iPhone 12 Teardown

Written By: Andrea Alfani

Published: 04/09/22

Comments: 10

iPhone 12 Teardown

Published: 04/09/22

Teardown

Introduction

Tools

Step 1

Remove the SIM Card tray using a SIM Card eject tool

Step 2

Turn off the device
Unscrew the two 6.9 mm long Pentalobe screws.

Step 3

Apply a heated iOpener all around the edge of the screen to loosen the adhesive under the display.
Lift the display with a suction cup and insert a thin object to separate the screen from the frame.
Slide the fine object along the entire edge to cut the adhesive.
Raise the display.

Please explain what you mean by heated iopener on each edge. The link doesn’t work for me. Thank you

William -

Step 4

Remove the 6 Phillips # 00 screws.
With a spudger or with your fingernails, lift the two connectors.
Lift the connector underneath.
Disconnect the display connector.
Raise the display.

Step 5

Unscrew the 4 Phillips # 00 screws.
With a spudger or fingernails disconnect the two rear camera connectors.
Remove the rear camera.

These are not Philips head screws, they are tri-wing, and also there is an actual Philips head screw at the very top of the plate that also needs removal

Dominic Goncalves -

Step 6

With a spudger or fingernails to disconnect the three connectors that connect the front camera.
Remove the front camera.

Step 7

With a spudger or fingernails disconnect the battery holder connector.
Unscrew the 3 Phillips # 00 screws.
Remove the battery holder.

Step 8

With a spudger or fingernails disconnect the rear camera flash connector.
Unscrew the 3 Phillips # 00 screws.
Unscrew the 2 Phillips # 00 screws.
Remove the rear camera flash.

Step 9

Unscrew the 4 Phillips # 00 screws.
Unscrew the 2 screw holders with the suitable screwdriver.
With a spudger or fingernails to disconnect the SIM card holder connector.
Remove the SIM card holder.

Step 10

Remove the 2 Phillips # 00 screws.
With a spudger or fingernails disconnect the 3 battery connectors.
Unscrew the screw holder with a standoff screwdriver for iphone.
Remove the film with a spudger.
Attention this last step is necessary to remove the logic board.
Remove the logic board.

There is an additional screw at the very top that needs removal

Dominic Goncalves -

Step 11

Unscrew the 5 Phillips # 00 screws.
Remove the speaker.

Step 12

Remove the 2 screw holders with a standoff screwdriver for iphone
Unscrew the 3 Phillips # 00 screws.
Remove the taptic engine connector with a spudger or fingernail.
Remove the taptic engine.

Step 13

Remove the adhesive under the battery.
To remove the adhesive under the battery, remove the stickers marked in red in the first photo.
Remove the battery.

Step 14

Unscrew 6 Phillips # 00 screws.
Remove the 4 screw holders with an iPhone standoff screwdriver.
Remove the film with a spudger.
Attention, the previous step is essential to remove the charging port.
Remove the charging port.
Be careful not to make too strong, this could damage some components.

Step 15

And here are all the components that make up the new iPhone 12.

7 comments

I had problem with nfc. When it was changed. Have any solution?

Ak H -

I don't see any mentioning of the microphone, Is the Microphone an integral part of the charging port harnes?

Paal Halvorsen -

This guide is missing A LOT of steps

Jason Oestrike -

This is definitely not a US iPhone 12! e careful as the antenna can tear easily and potentially ruin a motherboard.

Kyle Morrell -

>disconnect battery connector
>disconnetct 3 battery connectors

wtf?)) why do you call any FPC "battery connector"? so NPC

Джокер Богданофф - 26/07/24

not very detailed, many steps are missing

tryndes -

Step 7: "Remove the battery holder"

That's not a "battery holder (?)" that's the Bluetooth antenna/cable. It's also glued to another cable that is soldered to the bottom of the main board, goes around the top of the battery and down the right side. That cable seems to be missing entirely here.

SS IT Support -