iPhone SE (3rd generation) Camera

Before You Begin

Warning

Read Battery Safety and follow workspace and battery handling guidelines before you begin.

Remove the following part before you begin:

Tools

  • ESD-safe tweezers

  • JCIS bit

  • Nitrile or lint-free gloves

  • Nylon probe (black stick)

  • Super screw bit

  • Torque driver (green, 0.45 kgf cm)

Removal

  1. Use a torque driver and the JCIS bit to remove the crosshead screw from the camera cowling. Set aside the screw.

  2. Use a torque driver and the super screw bit to remove the super screw from the camera cowling. Set aside the super screw.

  3. Remove the camera cowling and save it for reassembly.

  4. Use the flat end of the black stick to lift the end of the camera flex cable off the connector.

  5. Remove the camera from the enclosure.

Reassembly

  1. Put on the gloves to prevent contamination of the camera lens. Then hold the replacement camera with the lens facedown and remove the protective cover from the camera lens.

  2. Rest the camera in the enclosure. Don’t press the camera into the enclosure yet.

  3. Press the end of the camera flex cable to the connector (1). Gently press the camera into the enclosure (2).

  4. Position the camera cowling on the camera.

  5. Use the green torque driver and super screw bit to partially install one new super screw (923-01987) into the camera cowling. Don’t fully tighten the super screw yet.

  6. Use the green torque driver and JCIS bit to partially install one new crosshead screw (923-02006) into the camera cowling.

  7. Fully install the two screws into the camera cowling.

Reinstall the following part to complete reassembly:

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