iPhone 12 mini Pentalobe Screws Replacement

Written By: Dominik Schnabelrauch

Comments: 3

iPhone 12 mini Pentalobe Screws Replacement

Difficulty

Easy

Steps

Time Required

1 minute

Introduction

Use this guide to remove or replace the two screws securing the iPhone 12 mini display panel. These are the only screws on the exterior of the iPhone. They use a five-point design that is unique to Apple, requiring a specialty P2 pentalobe driver for removal.

Tools

P2 Pentalobe Screwdriver iPhone

Step 1

Before you begin, discharge your iPhone battery below 25%. A charged lithium-ion battery can catch fire and/or explode if accidentally punctured.
Power off your iPhone before beginning disassembly.
Remove the two 6.7 mm-long pentalobe screws at the bottom edge of the iPhone.

is it oem apple battery, because at some photo shows(Ifixit) and another shows (apple) ... wait your answer?

karim -

BEWARE! This screen isn’t the same as older iPhone models’ screens. The iPhone mini 12-screen comes with a thin plastic frame around the screen on its back. Thus, make sure you don’t insert the pick in between the screen and its plastic frame, as you’ll seperate the screen and leave the plastic frame still sitting in the phone’s metal housing (this cost me 100 dollars…). Carefully heat the sides of the metal housing and do not heat directly on the glass, as doing so will potentially loosen the glue from the plastic frame stuck to the screen. My suggestion is that you watch a video of this repair as this step-by-step-guide is undercooked.

Dan -

This is an excellent comment. Following this step-by-step guide to the letter will break your screen; it's by far the worst iFixit guide I've seen to date.

Dormouse -