iPhone 8 Plus Front Camera and Sensor Cable Replacement

Power off your iPhone before beginning disassembly.

Remove the two 3.5 mm pentalobe screws from the bottom edge of the iPhone.

Use a hairdryer or prepare an iOpener and apply it to the lower edge of the iPhone for about 90 seconds in order to soften up the adhesive underneath.

The next two steps demonstrate the Anti-Clamp, a tool we designed to make the opening procedure easier. If you aren't using the Anti-Clamp, skip down two steps for an alternate method.

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

Position the suction cups near the bottom edge of the iPhone just above the home button—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 for the bottom of the screen to open.

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

Skip the next two steps.

Apply a suction cup to the lower half of the front panel, just above the home button.

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 or other thin pry tool a few millimeters into the gap.

Slide your pick around the corner and up the left edge of the phone, moving towards the volume control buttons and silent switch, breaking up the adhesive holding the display in place.

Stop near the top left corner of the display.

Re-insert your tool at the lower right corner of the iPhone, and slide it around the corner and up the right side of the phone to separate the adhesive.

Gently pull up on the suction cup to lift up the bottom edge of the display.

Pull on the small nub on the suction cup to remove it from the front panel.

Slide an opening pick underneath the display along the top edge of the phone to loosen the last of the adhesive.

Slide the display assembly slightly down (away from the top edge of the phone) to disengage the clips holding it to the rear case.

Open the iPhone by swinging the display up from the left side, like the back cover of a book.

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

Remove four Phillips (JIS) screws securing the lower display cable bracket to the logic board, of the following lengths:

Two 1.3 mm screws

One 1.4 mm screw

One 2.7 mm screw

Remove the lower display cable bracket.

Use the point of a spudger to pry the battery connector up from its socket on the logic board.

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

Use the tip of a spudger or a fingernail to disconnect the large lower display connector by prying it straight up from its socket.

Disconnect the second lower display cable connector, directly behind the one you disconnected in the previous step.

Remove the two tri-point Y000 screws securing the bracket over the front panel sensor assembly connector:

One 1.0 mm screw

One 1.2 mm screw

Remove the bracket covering the front panel sensor assembly connector.

Use the tip of a spudger or a fingernail to disconnect the front panel sensor assembly connector from its socket.

Remove the display assembly.

Remove the five Phillips screws securing the earpiece speaker bracket:

Two 1.8 mm screws

One 2.3 mm screw

One 2.4 mm screw

One 2.8 mm screw

Remove the earpiece speaker bracket.

Use the flat end of a spudger to lift the front-facing camera from its housing.

Gently bend the camera ribbon cable to the side to clear the way to the earpiece speaker underneath.

Remove the earpiece speaker.

Gently fold the camera and attached ribbon cable toward the bottom of the iPhone to allow access to the components underneath.

Use a hairdryer or heat gun or prepare an iOpener and apply it to the top front of the display for about a minute, in order to soften the adhesive securing the sensors.

Slide a spudger under the ambient light sensor flex cable, and lift the sensor out of its housing.

Slide the tip of a spudger underneath the proximity sensor flex cable, and lift the sensor out of its housing.

Insert the sharp edge of an iFixit opening tool underneath the camera assembly's flex cable, on the opposite side from the front-facing camera.

Pry up to separate the edge of the flex cable from the back of the display.

Insert the point of a spudger underneath the same portion of the flex cable that you separated in the previous step.

Continue separating the remainder of the flex cable, pushing the spudger underneath the row of circular gold earpiece speaker contacts.

Remove the front camera and sensor cable assembly.

A piece of black double-sided insulating tape lies between the display and three rows of copper contacts on the back of the camera/sensor cable. It may remain stuck to the display, or it may come off with the cable.