![]() ![]() Not for the faint of heart but I got there in the end. My solution was to drive a flat metal prying tool on the battery side between the metal bracket and the inside wall of the main casing. The screen and digitizer were coming up with the suction cup but the lcd shield and the metal bracket with all the clips stayed firmly secured to the main case. In my case the adhesive connecting the lcd/digitiser and the lcd shield/bracket had gone making opening the device quite difficult. It's attached by a small piece of double sided tape that you can salvage/reuse if you're careful! When you remove the old lightning connector assembly, this bracket needs to be transferred to the new assembly. ![]() ![]() This is the socket that is exposed when you disconnect the home button cable in step 9. (2) There is a bracket that holds the home button connector socket in place. It attaches to a fitting on the bottom wall of the aluminum case. (on the very bottom between the lightning port and the headphone jack) Pull this off and put it in the same place on your new lightning connector assembly. (1) There is a small black rubber "boot" which you can see in the step 38 photo. Two cautions: I bought a new lightning connector assembly and I had to transfer two items from the old assembly that were not mentioned in the steps. I got through this successfully and it solved my problem (phone wouldn't charge/iTunes wouldn't recognize it when plugged in). ![]()
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