iPhone 13 Screen 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.

Measure 3 mm from the tip and mark the opening pick with a permanent marker.

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

If you can't get the suction cup to stick in the next few steps, fold a strong piece of tape (such as duct tape) into a handle and lift the screen with that instead.

Pull the blue handle backwards to unlock the Anti-Clamp's arms.

Slide the arms over either the left or right edge of your iPhone.

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

Squeeze the cups together to apply suction to the desired area.

Pull the blue handle forwards to lock the arms.

Turn the handle clockwise 360 degrees or until the cups start to stretch.

Make sure the suction cups remain aligned with each other. If they begin to slip out of alignment, loosen the suction cups slightly and realign the arms.

Support your iPhone on something sturdy such as a hardcover book so it rests hands-free and parallel to the ground; this makes it easier to work with in the following steps.

Use a hair dryer to heat along the bottom edge of the iPhone. The screen should feel slightly too hot to touch.

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

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

Skip the next three steps.

Use a hair dryer or a heat gun to heat the bottom edge of the iPhone for 90 seconds or until the screen is slightly too hot to touch.

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 screen and the frame.

Insert an opening pick into the gap under the screen's plastic bezel.

Use a hair dryer to heat the right edge of the iPhone (the edge with the power button) for 90 seconds or until the screen is slightly too hot to touch.

Slide the opening pick around the bottom right corner of the iPhone to separate its adhesive.

Continue sliding up the right edge of the iPhone until you reach the top right corner.

Leave the pick in the top right corner before continuing.

Use a hair dryer to heat the top edge of the iPhone for 90 seconds or until the screen is slightly too hot to touch.

Slide the opening pick around the top right corner of the iPhone to separate the top adhesive.

Leave the pick in the top left corner before continuing.

Use a hair dryer to heat the left edge of the iPhone for 90 seconds or until the screen is slightly too hot to touch.

Insert a second opening pick in the bottom left corner of the iPhone.

Twist both picks simultaneously until the left edge clips release.

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

Rotate your iPhone so the right edge faces you.

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 Y000 screwdriver to remove the three 1.4 mm-long screws securing the sensor assembly bracket.

Use tweezers, or your fingers, to remove the front sensor assembly bracket.

Heat an iOpener and apply it to the top edge of the screen for two minutes.

Insert an opening pick between the ambient light sensor and its recess in the screen.

Pry up with the pick to separate the ambient light sensor from the screen.

Insert an opening pick between the proximity sensor and its recess in the screen.

Pry up with the pick to separate the proximity sensor from the screen.

Use tweezers, or your fingers, to move the proximity sensor cable away from the screen.

Insert an opening pick under the microphone cable, close to the microphone (the metal rectangle).

Slide the opening pick around the perimeter of the microphone to separate its adhesive.

Insert an opening pick under the left side of the front sensor assembly.

Slide the pick under the assembly to separate it from the frame.

Remove the front sensor assembly.

Connect the sensors to their slots in the frame to help align the main section of the assembly.

Use Tesa tape to re-adhere any sections of the assembly that are no longer sticky.