iPhone 4S - Charging Dock Connector & Loud Speaker and WiFi Antenna Replacement

ID: 27424

Description: If you have a problem with charging, connecting...

Steps:

1. If present, remove the small strip of tape covering one of the dock connector screws.

2. Use a plastic opening tool to flip up the retaining flap on the home button ribbon cable ZIF socket.
3. Be sure you are prying up on the hinged retaining flap, not the socket itself.

4. Use a pair of tweezers to pull the home button ribbon cable out of its socket.
5. There are tiny components on the back side of the ribbon, so be careful not to damage them upon ribbon removal.

6. Carefully pull the rubber microphone holder out of its tube in the bottom edge of the iPhone.

7. Remove the two 1.3 mm Phillips screws securing the dock connector to the case of the iPhone.

8. Remove the tiny rubber spacer near the dock connector.

9. Use the edge of a plastic opening tool to peel the dock connector and its cable off the black plastic case of the iPhone.
10. If you are replacing the dock connector with a new part, make sure to transfer the rubber casing around the microphone. You can do this using a spudger.

11. Pry the dock connector away from its opening at the bottom of the iPhone.
12. Remove the dock connector.

13. Speaker enclosure remains.