What you need
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Unplug any cables from your phone.
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Hold the power and either volume buttons and slide to power off your phone.
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If your screen or back glass is badly cracked, lay overlapping strips of packing tape over the glass to protect yourself and make disassembly easier.
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Use a P2 pentalobe driver to remove the two 7.7 mm-long screws on either side of the charging port.
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Measure 3 mm from the tip and mark the opening pick with a permanent marker.
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Tool used on this step:iOpener$14.99
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Use a hair dryer or heat gun to heat the bottom edge of the screen until it's hot to the touch.
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Apply a suction handle to the bottom edge of the screen.
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While supporting the frame with one hand, pull up on the handle with a strong, steady force to create a gap between the screen and the frame.
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Insert the tip of an opening pick into the gap.
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Two delicate cables connecting the screen to the phone—one just above the Action button and the other about halfway between the volume down button and the bottom of the phone.
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Multiple spring contacts around the perimeter of the phone.
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Use a hair dryer or heat gun to heat the right edge of the screen until it's hot to the touch.
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Slide your opening pick around the bottom right corner and up the right edge of the screen to separate the adhesive and release the metal clip.
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Use a hair dryer or heat gun to heat the top edge of the screen until it's hot to the touch.
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Continue sliding your pick around the top right corner and across the top edge to separate the adhesive and release the two metal clips.
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Use a hair dryer or heat gun to heat the left edge of the screen until it's hot to the touch.
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Slide the opening pick down the left edge of the screen to separate the remaining adhesive and release the last two metal clips.
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Swing open the screen over the left edge of the phone and support it with a clean, sturdy object.
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Use a tri-point Y000 driver to remove the two 0.9 mm‑long screws securing the front sensor and screen connector covers.
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Use the tip of a spudger to pry up and disconnect the screen press connector.
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Repeat for the front sensor press connector.
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Use a Phillips screwdriver to remove the 1.3 mm‑long screw securing the ambient light sensor bracket.
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Use a pair of tweezers or your fingers to lift and remove the ambient light sensor bracket.
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Use a hair dryer, heat gun, or heated iOpener to soften the adhesive under the ambient light sensor and ambient light sensor cable.
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Use an opening pick to pry up the ambient light sensor.
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Use your finger to push the ambient light sensor away from its recess.
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Gently slide an opening pick under the ambient light sensor cable, starting near the sensor and moving towards to the opposite corner.
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Continue slowly sliding the opening pick under the ambient light sensor cable until the cable is free from the screen.
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Use a pair of tweezers to lift the ambient light sensor off of the screen.
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