iPhone 17 Pro Max USB-C Removal

ID: 206322

Description:

Steps:

1. Use a hair dryer or an iOpener to heat the black plastic battery buffer until it's warm to the touch.

2. The large black graphite sheet (which looks like a black sticker) inside the frame is delicate. Be mindful not to scrape it with your spudger.
3. If you nick the graphite sheet, don't worry—it'll still function normally.
4. Use the flat end of your spudger to pry up one end of the battery buffer.
5. Grab the buffer with your fingers and slowly lift and remove it.

6. Use the point of a spudger to pry up and disconnect the two USB-C press connectors (one's underneath the other) from the bottom-left corner of the logic board.

7. Use a JIS 00 screwdriver to remove the two 1.8 mm‑long screws securing the left logic board buffer.

8. Remove the left logic board buffer and store it for reassembly.

9. Remove the nine screws securing the USB-C port assembly:
10. Six 1.5 mm‑long JIS 00 screws
11. One 1.3 mm‑long JIS 00 screw
12. Two 1.2 mm‑long Y000 screws
13. If your iPhone doesn't have mmWave functionality, you may not have these screws.

14. Use a JIS 00 screwdriver to remove the 1.2 mm‑long screw securing the USB-C port assembly to the bottom left corner of the frame.

15. Use a JIS 00 screwdriver to remove the two 2.8 mm‑long screws securing the USB-C port to the bottom edge of the frame.

16. Use the point of a spudger to pry and separate the buffer strip covering the screw in the bottom right corner of the frame.

17. Use a JIS 00 screwdriver to remove the 1.2 mm‑long screw securing the USB-C port assembly to the right edge of the frame.

18. Use a hair dryer or an iOpener to heat the entire USB-C port assembly until it's warm to the touch.

19. Slide the point of an opening pick between the microphone module (left of the USB-C port) and the bottom edge of the frame.
20. Pry gently to separate the microphone from the frame.

21. The large black graphite sheet inside the frame is delicate. Be very mindful not to tear it with your opening pick.
22. Slide the opening pick under the USB-C port assembly, near the center.
23. Slide the pick towards the right edge of the frame to separate the adhesive holding the assembly.

24. Grab the USB-C port assembly with your fingers and slowly pull it away from the frame to remove it.
25. If the USB-C port assembly feels stuck, check for any missed screws and separate any remaining adhesive.