iPhone 15 Taptic Engine Replacement

Duration: 45 minutes
Steps: 28 Steps

Ready to give your iPhone 15 some love? If your phone's vibrations are feeling a bit shaky or aren’t quite hitting the mark, it might be time to swap out the Taptic Engine. Don’t forget to grab some replacement back glass adhesive to make this repair a breeze!

Step 1

- Disconnect any cables or accessories plugged into your phone. Give it a little break.

- Press and hold the power button along with either volume button, then slide to turn off your phone. It's nap time for your device.

Step 2

- If your screen or back glass is shattered to the max, slap on some overlapping strips of packing tape to keep the shards in check and make taking it apart a whole lot safer and smoother.

Step 3

- Grab your trusty P2 pentalobe driver and remove the two screws, each 7.7mm long, on either side of the charging port. It's a quick and easy step—no need to overthink it.

Step 4

- Grab your opening pick and measure out 3 mm from the tip, then throw a mark on it with a permanent marker. Precision never looked so stylish!

Step 5

- Grab a hair dryer or heat gun and warm up the bottom edge of the back glass until it feels nice and toasty to the touch.

Tools Used
  1. Hair DryeriPhone 15 Taptic Engine Replacement
  2. Heat GuniPhone 15 Taptic Engine Replacement

Step 6

- Stick a suction handle onto the bottom edge of the back glass.

- Give the handle a firm, steady tug to pop open a gap between the back glass and the frame.

- Slide the tip of an opening pick into that gap to keep things moving.

Tools Used
  1. Suction HandleiPhone 15 Taptic Engine Replacement

Step 7

- Watch out for the sneaky little cable hanging out by the volume down button—don’t go poking around with your pick in that spot, unless you want to make it a bad day for your phone.

- There are spring contacts all around the edge of the phone. Keep your pick shallow and don’t play hero—if you go too deep, those contacts might get bent out of shape.

Step 8

- Gently shimmy your pick back and forth along the bottom edge to break that adhesive seal. You've got this!

- Keep your pick snugly in the bottom right corner to stop that pesky adhesive from reattaching. You're on a roll!

Step 9

- Heat up the right edge of the back glass until it’s nice and toasty to the touch.

Step 10

- Twist your pick at the bottom right corner and slide it over to the volume down button, or until you hit a firm stop at a big clip holding the back glass in place.

- Keep that pick in there to stop the adhesive from snapping back together.

Step 11

- Warm up the left edge of the back glass until it feels nice and toasty to the touch.

Step 12

- Pop in a second opening pick along the bottom edge.

- Swing that second pick around the bottom left corner like a pro.

- Slide it up to the top left corner to slice through the adhesive.

- Keep this pick wedged in place so the adhesive doesn’t sneak back together.

Step 13

- Gently warm up the top edge of the back glass until it feels nicely heated to the touch.

Step 14

- Swing your second opening pick around the top left corner, then cruise over to the top right to slice through that sticky adhesive.

- Keep the pick parked there so the adhesive doesn't make a comeback.

Step 15

- Warm up the top right corner of the back glass until it feels nice and toasty—just enough to loosen things up.

Step 16

- Twist the second opening pick around the top right corner, then slide it over to the volume up button to gently loosen the adhesive.

Step 17

- Carefully swing the back glass open to the right side of the phone—like you're unveiling a surprise!

- Once it's open, rest the back glass on a slightly elevated surface to keep that delicate cable happy and stress-free.

Step 18

- Grab your trusty tri-point Y000 driver and get ready to tackle those two 1.3 mm-long screws holding down the lower connector cover. Let's get this party started!

Step 19

- Grab those tweezers and gently slide the cover up towards the top of the phone to unhook it from the logic board. Easy peasy!

- Now, go ahead and lift off the cover like a pro.

- When it's time to put everything back together, make sure to tuck the top edge of the cover into its cozy spot on the logic board before securing it with that little screw. You've got this!

Tools Used
  1. TweezersiPhone 15 Taptic Engine Replacement

Step 20

- Grab the back glass and hold it upright with one hand, then gently twist it just enough to sneak a peek at the battery press connector sitting right below the volume buttons.

- Take the tip of an opening pick and carefully pry up to unplug the battery press connector from the logic board.

Step 21

- Grab your tri-point Y000 driver and unscrew that tiny 0.9 mm screw holding down the middle connector cover. Easy does it!

Step 22

- Grab a spudger (or just use your finger if you're feeling adventurous) and give the cover a gentle nudge down toward the bottom of the phone. You’ll hear the top edge pop free—nice!

- Lift off the cover like you’re opening a treasure chest.

- When putting it all back together, line up the cover so its tab sits just behind the logic board’s clip. Press down with one finger and slide it forward, and the clip will snap right into place. Smooth moves!

Tools Used
  1. SpudgeriPhone 15 Taptic Engine Replacement

Step 23

- Gently slide an opening pick underneath and carefully disconnect the wireless charging coil and NFC connector. Take your time, and make sure everything stays in place!

Step 24

- Pop off the back glass.

- As you’re putting things back together:

- This is a great time to test your fix before locking things down. Plug in the battery and the back glass, power up your device, and make sure everything’s working. Power it down again and finish up.

- Follow this guide to stick the adhesive back on and snap your back glass into place.

Step 25

- Grab your Phillips #000 driver and use it to take out the two 1.9mm screws holding the Taptic Engine press connector cover in place.

- Now, just lift off the cover and you're good to go!

Step 26

- Grab your spudger and gently pop up the Taptic Engine press connector. Easy does it—no need to muscle it!

Tools Used
  1. SpudgeriPhone 15 Taptic Engine Replacement

Step 27

- Grab your trusty Phillips #000 driver and unscrew the 1.9mm screw holding the Taptic Engine in place. Nice and easy!

Step 28

- Time to put everything back together! Just follow the steps in reverse and you'll be all set.

- Got some e-waste? Make sure it gets recycled properly at an R2 or e-Stewards certified recycler.

- Things didn't go as planned? No worries! Try some basic troubleshooting or swing by our Answers community for a hand.

Tools Used
  1. TweezersiPhone 15 Taptic Engine Replacement
Success!
Now that you've put everything back together, just retrace your steps in reverse and you're good to go.
Got some electronic junk? Don't just toss it – find a certified recycler like an R2 or e-Stewards recycler to dispose of it properly.
Things didn’t go as planned? No worries, try a little troubleshooting or check out our community for some extra tips and help!

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