Name: iPhone 8 Teardown! - Screen and Battery Replacement Video
Uploaded: 2020-03-06T23:02:21.000Z
Duration: 7 min 31 s
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Well, I tried to make a clear back iPhone 8 like I've done with some of my Android phones,

Adverbs of manner

And I'll explain why as we tear this phone down.

This video will show how to replace the screen and the battery on the iPhone 8.

I'll have all the replacement parts and tools linked in the description, like always.

The screen removal for this phone is very similar to the iPhone 7 with two proprietary

pentalobe screws at the bottom of the phone.

Once those are out I'll grab my suction cup and lift up on the edge of the screen to release

Then I slip my thin metal pry tool between the plastic edge of the screen and the metal

Now the iPhone 8 is IP67 water-resistant.

Just one step behind the LG V30 and the Galaxy S8.

But that means there's some adhesive holding the screen down to the frame, so I found it

easier to slip in just the tip of my tool and slice through that adhesive.

It's excruciatingly important to not touch any of the fragile ribbon cables along the

right side of the phone; they damage extremely easily.

Also, your phone will not be water-resistant after this repair, but it's also not water-resistant

Before the screen comes completely away, there's a series of clasps at the top of the screen.

So I'll wiggle the display down just a smidgen to clear those and then I'll fold it open

Now that the screen is lifted away, we want to disconnect the battery.

We'll find that connector under this metal plate with the four normal Philips head screws

Using my plastic pry tool, to not short anything out, I'll unclip the battery connector like

a little Lego and then pop off the screen and home button ribbons; they unsnap like

There's one more ribbon at the top of the phone for the front camera and sensor array.

I'll unscrew these three Phillips head screws, making sure to keep them organized.

All the screws are different sizes so it's important that they go back I the same hole

And then the top ribbon cable can disconnect like the others.

Then the whole screen can pull away from the phone.

There's quite a bit of black water-proofing adhesive around the whole edge of the screen.

Now that the screen is out of our way, let's take a look at this battery.

Instead of two magical pull tabs, we have 4, which is a good thing in my opinion.

If you fail on one, it's not that big of a deal.

Basically, with the magic pull tabs, you grab the lip of the little black tab and then pull

As the adhesive stretches it loses its stickiness.

Just repeat the process three more times with each of the little pull tabs.

These are seriously the best way to adhere a battery.

No heat or violence required for removal.

The four tab method also keeps the adhesive from sticking to the top of the wireless charging

Now that the battery is out, you can see why a glass backed phone was impossible.

The entire back is actually metal, except for the wireless charging pad in the center.

So there would be nothing to look at anyway, even if the glass could become clear.

This metal frame is also probably what kept the phone so rigid during my durability test.

The adhesive that holds the rear glass panel against this metal does not soften with heat

I'll dive deeper into the wireless charging and waterproofing of the iPhone 8 in another

This is just the battery and screen replacement.

I'll add some adhesive to keep the battery from rattling around inside the phone.

And if a battery replacement is all you needed to do, just reattach the screen and you're

But if you have a cracked or damaged screen, or you're bored and just want to watch the

rest of this video, the iPhone 8 screen replacement portion starts now.

Up at the top lies the earpiece which is also one of the dual stereo speakers.

This needs to be transferred over to the new display.

There's a metal bracket with 3 Philips head screws holding it down.

Remember to keep all those screws organized in a way that they can go back in the holes

Pulling that front 7 megapixel camera out of the way reveals two more Philips head screws

After the speaker's out, there's nothing left but some adhesive holding down that upper

It's important not to put too much pressure on the ribbons as you lift them up; these

are about as fragile as paper and can tear.

So if you want to keep things functional, go slow and be careful.

Now the only thing between us and a new screen is a large metal plate covering the back of

the LCD that we will most likely have to transfer over to the replacement display.

This has Apple's usually proprietary white triple zero screws, also sometimes called

It's funny that no matter how hard Apple tries to keep people from repairing their phones,

the same people develop new tools to get around these barriers.

Speaking of barriers, remember that part where I said to keep your screws organized?

That's especially important with the home button; this thing is finicky.

There are three screws holding the bracket in place and one screw going down directly

All of these are the same tri-wing screws we've been working with.

After that bracket comes off, I'll pull up the fragile as paper ribbon cable from the

frame of the screen, and then drop the home button out through the front glass.

The large metal back plate can lift up from the screen at this point, except for the part

that is adhered to the paper thin ribbon cables at the bottom.

Taking special care not to tear the ribbon cables, I'll pry them off the metal plate

And this is probably what your replacement screen is going to look like.

Just make sure your new screen has everything that your old screen used to have on it.

Now at this point, you're either exhausted and stressed out from opening up your expensive

phone, or maybe asleep from listening to me talk, as long as you've kept your screws organized

and haven't sneezed them off the table yet, the assembly process is pretty simple.

Tuck the screen and home button ribbon cables back up underneath that metal plate and screw

it down with the three screws on the left side and three screws on the right side.