iPhone 3GS Vibrator Replacement
Introduction
Go to step 1The vibrating part of the iPhone.
What you need
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If your display glass is cracked, keep further breakage contained and prevent bodily harm during your repair by taping the glass.
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Lay overlapping strips of clear packing tape over the iPhone's display until the whole face is covered.
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Continue to hold the display assembly with one hand, and use your other hand and a spudger to disconnect the black ribbon cable labeled "1."
I also went the route of skipping steps 4-16. If you do this, be careful with the front panel since you have just enough room to turn it while it's connected to give you access to the vibrator assembly. The angled tweezers (Part # IF145-020-5) were a lifesaver for replacing the two tiny screws to the vibrator assembly. Also, you might have an issue vibrate not working after you replace the front panel. I fixed this by pushing on the vibrator assembly a splunger while giving each screw another slight turn. It's barely noticeable, but doing that should allow the vibrator to work without hitting the front panel assembly.
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Use a spudger to flip up the white plastic hinged flap holding the remaining ribbon cable in place. The white tab will rotate up 90 degrees, releasing the ribbon cable.
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Slide the black ribbon cable out of its connector, and remove the display assembly from the iPhone.
can i buy a replacement plastic tab for holding ribbon as mine jumped out when installing new parts if so is there a parts no or price
Following this guide, while trying to "flip up the white plastic tab", it broke (it is the BLACK one that should be flipped) and now I have a 600 EUR paperweight.
On my 3G, there is both a white & black plastic tab; it is the BLACK one that needs to be flipped up 90 degrees...
Normally iFixIt is awesome with the details, but this oversight left me sad, annoyed, and without an iPhone :( :( :(
Quote from casemon:
Following this guide, while trying to "flip up the white plastic tab", it broke (it is the BLACK one that should be flipped) and now I have a 600 EUR paperweight.
On my 3G, there is both a white & black plastic tab; it is the BLACK one that needs to be flipped up 90 degrees...
Normally iFixIt is awesome with the details, but this oversight left me sad, annoyed, and without an iPhone :( :( :(
That's not right, just put my iPhone in parts and on the 3G it's definitly a white plastic which should be flipped!!
Guide worked like a charm!
Thx for this guys!
bg
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That's not right, just put my iPhone in parts and on the 3G it's definitly a white plastic which should be flipped!!
Guide worked like a charm!
Thx for this guys!
bg
Perhaps I wasn't clear; some have white and some have black; consider yourself one of the lucky ones! This oversight can be costly otherwise.
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Insert your SIM eject tool or a paper clip into the hole next to the headphone jack.
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Press down on the tool until the SIM card tray pops out.
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Grasp the SIM card tray and slide it out of the iPhone.
I was able to skip steps 7 - 11, then I removed the 5 screws holding the logic board in. This allows enough space that when the screws holding the vibrator in are removed, the vibrator can be carefully tilted up and out and the new vibrator can be tilted in since the contacts are springs. This works great and saves a lot of time and less removal of phone parts. Have a nice set of electronic tweezers to help in grasping parts.
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Lift the vibrator up and out of the iPhone.
Replacing the motor, I have just done two phones. One makes a rattly vibrate noise, which I think a bit reminscent to my iPhone 3G when new. The second I used a small dollop of neutral cure silicone between the case and motor (staying away from the rotating mass). The annoying vibration noise is not present on the phone with the silicone, so I will redo the first.
Interestingly, the two phones had different motors. Both iPhone 3G 16GB - one black and one white bought at the same time. One had the motor with coil spring contacts, the other had the bent metal contacts. I decided to replace with the coil spring contacts having read a possible issue with vibration affecting the bent metal contact.
Try changing the screws around, I had this same issue and I`d just put the screws the wrong way around. As soon as I changed them back around, the vibrate motor worked perfectly and sounded normal again. If they are the wrong way around, the vibrator will work intermittently and make the entire phone vibrate.
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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2 Comments
Es wäre sehr gut wenn Sie die Anleitungen auch in deutsch angeben könnten.
M.Marchewicz
Warum nur in englisch ???