brand new plastic rear housing available in five colors: green, pink, blue, yellow and white. However, we found the teardown process and the innards are similar to the iPhone 5 after we took apart the 5C. You can follow our step-by-step disassembly to replace the broken parts on your iPhone 5C, such as the cracked iPhone 5C screen, the useless iPhone 5C battery, the damaged iPhone 5C rear housing or the broken iPhone 5C charging port flex cable. ETrade Supply is always your best choice to get the iPhone 5C replacement parts.

Tools you will need:

For Metal Spudger Opening Tool for Cell Phone

Tools needed:

Metal Spudger Opening Tool

Pentalobe Screwdrivers

Small Phillips Screwdrivers

Flathead Screwdrivers

Tweezers

Step 1

Power off the iPhone 5C and take out the SIM card tray with the eject pin.

Step 2

Use Pentalobe screwdrivers to undo 2 screws at the bottom of the handset.

Step 3

Carefully pry up the iPhone 5C LCD screen assembly with the help of the metal spudger opening tool.

Step 4

Undo 4 Phillips screws to remove the metal plate covering the LCD assembly connectors.

Step 5

Release 3 connectors to separate the LCD display assembly from the iPhone 5C rear housing with the help of spudger opening tool.

NOTE: After the LCD assembly is free, if you need to replace the cracked iPhone 5C screen, now you have to remove the ear speaker assembly and front camera & sensor flex cable at the top of the LCD assembly. And remove the home button at the bottom and the LCD heat shield. Here we didn't tear them down.

Step 6

Undo 2 Phillips screws to remove the retaining bracket that covers the battery connector.

Step 7

Disconnect the battery connector to lift up the battery carefully and remove it using the spudger opening tool.

Step 8

Undo 2 screws on the retaining bracket that holds the iPhone 5C rear facing camera in place at the top right corner. Then release 1 connector on the motherboard to remove the rear camera.

Step 9

Release 2 screws at the top left corner to remove the vibrating motor.

Step 10

Release 1 connector and 7 screws to take out the loud speaker and charging port flex cable.

Step 11

Release the last connector to lift up the motherboard cautiously because there is a fragile connector on the top. Disconnect it and then the motherboard is free.