iPhone 13 Rear-Facing Camera 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.

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.

Skip the next two steps.

If you're using a single suction handle, apply it 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.

Apply heat to the left edge of the iPhone for about one minute to soften 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.

Apply heat to the right edge of the iPhone for about one minute to soften 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.

Apply heat to the top edge of the iPhone for about one minute to soften 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.

If you haven't removed your suction handle or iSclack, remove it now.

Open the 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 Phillips screwdriver to remove the three 1.3 mm screws securing the battery and display connector cover.

Remove the cover.

Use 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 a spudger or a fingernail to disconnect the display cable connector.

Remove three screws securing the front sensor connector cover:

One 1.7 mm Phillips screw

One 1.3 mm Phillips screw

One 1.8 mm Y000 screw

Swing the cover up from the center of the phone until the small clip by the edge of the phone unhooks.

Remove the cover.

Use a spudger or a fingernail to disconnect the front sensor assembly cable connector.

Remove the screen.

Use a Phillips screwdriver to remove the three 1.7 mm screws securing the rear-facing camera cover.

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

Use a spudger or a fingernail to disconnect the first camera cable connector by prying it straight up from its socket.

Use a spudger or a fingernail to disconnect the second camera cable connector by prying it straight up from its socket.

Insert the tip of a spudger under the bottom left cable attached to the camera assembly and lift up slightly to dislodge the rear-facing camera assembly.

Use the tip of a spudger to lift the top edge of the camera assembly enough so that you can grab it with your fingers.

Grab the camera assembly with your fingers to lift it out of its recess.

Remove the rear-facing cameras from the iPhone.

First, insert the two camera assembly cables into the gap.

Then, press the rest of the camera assembly down into its recess.