Are you stuck with distortion or noise in the loudspeaker? Unable to listen to calls? It’s causing too much trouble? Use this procedure to remove and replace the loudspeaker in an iPhone 12. The loudspeaker is the speaker at the bottom of an iPhone.
Step 1: Remove the Pentelobe Screws
Before you begin, make sure your iPhone 12 battery is less than 25% charged. If a charged lithium-ion battery is unintentionally pierced, it can catch fire and/or explode.
Before you start disassembling your iPhone, make sure it’s turned off.
Remove the two 6.75 mm long pentalobe P2 screws located on the iPhone’s bottom edge.
The waterproof sealing on the iPhone will be compromised if the display is opened. Have replacement seals on hand before continuing, or take care not to expose your iPhone to moisture if you reassemble it without replacing the seals.
Step 2: Apply the Suction Cup
To soften the adhesive below the iPhone, apply a hairdryer or heat gun to the lower edge for about a minute.
If you’re using a single suction handle, place it on the phone’s bottom edge, avoiding the glass’s very edge.
To create a tiny space between the front panel and the back case, pull up on the suction cup with firm, consistent pressure.
Fill the gap with an opening pick.
Step 3: Separate the Screen Adhesive
Slicing through the glue keeping the display in place, slide the opening pick around the bottom left corner and up the left side of the iPhone.
To continue detaching the adhesive, re-insert your pick at the bottom edge of the iPhone and move it up the right side.
Insert your pick into the phone’s right edge. Slide it over the top border and around the top-right corner.
If you push the opening pick too deep into the iPhone, internal components may be damaged.
Step 4: Opening the iPhone
Remove your suction handle now if you haven’t already.
Swing the display up from the right side to open the iPhone, just like a book’s front cover.
Don’t try to completely detach the display from the iPhone’s logic board just yet, as it’s still connected to the logic board by numerous delicate ribbon wires.
While you’re on the phone, lean the display against anything to keep it propped up.
Step 5: Remove the Battery & Display Connector Cover
Remove the two Y000 screws anchoring the battery and display connector cover, which are 1.1 mm long.
Take off the lid.
Step 6: Disconnect the Cables
Pry the battery connector up from its socket on the logic board using a spudger or a clean fingernail, then detach the display and digitizer cable connector.
To avoid the battery connector from unintentionally making touch with the socket and giving power to the phone during your repair, bend it slightly away from the logic board.
Step 7: Remove the Front Sensor Cover
Remove four screws holding the front sensor connection cover using a Y000 driver.
Three screws, each measuring 1.1 mm in length and One screw with a length of 1.4 mm.
Swing the cover up from the left side until the right-hand tiny clip unhooks. Take off the lid.
Step 8: Disconnect the Front Sensors
Use a spudger or a fingernail to disconnect the front sensor assembly cable connector.
Step 9: Display Assembly
Remove the iPhone 12 Display Assembly.
Step 10: Remove the Loudspeaker
Remove the four 1.6 mm screws that secure the loudspeaker with a Phillips driver.
Remove the Loudspeaker.
Before installing your new replacement part, compare it to the original part to see whether any residual components or adhesive backings need to be transferred.
Follow the instructions above in reverse order to reassemble your gadget.
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