iPhone 13 Pro Max Lidar Sensor Replacement

Power off your iPhone before beginning disassembly.

Remove the two 6.8 mm-long pentalobe P2 screws at the bottom edge of the iPhone.

If your iPhone has a cracked screen, keep further breakage contained and prevent bodily harm during your repair by taping over the glass.

Lay overlapping strips of packing tape over the iPhone's display until the whole face is covered.

If the broken glass makes it difficult to get a suction cup to stick in the next few steps, try folding a strong piece of tape (such as duct tape) into a handle and lifting the display with that instead.

Heating the lower edge of the iPhone helps soften the adhesive securing the display, making it easier to open.

Use a hairdryer or heat gun or prepare an iOpener and apply it to the lower edge of the iPhone for about a minute in order to soften up the adhesive underneath.

Pull the blue handle towards the hinge to disengage opening mode.

Position the suction cups near the bottom edge of the iPhone—one on the front, and one on the back.

Push down on the cups to apply suction to the desired area.

Push the blue handle away from the hinge to engage opening mode.

Turn the handle clockwise until you see the cups start to stretch.

Wait one minute to give the adhesive a chance to release and present an opening gap.

Insert an opening pick under the screen when the Anti-Clamp creates a large enough gap.

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Apply a suction handle to the bottom edge of the phone, while avoiding the very edge of the glass.

Pull up on the suction cup with firm, constant pressure to create a slight gap between the front panel and rear case.

Insert an opening pick into the gap.

Use a hairdryer or heat gun or prepare an iOpener and apply it to the left edge of the iPhone for about a minute in order to soften up the adhesive underneath.

Slide the opening pick around the lower left corner and up the left edge of the iPhone, slicing through the adhesive holding the display in place.

Use a hairdryer or heat gun or prepare an iOpener and apply it to the right edge of the iPhone for about a minute in order to soften up the adhesive underneath.

Re-insert your pick at the bottom edge of the iPhone, and slide it up the right side to continue separating the adhesive.

Use a hairdryer or heat gun or prepare an iOpener and apply it to the top edge of the iPhone for about a minute in order to soften up the adhesive underneath.

Insert your pick into the right edge of the phone. Slide it around the top-right corner and across the top edge.

Insert your pick into the left edge of the phone. Slide it around the top-left corner and across the top edge.

Remove your suction handle from the screen.

Open your iPhone by swinging the display up from the right side, like the front cover of a book.

Lean the display against something to keep it propped up while you're working on the phone.

Use a Y000 screwdriver to remove the three 1.3 mm screws securing the battery connector cover.

Remove the battery connector cover.

Use the pointed end of a spudger or a clean fingernail to pry the battery connector up from its socket on the logic board.

Bend the connector slightly away from the logic board to prevent it from accidentally making contact with the socket and providing power to the phone during your repair.

Use the pointed end a spudger or a clean fingernail to pry the display connector up from its socket on the logic board.

Use a Y000 screwdriver to remove two 1.1 mm screws from the front sensor connector cover.

Use a Phillips screwdriver to remove the remaining two screws from the front sensor connector cover:

One 1.5 mm screw

One 1.8 mm screw

Remove the front sensor connector cover.

Use the pointed end of a spudger to disconnect the front sensor assembly cable connector.

Remove the display assembly.

Use a Y000 driver to remove the four screws securing the rear-facing camera cover:

Three 1.4 mm screws

One 1.3 mm screw

Use a Phillips screwdriver to remove one 1.6 mm screw.

Lift the camera cover from the edge closest to the logic board, and remove it.

Pry up with the pointed end of a spudger to disconnect the two camera cables from the logic board.

Use the tip of a spudger to lift the camera assembly out of the iPhone.

Remove the rear-facing cameras.

Use a Y000 screwdriver to remove the following three screws from the lidar cover:

Two 1.4 mm screws

One 1.3 mm screw

Remove the lidar cover.

Use the pointed tip of a spudger to disconnect the lidar cable from the logic board.

Use the pointed tip of a spudger to lift the lidar sensor up out from the chassis and remove it.