iPhone Air Taptic Engine
Before You Begin
Warning
Read Battery Safety and follow workspace and battery handling guidelines before you begin.
Tools
Adhesive cutter
Adjustable torque driver (10–34 Ncm)
Crosshead 50 mm bit
ESD-safe tweezers
Nylon probe (black stick)
Torque driver (green, 0.45 kgf cm)
Torque driver (gray, 0.55 kgf cm)
Trilobe 44 mm half-moon bit
Refer to a full list of tools required for all repairs.
Removal
Note: If you’ve already completed the removal steps, skip to reassembly.
Important
Complete back glass removal steps 1 through 3. Then continue to step 1.
Use a torque driver and the trilobe bit to remove the six trilobe screws.
Use a torque driver and the crosshead bit to remove the five crosshead screws. Then complete the entire step before continuing to the next step.
Remove the logic board cowling and the back glass cowling. Save for reuse.
Lift the ends of the battery flex cable (1) and the back glass flex cable (2) off the connectors.
Caution: You must disconnect the battery flex cable first to ensure that the iPhone stays turned off.
Hold the back glass by the edges. Pull the tabs on the suction cups to release them from the back glass. Then set the back glass facedown on a clean, flat surface.
Remove the Taptic Engine chin cowling and the Taptic Engine cowling. Save the cowlings for reassembly.
Use the black stick or adhesive cutter to separate the Taptic Engine flex cable from the USB-C connector flex cable. Then complete the entire step.
Lift the end of the Taptic Engine flex cable off the connector.
Remove the Taptic Engine.
Reassembly
Screw Diagram
Important: If you are installing the existing Taptic Engine, skip to step 1. If you are installing a replacement, remove the release liner from the new Taptic Engine. Then continue to step 1.
Position the Taptic Engine in the enclosure with the Taptic Engine flex cable between the battery and the USB-C connector flex cable.
Position the adhesive cutter between the flex cable and the battery to stabilize the flex cable. Press the Taptic Engine flex cable to adhere it to the USB-C connector flex cable.
Press the end of the Taptic Engine flex cable to the connector.
Position the Taptic Engine cowling and the Taptic Engine chin cowling over the end of the flex cables.
Use the gray torque driver and trilobe bit to install one new trilobe screw (923-13682) into the Taptic Engine chin cowling.
Use the green torque driver and trilobe bit to install one new trilobe screw (923-13684) into the Taptic Engine chin cowling.
Set the torque value on the 10–34 Ncm adjustable torque driver to 13 Ncm. Use the adjustable torque driver and crosshead bit to install three new crosshead screws into the Taptic Engine.
One screw (923-13694) (1)
One screw (923-13693) (2)
One screw (923-13697) (3)
Reinstall the following part to complete reassembly: